Whenever a new Pokemon game arrives, it once again becomes a hot topic all across the internet and the fans are vocal enough be noticeably present in real life situations, especially college where the fans get excited for Pokemon all over again. Then there are the former fans- people who claim to not care about the new Pokemon. They will say that only the original 151 matter and the evolution of the series led to their current disinterest. Nothing is more obnoxious than having a conversation about a current Pokemon …

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Sonic Triple Trouble (Japanese title: Sonic & Tails 2) is a direct sequel to Sonic Chaos (Japanese title: Sonic & Tails). Once again, I have to wonder why they changed the name, because Triple Trouble doesn’t make much sense as a title. Again, only Sonic & Tails are playable and while there are three antagonists, you don’t see them very often so I have no idea why they settled on that name.
Unlike the other Game Gear games up to this point, Sonic …

That’s right, I’m not going to give up on my insane idea of playing/writing about every single Sonic the Hedgehog game after all. Sonic’s 19th birthday is here and I felt like doing something to commemorate it, like talk about Sonic again. Appropriately, the game I was on in my Sonic Retrospective happened to be my favorite Sonic game, so I don’t have to write about how bad Sonic 2006 is again.
I am writing about Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles together simply because they were originally going to be …

The headline image has nothing to do with the article; I just wanted to replace Spice World. Its a photo I took involving pipes.

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Sonic Chaos is another Game Gear/Master System Sonic game that many overlook when talking about Sonic’s history. It’s interesting to go back and play these 8-bit releases since I never owned a Master System or Game Gear. The quality varies from game to game, but some of these 8-bit titles had some good ideas.
I was very pleasantly surprised by Sonic Chaos, it had solid level design, and was the first game that made Tails play differently from Sonic. This …

Sonic CD is a bit of an oddball as far as the early main-series Sonic titles go. It had a lot of different ideas that were not really explored again and Yuji Naka had very little involvement with the game at all. With a much greater emphasis on exploration as opposed to speed, it doesn’t quite fit in with the other games in the series, yet it is definitely Sonic.
The soundtrack of this game is well-known because they changed it for the US release. Both soundtracks have their merits, but …

The amazing and gripping tale of Evan’s journey into the Sonic series. He describes in too much detail how he started out as a bitter man and then eventually opens up to the blue blur. Truly a modern classic.

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Being an arcade game released in small quantities only in Japan and Europe(maybe a few in the US, I was unable to find out for sure), SEGASonic the Hedgehog isn’t terribly well known. Originally planned to be in Sonic Gems Collection for the Gamecube, it was left out due to the trackball control the game implemented. It works in the emulator MAME if you feel like getting a ROM for it, but it isn’t really worth the trouble. It isn’t any …

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At first, the Sonic series wasn’t anything special. It was a pretty good series with a couple of decent games, but nothing mind-blowing. Then Sonic 2 came out and showed us what the series could really do. The levels are much better designed, let you run fast while still allowing for good platforming, and cut away with the unnecessary difficulty. The game also introduced Tails as a playable character; unfortunately, he plays exactly like Sonic and cannot fly yet.
Another important addition …

Fun fact that you may or may not know about Sonic the Hedgehog 2: the Genesis game came out after the GameGear and Master System games. So, the 8-bit release is actually the first game with Tails in it, even though he isn’t playable. Despite the lack of a playable Tails, he appears on the title screen and all of the images for the various zones. I suppose they were trying to trick children into thinking that this it was exactly like the 16-bit release.
Sonic 2 8-bit(hereafter referred to as …