And now here I am. Now, this album has around 140 songs (!!!) on it, so I can’t do it all in one day. Thankfully, it’s broken up into “acts” (think discs on a CD) so I can do this a few days at a time. If I were you, I’d give the album a download before reading, and read along with me, song by song. It’s better that way.
Along the way I’ll give some “keywords”, as its hard to define them in genres.

Now, without further ado, The Sonic Stadium Music Adventure 2012!

DISC 1 FRONT

DISC 1 BACK:

Song 1 – Prelude ~ Prepare for Takeoff

Artists: Freen In Green feat. VizardJeffhog
Keywords: Lyrical, Powerful, Nostalgic
Remix of: The Tornado – Sonic OVA 

It starts off with these amazing, powerful instruments… and you feel ready for, well, take off! It reminds me of Star Fox, which is never a bad thing. After that, we hear Jeff’s sweet voice itself explaining the album. Now, I have a confession, I had no idea what song this was based off of (I don’t watch Sonic OVA that much…) so I thought it was based off of Fantasy Zone, as he says “Welcome to your very own Fantasy Zone”. Thankfully, I consulted him about it, and now it’s much better.
The song is a great intro. It sets the mood and hypes you up. It might be a little strange to come across when you shuffle, so I might set this one to “Skip when shuffling”.

Song 2 – Trip Down Memory Lane… for Mega Collection

Artist: ~Faseeh~
Keywords: Feel good, nostalgic, bubbly
Remix of: Main Theme – Sonic Mega Collection

A great song on it’s own accord, this one blows away both the original and Generations remix with it’s great instrument choice and not-too-fast beat. “Happy” is a great word to describe it, it makes me want to get up and dance. The chorus is almost techno-y too, which I enjoy. It also reminds me of music from Mega Man Network Transition. Random game to think of, but that jumps out to me for some reason. I wish it repeated one more time, however, cause I could listen to this for days.
Great, great piece. This one might be a contender for a favorite!

Song 3 – Escape from the City… for City Escape

Artist: Serenity Seven
Keywords: Wilder, Younger, Free-r
Remix of: Escape from the City… for City Escape – Sonic Adventure 2

Ah sweet, a City Escape remix! At first, I didn’t care too much for the singer, but as it goes on, he really grows on you. A few pitch differences in the vocals make it slightly different in a good way. It’s similar to the original, but new at the same time. The guitars are rocking, with them two tracks different tracks going on in either ear. It makes it feel a lot more wild and free compared to the original. Sadly, the new lyrics added to the modern mix of Generations aren’t included, I think that would really top it off. The ending note, however, is awesome. It rings longer and louder than the original, and honestly gave me goosebumps love it.
Didn’t care for the first listen, but it really grows on you. A great addition to anybody who loves Sonic Adventure 2! Sorry Skyler.

Song 4 – When the Rain Falls… for Frog Forest

Artist: Alien.Renegade
Keywords: Watery, cold, wet
Remix of: Frog Forest – Sonic Heroes

I thought the opening note was Froggy getting shot. I nearly spat out my Pocky in laughter. It starts off with canned frog and animal noises midst rain and water noises. The rain stops, and you can hear this wonderful dripping. Noise. Hmm, I love the ambiance. Sadly, it leaves when the actual music starts. The piano sounds a little… off in my opinion here, but its not too bad. I think there’s just too much space in between the notes I would have wished for it to be a little more flowy, it sounds a bit detached. The percussion is amazing, however, and redeems this song quite a bit. I expected this to be a more softer piece after listening to the original, but this is pretty high energy, and contains some instruments you wouldn’t normally find in a fast song. By the end, the music dies down, and the rain comes back, along with the frogs.
It’s okay. Not the biggest fan, personally, but I can see people enjoying it. One thing that bothers me a bit is the quality of the frog noises. They don’t sound real, they sound like someone walking around with a children’s sound book. 

Song 5 – Molten Bits… for Hot Crater

Artist: wOrm
Keywords: Retro-esque, upbeat, trumpet-tastic
Remix of: Hot Crater – Sonic Advance 2

It starts off with this wonderful GBA-esque intro, and immediately I’m nostalgic. I love Sonic Advance 2. After that, it transitions into trumpets, which happen to be one of my favorite instruments for remixes. As it continues, they get bigger and better along with the entire song. I’m not the biggest fan of the synthesizer parts in-between the trumpets, but man oh man, the trumpets. They flow and are just so gash-dang amazing. This is a modernized, non-synthesized update on an already great song. I love it.

Song 6 – Snow Blind Wonderland… for White Park

Artist: SonicHyuga
Keywords: Christmas, Holidays, Glockenspiel
Remix of: White Park – Sonic the Hegdehog 4 Episode 2

As soon as it starts, you’re blasted with Christmas (Sorry, I mean “holiday”) cheer and festiveness. The brass sound great, the percussion is loud and proud, and even the little “dings” from the glockenspiel (or at least, that’s what I’m guessing it is) are there. It’s Christmas everybody. While it’s short, this song might be a contender for the most Christmas Morning song ever, right up there with Freezeezy Peak from Banjo Kazooie. Very fun, very festive, and a great tune! Though, if I can have one complaint, it would be that the percussion is a bit too loud and proud. I have a hard team hearing the rhythm sometimes!

Song 7 – Year of the Dragon… for Chun-nan

Artist: Rexeljet
Keywords: Oriental, Techno, Faster
Remix of: Dragon Road  - Sonic Unleashed

I expected this to be THIS song at first, as it’s the Chun-nan theme, and this is the Dragon Road song. Silly Jeffery, mislabeling the music. This song sounds vastly different from the original, with it much faster and while retaining some similar instruments, the electronic backbeat completely changes it. It’s very fast, fitting in the game that invented boost to win. I enjoy it quite a bit. It’s like a Speed Shoes remix but better. My one complaint is how fast the song ends. It feels like the creator boosted too much and feel into a bottomless pit, cause it really just ends. Like, with 0.01 seconds of breathing room between songs. The gong even cuts off, instead of letting it ring out. Not a major thing, but it drives my OCD nuts.

Song 8 – Forgotten Fire… for Poloy Forest

Artist: Gregzilla
Keywords: Slower, More Powerful, Chiptune
Remix of: Poloy Forest - Tails Adventure

Tails Adventure. You know, that game? I sure don’t. I had to listen to the original track before to see how the remix is (and chances are, you do too). The original is a great chiptune song, and this remix retains the chiptune roots until about the halfway mark where it changes to piano for a bit. The piano portions is the best, but sadly it doesn’t last long. The percussion is very powerful, giving it a nice backbeat. I didn’t care for it at first, but the more I listen to it the more I like it. A great song from Gregzilla!

Song 9 – U-Shaped Pit… for Chrome Gadget

Artist: SuperPsyGuy
Keywords: Techno, Catchy, Safe
Remix of: Chrome Gadget – Sonic 3 (Competition) 

I never played much Sonic 3 Competition, so this song was unknown to me for the longest time. Now that I know it, damn. The original is sweet, and this sounds like a safe, High Definition remix. It really doesn’t throw anything new to the song onto the table, but that’s not a bad thing. I love me some synthesizers, and this remix has them in no short supply. I may have liked a new solo or just something to differentiate it from the original a little more, but as a “Generations Classic”-esque remix, it’s great. Also, it doesn’t just end, it fades out fully. My OCD is pleased, SuperPsyGuy.

Song 10 – Deep Perplexity… for Lost Labyrinth

Artist: mikeblastdude
Keywords: Techno, Different, Unnatural (Not in the bad way)
Remix of:  Lost Labyrinth Act 1 – Sonic 4 Episode 1

Sonic 4 may have a pretty meh soundtrack, but that’s mainly due to the instrument choices trying to make it emulate the 16-bit. This fixes it up a bit. Just a bit. I’m not a fan of the back beat, or the techno noises in general in this track. I liked the woodwind-y sounds of the original. It redeemed that song and level for me. The chorus of this song is good. It makes it an okay remix. However, I’m not a fan of techno-fying songs that were natural sounding. I think it ruins the pure nature of it. My opinion aside, it’s a good remix. It’s that, a remix. It takes the song and changes the genre. Just not my cup of tea. Actually, it could be the placement of the song. It’s between (spoilers) two other techno tracks. I’d like some variation.

