"Sonic Team has been in a state of deep decline over the past several years, while recently attempting to re-attain their good name with their upcoming title Sonic 4: Episode 1, now scheduled for a “late 2010″ release. I won’t be so quick to praise the team, as to avoid a possible enlargement of their craniums which would result in a state of complacency, but I would like to point out that Sonic Team is doing something right and, if they persist, just might manage to get back in good standing with the gaming public while successfully bringing back a franchise that many of us have cherished for quite some time."
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.
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.
I cant wait for some odskool Sonic
Oh Sonic. Poor poor Sonic. I've lost faith in your relevance.
As long as you can play with Sonic and ONLY Sonic (with the good old second controller trick with Tails of course lol) Im good. Playing the stories of the other annoying characters which started to be a trend from Sonic Advenure were laughable at best (except for Shadow in SA2 not the stand-alone title).
I wasn't born in the golden age of the sonic team, and from what I've seen lately their games are crap, but this game(sonic 4) looks great so far