RealGamer writes: "Sonic Classic Collection is unlike most other games that have featured on Nintendo platforms and instead of being specifically created with them in mind, instead it takes you back to the golden age of the platform genre bringing four of Sonic's original adventures to the Nintendo DS. Sonic Classic Collection is made up of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic and Knuckles which provides more than enough for anyone's retro cravings and in this profit driven world we live in is extremely good value. Especially when you consider the fact that some recent ports on other system made available via digital means are roughly the same price as this collection of four games."
Carl Williams writes, "It is unclear what was going through the minds of the executives at Sega when they got the designs for Sonic the Hedgehog but it is clear that gamers loved him. Sonic proved that gamers were tired of slow games and they wanted speed- not just in racing games but in action games too. By the time Sega got to the third Sonic game, the whole speed and nothing but speed was getting a little thin with fans. Sega had to change things up a bit and so they did to great fanfare of fans across the world."
Sega's generosity extends a lot by giving up some of their games again and that includes the two popular retro Sonic games (by which I claimed it to be popular because of the gameplay) on which is the Sonic Blast and Sonic Labyrinth. How was that for all of the 3DS gamers?
While the contents are excellent choices for any Sonic aficionado, a lack of content and poor presentation values make this collection of Sonic titles fall short of expectations, even despite being a decent compilation. Sonic Classic Collection on the Nintendo DS can be summed up in two words: wasted potential.