Song 11 – The 90′s Rave Scene as you Truly Imagined It… for Sky Fortress

Artist: Dizcrybe
Keywords: Techno, Rave-tastic, Nostalgic
Remix of:  Sky Fortress Zone Act 1 – Sonic 4: Episode 2

And the award for most fitting title ever goes too…
But seriously, this song is exactly that. It’s Rave. It’s 90′s. It’s imaginative. I never expected such a remix, and I love it. Unlike the last song, this song fits the beat and original, and improves it. The techno parts are great, and then it heads into a bit of piano. After that, we get some weird vocalizations, and along with it what I swear is sampling from NiGHTS music. Maybe I’m just insane. The vocal lyrics add so much to the song too. The wailing woman just sends goosebumps down my skin. It’s wonderful. It’s awesome. It’s in the running for my favorite track. Everything about it exemplifies what a remix should be. Gimme more of this, Dizcrybe. I want 90′s rave remixes of every song ever!  Also, it ends properly. YAY!

Song 12 – Tactile Snowfall… for White Acropolis

Artist: Rexy
Keywords: Beautiful, lonely, Building Up
Remix of: White Acropolis ~Snowy Peak~  and  His World (Instrumental) - Sonic The Hedgehog 2006

Say what you will about Sonic 06 the game, the soundtrack is great, and this song is example of two of them. Though His World is only used in the intro, it leaves a lasting impression with me. Why? Spanish guitars. Ever since Dark Pit’s theme from Kid Icarus: Uprising, I’ve loved the things, and it’s used perfectly in this song. Once the beat starts, it almost becomes dance-y, but the piano keeps it from feeling as such. I don’t feel the same feel as I do songs with similar instruments. After though, the strings come in, and the song changes. Then it’s dance-y. It picks up and gathers steam like a train. It’s a long song, but it keeps adding more and more, getting bigger and bigger. By the end, it all culminates and then … just ends. It works though in this song. It sounds like you’re running up a mountain, going higher and higher, and finally, you jump off.  A great song, one of my favorites!

Song 13 – First of Many Final Showdowns… for Final Zone

Artist: Marvin Valentin feat. Joshua Taipale
Keywords: Short, Powerful, Climactic
Remix of: Final Zone – Sonic the Hedgehog 

What better way to end disc 1 (barring the interlude) than to have a remix of Final Zone! And despite the length, this song is great. It’s powerful and is a great remix. It feels like an Eggman boss in the waiting. The instruments are awesome and, again, barring it’s short length, it’s great. I think the addition of an electric guitar is a smart one, too, adding a layer to the music not heard in the original. Just, one more time, wish it was longer.

Song 13 – First of Many Final Showdowns… for Final Zone

Artist: Marvin Valentin feat. Joshua Taipale
Keywords: Short, Powerful, Climactic
Remix of: Final Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog 

What better way to end disc 1 (barring the interlude) than to have a remix of Final Zone! And despite the length, this song is great. It’s powerful and is a great remix. It feels like an Eggman boss in the waiting. The instruments are awesome and, again, barring it’s short length, it’s great. I think the addition of an electric guitar is a smart one, too, adding a layer to the music not heard in the original. Just, one more time, wish it was longer.

Song 14 – Interlude ~ When Star Meets Pac… for Shooting Ristar [feat. Pac-Man V.S.]

Artist: Can of Nothing
Keywords: Short, Catchy, Poppin’
Remix of: Shooting Ristar – Ristar, ??? – Pac-Man V.S. 

For those who don’t know, an interlude is just a short piece to transition between the albums with. While still a song and remix, it’s not meant to be really a full piece, those thing one  does seem fully fleshed out. Ristar does have some great tracks, this one in particular is great. I have no idea where the Pac-Man comes in, mainly due to me actually not being able to find music from Pac-Man V.S. to base it off of. Huh. If anyone knows what it is, feel free to comment!

That’s it for disc 1! 
Whew… 14 songs is a surprising lot to review. I thought this would be a cinch! Regardless, stay tuned for the next 9 (oh crap) parts, along with a final special awards special! 
Until then, ciao! 

This time folks seems to be no different either, as Skyler aka SegaSky aka this guy, takes the helm to discuss the Sonic games that the community defend so hard depsite maybe not being all that a bag of chips.

Do you agree with the listing? Hit us up in comment section below!

Step 1: fold the paper
Get one paper in square, fold it as following picture:

Step 2: make a repeat work
After step 1, there are 2 sides need to fold, we should do the same work as picture 6 and 7 above. At last, we get a picture as following:

Step 3: the ending work
We can see the picture in step 2, there is a horn. At this time, we need to fold the horn towards inside. Then press it. There is another horn on the top. Fold it again and open. A vase has been made.

It had SEGA Europe posted as it’s publisher, also hinting at a European release.

Never heard of Tails Adventure? It was one of two Game Gear titles starring Tails, and removed the speed element of Sonic in place of a more Metroidvania style of gameplay.

For more information, as well as gameplay, here’s my favorite Let’s Player’s playthough of the game.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/13mo0_w7foI[/youtube]

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GOD FLICKY DAMMIT HARDLIGHT

What you just witnessed was a recreation of my first 5 minutes with Sonic Dash. This was not exaggerated. There are minute long load times whenever you exit the app. This is my one major, major gripe with this game. The load times (on my iPhone 4, mind you. I’m not using some ancient technology) are abysmal.

Now, let’s get into the actual meat-and-bones of the review, shall we?

GAMEPLAY

Have you played the game “Temple Run”? It’s a free ‘run as far as you can’ type game on iOS and Android. It’s easily one of the most popular iOS games due to it’s addictive nature and easy controls. Let’s hope you’re not too good with those controls though…

The point of Sonic Dash is to run as far as you can, collecting rings and completing missions to unlock better power ups or more characters to let you run farther. Along the way, you can reach springs which will take you to different “set pieces”, such as loops or specific formations of rings and rocks. Once you hit a rock, fall into the water or hit an enemy or bomb with no rings, you’re dead and your round is over (unless you buy a revive, but more on that in a second.)

Sonic Dash uses roughly (and I mean very roughly) the same controls. It doesn’t seem to be as smooth, however. Turning doesn’t have as good as an ooomph as it does in Temple Run, and the slide (or in this case, Spin Dash) doesn’t seem as reactive. You also can’t just hold it down to slide infinity.

Sonic does have a few tricks of his own, though. You can “Air Spindash”, which is done by jumping and then sliding down. It’s like the stomp move from 3D games, but doesn’t lose momentum and puts you into a ball. You will need this, because this game loves to go “Slide obstacle, jump obstacle, slide obstacle” a lot. In certain sections, you’re required to homing attack chompers. You can’t just normally do this, sadly. I also don’t know if Amy, Tails or Knuckles can homing attack, because, like Sonic Jump, it’s stupidly hard to unlock them.

Speaking of unlocking, this game has two forms of currency. Rings (coins in Temple Run) are usable for temporary power ups, or leveling up certain stats on Sonic. Red Rings (Gems in Temple Run 2) are used for bigger items such as revives or unlocking characters. You unlock  missions to get more Red Rings just like in Sonic Jump, however it’s a little different here. Instead of just doing missions, you have to complete all three to “cash-in” and get your red rings.

Example of the missions.

Now, I want you to take a look at the bronze mission. You have to use a revive to continue. Sounds easy, right? Well, it is, but revives cost Red Rings. So, to earn Red Rings, sometimes you have to spend Red Rings. It turns it into almost a Red Ring economy if you are saving up to unlock characters, where you have to try and decide if you want to spend or save.

You can also just pay real money for either Red Rings or Rings, but it’s not a very good exchange rate.

PRESENTATION

As you guys can tell from our Sonic Jump review, I loved the art of Sonic Jump. When I saw this was in 3D, I was slightly bummed. But, seeing it in motion, it looks pretty good. People complain about Sonic being too slow, but honestly if he was any faster this game would be pretty unplayable. He’s at that perfect speed where if you make a mistake, it’s your fault. Set pieces add variety, and seeing Sonic run through loops or around bends always makes me happy. While Sonic Jump only had one memorable track in my opinion, this game really only HAS one track, a dubsteppy remix of Seaside Hill… which really isn’t too bad. I mean, it’s a remix of a good song, and a good remix as well.

The models are great. They look ripped right from Generations, and move fluidly. … with the exception of when Sonic is doing tricks. The game lags bad there, but it may be because I’m using an iPhone 4, which is sadly already old.

This game has, as of now, been confirmed for an Android release in the near future. I could see it running better on it, too, so don’t worry, ‘Droid users!

Now, one thing really bothers me about this game… the menus. They just feel hard to use and unresponsive. It’s not just click, sometimes you have to slide or pin point press tiny buttons. It gets in the way of playing the actual game, and is sadly something you have to go through every time you die.

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Final Thoughts

If you are a Sonic fan, this game is the best Sonic game to play on the toilet. It beats out Sonic Jump in terms of addiction, and for that, it accomplishes it’s goal as a time waster. …and nothing much else. If you like Temple Run and like Sonic, you’ll love this, and for $1.99, it’s a good deal. If you are casual or on the fence, I’d wait for an update (which they promise will be free) with more content or if it goes for free for a day like Sonic Jump did.

