Tag: Sonic The Hedgehog

Review #1200 – Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)

Yes, it took us five hundred and eighteen reviews to get to Sonic 2. By this point, we might cover Sonic 3 in six years.

Also, I considered making this a mystery review and not reveal the game outright, but people these days are genuinely stupid and would accuse me of clickbait… to which I say it’s only bait if you took it.

Sonic X Shadow Generations… No Guns. No Buys.

The latest trailer for Sega’s upcoming butchering remastering of a classic 3d Sonic title, Sonic X Shadow Generations. It’s allegedly the same Sonic Generations game you’ve played in the past, but now with a Shadow The Hedgehog sidegame that introduces new powers and such.

We call this the year of Shadow and yet we’re purposely veering away from the one game to bare Shadow’s name… You know, the ones with the guns. That’s the one everyone wants to see remade, but I guess that would be too much work. Either in rights fees or redubbing the whole game with the current cast. Probably why they’re not doing anything with the Sonic Adventure games, which is the stuff that people actually want to play.*

I joke about this being a “No Guns, No Buys” deal for me, but honestly, it’s less to do with that and more to with having a perfectly functional Sonic Generations game on Steam (and also PS3) to play at home. I bought the Sonic Colors Deluxe or whatever it was that came out a few years ago and all it did was make me want to revisit the original Wii version, instead.

Anyway, we’ll see about this one. Sonic X Shadow Generations is supposed to be out later this year. I’m sure the video has a solid release date, but I couldn’t be bothered to remember.

The Knuckles “Event”… Eh.

After two Sonic The Hedgehog movies – that I liked – Paramount put out a Knuckles miniseries… oh wait, it’s not a miniseries. It’s an event. Ooh… aah…

Eh…

This is a show less about Knuckles and more about some guy named Wade and his wacky Jewish family… because that’s what I want to see in my miniseries… er, I mean, event… about a giant red echidna who feels out of place and is trying to adjust to life on Earth. I mean, you get some of that here… but it’s more about Wade and his business and… Wade is not that interesting of a character.

Dude, the CG characters are the interesting critters. Those are the critters you’re building this media franchise around, not some schmuck people are going to forget about in ten years time. I want to see Knuckles in a series called Knuckles doing Knuckles stuff. This stuff… this stuff with Wade, this excuse to play every single licensed song under the sun… the bowling tournament… these other schmucks that are poor stand-ins for Knuckles… what even is this?

I’m not saying this is a bad show nor am I saying this is a good show. I’m saying it’s a show I don’t like because I thought I was getting one thing and instead I got another thing… and, well, why am I watching this?

So… yeah… not a fan…

If you have a free trial, don’t waste it on this. There are better things to watch on Paramount+. There’s a bunch of old Ninja Turtles on there you could want if you want all the 80s and 90s nostalgia you can stuff down the marble zone. All of that is better than this.

Hopefully Sonic 3 will be good.

Sonic Origins Trailer (Remastered Sonic Games Compilation)

A little late to the game, but yeah… Sega’s Sonic Origins compilation, which collects remastered versions of Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD in one package. And yes, there are the Whitehead/Headcannon ports, which means widescreen, playable characters across all four games, and other bits and bobs. A nice, wholesome package, for sure.
The only caveat is that in a few weeks, Sega will be taking down the individual releases of these games from these digital storefronts. So if you want to get classic Sonic stuff off Steam, Playstation, or Xbox, get ’em while you can because once they’re gone, they’re gone for good… fried chicken.
Lame move to dampen a pleasant reveal, but that’s Sega for you. They’d fuck up running water.

Sonic Movie Producers Jumping Gun To Produce A Sonic Universe

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/03/sonic-movie-producer-talks-about-creating-a-sonic-cinematic-universe

So word has it that the people behind the Sonic movies are in the midsts of constructing their own little Sonic Cinematic Universe… because nothing in movies can be just a series; we have to have a whole UNIVERSE of movies. Can we not wait until this movie makes money before we start thinking about making spin-offs and shit like that?
Why is it that every brain fart idea people have when making a movie is that they’re going to follow it up with a whole UNIVERSE of movies? Can’t we just focus on making good movies? Because when you focus on making good movies, you get GOOD MOVIES THAT PEOPLE WILL PAY TO SEE. Make nothing but movies for the sake of making a universe and you get shit like The Mummy, which bombed so badly any and all plans that Universe had for a Dark Universe went down the shitter where they belong.
But you know what? Let’s forget all that. Let’s build a Sonic universe without knowing if the second film makes money first… fortunately, I don’t think we’d have to worry about that because I’ve heard good things about the sequel. The attitude that comes with is what irks me.

A Mouse Of Needles And Not (Sonic Mania, Force, Disney Collection, and Stuff)

The following is a transcript of a segment from Episode #70 of the DTM-Cast, slightly adjusted for text format.

So let’s touch on some video game stuff because we haven’t had that in a while. A couple quick news bits that I want to comment on quickly

You’ll remember a few months back when Sega announced two upcoming Sonic games. One is Sonic Mania, the return-to-form 2D throwback title from Christian Whitehead, who was the guy who brought the mobile ports of Sonic 1, 2, and CD. And that game is due this summer. Was supposed to be out in spring, but they’re holding it back a few months and that’s fine, I suppose. I can wait.

The other game that they announced was codenamed Project Sonic 2017 or that sort of thing; it was going to be similar to Sonic Generations in that it features Modern Sonic and even Classic Sonic and they’re in a warzone of sorts… that project now has a name: Sonic Forces. It’ll be running off the Hedgehog Engine 2, which is an update of the engine that powered Sonic Generations, Sonic Colors, that initial wave of Sonic titles after ’06. And it looks like the game will be of a similar vein to those titles, which I’m pleased to see. Out of the various 3D Sonics over the years, I really enjoyed the Colors and Generations model the most which was more based on speed-running, occasional platforming, that sort of gameplay which fits like a glove for a character like Sonic whose main gimmick is his fast speed. So that’s something I’m somewhat looking forward. Obviously, not enough is known at the moment, but there’s always time for that.

Another thing was recently announced from Digital Eclipse and Capcom – and this is actually a nice little surprise if I do say so myself – this coming April will see the release of the Disney Afternoon Collection. And this collection comprise six classic NES games; Ducktales, Ducktales 2, Chip N Dale: Rescue Rangers 1 and 2, Talespin, and Darkwing Duck. Aside from the enhanced emulation (1080p HD, that sort of thing), there’s going to be additional boss rush modes, time trials, and a rewind feature that lets you rewind gameplay so that you can save yourself from doing something stupid or something. And of course, there’ll be the gallery of material and never before seen content, so that’ll something.

But, yeah, this is a nice little surprise. I’d imagine this is a bit of a bonus for Capcom, considering they got the rights to do another Marvel Vs. Capcom fighting game, but honestly, I’m not going to complain. When it comes to third-party licensed games on the NES, you could pretty much do no wrong with the Capcom-developed Disney games and what you got here is the best of the best, pretty much. Ducktales is a classic game, Darkwing Duck is a fantastic game, Chip N’ Dale… straightforward titles, Talespin… is fucking Talespin. It’s a nice little package especially for those who missed on these games back in the day, especially something like Ducktales 2 which was a late NES release and these days is pretty damn expensive.

So six classic Disney titles from the NES days by Capcom… I’d imagine it’ll be the same price as the Mega Man Legacy Collection that they released a couple years, but regardless, this should be fun. And it’s something I’m looking forward to without question.