Sonic the Hedgehog 4
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So Sonic's going the megaman route, eh?
Well that should give us a few good games but it won't help the character grow as a franchise in the same way as say Mario. Hopefully they will use this time to build back the fanbase and figure out how to make Sonic work in 3d before they try again
Well that should give us a few good games but it won't help the character grow as a franchise in the same way as say Mario. Hopefully they will use this time to build back the fanbase and figure out how to make Sonic work in 3d before they try again
I admit Sonic Team and Sega have dissappointed a lot over the last few years, but they make just have taken the fanbases opinions to heart and are giving us a kickass followup to the Megadrive games, then again I'm still trying to forget Sonic '06...
And I know what you mean about Super Sonic, I want the ability to use him before some unlockable last stage crap that you have to play the game several times to get to.
I went through Sonic 2 the other day just for the lulz, had Super Sonic by the end of the first Zone and just dashed through the rest. I miss that, Sonic 4 had better well have it.
And I know what you mean about Super Sonic, I want the ability to use him before some unlockable last stage crap that you have to play the game several times to get to.
I went through Sonic 2 the other day just for the lulz, had Super Sonic by the end of the first Zone and just dashed through the rest. I miss that, Sonic 4 had better well have it.
This should be be printed off, photocopied, and stuck all over the developers offices. Especially the SuperSonic bit (once I found the cheat mode in Sonic2 enabling it, I used and abused this for endless fun replay value).
Nothing is as fun as using debug, level select and SS cheats to go super on the last level and trash that giant Robotnik. Nothing.
Another thing for the checklist: no talking or dialogue of any kind.
Ah, but all those games were 3D or contained some dreadful gimmick (guns, Excalibur, Werehog etc). If this is 2D from the ground and has no unnecessary rubbish like that, it stands a good chance.
This should be be printed off, photocopied, and stuck all over the developers offices. Especially the SuperSonic bit (once I found the cheat mode in Sonic2 enabling it, I used and abused this for endless fun replay value).
Nothing is as fun as using debug, level select and SS cheats to go super on the last level and trash that giant Robotnik. Nothing.
Indeed, now I want to go fire up Kega and do that.
This should be be printed off, photocopied, and stuck all over the developers offices. Especially the SuperSonic bit (once I found the cheat mode in Sonic2 enabling it, I used and abused this for endless fun replay value).
Nothing is as fun as using debug, level select and SS cheats to go super on the last level and trash that giant Robotnik. Nothing.
Too awesome for words. And something I did way too frequently.
No dreadful gimmick or unnecessary rubbish yet. Give it time. Sega still has plenty of time to give Sonic a jetpack or team him up with Batman or something.
Sonic has already had a form of jetpack - the rocket shoes in Sonic Chaos. I liked those a lot - they had some wonderfully crazy music for the 5 seconds they worked and completely ruined your level progression
^ The worst offender though were those tubes in two of the special stages. At least with the rocket shoes you could just point yourself right and go straight and just hope you didn't land on a spring. The tube mazes were much more evil.
All of the above are saints compared to those bastard hang-gliders and invisible cloud springs on Sonic 2 though. It took me sixteen years to get that emerald and finish it without cheating!
To Sega: Sonic 4 must have no hang-gliders. Thanks.
All of the above are saints compared to those bastard hang-gliders and invisible cloud springs on Sonic 2 though. It took me sixteen years to get that emerald and finish it without cheating!
To Sega: Sonic 4 must have no hang-gliders. Thanks.
Oh I know, that Green Emerald, or was it the Purple one, took god knows how many goes through those tubes to get.
I only had 4 of the Sonic games for the Game Gear, well I had Tails' Adventure as well lol, finished them all within a few weeks of getting them except for Triple Trouble, took me a year or more to get it done.
Then again it only took me 2 weeks to finish Sonic 3 with all Emeralds, one week for the game, another one for the Emeralds, and that was only bcause I was at school lol.
I only had 4 of the Sonic games for the Game Gear, well I had Tails' Adventure as well lol, finished them all within a few weeks of getting them except for Triple Trouble, took me a year or more to get it done.
Then again it only took me 2 weeks to finish Sonic 3 with all Emeralds, one week for the game, another one for the Emeralds, and that was only bcause I was at school lol.
I think it was the green one - you go through 4 identical tubes and keep getting invincibility for no reason then the 5th tube you have to go left or down or whatever with no clue at all. I may blast through it later and remind myself of how much I loved Sonic Chaos.
I'd never even heard of Triple Trouble until Gems Collection - what a game. Tails' Adventure on the other hand I came across in a second hand games shop in 1995 and I love it. Second only to S3&K in my overall Sonic list. That was a 'Sonic game' with a gimmick I could get along with.
I'd never even heard of Triple Trouble until Gems Collection - what a game. Tails' Adventure on the other hand I came across in a second hand games shop in 1995 and I love it. Second only to S3&K in my overall Sonic list. That was a 'Sonic game' with a gimmick I could get along with.
I think it was the Green one, you had to do a very quick up manouver to get the final pipe, time it wrong and the whole thing was for nothing, I hated that one. Loaded up the game last night and got the first Emerald but didn't bother after a few attempts to get the second.
Tails' Adventure was pretty good, I got it when it first came out and took a few weeks to get through all of it. Its a pity he didn't get a proper 16bit game to himself, they had to wait until 32bit and waste it on Knuckles.
Tails' Adventure was pretty good, I got it when it first came out and took a few weeks to get through all of it. Its a pity he didn't get a proper 16bit game to himself, they had to wait until 32bit and waste it on Knuckles.
^ The second one with the pogo pads? You just go left, right, left, right, right, left and right. I just did it and takes about 10 seconds. Pipes are next...
Chaotix is okay but has many flaws. The elastic effect of the Link Rings, the Sonic CD-wannabe level designs, the rubbish powerups, the hub room, nonsequential levels, no ending, rubbish final boss... But it did have genuinely good special stages for the Chaos Rings, and Mighty and Espio were great fun to play as with their unique abilites. Doesn't hold a candle to either Sonic CD or Tails Adventure, but I would play it over any game released after Sonic Adventure 2.
Edit: got the green one no problem. Purple on the other hand... well, let's just say I'm lucky to still have a laptop with a functioning screen. Nice challenge, the Chaos emerald stages.
Chaotix is okay but has many flaws. The elastic effect of the Link Rings, the Sonic CD-wannabe level designs, the rubbish powerups, the hub room, nonsequential levels, no ending, rubbish final boss... But it did have genuinely good special stages for the Chaos Rings, and Mighty and Espio were great fun to play as with their unique abilites. Doesn't hold a candle to either Sonic CD or Tails Adventure, but I would play it over any game released after Sonic Adventure 2.
Edit: got the green one no problem. Purple on the other hand... well, let's just say I'm lucky to still have a laptop with a functioning screen. Nice challenge, the Chaos emerald stages.
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