Overall, a 3/5. Score may improve with updates.

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GOD FLICKY DAMMIT HARDLIGHT

What you just witnessed was a recreation of my first 5 minutes with Sonic Dash. This was not exaggerated. There are minute long load times whenever you exit the app. This is my one major, major gripe with this game. The load times (on my iPhone 4, mind you. I’m not using some ancient technology) are abysmal.

Now, let’s get into the actual meat-and-bones of the review, shall we?

GAMEPLAY

Have you played the game “Temple Run”? It’s a free ‘run as far as you can’ type game on iOS and Android. It’s easily one of the most popular iOS games due to it’s addictive nature and easy controls. Let’s hope you’re not too good with those controls though…

The point of Sonic Dash is to run as far as you can, collecting rings and completing missions to unlock better power ups or more characters to let you run farther. Along the way, you can reach springs which will take you to different “set pieces”, such as loops or specific formations of rings and rocks. Once you hit a rock, fall into the water or hit an enemy or bomb with no rings, you’re dead and your round is over (unless you buy a revive, but more on that in a second.)

Sonic Dash uses roughly (and I mean very roughly) the same controls. It doesn’t seem to be as smooth, however. Turning doesn’t have as good as an ooomph as it does in Temple Run, and the slide (or in this case, Spin Dash) doesn’t seem as reactive. You also can’t just hold it down to slide infinity.

Sonic does have a few tricks of his own, though. You can “Air Spindash”, which is done by jumping and then sliding down. It’s like the stomp move from 3D games, but doesn’t lose momentum and puts you into a ball. You will need this, because this game loves to go “Slide obstacle, jump obstacle, slide obstacle” a lot. In certain sections, you’re required to homing attack chompers. You can’t just normally do this, sadly. I also don’t know if Amy, Tails or Knuckles can homing attack, because, like Sonic Jump, it’s stupidly hard to unlock them.

Speaking of unlocking, this game has two forms of currency. Rings (coins in Temple Run) are usable for temporary power ups, or leveling up certain stats on Sonic. Red Rings (Gems in Temple Run 2) are used for bigger items such as revives or unlocking characters. You unlock missions to get more Red Rings just like in Sonic Jump, however it’s a little different here. Instead of just doing missions, you have to complete all three to “cash-in” and get your red rings.

Example of the missions.

Now, I want you to take a look at the bronze mission. You have to use a revive to continue. Sounds easy, right? Well, it is, but revives cost Red Rings. So, to earn Red Rings, sometimes you have to spend Red Rings. It turns it into almost a Red Ring economy if you are saving up to unlock characters, where you have to try and decide if you want to spend or save.

You can also just pay real money for either Red Rings or Rings, but it’s not a very good exchange rate.

PRESENTATION

As you guys can tell from our Sonic Jump review, I loved the art of Sonic Jump. When I saw this was in 3D, I was slightly bummed. But, seeing it in motion, it looks pretty good. People complain about Sonic being too slow, but honestly if he was any faster this game would be pretty unplayable. He’s at that perfect speed where if you make a mistake, it’s your fault. Set pieces add variety, and seeing Sonic run through loops or around bends always makes me happy. While Sonic Jump only had one memorable track in my opinion, this game really only HAS one track, a dubsteppy remix of Seaside Hill… which really isn’t too bad. I mean, it’s a remix of a good song, and a good remix as well.

The models are great. They look ripped right from Generations, and move fluidly. … with the exception of when Sonic is doing tricks. The game lags bad there, but it may be because I’m using an iPhone 4, which is sadly already old.

This game has, as of now, been confirmed for an Android release in the near future. I could see it running better on it, too, so don’t worry, ‘Droid users!

Now, one thing really bothers me about this game… the menus. They just feel hard to use and unresponsive. It’s not just click, sometimes you have to slide or pin point press tiny buttons. It gets in the way of playing the actual game, and is sadly something you have to go through every time you die.

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Final Thoughts

If you are a Sonic fan, this game is the best Sonic game to play on the toilet. It beats out Sonic Jump in terms of addiction, and for that, it accomplishes it’s goal as a time waster. …and nothing much else. If you like Temple Run and like Sonic, you’ll love this, and for $1.99, it’s a good deal. If you are casual or on the fence, I’d wait for an update (which they promise will be free) with more content or if it goes for free for a day like Sonic Jump did.

Overall, a 3/5. Score may improve with updates.

The spiritual sequel (spin off?) to Sonic Jump and remake of an old cell phone game, Sonic Dash, has been confirmed for release this Thursday on the Apple App Store for iOS devices. No word on an Android release.

No screenshots or gameplay has been shown off yet, though if it’s like the gameplay of the old one shown below, we are in for a fun game.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/f4cSyWh1O3Y[/youtube]

Here’s hoping that it keeps the graphics of Sonic Jump. Read more on Sonic Jump at our review! 

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But with all the Playstation 4 buzz can you blame us? We go over Sony’s conference before going into it’s backwards compatibility and what it means to the industry. Oh and Jay explains why he thinks preowned games are evil!

What did you think?

Agree with what we said? Maybe you have a different view, or maybe you want to ask us a question for our next show? Post in the comments below or email thesonicshow@mail.com

What you see is what you get

The soundtrack itself was priced around  ¥4200 as according to the price on the OST itself and can currently cost around $52.99/ £32.88 without shipping from Japan. The OST comes with 3 Discs, comes with a Manual and some (maybe not all) came with a small sheet of Generation related Stickers in Casino Night style icons.

STICKERS!!!

The soundtrack comes with a special reverse sleeve to protect the main case which has a braille like pattern which is seen throughout Sonic Generations during the loading screen into stages and missions. On each disc there is over 20 tracks minimum, each being unique and represents a different part of the game as well as being a different colour on each disc to help remind people which one is which. Disc 1 covers all the main tracks which play from the console version of the game sticking only to the stages . Disc 2 covers the 3DS tracks  as well having a few extra tracks used in the missions, finally Disc 3 covers the bosses and jingles which didn’t make it onto the previous 2 discs. Also as an addition note on each disc there is a shooting star symbol which indicates which disc it represents. (1 shooting star being Disc 1, 3 shooting stars being disc 3).

Disc 1 Tracks: [Console Version tracks]
01. Title
02. Green Hil Act 1
03. Green Hill Act 2 (Normal Version)
04. Green Hill Act 2 (Fast Version)
05. Chemical Plant Act 1
06. Chemical Plant Act 2
07. Sky Sanctuary Act 1
08. Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Normal version)
09. Sky Sanctuary Act 2 (Fast Version)
10. “Run Through the Speed Highway –  Cash Cash RMX” Speed Highway Act 1
11. ”Run Through the Speed Highway” Speed Highway Act 2
12. “Going Down!? – Cash Cash vs. Jun Senoue RMX” Speed Highway Act 2 (Skyscraper Downhill)
13. “Escape from the City – Cash Cash RMX” City Escape Act 1
14. “Escape from the City – Blue Blur RMX” City Escape Act 2
15. “The Mad Convoy Race” City Escape Act 2 (Gun Convoy Battle)
16. Seaside Hill Act 1
17. Seaside Hill Act 2
18. Crisis City Act 1
19. Crisis City Act 2
20. Rooftop Run Act 1
21. Rooftop Run Act 2
22. Planet Wisp (Color Power/Pink Spike)
23. Planet Wisp Act 1
24. Planet Wisp (Color Power/Orange Rocket)
25. Planet Wisp Act 2
26. End Roll Medley Version 1

Disc 2 Tracks: [3DS version  Tracks]
01. Title (Short Ver.)
02. Casino Night Act 1
03. Casino Night Act 2
04. Mushroom Hill Act 1
05. Mushroom Hill Act 2
06. “Blue Azure World” Emerald Coast Act 1
07. “Windy and Ripply” Emerald Coast Act 2
08. “Vengeance is Mine – Cash Cash RMX” Radical Highway Act 1
09. “Vengeance is Mine – Circuit Freq RMX” Radical Highway Act 2
10. “Back 2 Back- Digital Remakin’ Track” Water Palace Act 1
11. “Back 2 Back – Cash Cash RMX” Water Palace Act 2
12. Tropical Resort (Color Power/Red Burst)
13. Tropical Resort Act 1
14. Tropical Resort ( Color Power/Cyan Laser)
15. Tropical Resort Act 2
16. Boss Battle: Big Arm
17.”Supporting Me…” Boss Battle: Biolizard
18. Boss Battle: Egg Emperor
19. Special Stage
20. End Roll Medley Version 2
21. “Super Sonic Racing – Cash Cash vs. Jun Senoue RMX” Challenge/Mission 1
22. Challenge/Mission 2
23. Challenge/Mission 3
24. Challenge/Mission 4
25. Challenge/Mission 5

