Sonic the Hedgehog 2 3D

The first game to my very own first console

So I took the time to play through the second game as well and finished it rather fast, may be due to me finishing it a couple of years ago with my sister and almost finished as a kid... again with my sister. She played as Tails and basically defeated every boss while I sped through the stages since i played the games more, but had a hard time with the Metropolis Robotnik since I couldn't get his pattern down. What we didn't do was finish with all the chaos emeralds in our possession. Funny enough the Super Sonic made the final stage much harder since you speed-up so you miss the fine tuned platforming section... wasn't Sonic about being fast? Then why is it harder if I go fast? Lucky the save state function make it possible to finish it 100 %. Another funny thing is that we finished the game on my Nintendo Wii. 

Here we have a real special stage!

The thing about this game is that my parents bought me a Sega Mega Drive with two controllers and Sonic 2 when I learned to ride a bike. I guess I rode the bike for maybe 5 years and after that I never rode it again. Still plays video games. I can compare this game to the first one and I can say is this game is much better. In the graphics apartment we have the Special stages that gives the 3D effect something to work with and the music is at the top. Each stage is a marvel from start to end. Best is Metropolis Stage. Love it. Also the addition of a somewhat 2-player mode is rather fun and as I mentioned enabled me and my sister to actually finish it... since Tails is basically immortal. Need to see if I can get a Super Tails mode in collecting each emerald and such. Really, this game is clearly an improvement.

And to think I became an obsessed Nintendo-fan!

Sonic the Hedgehog 3D

Apparently the fastest thing alive

So after many years I finally finish the original Sonic the Hedgehog game... or really not the original, but the remastered 3D version for the 3DS which includes save states and other goodies. I got a version closer to the original on the Wii Virtual Console, but that was a bit of a shock to play for me the first time since everyone said it was so fast and so, but he really wasn't. Growing up I only played the 2nd game, and there you could spin-dash. In this game you need momentum which you loose if you stop or get hurt. God how annoying that is to loose such an important function. Thankfully you can choose if you want it in this remake.

He can't catch the fat scientist, fastest thing alive you said?

Can't say I got the story for this game, Robotnik (that's what I grew up with, I never played a Sonic game where he was called Eggman) has kidnapped some forest critters and put them in his robots to do... whatever Robotnik is after. So Sonic set out to stop them. That's pretty much it. Graphics are nice, but some of the worlds can be rather frustrating to pass through, especially all the water ones when the time limit is put in action and the horrible music is used for suffocating. Funny thing I found out is that it was an extra second after the countdown which really simulates the eternity of waiting for the saving bubble. If it would be nice to show it self. Music was alright, but the only memorable track is the first world, the classic Green Hill Zone. An interesting thing to note that the Chaos emeralds are here, but they don't actually do anything other than some credit-scene changes. And don't get me started on the damn mini-game to get them.

What is this maze-like contraption?

The added 3D effects don't do much as far as I can see. Overall I can't say I like this game, everything the second game did was a clear improvement creating a much more enjoyable gameplay experience. Maybe if I played this one first I might have found it fun, but as is it feels archaic without the additions to make it closer to the second game. Speaking of the second game it was just released as a 3D classic so guess what's the next Sonic game will be... when I ever finish that one.