Board 8 > Sonic Colors: Ultimate Review Zone

(+) Yeah! (+)

Apparently a lot of the glitches were from people using emulators and passing it off as a legit Switch, so that's pretty neat

but also some of them maybe aren't

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the really bad seizure-inducing one was probably on an emulator, I cannot imagine THAT level of graphical glitch happening on native hardware even for a Sonic game. The ones with the transparency glitching on the black hole could go either way

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This is getting out of hand, what are you gonna do about this Sega??

https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX/status/1434564096213594115?s=19

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So it turns out some of the "epilepsy" style glitches CAN happen on the retail version of the game, but you basically have to intentionally cause it by going in and out of multiple worlds real quick before selecting a level (a thread):

https://twitter.com/Nintendo_NWR/status/1434554416007352321

They go on to say their reviewer didn't actually run into anything of the sort naturally on their playthrough.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0GDD2AulY4

good launch trailer

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Enjoying this game less and less the more I play. Got one achievement left: to complete the Egg Shuttle. About an hour into it and I run into a bug which breaks 2D sections and makes them unplayable and you can't restart in Egg Shuttle so I'll have to start over again later.

Not my only complaint mind:

• Game's too easy, only time I ever ran into a challenge was when the controls either aren't responsive enough or the button mapping is counter-intuitive (why is double jump and lock-on attack the same button?)
• I don't understand the point of the Game Land levels. They're not fun, interesting or difficult, just boring and numerous.
• Unlocked Super Sonic, but by the time I got him unlocked, I had about one level where the game would actually let me use him left to S Rank.
• No lives is good, but you should either be able to turn off the Tails assists or they should count against you. Being able to still get S Ranks after falling off the edge a few times just makes an easier game even easier.
• I hate that Sonic just can't use his normal abilities because they're tied to Wisps now. He can't even spin-attack, because it's tied to the pink Wisp (which, as an aside, never goes in the right goddamn direction).

It's only saving grace is that it's short, really.

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it's interesting seeing people realize that even the good sonic games aren't good

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I mean, there ARE good Sonic games, this just isn't one of them.

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Sonic Colors is fine, but it got most of its praise from its simplicity and being over quick, at a time when Sonic was at a near low point in the public eye.

In reality it paled in comparison to the running levels of Unleashed, but because there was no werehog bullshit it was "the good one".

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Sonic Colors is still good

What we really need is Sonic Generations Ultimate though

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What we really need is Sonic Generations 2

(but only if it's good)

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ninkendo posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0GDD2AulY4

good launch trailer

Okay that trailer actually really bothers me

1. It uses the original version of Reach For The Stars which I don't think is even in this game? I didn't see it listed on the music menu, so unless it's hidden somewhere else I think there's only the new remix. Which is not bad, but I want the original too

2. It uses clips from the intro video, which is in HD, over voice clips from the in-game cutscenes which are presented at the same resolution as the Wii original. I mean obviously they're not gonna *advertise* low-resolution cutscenes but I feel like including the audio is trying to trick you into thinking they'll look nicer than they do.

Sneaky!

Funny, I actually like Colors more playing Ultimate. My only real complaint is the lack of a sensitivity adjustment for the joysticks.

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Listening to the remastered soundtrack and... geez. These new versions are all pretty bad. What happened?

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Did they really completely replace the original theme? That's kinda lame.

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Grand Kirby posted...

Listening to the remastered soundtrack and... geez. These new versions are all pretty bad. What happened?

It doesn't have the best Sonic Colors level music, which never actually appeared in any version of Sonic Colors: Tropical Resort Modern from Generations 3DS.

Now that was a great song.

https://youtu.be/N2UEJbg_2E8