Disc 3 Tracks: [Extra Tracks]
01. Title Demo
02. Rival Battle: Metal Sonic
03. Rival Battle: Metal Sonic (US Version)
04.”For True Story – Circuit Freq RMX” Rival Battle: Shadow the Hedgehog
05.”Live & Learn” (Short Version) Rival Battle: Shadow the Hedgehog – Sonic Attack
06.”All Hail Shadow” (Short Version) Rival Battle: Shadow the Hedgehog – Shadow Attack
07. Rival Battle: Silver the Hedgehog
08. Boss Battle: Death Egg Robot
09. “Open Your Heart – Crush40 vs. Circuit Freq RMX” Boss Battle: Perfect Chaos Part 1
10. “Perfect Chaos Revival!” Boss Battle: Perfect Chaos Part 2
11. Boss Battle: Egg Dragoon
12. Boss Battle: Time Eater Version 1
13. Boss Battle: Time Eater Version 2
14. Boss Battle: Time Eater – Final Attack
15. White Space Medley
16. Menu 1
17. Menu 2
18. Jingle: Invincible Version 1
19. Jingle: Invincible Version 2
20. Jingle: Timer
21. Jingle: Act Clear
22. Jingle: Result Version 1
23. Jingle: Result Version 2
24 . Jingle: Game Over
25. Skill: Precious Time/Ring Time
26. Skill: Time Brake
27. Skill Shop
28. Collection Room
29. Gallery
30. CutScene 1
31. Cut Scene 2
32. Cut Scene 3
33. Cut Scene 4
34. Cut Scene 5
35. Cut Scene 6
36. Cut Scene 7
37. Cut Scene 8
38. Cut Scene 9
39. Cut Scene 10

As a whole this soundtrack is among the greatest released which matches the caliber of the game it was featured in, which can be said to some other soundtracks in the franchise… from display case to song list even including the price tag it’s worth purchasing. There was a chance to have purchased a copy of the soundtrack and have it signed by Jun Senoue himself if you was one of the lucky 50 to have purchased the soundtrack from a specific website, (most likely his own website).

In my own opinion, some of the remixes feel as if they are not able to capture the same style or spark as the original tunes were for example being “For True Story” which plays during the Shadow Rival fight, though it tries to keep the same concept as before it to me feels like it was just completely reworked rather than remixed. Even Radical Highway Act 2 feels slightly out of place when comparing to the original and its ‘classic’ counterpart. That being said some tracks like “Sky Sanctuary” and “Crisis City” feel so natural in how they sound when compared to its origins. Sky Sanctuary being a softer but more defined melody without getting to high pitched like its megadrive/genesis ancestor.

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I had to end it.

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Featuring BlazeCake from DeviantArt, a new member of our show!

If you head over to this Japanese SEGA teaser site, you’ll see some images, obviously concept art for a game.

Now, as a Sonic fan, my first thought was the Mystic Ruins from that first picture. Obviously, the chance of that is low, but it’s still there. The fiery ruins could easily be a Sonic level, though the medieval castle reminds me of Sonic and the Black Knight, which I don’t think SEGA really wants to make a sequel to right now.

SEGA has stated that more Sonic news is coming, and could this be it? We’ll have to wait and see, but for now, BEGIN SPECULATIONS!

Also, the common review score for Sonic 06.

Edit: People are saying that “signs point to a JRPG”, so it most likely isn’t Sonic related. Unless it’s Sonic Chronicles 2, and LORD KNOWS HOW MUCH WE NEED THAT.
Edit 2: A Korean DOTA clone? O-oh… so yeah. Not Sonic. *sigh*

This is a Mass Effect joke.

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The screenshots are all taken by me on my iPhone.

The main menu, with “Story” , “Arcade” and “Spend Money to Win” modes.

From the get-go, you’re rewarded with the option to play as Sonic. However, since when I picked up the game, some “Global Event” was completed, I also unlocked Blaze, who proved to be my character of choice.

Let’s break it down, now, shall we?

Story

I know. Surprising, right? Although, it’s not so much “story” as it is “campaign mode”. The amount of actual “story” is the same in every level, exact same cutscene and all.

oh no dr egg-botnic is going to do something bad

oh no dr. egg-botnic did something bad.
Fight, Braze da Kyatto, for ever-rasting justice!

Blaze seems to be stuck between a saw blade, and a hard place.
… the hardplace being another saw blade.

Despite this, this mode is going to be your go to mode for the game. The levels in it are NOT randomized, unlike Arcade mode, and it introduces gimmicks (fake platforms, balloons, enemies) in a safe enviroment for you first, and then makes them actually dangerous, before finally putting it with other obstacles.  If you’ve seen Egoraptor’s “Sequelitis” series, you’ll know this is good game design!

[INSERT WISP JOKE HERE]

Now, another change with story mode (as far as I know. I grow too bored of Arcade mode to try and find him) is the boss battles. Every 6 levels, you get to fight Dr. Eggman in his newly designed EggOMatic. The boss battles are surprisingly difficult at times, despite him not changing his strategies any more than adding lasers.

Gameplay

The “Ring Time” item from Sonic Generations makes a return, and this time, it’s useful!

The gameplay for Sonic Jump is pretty normal for a “Jump” game. You simply tilt to move and make sure you land on platforms.

However, this game has some Sonic-y twists in it. For instance, if you tap the screen, you can do a double jump. Now, for some reason, the characters default jumps are uncurled. This means that running into enemies hurts you. Why Sonic/Blaze/Tails/Knuckles/Amy/Rouge/Silver don’t just stay in their ball form, I don’t know. However, by tapping, you can put them into their curled up form, as well as send them higher. Watch out though, if you scroll past a platform, it’s gone, and you will die. Because of this, you need to be careful about when you double-jump. Spamming it WILL kill you.

Red Rings return, and my OCD makes me need to get them all. You’d be surprised how dickish the placement on them can get.

Another returning Sonic staple are the rings. Like regular Sonic games, they provide you with life as well as currency. Something new, however, is a vault that lets you store rings, meaning you can “cash in” mid level. Sounds nice, right?
WRONG.
They always put them before massive groups of enemies, leaving you with no rings. I’ve died many time from accidentally hitting an enemy after accidentally hitting a vault.

The game has a “Mission system” that awards you for doing both good or bad.

Some example missions. As you can see, you get “Sonic Heads” as a form of EXP.

The missions do their mission (ha) and keep you playing. It feels good to level up, because you know there are rewards.

And goddamn, the rewards are expensive.

Not only does it cost this much, you STILL have to pay for them!

So while I do value them adding in new characters and such, the fact they’re so damn hard to get makes me a bit mad.

“Oh, but don’t worry, you can just pay for them with real money!”

If you think like that you are a shame to gamers worldwide. But that’s another rant for another day.

There are 4 levels currently. Green Hill Zone is, well, Green Hill Zone. Minus the music. Mountain Zone is like Ice Cap… without the awesome music. Jungle Zone is like Green Forest from Sonic Adventure 2… minus the awesome music. Well, this level at least has good music, though. And finally, Blue Sky Zone, which is basically “Oh crap we ran out of ideas” zone. It’s all blue sky, with balloons from Rooftop Run in it. … that’s it. \

Graphics

Ya know, in 3D, this would be mighty hard to watch. Thank god for 2D not being dead!

Now, call me crazy, but I actually think this game has some of the best graphics I’ve seen in a 2D Sonic game. Ever.

It has a 2D, almost anime-look. It’s not 3D. It’s not trying to be 3D. It’s HD, 2D art, which makes me so damn moist.

The backgrounds, while obviously pre-drawn, are lovely and not distracting.

The menus, however, are a bit bland and could have been nicer, for sure.

Overall, a great effort, design wise.

Sound

The sounds (I.E. music and sound effects) in the game are very hit or miss. It’s nice having the class sound effects! … but they’re overused now.

It’s nice having the new voice actors! … with reused clips.

And the music. Ugh. Why could they not just use Green Hill Zone’s song for Green Hill Zone? Was it copyright issues again? Cause if so, I’d be angry.

You do get little remixes of the songs between stages, but they’re so forgettable you can’t tell they’re remixes. The only good song in the game is Jungle Zone Act 2, which was surprisingly catchy.

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Jqfp7E5l3RU[/youtube]

Random Thoughts

• This is actually a remake of an old cell phone game. Never heard of it, yet alone played it, before.
• Silver before Shadow? That’s… actually really surprising.
• The amount of times GameCenter has tried to make me sign up for it’s stupid service was hilarious. Every time I opened it, it wanted me to sign up. Nope, sorry Apple, I don’t need more online services bogging me up.

Final Thoughts

A fun, Sonic-y distraction for long road trips or bus rides. If you need something casual to pop open, and it has to be Sonic-related, this is easily the best Sonic game on the iOS platform, playability wise.

