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. Pun entirely intended.For better or worse, Sonic the Hedgehog was my first video game series growing up. I guess it's fair to say that the fans sharing their newfound appreciation for Unleashed over a decade later is the difference between night and day. The game was a sign that Sonic Team gracefully bounced back from the damage inflicted by the failure of Sonic '06, and it finally realized it. Even Redditor u/datwerg12 noticed that IGN updated its review of the PS2 version of Unleashed, the last Sonic game to ever be released on the PS2, to increase the rating from a poor 4 to a fair 7 out of a possible 10 points nearly four years after the fact.Īlthough the quality of the nighttime stages and the Werehog concept are still up for debate, fans are now praising Unleashed for its gorgeous visuals, courtesy of the Hedgehog Engine, its use of an orchestral soundtrack in lieu of the rock music Sonic is accustomed to - the only rock track composed for the game is 'Endless Possibilities' by Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick - and its well-fleshed out story about Sonic piecing a broken planet back together while reversing his Teen Wolf-style curse in the process with the help of a mystical new friend.

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