Sonic was the iconic mascot of SEGA since its creation. The fastest blue hedgehog in the world began his career in 1991 in sega megadrive. Gradually the team Sonic Team and SEGA have evolved this beloved character from 2D to 3D to titles like sound borders, the last of the franchise. Almost exactly a year ago, SEGA launched Sound originsa compilation that brought together four titles from the fast porcupine: Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 and Knuckles and Sonic CD. Now the Japanese company has decided to further expand this collection with Sonic Origins Plus, the latest anthology of classic Sonic games. Get your shoes on, here’s a high-speed analysis.
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Pure nostalgia
As we had already analyzed the base game at the time, this time I will focus on telling you about the new features of this revision. To start, The most striking thing about Sonic Origins Plus is that we will have a total of 16 titles that we can play. To the 4 classic OS titles are added 12 Game Gear titles which will offer us even more hours of pleasure and will delight the most nostalgic. Among them we will find unknown jewels such as:
- sonic the hedgehog
- sonic the hedgehog 2
- Sonic mayhem
- Triple Sonic Trouble
- Sonic Blast
- Sonic Maze
- Sonic Spinball
- Sonic Drift
- sonic drift 2
- Tails Sky Patrol
- Tails’ Adventure
- Doctor Robotnik’s Medium Bean Machine
Fortunately or unfortunately, these titles arrive as they were intended. With all the problems that entails. Although improvements have been added such as the save game optiontechnical aspects such as the sound leaves a lot to be desired. Another small “but” is in the graphics section. These 12 games are in one 4:3 resolution
A touch of pink never hurts
Another new addition to Sonic Origins Plus is the added Amy Rose as a playable character in all 4 original OS titles. Being able to even form a duo with Tails, Amy offers a somewhat different gameplay, being able to attack with her hammer by pressing the jump button in the air. To be honest, it’s not a huge change, but it does provide some variety for approaching levels differently.
joins, for its part, has also undergone modifications. Sonic’s rival echidna now too will be available as a selectable character on Sonic CD. Indeed, several levels of the game have been modified to create alternative paths.
Eventually
Sonic Origins Plus is an improvement over the original collection. SEGA has gone even further and brings us a pack of 16 classic games to recall the golden age of the blue hedgehog on Mega Drive and Game Gear. This review will certainly delight fans, but some things were left in the inkwell, which prevents it from becoming perfect. Despite everything, the title is an excellent compilation that will give us many hours of fun with the classic adventures of Sonic and his friends.
Sonic Origins Plus
$39.99
Benefits
- All core Sonic Origins content included
- Amy as a playable character gives gameplay some variety
- Ability to play with Knuckles in Sonic CD
- Includes multiple Game Gear games…
The inconvenients
- …with all the bugs the originals had
- It lacks more classic Master System or Sega Saturn titles
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