Overall, a 3.5/5. Could have been better, could have been much worse.

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Shadow mod v5
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Shadow mod v5
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Oh you wanted THAT one with the CGI fursonic…. oh soz.

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I do NOT follow the comics that much. I had the occasional issue as a kid (I had the second Sonic Adventure adaptation comic. I remember that clearly.) and have, as of recent, been buying new copies when I’m at Shoppers Drug Mart and have an extra $3 in my pocket. If I miss out on a reference, or question a plothole that’s been addressed in a previous issue, I’m sorry. Call me out in the comments but don’t expect a formal apology. Now that that’s out of the way, lets start with this review.

I bought this issue through the Archie Sonic iOS app. I really like Silver, character-wise, so I thought an entire arc devoted to him would be an interesting story.

Oh look, a cover that’s NOT reused stock art! We’re already off to a good start!

The story starts off with Silver chilling out with Mammoth Mogul. You know, that guy who I’m pretty sure was a villain for the longest time? Oh well. Mogul tells Silver he has potential, just like the Time Stone that they were using to meditate with.

Bringing back the Time Stones from Sonic CD? Interesting. I always thought the Time Stones were just an excuse to not allow Super Sonic in Sonic CD.

Mogul warns Silver of an unknown visitor one from another dimension, or “Zone” as they calll it. Now, as someone who’s not a major comic fan but a huge game fan, I’m slightly confused. I mean, in the games, a “Zone” means area, like a beach or mountain or secret base. Here, it means other dimension. Thankfully, a yellow box tells me to go read Sonic Universe #5-8 to learn more about Zones. Umm… thanks?

And suddenly, Sonic 06 flashbacks. Wait a second, I have a real question: Where are they exactly? It doesn’t say in the comic at all. Thanks for accommodating newcomers, Archie. Well, I guess we’ll refer to it as “Crisis City” as, well, look at it!

Silver goes to investigate at Onyx Island (I’m guessing its a location that’s like Angel Island but rock/ground type and is weak to sprinklers) as “Weird stuff always happens there” (if you know what I mean.)

Suddenly, Silver is shot with a green lazer beam. It turns out to be…

Oh hey, its Vector! Hey Vector, how’s it … going? That’s not Vector. Oh no… oh nooooo. No no no no no.

Here, we are introduced to the villain of this issue, if you will. Now, I have a huge spiel on him/it. For now, lets just refer to him as…

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, Original the Crocodile.

Silver and Original The Crocodile duke it out with blue lazers from Silver and green lazers from Original. Original hits a wall and sends debris flying. Silver, get this, catches it and throws it back at him. I find it hilarious how they’re using so much Sonic 06 inspiration. I mean, I know there’s not many other sources of inspiration for him at this time (Generations wasn’t out yet), but do we really have to bring up… that game so much?

Silver confirmed Level 300 Pungeon Master.

I’m sorry, I’m being really negative so far. I’m actually very happy they’re using things from the games. I think its one thing that turned me off from earlier Sonic comics, the lack of game elements. These are incorperated well, too. Its like the Archie Mega Man comic on that regard, but I’ll save my comments on that for another website, aha.

Speaking of game inspirations…

Well shoot. Someone found 40 rings.
I actually missed this reference the first time. It’s Knuckles level 2 attack in Sonic Adventure 2′s multiplayer.

An older echidna named Edmund (Labeled  ”The Last Guardian”. Hey Edmund, Sony’s been looking for you for two years now!) saves Silver and tells him to stop rough housing because he’s an old man and old men are always lemony.

Translation for you youngsters:
“EH YO DOG, I BE WATCHIN’ YO BEHIND BROSEPH LIKE WHEN I WAS YOUNG. LIKE THIS IF YOU’RE A 90′S KID WITH TRUE #SWAG YOLO.”

As they argue about whether beating him up is moral and more justice-y notions, he reboots slowly. He must not be running Windows 8, Silver would have been dead already.

When he does fully reboot and his anti-virus updates, he runs away in a time portal.

Another game reference, this time to Sonic 1.
If there’s those birds-turning-into-fish in there, stay out Silver. Your eyes will bleed and you’ll want to scream but can’t because you won’t have a mouth.

Silver follows him back to the future (MARTY!) because JUSTICE! Everything is dark and broken… like where he was before, but without fire or dead girlfriends.

Silver now regrets that one-night-stand with Blaze. He’ll never get the charred skin off of THERE.

He then sees a giant statue of the ruler of this zone…

Enerjak.

You know, Enerjak? Come on, Enerjak! The Sonic series more popular villain ever! Well, maybe not, but he is quiet cool actually. I Google’d him whilst reading this comic to learn more about him. Turns out, he’s Knuckles turned evil wearing a gold Darth Vader mask. Its a cool concept, though of course, they don’t tell us this.

Suddenly, Silver gets cornered by a whole group of characters.

Team Chaotix? NO, THIS IS TEAM ORIGINALIX. DO NOT STEAL.

Yes, in this world, all of the “heroes” have been seemingly replaced with metallic recolors with azers. You know, the typical fandom fare.

EARTH!
FIRE!
WIND!
WATER!
ORIGINALITY!
MARY SUES!
By their powers combined, they summon, CAPTAIN ORIGINAL!

Silver gets utterly destroyed by the God Sues, who possess superior speed and power to the originals. Though really, there’s a small list of things that CAN’T outrun Silver.

Meanwhile, at the hall of injustice, Enerjak watches, and asks a constable who this rebel is. but before he can answer, Enerjak RIPS OUT HIS SOUL.

You know, for kids!

And the final shot of the comic… is really grim. Like, I’m talking grimdark fanfiction worthy. This is… as a fan of Sonic, I am disturbed by this completely and utterly.

… and I love it.

Oh crap.

You thought Sonic dying in Sonic 06 was bad? Well, at least Mephilis stopped with just Sonic. Enerjak killed Tails, Sally, Nack, Julie-Su (I know her!), Bean the Dynamite, Jet the Hawk, EGGMAN AND SNIVLEY.

But… there are two there that actually disturb me more than the rest. The first, Shadow. He killed SHADOW. You know, the dude who makes Black Doom go home crying? Kills giant lizards with butt-cannons? KILLS AN ARMY OF MEPHILIS, OF WHICH ONE KILLED SONIC?

Think about it this way. One Mephilis killed Sonic. Shadow can take down an army of them. Therefore, Shadow is exponentially stronger than Sonic. And if you look at how strong Sonic is… wow.

Now, the other one that bothers me? Amy. I know, you might be thinking “Dude, Amy’s weak!”… and that’s exactly it. Amy is so innocent. Sure, hot-tempered, but to kill a defenseless girl in cold blood? That’s really dark. And actually, as I was writing this article, I just thought of something.

If all the heroes are dead… does this include Cream, Cheese and Vanilla? Because if so… that’s dark. Like, super crazy horrible fan fiction DARK.

It’s disturbing, but… but I like it. I really do! Too many things are censored nowadays. Look at the mess Sonic X was with all the censorship. I mean, it feels refreshing to finally see something that makes me go “Holy crap, they went there.”

Now, lets get off that dark note and listen to my stupid theory!

Behold, the DeviantArtist you just followed. He thirsts for your soul and Llama Badges.

Enerjak is actually the embodiment of fan fiction writers. He’s tearing out the souls of the characters by writing them out of character, destroying what makes them, them. Instead, he replaces them with his own, perfect versions of his characters, creating his ideal, DeviantArt-inspired world.

And here ends our issue.

The art is great. Unlike older Sonic issues, the art is very true to the game’s style and stays consistent. Sure, there’s one or two awkward frames, but that’s normal for a comic like this. The lines are thick, and the colors are vibrant. It does paint a nice picture of the world, despite how crap its turned.

The characters, while few and unintroduced to new readers for the most part, are very well done and show that just because its a comic about talking animals, it doesn’t have to be very kiddy. Or, if we’re going by Ken Penders, it doesn’t have to be super buff grungefests Echidna-Snooglehog madhouses.

Overall, I like it. It’s not the best of the Silver Saga, but honestly, for the last shot alone, I’ll give it 4 stars. Its a dark and wonderful look at what power can do to a person, with nice art and a decent twist.Its available for $2.99 on the Archie Sonic iPhone app, as well as in comic stores.

Soon we are covering a 48 hour marathon event by VGM: Awesome in which they plan to make a videogame from scratch in just 48 hours. We plan on covering this with a live 48 hour stream (cant see how that will go wrong).

We at The Sonic Show are extremely self-indulgent and want to be featured somehow in this game, but we want to know who we should protest for? So make your vote.

The poll winner will be put forward to VGM (via brick into their studio) before the big day!

