I should note that the Wiki says that Sonic Rush(U) locks up in the title screen(that is, not even the menu). I got the game up to starting a stage. All you have to do is press Start and A repeatedly so that the whole intro is skipped. You can get to the menu, and even up to the start of the stage(the whole stage name, hell, even the top screen has the stage rendered and all. My guess is that the Sonic model uses 3D that is not implemented in this version, though. Can someone try this in the US version(should give the same results, but meh)?
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