Sonic’s mainstream origins lie within a snappy marketing campaign. Sega didn’t need a mascot at the time – it needed a weapon in schoolyard fights between kids who owned rival consoles. Peer pressure did the rest to push Sega’s consoles under Christmas trees instead of Nintendo’s. Whether Sonic the Hedgehog was actually good or not… Continue reading Sonic Mania (Switch)
Sonic Forces, like the bevy of other modern Sonic games, traps itself between legacy and newness. The idea is taken to its logical extreme, patterned from Sonic Generations – new, leaner Sonic fights Dr. Eggman alongside the pudgier classic Sonic. It’s a story of resistance, an easy narrative seedling in 2017. The frequency alone of… Continue reading Sonic Forces (PS4)
At times, Fire & Ice finds the necessary tenants of classic Sonic. Stage designs whip the hedgehog around with the needed pace (with some wonderful racing stages) and layouts keep up a consistent flow. However, those designs come cobbled together from obvious pieces, lending Fire & Ice an unavoidable repetition. Thankfully, the inexcusable forced item-hunting… Continue reading Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (3DS)
Power Drift finally finds a Stateside release in this 3D collection, one of Yu Suzuki’s least known works. The surreal kart racer uses an unusual road aesthetic and the pace of Afterburner for an eclectic pole position battle. Alongside Power Drift are nine others (three of which are Fantasy Zone incarnations). Most have been on… Continue reading Sega 3D Classics Collection (3DS)
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