

The spin dash is back as well as Sonic’s inability to home in on enemies - he’ll need to manually bounce on their heads.

To progress through the game, you’ll need to play each stage with both Sonics, making for 18 stages in total.Ĭlassic Sonic is presented almost exactly as he was in his Genesis heyday. Every chapter has a “Classic” and “Modern” variant, with Classic Sonic dashing across sidescrolling platform levels and Modern Sonic racing through 3D-oriented stages. From Green Hill Zone all the way to Planet Wisp, every console era has been represented quite nicely.

There are nine main chapters, each based on well-known stages in Sonic history. Packing plenty of self-referential jokes and a glorious “twist” at the end, it’s at least an entertaining little adventure. It’s not exactly the most sensible of stories, but it’s certainly no worse than what we’ve seen in recent Sonic titles. By racing through famous Sonic stages at top speed, “Modern” and “Classic” Sonic are able to put time back on track and end the Time Eater’s mysterious plans. Naturally, it’s up to our furry duo to save the day. When a grinning monster called the Time Eater starts ripping through reality, elements of Sonic’s past become erased and the two hedgehogs cross paths.

Sonic Generations teams Sonic the Hedgehog up with none other than Sonic the Hedgehog - the long-legged Sonic of recent years comes face to face with his pot-bellied past self. Sonic Generations (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 ) Furthermore, a second hedgehog is along for the ride, but it’s not some horrible silver one from the future! Sonic Generations takes a number of the very best stages from across Sonic‘s 20-year history, as well as a few of the not-so-good, and completely remakes them with new content. At that point, there’s only one thing to do - release a “best of” compilation! While his early games are regarded as iconic and influential, an amazing run of mostly bad games in latter years reduced SEGA’s mascot to little more than an irrelevant joke. Sonic the Hedgehog has not had the most celebrated of careers.