The entrants:

From left to right:

1. Jay Egge Mann: Known for being a bit odd and a tad queer, maybe he could be a boss, the hero a minion… or a power up?!
2. Tanner: The Canadian with attitude, maybe he could be the hero, or maybe his statue could feature in one level?
3. The Sonic Off Trophy: The trophy Jay lost to miserably for which he will never let go. We think this would be an awesome item to pick (and twat JonoD round the head with).
4. Lieutenant Slaughter: From the beloved Shadow The Hedgehog 2 parody. He is a series meanie and doesn’t take foolishness from anyone!
5. Infamous on the show. This unique guy appeared back in 2007.  His Mom was god or something.
6. The Win/Fail counter: From The Sonic Show:Live it kept an eye on how RUBBISH Jay was at games. If it was to appear it would HAD to list deaths as fails and level completes as Wins. And also stack unfairly towards the fails.

In our LET’S RACE series we see two members of the show race through their game scoring points to decide an overall winner. It’s not a simple race though as each member has a set of punishments they can throw at their rival to slow them down. They can only use them once however and how they choose to use these can turn the game around completely!

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Well, for me, the definitive Sonic soundtrack is Sonic Colours. And yes, I am using the British spelling for it, not because I am Canadian and relate more with the Brits than Americans, but just because I like screwing with people on the internet. But I digress.

By saying its “The Definitive Sonic Soundtrack™”, I’m saying it represents the everything that is Sonic, music wise. Don’t get what I’m saying? Well, lemme give you a quick list.

Tropical Resort, AKA The catchy intro stage song!

Not much water for a tropical resort….

If you were to come up to me after playing Sonic Colours and said
“Oh, that song definitely DIDN’T get stuck in my head!”
I would call you a liar and send you back to the kitchen to make me a sammich  inform you of the very, very low probability of that.

You see, this song has a very, and pardon my slang kids, “poppin’ fresh” beat. Its fast paced, which is good for a game where you fight giant fish and evil weeaboo robots. It also has a very good guitar riff. Now, I don’t play guitars that aren’t plastic and don’t plug into a PS2, but it seems like an easy sort of
nanananana nana nana na
nanananana nana nananana  
…
Its kinda hard to convey in text. But, I think the simplicity of it is what we love. Its just so memorable, and gets stuck in your head like what happens when you’re 7 and watch Akira late at night and see Tetsuo start to explode and its the scariest thing you’ve ever seen and it makes you have nightmares and question your…
*ahem*
MOVING ON.

Sweet Mountain, AKA The song that makes you feel like you’re in California (Or, if you’re in California, another part of California.)

Now, as you know, I am a Canadian. We get sun for 3 months and then it snows. But this song, no matter the temperature, makes me feel like I’m riding waves and eating burgers on the shores of California! …minus the recession, crime, election madness, ETC. ETC.

Mmmm, just smell that national debt!

Its the “Beach Boys” style of guitar that gets me. Its the
den nene dene nenene dene nenenene
*ba do di do*
den nene dene nenenene dene de dene dene
*bi doo bi do*
that I find really warm and surfy. You know what I’m talking about, right?
Right? I’m not crazy?
… please?

Planet Wisp, aka The song that is very, very, VERY overrated.

FIRE SHIELDS, UP.

Now, I know what you’re all saying.
“But Tanner! This song is great!”

And yes. Yes it is.

HOWEVER.
It is still, in my opinion, very overrated.
It’s very much a personal thing, so I can’t really defend it.
I-it just is, okay? B-baka!

Oh. I guess its worth mentioning that the there are 3 different versions of each song. An act 1, act 2 and act 3. Tropical Resort and Sweet Mountain didn’t have much difference in the songs, but I think from Planet Wisp on is where they really start to diversify. For instance, I posted Act 1′s up there, right? Well, I believe (in myself) that Act 2 and 3′s are much better than the “iconic” act 1. Something about the guitar in act 2 and the sorta-different guitar in act 3 really make me a happy panda. I don’t know what it is.

Asteroid Coaster, AKA The rocktacular rock piece of rocky rockhood

Its THIS kind of guys music.

I bet you if I found a 12 year old kid (cause 12 year old kids have crap taste in music) on the street and said
“Hey kid, give this a listen! Metallica’s new instrumental album is out!”
He would
a) believe me
b) call the cops.

This is the sorta song you listen to on the bus and air guitar to. Ignore the onlookers, this is what DREAMS ARE MADE OF!

That said, I usually skip this song on my iPhone, cause its not “Sonic-y” in my opinion. I mean, sure, there are great rocking Sonic songs (Look at Crisis City) but this song doesn’t hold up for me. And this is the guy who listens to the Sonic R soundtrack religiously.

If its your cup of tea, sip away you beautiful tea-sipper you. Its just not MY tea. I prefer Mediterranean Green Tea, thank you.

Terminal Velocity, AKA the kinda forgettable one

Now, lemme get this out of the way. This is not a bad song by any means. Its hectic, which fits the level, and its kinda jazzy, and I love jazz. Now, the only problem is how… forgettable it is.

If you were to ask me, I could sing all the other songs A Capella (and if you guys really REALLY suck up to me, I will for you all) but this one… I can’t. Not cause its impossible, but because its just very forgettable.

I’m beating a dead Echidna here, I know, so lets move on.

Aquarium Park, AKA The best of the best

You saw this coming, didn’t you? You were all like,
“Oh, he’s following the order of the levels! But wait…. why did he skip Aquarium Park? Maybe he’s being a sly puppy…”
And you caught me, sly puppy and all. Now, I LOVE this song. Maybe more than my girlfriend  a little too much. I mean, I got a list of reasons. So, lets get into a list within a list.

Listception

1. The bass… noises
I don’t know how to describe this, really. Just… open the song. As soon as it opens, you hear a drum going off, and its pretty on beat. As the song goes on however, it starts to get louder and quicker, and its just awesome. It keeps the beat and makes me wanna DANCE.

2. The piano

Disclaimer: I took piano for like a year, and only because it was at my friends house so I had an excuse to come over often. I really didn’t care for it. That said, I’ve seem to have grown a fetish for pianos, especially if they are doing solos. This song has both them doing solos and the main beat. Heck, sometimes at the same time. I really love it, and it makes me wanna learn to play piano JUST so I can do this.

And then I actually try, see my two left hands, and cry.

3. The beat

The speed is fast, but slow. Confused? Try explaining that abstract concept to someone. Its worse for me. However, I really do enjoy the tempo. Its perfect for both jogging and going to sleep. Its like,,, like a banana split. Healthy and not, at the same time.

4. The ending sitar

Alright, so there’s this amazing pair of games called Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. You’ve heard of the first, maybe not the second. Well, that sitar (I think that’s what it is) reminds me of that. And I love it, oh so much. Nostalgia! In a game that came out like, 2-3 years ago! What madness is this?

This song makes me feel like I’m here. Just with more blue Hedgehog-iness.

5. Amazing act remixes

Act 1: Slower, violins, beautiful
Act 2: Disco version
Act 3: Europop speedcore version

Its beautiful, how the remixes mash up both  familiar tunes with amazing new twists. Like Sonic Generations, but longer.

BAM. List within a list. Its amazing, number one, easily.

I guess I should note a few other “honorable mention” songs.

• The title theme is catchy, but a bit autotuned.
• The final boss theme is very epic (and I don’t throw that word around much) but feels a little too canned nowadays. We’ve had orchestrated final bosses for the past 3 games, I think we get it. How about a good rock tune?
• The credits theme is really good, too. Its happy and everything, and I actually sat through them for once.
• The 8-bit (not 16, which would makes sense, cause ya know, Genesis) remixes of the main songs are great, but again, feel a little too… meh. Maybe if they WERE 16-bit…
• The cutscene music is alright, though one in particular (Called “Yackers Plea”, if I recall) stands out as being hilarious, and could fit any situation.

So yeah. That’s my opinion. Agree? Disagree? I don’t care. But that doesn’t mean I don’t care about you! Leave a comment below what you think! I love seeing comments! Its like, Christmas, but not as commercial.

In our LET’S RACE series we see two members of the show race through their game scoring points to decide an overall winner. It’s not a simple race though as each member has a set of punishments they can throw at their rival to slow them down. They can only use them once however and how they choose to use these can turn the game around completely!

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Our close friends at VGM: Awesome have set themselves the insane challenge of creating a video game in just 48 hours, and they want you to help. You can send your ideas to vgm @ gmail dot com or send art, sounds… ANYTHING that might help be put towards this awesome challenge.

Those of you may remember Hamster. The outcome from last years VGM-A-THON. They aim to make something bigger and bolder, but to do that they need your input!

