Ooooooooooo weeeeeeee… what up with that?
It’s official… Sonic Classic Collection is coming to the Nintendo DS (I’m surprised that SEGA has not run out of names for their Sonic compilations). The Genesis games have been whored-out onto every console and gadget, including my grandfather’s pacemaker and the Atari 2600. It was inevitable that Nintendo’s best-selling handheld would get in on the action.
Today on “What Up With That?,” we’re not going to ask why SEGA keeps repackaging the Genesis Sonic games (because it has been made perfectly clear that they love to make money through exerting minimal effort), but looking at these screenshots that they have put out with their press release. Questions have been floating around many a Sonic forum over the past day or two, so hit the break to recap all the weirdness: Continue reading What Up With That?: Sonic Classic Collection
With Sonic 1 establishing a rabid fanbase waiting for the next game in the series, the announcement of Sonic 2 made myself and the rest of the gaming world go bananas. When November 24th, 1992 came around, my uncle was one of the first in line (he’s only 15 years older than I am and he owned the Genesis… it was like having a much cooler older brother). Once we got back to his place, “Sonic 2sday” became one of the best days ever.
Years later, I’d stumble across this dank corner of the internet known as the Sonic community. Prototypes uncovered lost levels and added to the mystique and grandeur of the game. I was playing Sonic 2 all over again to experience what could have been.
SEGA of America’s blog
With SEGA’s ever-growing presence in the mobile gaming industry comes more and more Sonic the Hedgehog-themed affairs to drop a few bucks on. Sonic has been jumping, golfing, and karting on the go for a few years now, but which of these outings are worth your spare time and money?
Eggman’s out to destroy the world and the only way to go is up.
At first glance, this looks like a game where SEGA’s “slap Sonic on everything” strategy gets a little crazy. Get your eyes checked, because this game is the shit.
Hooollllyyyyy shiiiiiit. The only, original, traditional Sonic game for mobile phones is the mobile version of Sonic Unleashed. I enjoyed it more than the console version. The Werehog, in spite of this praise, still chugs dongs.
Twenty years ago, on August 14th, 1989, SEGA’s most successful console debuted in North America to challenge Nintendo for dominance in the fourth-generation of console gaming. Without the console’s success, we wouldn’t be here right now talking about motherfuckin’ blue hedgehogs.
While the SEGA Master System was superior to the Nintendo Entertainment System with better graphics and sound, the console failed to establish a library of games to rival the NES’ stellar collection in anywhere but Europe. So, in 1989, two years before the launch of the Super Nintendo, SEGA debuted the Genesis with mild success. Shipping only 400,000 units in its first year, SoA CEO Michael Katz introduced his two part solution to boost sales. The famous “Genesis Does What Nintendon’t” slogan and, my personal favorite, the use of celebrities in games, like Arnold Palmer Golf and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker.
However, the success was short lived as SEGA drove their biggest success into the ground with the SEGA CD and 32X add-ons. These disasters failed to establish a solid library of games and were too expensive. With five consoles actively on the market with the Saturn’s launch (Game Gear, Genesis, Saturn, Pico, and the Master System in South America), SEGA discontinued the production of the Genesis. With the Genesis outselling the Saturn in North America, the results were disastrous as Nintendo took total control of the 16-bit generation. The rest is history and now we have Mario and Sonic running triatholons together.
