sonic origins

March 27, 2023

Sonic Visits Samba De Amigo, Gets Upgraded Origins

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Did you purchase Sonic Origins when it came out last year? If the answer is “no,” you’re in luck — Sega just announced an upgraded version, Sonic Origins Plus, that contains more content. It’s one of those moments that’s aggravating for one consumer but a blessing for another. Sonic Origins Plus will contain what the original Origins did: all four of Sonic’s mainline Genesis titles (and Sonic CD) remade in widescreen. Plus adds twelve Sonic Game Gear titles, the ability to play as Knuckles in Sonic CD, and the ability to play as Amy in all the games. Also, thankfully, all the DLC content will be included in the purchase price, which is something that got the original Sonic Origins in trouble (a lot of features that are considered standard for other games were paywalled here). Now if you DO have Sonic Origins, Sega hasn’t completely forgotten you: you can upgrade your game to Plus for $9.99. Buying Plus entirely will cost $39.99. The package will launch on Sonic’s birthday,

June 24, 2022

Why Did Sonic Origins Turn Out Buggy?

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Reviewers of Sonic Origins, the highly anticipated remaster of the hog’s most classic titles, are not happy. While the overall presentation is nice, they’ve been pointing out the various glitches and bugs throughout the games that weren’t present in the originals. An outsider might ask how Sega could possibly mess this up, if all they had to do was dump some ROMs into a menu. The cynic would reply, “Sega always finds a way.” But there’s a bit more to it than that. For one thing, Sonic Origins is NOT a ROM dump. It’s a legit rebuild of Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knuckles from the ground up, using the Sonic Mania engine. The developers of that engine, Headcannon, also created this remaster and says they are aware of the bugs, but that not every single one is their fault. Developer Simon Thomley says they “asked to do major fixes near submission,” but they were denied the opportunity because of “submission and approval rules.” So it sounds like bugs were

April 20, 2022

Sonic Origins Is The Ultimate Shrine To The Hog’s Glory Years

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Sega announced plans today to re-release the 16-bit Sonic games. This by itself is nothing new — with the exception of Sonic 3, the games have never really been off the market, reappearing on just about every device capable of playing a game from practically the moment that device exists. Heck, there was a Sonic compilation on the Game.com. THIS time, if they want us to pay attention, they’re gonna have to make it special. Thus we have Sonic Origins: not a mere ROM dump but a fully rejiggered, thoroughly polished remix of Sonic’s genesis (pun intended). Sonic 1, 2, 3, Knuckles and CD are all present with various options like widescreen support, animated cutscenes, and the new “Anniversary Mode” where you can play short bursts of levels with specific goals, like “squash 5 Caterkillers before reaching the exit.” For the first time in a while, Sonic 3 will be part of the mix — it’s been withheld from other compilations recently, due to mysterious rights issues that most attribute

May 27, 2021

A Whole Lotta Sonic Is Speeding Our Way

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Early this morning Sega streamed out Sonic Central, an eleven-minute presentation announcing every Sonic The Hedgehog-related thing they plan to release over the next twelve months. A list of what would be revealed was leaked a couple days ago, and though it might have gotten a couple things wrong (more on that in a bit), it was overall accurate. For instance, the list mentioned a remake of Sonic Colors, and that’s exactly what we’re getting. Sonic’s 3D track record has been spotty at best, but Colors (originally released exclusively on the Wii) was one of the better efforts. The plot is that Sonic visits an amusement park in space that turns out to be an elaborate scheme by Dr. Eggman to enslave a cosmic race called the Wisps — and “that’s no good.” The most important thing about Colors is it leaves out all the unnecessary extra elements with other characters and just lets you RUN. The new version will be called Sonic Coors Ultimate, and it will be accompanied