Watch below to find out from the guys themselves how it’s going to go down.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e5FVSszv88[/youtube]

The Sonic Show is going to be there too! We won’t be helping make the game… due to being a complete bunch of idiots. We will be covering it though! Screw E3, THIS is the game event of the year! Keep on eye on our site for a 48 hour live blog of our impressions on the ongoing events. We may also be doing a live commentary via The Sonic Show: Live (yes, a stream of a stream) but we aren’t sure if we will get away with that. Fingers crossed we can convince their team!

So make sure you check out VGM-A-THON at http://tinyurl.com/vgmathon and submit your ideas and contributions!

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But never, in all my years of playing have I ever found a character as BROKEN TO HELL as this little guy right here.

Metal FREAKING Sonic. He can, literally, kill Amy with ONE triangle combo. He’s also the fastest character. He can insta-grab and has an M. Bison style screwdriver that does 7/8 of the opponents health. If you pick this guy in local mulitplayer, SCREW YOU. That’s when you kick your friend out of the house and tell him to get a job. Thankfully, he’s locked for online play.

…

I think.

The updated rerelease adds 3 extra characters. Sadly, learning how to use said characters is hidden within, get this, the trophy list/achievements.

When you press “Start” on Sonic, you get Metal Sonic. With Bean, you get Dr. Eggman (Bean is Eggman? Sounds like a Pender’s story arc.) With Amy, you get Honey the Cat,who is based onf Honey from Fighting Vipers.

I find it kind of sad that the fursona of this girl is more attractive than the original, and I don’t even roll that way.
Oh wait. That’s normal.

It also adds online play, which I’ve yet to try out due to PSN going offline for a few hours. Though I did see what its like. It tells you your ping, and has a primitive ranking system. It’s no Street Fighter 4, but it’ll do.

The actual system (menu’s, hud) is quiet lacking. I mean, I thought Sonic Adventure’s menus were bad. These are the blandest menus possible. It’s honestly a little sad, though since this is basically an Arcade Emulator that will be used for the other SEGA fighting game re-releases, its understandable.

For modes, you got the standard Arcade (with unlimited continues WHICH YOU WILL NEED), local multiplayer and online multiplayer. Bare bones, but anything else would have been unnecessary.

Also added are trophies and achievements. Now, I’m not a big trophy hunter (I only got my first Platinum a week ago), but this game is by the easiest 100% ever.

There are 12 trophies/achievements.

7 of which are “STAGE 1 COMPLETE!”, “STAGE 2 COMPLETE!”, “STAGE 3 COMPLETE!”,  up to stage 7.

One is “PERFECT!” for getting a perfect. I DARE you to not get this from fighting Knuckles in stage 1. I DARE you.

There’s one for breaking your opponents barrier. Again, hard to not do in an Arcade run through.

There’s one for fighting yourself. AGAIN, IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT GET ON AN ARCADE RUN THROUGH.

The only one’s I had to “farm” and I say that loosely, is the one for fighting Honey the Cat (details above) and one for getting shrunk by Amy’s hammer. I beat her so quickly she didn’t have time to do it to me.

Overall, an easy 400 points for $5 (if you’re into that thing) and a fun couch and online multiplayer, but it lacks single-player content other than arcade mode and the trophies won’t bring you back.

Sonic the Fighters gets  a 3 and a half-broken Metal Sonics out of 5

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Now you can be a pinball wizard too.

I’m a huge… HUGE pinball fan. I love to play any machine I come across be it on its last legs, or a factory fresh machine. It’s an interest I’ve had since my early years of childhood and like Sonic… hasn’t left me since. There were many companies back in the 90s too. Gottlieb, Williams, Bally, Data East and even SEGA had a pinball division once upon a time. It therefore made no sense to me that… they never actually released or even designed a Sonic the Hedgehog pinball machine.

Of course, I know of Sonic Spinball too. I do enjoy the game, but it’s not an overly serious contender for my title of ‘greatest Sonic game of all time’. Now… Go back to the early 90s and when Sonic the Hedgehog merchandise was absolutely everywhere. Toy company TOMY (a company still operating today) bought out this: A Sonic the Hedgehog inspired tabletop pinball machine. I originally had one during the 90s too and it was my favorite toy… but somewhere along the line, it disappeared. Until I found and got another one on Ebay over 10 years later.

The whole machine. It’s very… long?

This will be an overall look at the machine, its features and generally how fun it is to play.

First of all… This thing is an eater of batteries. Not exactly how long it takes to drain them, but how many it takes. It takes 2 big D batteries, and 2 slightly smaller C batteries. The Ds power the motorised parts of the machine whilst the Cs power the light and sound.

Before switching on, Here’s a rundown for those not clued up about pinball. Firstly, the area where you will be playing. This is called the ‘playfield’. The playfield on this game is covered top-to-bottom in many beautiful illustrations fitting into the classic sonic universe, including Sonic and Tails near the bottom flippers and Dr. Robotnik, laughing maniacally at the top.

In a sense… this game has 2 playfields, a lower one themed around Emerald Hill Zone and an upper play field themed around Chemical Plant which also has the main gimmick of the game… The Cyclone (which we’ll come onto in a minute).

The ‘cyclone’ at the top of the machine is the game’s main feature.

Also all over the game are these yellow pieces of plastic that move back and forth at very high speeds. These are all bumpers, and most are tipped with conductive metal to allow for scoring when the metal balls comes into contact. There are also these quite literal ‘pins’, which also act as bumpers. There are some other features such as four flippers, a launching chute and a ball hold at the very bottom of the game.

These pins and plastic… things send your ball flying all over the place.

Turning the machine on, it makes one hell of a racket. It sounds very… mechanical, which I love. You can see the bumpers all moving almost in a blur, as is the orange cyclone at the top of the game. To start, pull down on the plunger to load a ball into the launching chute, then release to fire it into play.

Gameplay is fast and chaotic with so much around the table to send the ball flying in all directions. You’ll also notice that as the ball comes into contact with a bumper, sounds are played and the cyclone at the top of the game lights up. The flippers are pretty weak really. How powerful they are is very much a case of how hard you press the side buttons… so if you’re playing like a purist, then don’t expect to get much higher than the top of Emerald Hill Zone…

The playfield artwork has a lovely style.

Overall, the game is a great laugh to play, but don’t take it overly seriously. It is a children’s toy after all. I’ll run over some of the features you can find in the game.

On the lower-left hand side of the playfield you’ll see the Oil Slick ramp. It doesn’t necessarily do much… but completing a shot up this is the best chance you’ll have of getting to the upper playfield (given that theres a bumper at the top of the ramp to shoot it up there).

Robotnik’s mug is at the very top of the playfield.

The upper playfield has the most going on with it visually. There are a couple of oddly shaped bumpers… but that isn’t the main attraction here. That cyclone I’ve been rabbiting on about. As well as lighting up and whirling around, it’s quite tall too, to the extent that a special, raised dome has been added to the plastic cover. The aim is to get a ball to fall into this cyclone. Once you do, the movement will whip it out again and fling it to a random part of the playfield or… down a translucent orange ramp. If this happens, prepare for major scores. The ball ends up trapped here in the centre of 3 bumpers in the ‘emerald hill’ portion of the playfield. It bounces around, racking up big points as it does so until eventually… it will escape out of one of the holes at the side, at which point normal play will resume. It’s a real buzz if you can get the ball in here as it takes some skill to do so. …Unless of course you do what I always did as a child and just tip the whole game up to get it to the top.

Light and sounds-awesomeness

Aside from this, there’s the option for multiball play. All you have to do is launch all 3 balls into play at once. It doesn’t really change the rules or anything… but having 3 balls on the go at once is quite mad and quite fun.

Overall… I’m not really the best person to sum up whether this is a piece of merch you should get, seeing that A: this toy has a great deal of nostalgic value to me and B: I’m a huge pinball fan in general so I’m going to be naturally biased. General tip form me is that if you like what you’ve seen, then by all means go nuts and track one down.

Sonic & All Stars: Fighting

Well it’s what every other franchise is doing. Apparently people enjoy their childhood characters best when they are twatting the crap out of each other.

For this to be taken seriously, none of the Virtua Fighter characters should make an appearance as that would make too much sense. Instead we want to see Silver take a hit to the balls from Alex Kidd while Beat is forcing Tails to bob for apples in a public toilet. Let’s not forget the final boss, who would be Elise of Sonic 06 fame. Why? Because we want to smack that stupid woman’s face.

Sonic & All Stars: Sweet 16

Rather than based on the appalling game on Playstation 2, this treat would take the form of the amazing MTV show. Rouge and her best gurlfriend Knuckles are about to turn 16, and it’s down to you to help through the biggest party. Will you play as Ulala and host the biggest dance in the universe or maybe try NiGHTS where they can all go off to a magical world of dreams (spike the punch with LSD).

