There were even a few moments that made me gasp and think “You can do this in a video game?!?!”. I was constantly delighted and surprised for my entire playthrough, and always excited to see what would happen in the next Act. While things start off simple enough in a green hill zone-esque stage, you’ll be constantly encountering new and interesting gimmicks like grinding on vines, navigating a dark forest, turning into a mouse from Chu-Chu Rocket to climb up a pathway, flipping the level upside down, and many more. You can reach just about every part of each level with any character it’s just that certain characters will be able to get to some spots easier.Īs one Last Surprise, Atlus announces DLC for Persona 3 ReloadĮach Zone has one to three acts, usually two, with a third either being exclusive to a single character or a bonus stage accessible by spending a collectible pear. Controls are a bit heavier than the Genesis games, but it’s really only a difference die-hard fans will notice, and characters otherwise all play the same.

Sonic can drop dash, Tails can fly and swim, Knuckles can climb up walls, Amy can double jump and attack with her hammer, and the final unlockable character can double jump and stick to walls or ceilings. Each character has their own unique abilities. You do that by running, jumping, and bashing buddies through tons of Zones and Acts with up to four players. Eggman has teamed up with Fang and the mysterious Trip to take over the world once again, and it’s up to Sonic and friends to stop him. Superstars is light on story, but it does have gorgeous animated cutscenes to bookend the adventure. While it is certainly a throwback to the blue blur’s classic games, it also feels as if SEGA hasn’t missed a beat since the 90s. Sonic Superstars is the answer to that question. If the Dreamcast wasn’t a failure, and if Sonic functioned a bit more like Mario does on Nintendo consoles, with 2D and 3D entries every once in a while. Sometimes I wonder what SEGA would be like if they never left the console business.

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