![]() ![]() Despite these noteworthy additions, Blind Squirrel made some surprising missteps. This time, they were granted more artistic freedom than their previous gigs, which allowed them to add cosmetic features, a “rival rush” mode where you race Metal Sonic and a new Jade Ghost Wisp for navigating stages. Sega handed the keys over to Blind Squirrel Games, a studio committed entirely to remakes, remasters and rereleases – most notably, they took on BioShock: The Collection and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. No, I think what really makes Sonic unique among platformers is momentum – dash and jump at all the right times, and you’ll catapult through levels, hit a wall, and you’ll lose precious seconds.Īs far as remasters go, it’s competent. If that were true, then 2017’s painfully linear Sonic Forces would’ve been a lot more well-received. Wisps are a great asset to Sonic Colors Ultimate as they introduce a lot of gameplay variety – something I would argue is present in most Sonic titles despite saying games are “all about speed.” Robotnik, they are more than happy to assist Sonic.īy fusing with different Wisps, Sonic is able to use a handful of new abilities – one allows him to phase through walls, another propels him upward like a rocket and so on. Since the alien critters are none too happy with Dr. Jokes aside, the Wisp powers that set the game apart from all other Sonic titles necessitate the frequent use of side views. A surprising amount of time in Sonic Colors Ultimate is spent playing from the side view, leading some fans to facetiously argue that it is “actually a 2D platformer.” The game uses the “boost formula” introduced in 2008’s Sonic Unleashed, wherein the camera alternates between third-person and side views. There’s nothing deep about it, and that’s OK – the locations are quirky and cute, and the cutscenes are filled with ridiculous banter. Sonic and Tails invade and proceed to dispense justice one park section at a time. Robotnik enslaves an alien race called Wisps and creates an interstellar amusement park fueled by their labor. In Sonic Colors Ultimate, the ever-nefarious Dr. ![]() I see his point – it was billed as something of a kid’s movie, and Sonic Colors is about as childlike and whimsical as the video games get. It might seem an odd choice, but Sonic Team director Takashi Ilzuka explained in an interview with Sonic Stadium that upgrading Sonic Colors seemed apt for welcoming in new fans of the blue blur following the success of the Sonic movie that hit theaters in February 2020. That puts every new release on my radar, and the latest, Sonic Colors Ultimate, is a rerelease of a 2010 Nintendo Wii game now ported to Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. For better or worse, Sonic the Hedgehog was my first video game series growing up. ![]()
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