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What's Your Favourite Sonic Game? | Team Talk

1/5/2022

 
Sonic in Sonic 2 and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle

As if Sonic returning to cinemas for a second time wasn’t enough, SEGA decided to spoil us further recently with the announcement of Sonic Origins, a remastered collection of four undisputed classic Sonic titles: Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Sonic CD and Sonic 3: Sonic and Knuckles.

Since some of us played one or two of these the first time around, we’re of a generation that grew up with the fastest blue blur in video games, it got us thinking about what our favourite outing might be.

Do you have a favourite? Is it in this remastered collection? Let us know in the comments.

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James | Sonic Adventure 2: Battle | Gamecube

Sonic and Shadow snowboard down a road, just because
While I do have a very soft spot for Sonic 2, as I've mentioned before, by the time the GameCube rolled around, I was in my gaming prime, which meant appreciating games far more than I did in the MegaDrive era.

Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was not only my first 3D Sonic game, having given the much beloved Dreamcast a miss, but also one of my first experiences of a port, and a port done well, since Battle threw in a few extras in its move over from SEGA’s hardware.

I have fond memories of wasting far too much time in the Chao garden, and probably replaying City Escape a few times too many just to hear the, in my ears at least, iconic theme music.

Most fun of all was Shadow. The dark, somewhat one-dimensional anti-hero of this Sonic adventure, proving to be Sonic’s equal in almost every way – and a character that turned me onto the previously unknown world of soap shoes and rail grinding. So much grinding.

In the end, I not only completed the game, but also spent a fair amount of time on the game’s other modes, one of which saw characters like Knuckles and Rouge the Bat digging for emeralds for some reason. Give us a do-over of this classic next please SEGA?

Chris | Sonic The  Hedgehog 2 | MegaDrive/Genesis

Sonic and Tales in the Hidden Palace Zone
Sonic's second clash with Dr. Robotnik (as he was known at the time) has a special place in my heart for a couple of reasons. It was the first game I remember playing with my old man, him leading the way as the eponymous hedgehog and me darting about as Tails.

​Looking back, I probably wasn't as much help as I could have been, but being able to respawn infinitely without penalty meant that my dad could concentrate on getting through the level without having to keep an eye on me.


Whilst the option of playing in co-op was a huge draw, the biggest addition must surely be the Spin Dash move, which allowed players to quickly get a speed boost from standstill, making those loops easier to navigate and saving from having to backtrack until you had ample space to hit full sprint.

When I think of Sonic 2, the Casino Night Zone instantly pops into my head. The music is burned into my brain for all eternity as we spent far longer on the big slot machine than we needed to, only leaving when we had hit the jackpot enough times to be loaded with gold rings. It's a trait that my dad still carries with him to this very day.​
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