Alan Baxter of Wedotech writes:
"Sonic the Hedgehog is easily one of the most recognisable gaming characters in the history of the industry and is Sega's leading money-maker, with his series of games selling over a staggering 70 million copies. Sonic's latest offerings however haven't been up to par on the early, and in my opinion, best games featuring the exuberant hedgehog and therefore I was concerned when Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing was released; especially after how poor Sega Superstars Tennis was. So is Sega Racing another game relying on the famous names to rake in the money, or can it rejuvenate the series and provide a quality game to play?"
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.
This! This! THIS!!!
The only divisive thing about Sonic 3 was that freaking barrel.
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.
The popular Sega franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog, has been really successful in recent years, forging paths for the recent upcoming titles.
These sales surged by 150 million compared to last year.
we need a new sonic pinball, with boss battles / hidden stages / 1 sec load times
Definitely agreed. I loved Sonic Spinball back on Genesis. I want a new Mean Bean Machine too, while we're at it!
Still need to check out Frontiers at some point. Just waiting on a really good Steam sale for it.
