Sonic Generations gets its name from its somewhat obscure premise. Players will take on the form of the classic 16-bit era Sonic, as well as that of the slick modern day presentation. The very first Stage has obviously been designed purely to get those nostalgia juices flowing. The first half is little more than a recreation of the first act of the Greenhill Zone from the first 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog title – everythingElectronic Theatre Image from enemy placement to sound effects – while the second half shows just how modern technology is allowing the developers to take these original ideas further. With no explanation as to a storyline or where the videogame will go from here, it’s a bold opening statement.
Sonic the Hedgehog has a long and turbulent history in videogames, but which are the best games featuring the blue bur?
Generations over Mania? Please… Generations doesnt have any new ideas in the levels/bosses.
Also a top 7 of Sonic games shouldn’t have any 3D crap and contain at least one of the 8-bit titles.
Sonic CD getting snubbed is weird. Number 1 is definitely interchangable between Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Top 7 for me
7 cd
6 mania
5 Frontiers
4 sonic 3
3 sonic 1
2 sonic and knuckles
1 sonic 2
Sometimes I feel like the Sonic Advanced games just didn’t exist with how much it’s always forgotten 😭
The divide between both iterations of Sonic is now reaching spin-off territory, and the way Sega is handling it is both a blessing and a curse.
BLG writes: "With the success of the films and the promise of Frontiers, it’s possible that we’re ushering in a new golden age of Sonic the Hedgehog. While Sega is looking forward, the company is also looking back. It’s giving us Sonic Origins, a retooled collection of Genesis classics. However, this package fails to provoke a burning question: what’s the best Sonic handheld game?"