It says in the media that this is the game we’ve all waited 16 years for, and in some cases that’s true, as there really hasn’t been a terrific 3D Sonic game to write home about, except for the Dreamcast’s first effort (which got a port not justifying it’s stature recently). The time has come for Sonic Team to actually do what most of the gaming public has been crying out for and that is to bring the hedgehog back to his roots, his Genesis if you will, and give us that good old fashioned left to right jumping and ring collecting vibe we had all those moons ago.

There is no reason for a story explanation, as it’s always the same. Dr Robotnik is trying to take over the world (they say Eggman, but to me he will always be the doctor) and Sonic needs to run about collecting whatever he can and save animals from the monsters they’ve become, at least that’s the only way I can explain how penguins and rabbits pop out of metallic monstrosities when they get killed off.

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