It won’t be an easy task. Knuckles is a stroppy girl and is know for having tantrums and breaking her jewels. Plus no doubt her Mum (Elise) will get her a floating island but it won’t be the one Knuckles wanted. Queue screaming and a slap in that bitch mothers face. Amazing.

Sonikku za Hejjihoggu: Great Adventure in the Underground Paradise!! Clash of All Stars GAIDEN!

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Who doesn’t like JRPG’s (other than most if not all of the western gaming market?)Join a cast of All Star characters as they venture into the Underground Paradise! to find the secret treasure of an underground civilization from the future’s lost past! 

A super-special-awesome title featuring music from Hyadain and art from Testuzko Miyazakatoriyama! This game’s got side quests! Main quests! Tsundere love triangles! Hot springs scenes! Crying in the rain! And most of all, gratuitous amounts of panty shots from, you guessed it, Alex Kidd!

Preorder now to receive an Eggman Oppai Mousepad!

Sonic & All Stars: Farm Simulator

Sega are shocking. They need to make money, times are tough. It is well known that Farm Simulators sell well, especially in Germany. They LOVE farming apparently. If we had researched this article we would know how Sonic fares over there too, but we haven’t so let’s assume he does ok and this crossover would be like printing money.

Who wouldn’t want to drive a tractor as Shadow… NOBODY IS WHO.

So yes, SUMO we hope you are paying attention. We would ask Sega, but y’know… seems best to talk to the ones who know what they are doing.

Do have an awesome idea for the All Stars franchise? Post your ideas below!

Welcome to a NEW Sonic Show!!

We enter the forth generation of the show with a whole refresh on the show!

We have a brand new intro complete with a kick ass new theme tune (all music in this video are original compositions of the show)

Not only that but we have increased the size of the team, featuring new LPers and new animators for kick ass cartoons!

We have also made a REAL website where you check out our videos but more importantly see your fave Sonic Show-ers write about the blue blur in the special way you would expect! Check that out here at http://thesonicshow.org!

So thanks to everyone who has stuck by the show for 6 years, lets take it up a notch!

The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro Animation: Piggybank of Sonic Paradox

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The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro and Bed music: Matthew Walker

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We enter the fourth generation of the show with a whole refresh on the show!

We have a brand new intro complete with a kick ass new theme tune (all music in this video are original compositions of the show)

Not only that but we have increased the size of the team, featuring new LPers and new animators for kick ass cartoons!

We have also made a REAL website where you check out our videos but more importantly see your fave Sonic Show-ers write about the blue blur in the special way you would expect! Check that out here at http://thesonicshow.org

So thanks to everyone who has stuck by the show for 6 years, lets take it up a notch!

The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro Animation: Piggybank of Sonic Paradox
http://piggybank12.deviantart.com/

The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro and Bed music: Matthew Walker
http://www.mwcomposer.com

We enter the fourth generation of the show with a whole refresh on the show!

We have a brand new intro complete with a kick ass new theme tune (all music in this video are original compositions of the show)

Not only that but we have increased the size of the team, featuring new LPers and new animators for kick ass cartoons!

We have also made a REAL website where you check out our videos but more importantly see your fave Sonic Show-ers write about the blue blur in the special way you would expect! Check that out here at http://thesonicshow.org

So thanks to everyone who has stuck by the show for 6 years, lets take it up a notch!

The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro Animation: Piggybank of Sonic Paradox
http://piggybank12.deviantart.com/

The Sonic Show Generation 4 Intro and Bed music: Matthew Walker
http://www.mwcomposer.com

I could tell you how this game has aged and why it doesn’t compare to modern titles, but I won’t. I’m reviewing this as a Sonic fan, a Sonic fan who loved this game as a child.

It’s got Sonic being chased by a bloody great truck. It’s got a bat with ridiculous boobs. It’s got Super Sonic battling an insane lizard hurtling towards the planet in space! Sure it is badly written and for the most part badly acted, but it does it with a great pace that keeps you moving along fast enough that you don’t linger too long on how absurd it all is.

Never has a bad british accent said “New Flarsh” so beautifully.

This is a port of the Gamecube edition which is fine. They put back in the Big the Cat cameos (apparently people gave a shit) and implemented full 720p 16:9 visuals. This is in fact AMAZING. I have never seen so many derp faces or crap animation as we now see things that were originally hidden  behind their 4:3 frame. Also the font, fuck that font. The letter P is the most stupid P I have ever seen. The font as a whole is awful to read, and I congratulate Sonic Team for finding a font WORSE than COMIC SANS of the original.

TIME STOP… TIME STOP… SONIC WIND. FUCK YOU SONIC.

Now for those that remember, this game was full of 2 player goodness. Well the Battle version, and the good folks at SEGA will let you have that with built-in DLC. We won’t complain about this, a girl has got to make a living and sometimes that involves charging for those extras they know a man will pay for. Anyway, because this is 2012 and being a Sonic fan I therefore have no real friends, I can’t tell you if this is any good. I tried playing it on my own, just to see if it worked. It does, but I can’t tell you much more because I had to go to my room and cry at how depressing the situation was.

OR DIE I DON’T LOVE CHU

So how do I sum up this “review”? Do you like Sonic, and did you play this game as a child?  If yes to both then you (like me) will love the crap out of this. If no, well then SURPRISE you won’t care about this. Go play Call Of Duty or some indie game if you want to feel important.

With only 1 day to go until we reveal the relaunch of the show, we are all quite excited!

We are sure you are a lovely girl. I hear you drive a car or something, and that’s awesome. I’m sure your parents are very proud.

There is a problem though sweetheart. That problem is that no matter how good you are at the racing cars thing, it doesn’t mean I have a bloody clue who you are. And If I did, it doesn’t mean I want you in my Sonic game.

So yes, lovely lass, but get the arse out of my game.

Yours Sincerely, The Sonic Community™

And time for some insight! Part of our relaunch includes a brand new animated intro. And who else but the amazing Piggybank of Sonic Paradox! For those that don’t know he animated the cool Team Sonic sequence in ‘Seaside Denied’!

And time for some insight! Part of our relaunch includes a brand new animated intro. And who else but the amazing Piggybank of Sonic Paradox! For those that don’t know he animated the cool Team Sonic sequence in ‘Seaside Denied’!

There is still time to make a PINGAS video too, send your best pingas as a video response to, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_DmRUz8oE

We discuss how I met Jon, play Transformed, announce the winner of the art contest and Kevin and Tanner see who is the ultimate Sonic Show staff member!

We discuss how I met Jon, play Transformed, announce the winner of the art contest and Kevin and Tanner see who is the ultimate Sonic Show staff member!

It’s time for a change.

It’s time for a change.

Why not also check out:
Tails Doll Warning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFcSNUvFNQc
Tails Doll Lullaby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YcayQRAOZo
VGM plays Slenderman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqOQzLaklos

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(Noticed its noty saying 8,000 on the channel page yet, D’oh!)

Well we here at The Sonic Show have this exclusive shot of what to expect!

Exciting stuff.

… fuck this game.

Trailer created by sonicd6 who says, “Just a very cheesy advert I came up with to celebrate the launch of demo 1 of the mod i’ve been working on as the concept artist.
I hope you guys like it, I enjoyed doing it.”

This video is an unlock of the rerelease of Sonic Adventure 2 HD on XBOX and PS3, we know not everyone can play this game, so we uploaded it for you! How nice of us

We know that some of you don’t even own an Xbox or Playstation or maybe have played this game to death on older formats, so we here at The Sonic Show decided to upload it for your viewing pleasure!

]]> http://thesonicshow.org/blog/featuredarticles/sonic-adventure-2-bonus-interview-now-online/feed/ 0 http://thesonicshow.org/teh-show/lets-race-fridays-sonic-adventure-vs-tails-part-2/ http://thesonicshow.org/teh-show/lets-race-fridays-sonic-adventure-vs-tails-part-2/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:00:39 +0000 Jay Egge Mann http://thesonicshow.org/lets-race-fridays-sonic-adventure-vs-tails-part-2/ FINALE TIME! WHO WILL WIN THIS ROUND!

Full credits:
-Credits-
-Levels, Modeling & Design-
Dude
-Concept Art & Design-
Steven Grayson
-Textures-
Emerald Coast:
Tobii Karlsson
P3DR0
(Various others taken from CGtextures)
-Animations-
BlitzPlum (running, falling, draft for victory anim)
TwilightZoney (re-make of victory anim)
-Sound Porting-
MetalSonicMK72
-Technical Assistance-
Dario FF (constant)
Chimera
TwilightZoney
Joe TE
-Stock Assets Used-
Tug(Trawler): Makrushin Andrey
Cruise ship: Hollein Hans

It’s the first part for Tails’ story WHO WILL WIN?!!?
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TOM GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE ISOMETRIC MADNESS!

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