GCN's editor Aaron Espinoza gives his own personal take on the state of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and what Sega and Sonic Team needs to do in order to bring the character back to the gaming limelight.
Today marks Sonic 3’s 30th anniversary, one of the Blue Blur’s most talked about entries among fans.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles is peak 2D Sonic for me. Probably my most played Genesis game.
No, not a divisive game. The visuals, levels, music, controls were all great. Having to buy Sonic & Knuckles wasn't an issue at all, just more awesome gaming made available to me at the time. I lived through that era, and I don't remember anyone complaining that they had to buy another cartridge just to get the complete game, if you enjoyed Sonic games on the Genesis, you were happy to get another one back then.
The only issue with Sonic 3 is that stupid freakin' horrible "BARREL OF DOOM!" all because Sonic Team didn't properly communicate to the player what to do.
I had 1 & 2, I played 3 at someone else's house. When I heard about S3 & Knuckles I assumed it was the same game with just Knuckles added in and thought it was stupid, until I found out a while later it was much more. I wonder how much more they could've put onto the game carts, I know there were cut levels in some of the games.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Sonic Heroes is an enigma of a game. It is bad, in every technical aspect you can imagine. Upon replaying it for the first time in more than a decade, I did noticed how poorly it aged. Yet… I really don’t care. It’s the bizarre kind of charm featured in every single Sega game from this era. Call it nostalgia, call it game feel, Sonic Heroes is the kind of game you know you shouldn’t like as much as you do, but you couldn’t care less about that. It just takes a few seconds of listening to that adorable Crush 40 theme song for you to basically shut off the logical parts of your brain and proceed to enjoy this adorable jankfest with the biggest of smiles."
The popular Sega franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog, has been really successful in recent years, forging paths for the recent upcoming titles.
You should kill him off,
then let the company think about stories to create,
make Sonic make a surprise appearance in another game of another popular franchise (if there is) from that same company or related to,
and resume the franchise.
But no appearance for 5-10 years.
bring back the old school gameplay.get rid of the gimmicks.Make it 2D and go back to the classic formula.No more humans and awful rock music.Rings and chaos emeralds, that's all I want.
Go back to 2D
Another day. Another "Sonic is Doomed" article.
must be a slow news day
I dont mind a 3D game, they just havn't really found a way to make interesting.
If you think about it Sonic wasn't always about speed. 2D games involved more platforming than any of the 3D games.