Filed under: VC Monday Madness

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Wii Fanboy says: do not download
This week, we've got one new Virtual Console game to play and it's Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Master System. For those of you who tune in to our VC Monday Madness videos regularly, you may know that I've already covered this game on the Sega Genesis. So, why would you want the Sega Master System version of the game? You wouldn't.

Oh, and sorry for the lack of game music. The program I use to capture videos has been acting up on me today and I couldn't figure out how to fix it before deadline. Sorry!

VC Monday Madness: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Master System) originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: News, Virtual Console

The Master System version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was never released in North America (only the inferior Game Gear version made it there), so its appearance on the ESRB database (which pretty much guarantees a Virtual Console release) is a little bit of history in the making. A very little bit, mind, because the differences between the 8-bit Sonic 2s are trivial, to say the least.

We never played either iteration, so are unqualified to comment on the game's quality, but Wikipedia informs us that this was Tails' debut appearance, which also means this game marks the start of Sonic having friends. Man, look how that turned out.

[Via Go Nintendo]

The other Sonic 2 rated by ESRB originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Screens

So it has come to this. Sonic and Knuckles, both kitted out in body armor (including some truly laughable headwear on Knuckles), and having it out with swords. Just kill us now.

The latest fifteen screens of Sonic and the Black Knight suggest that Sega has learned nothing from the critical response to Sonic Unleashed. Many reviews heavily criticized the werehog melee sections, but praised the running bits. So why are Sonic and Knuckles now exchanging scimitar swipes?! Sega's fascination with turning Sonic games into some kind of cartoony God of War baffles us.

Mind you, one possible explanation for this trend cropped up in the latest IGN 'Three Red Lights' podcast, where Sonic Unleashed developer David Clayman argued that a Sonic game featuring only running stages would last around three hours, such is the hedgehog's speed (full transcript here). In which case, may we politely suggest a WiiWare Sonic game, David?


[Screens via press release; Indoor Heroes link via Go Nintendo]

Sonic and the Ludicrous Body Armor originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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