Jayvee wanted to celebrate Sonic's 20th birthday by decorating N+ with a classic Sonic stage: Green Hill Zone! Even though Sonic's birthday was in June, it was late June (the 23rd to be exact) so if we were to round-out wich month we should celebrate... it would be now, in July! So what does everyone think of the new page? It certainly is much brighter than the Lake of Rage we had last month, and also a lot less frightening. We have to switch moods into a bright, sunny, summer feel now, and Sonic is here to get us there fast!
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Sonic Colors (or Sonic Colours in the UK and Australia), is the latest release in the Sonic series. And man, did they get it right.
While I originally only had an interest in the game because of the sweet pre-order bonus, didn't care to play the game. The premise, Eggman creating an interstellar amusement park as a way to "give back" to the planet after nearly two decades of mayhem, seemed fine to me. I didn't see how that was a terrible thing. The information Sonic Team gave us only said that our fast-footed hero assumed that Eggman was doing something evil. This sounded to me like another crappy Sonic game of late, cheap plot line, pathetic gimmicks. A continuation of the cycle.
Everyone's favorite little furry bundle of roadkiller is back to grace the industry's home consoles, and this time around he's taking fewer risks in his presentation.
Sega's first episodic release has been met with generally positive reviews, but I personally hope that this is just an indicator of better things to come.
As I'm sure you've heard by now, Sonic 4 is a direct continuation of the "Death Egg" saga outlined in the original titles. After managing to destroy the Death Egg, Sonic parts ways with his pals and decides to explore a new land at sonic speed. Unfortunately, not only has Dr. Robotnik survived the Death Eggsplosion, but he's managed to reassemble some of his earlier destructive machines and is yet again causing trouble for the titular hero. You'll get to race through four primary zones, each containing three acts and a boss stage, before taking the fight to Eggman once again on his own turf.
Looks like Sega is taking a hint from the Scribblenauts pre-order "rooster hat" that was given out for the first games pre-order at Gamestop. If you pre-order Sonic Colors at Gamestop you can pick up the game when it launches, on november 16, 2010 in the US, and I guess... Sonics scalp? ouch, Robotnik (yes, ROBOTNIK) finally got him I guess... anyway here it as as ign reports it:
SEGA of America has revealed that, for the upcoming Sonic Colors release on the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, it will provide a pre-order bonus for those who reserve a copy of the game at retailer Gamestop: spikey headwear.
Sega just announced that a new game, "Sonic Colors", is going to be released for the Wii and DS by the end of the year. According to reports, the game involves Sonic coursing through a sci-fi theme park where, for some reason, in order to thwart Dr. Eggman's evil plots, the Blue Hedgegog will have to save multi-colored alien thingies which will grant him special abilities according to (you guessed it) their color. Here's a brief, Italian trailer.
Read more for the official (translated with google) press release...
What can I say? I have been a huge fan of both Super Mario and Sonic my whole life! So when Seagull told me he had a chance to get us some copies of Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games to review, I got ecstatic! I mean, when I was little, it was a dream of mine to have my two favorite characters come together in a game. Granted, I wanted to see them in an Adventure/Platform type of game where Robotnik and Bowser team up and its up to Mario and Sonic to stop them from destroying the world. But until that day comes, we are stuck with Mario and Sonic putting up some friendly competition against each other in the Winter Olympic Games. Did SEGA improve from the last year's Summer Olympic game, or did they somehow manage to make a bad game with Mario in it? Hit the jump to find out!
SEGA recently sent us a couple copies of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, one for Wii and one for DS. Now we are ready to start posting our hands-on impressions! The Summer Games edition did quite well all over the world, and was actually a big surprise for many people. Somehow they took Sega's biggest mascot, Nintendo's biggest mascot, and a huge event like the Olympics - crashed 'em together, and made something good!
The last Winter Olympic game I played was Nagano Winter Olympics 1998 for Nintendo 64 and it was pretty sweet, albeit very limited in tracks and controls. But this is 2009 and on the DS. We also have Sonic and Mario as guides to this years festivities, not your average people. Ready? OK, lets go!
It's probably a good thing, then, that Sonic is returning to his roots. In a title codenamed Project Needlemouse, the Blue Blur will return to his 2D home. The teaser video above also mentions HD graphics, but that shouldn't disqualify Wii just yet - we wouldn't be surprised to see a downgraded version for Nintendo's console.
We'll keep you updated as the game's 2010 release date draws nearer.
Looks like SEGA is making another Sonic Racing game... this time for the Wii and DS! But this time he will be joined by his SEGA co-stars. What do you guys think? I think SEGA is trying to make Sonic like Mario and have him star in every game genre possible... Might be helpful if his games weren't sub-par compared to the Mario Games! Below is the debut trailer:
According to Spanish gaming site Revogamers, there is a sequel to Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games eading our way. Here is the translation of the Nintendo Action magazine scan, from the site Sega Nerds:
Rough translation: “Who are these two and why do they come to see each other? Find out all the details on the mystery game in the next magazine. But before that, here are some clues: Games, Olympics, Cold, Its winter…”
What do you guys think? I personally think that they should stop making the Olympics games and just make a Sonic and Mario crossover platforming adventure game!
Here is the new trailer for the upcoming Wii Exclusive game, Sonic and the Black Knight. Do you think this one can finally break the streak of Bad Sonic games? Let us know in the comments!
I say rumor only because I don't want it to be true. The above image, apparently the cover of the September issue of Nintendo Power, reveals "Sonic and the Black Knight" as a Wii exclusive. No information on the title is available yet, but stay tuned to N+ for developments.
On a side note, WHY THE CRAP DOES SONIC HAVE A SWORD?
Believe it or not, SEGA may actually have created an awesome Sonic game. It may actually FINALLY succesfully bring Sonic into the 3rd Dimension! This new trailer, a 360 build, shows off more gameplay footage of Sonic cruising at increadible speeds through a 3D world (on a track mind you) while -get this- the camera keeps up!
Of course graphics wise this video is more impressive then Wii will probably get, but what you are watching for, is the FUN factor. Look how awesome!
Oh and I know, I know, some of you heard that a different team is handleing the Wii versions different levels, but there is a saving grace to this news... Dimps, the secret team behind the 2 AMAZING Sonic Rush games on the DS, is in charge of level design! They just hid under the name Sonic Team in Rush. By the way, if you don't have Sonic Rush 1 or 2 yet and you have a DS... GET ONE!
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Jayvee wanted to celebrate Sonic's 20th birthday by decorating N+ with a classic Sonic stage: Green Hill Zone! Even though Sonic's birthday was in June, it was late June (the 23rd to be exact) so if we were to round-out wich month we should celebrate... it would be now, in July! So what does everyone think of the new page? It certainly is much brighter than the Lake of Rage we had last month, and also a lot less frightening. We have to switch moods into a bright, sunny, summer feel now, and Sonic is here to get us there fast!
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