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Sonic makes a come back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was almost about to loose faith in sonic then i got this game for my ds, it is my favorite sonic game aside from shadow the hedgehog, its great to watch sonic go from bottom to top screen and then back down its awesome and the 3d boss battles are great and with such a low price its totally worth getting.

A REAL Sonic Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm disappointed with some of the one star reviews this game received. This game is a Sonic masterpiece, a return to what it's all about: 2D side-scrolling, blazing through the levels as fast as you can, and using your lightning quick reflexes to dodge enemies and the inevitable bottomless pits.

This is an excellent game that most old-school gamers would appreciate, as well as anyone new to the Sonic franchise.

"Value" game, excellent deal for the money

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Getting a new Sonic game for Nintendo DS under $20 is fantastic. The game is very typical Sonic, with all the side-scrolling action. When fly-by-night publishers are releasing horrible games for $40 and $50 dollars, its amazing to see such high-quality studios like SEGA deliver a product like this at the $20 price point. Well done, SEGA.

A new direction for Sonic 2D, some will like it, some won't...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a fan of 2D Sonic, and also like the 3D offerings. I had high hopes for this game, and I was surprised to find that I just didn't enjoy it. After finishing a few acts I just don't have any desire to go back to it.

Sonic Rush features more cheap deaths than any other 2D Sonic game I've every played. Usually I would die without any idea what happened. I'd just sail into a bottomless pit, or be trapped underwater with no air pockets and no idea how to get out. Most of the stages looked pretty much the same start to finish, so I didn't have any clues about where exactly I needed to slow down or jump. Keep in mind that you really CAN'T go slow to learn the level even if you want to; if you aren't running fast you will just get stuck on a swing or be unable to complete a leap. Tails can't help you either--he's developed the voice of pre-teen girl and only acts as Sonic's cheerleader. The new character, Blaze, has slightly different moves but doesn't give you any new ways of finishing an act.

The only way to really play this game is to memorize the level and blaze through. If you prefer Sonic Advance's mazelike levels with lots of possible routes, you are likely to be disappointed.

Pros:
1. Very fast speed.
2. New moves, and the ability to charge moves by doing acrobatics during leaps.
3. 3D elements.

Cons:
1. Very fast speed...too fast for the small LCD screen on the DS, in my opinion. You can't really see where you are going. At full speed, you likely won't even see an oncoming badnik, spikes, or a pit in time to react. You'll need to be good at level memorization.
2. Cheap deaths. Miss a jump...you die. Bottomless pits everywhere.
3. Uninteresting, linear levels with few visual cues to tell you where you are.
4. Hip hop club style music...some people like it, I found it incredibly annoying.
5. Tails is not playable!

Finally, a new Sonic the Hedgehog game that is worthy of being called excellent!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Let's face it: Sonic Rush is one of the best games out there. It has challenging levels, nice graphics, and bouncy (and somewhat catchy) music. It has very few flaws, and seems to be the fastest sonic game yet!

The story is simple, but intriguing, and the two characters are slightly different, making the levels double in replay value. The levels are huge and stunning, and each one seems to bring on a new challenge.

Sonic and Blaze's models are gorgeous, and so are the backgrounds. They are not over or underdone. The speed is perfect (after all, Sonic IS about speed) and the frames are never slow or choppy. The boss battles are an amazing highlight: some change from a side-scroller to a 3D arena! Others are in a "donut-like" arena, which Sonic or Blaze run around in. Most bosses are different than the other, with a few harder remakes of earlier machines.

The music is... Interesting... It is kind of unexpected at first, but has the sort of "funky" rhythm that will make you want to hear them over and over again. This music sets the level tone quite nicely.

Game play is colorful, addictive, and fairly challenging (but not TOO hard). The only thing halfway "wrong" is the fact that many levels have blind jumps and enemies, which might require a few lives to get past. Many of these instances would make you lose a life if you did the slightest thing wrong. But this is not really a problem, as much as an extra challenge or reflex tester. There are quite a few story cut-scenes and lines, which are an added extra that helps you understand what is going on. I find these lines interesting and somewhat comical, plus the word choice is nice and nothing like that of the rather disappointing game "Shadow the Hedgehog".

Finally, to the person that said that the special stages were impossible... Ha! They were really easy! The last one is quite difficult, but it is very possible (hint: continually press the pause button so you can more easily dodge those spiky mines). The final boss is pretty easy, too! (You must hit his hands, then run to his arm and press down on the white part, then hit the cockpit when he stops shaking) Once you get all seven Chaos Emeralds with Sonic, you unlock a fairly challenging (and completely awesome) secret boss with "Super Sonic" and "Super Blaze" against Eggman and Eggman Nega.

Overall, Sonic Rush is an excellent game that all Nintendo DS owners should consider. The game-play does seem to go by fast, but it has excellent replay value, music, and graphics. Sonic Rush is perhaps the best Sonic game to date, in my opinion.

Fun !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Good Sonic game. Tougher then the original, but still fun. A Classic !

BLAST OFF!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 21
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME REMINDS OF THE TIMES WHEN GAMES WERE 2-D(WHICH I HATED)EVEN THOUGH I FEEL DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS GAME.IN THIS GAME OUR TWO HEROES SONIC THE HEDGEHOG AND A NEW HERO TO THE SERIES QUEEN BLAZE THE CAT ROCKET FROM BOTTOM SCREEN TO THE TOP SCREEN OF THE D.S. JUST LIKE THAT.(IN THE FUTURE SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SHADOWS GIRLFRIEND.EWWW.A HEDGEHOG AND A CAT?)ANYWAY YOU'RE 3-D AND SO ARE THE YOUR ENIMIES EGGMAN AND EGGMAN TIMES TWO.TO ME IT'S TIME FOR DOUBLE THE YOLK INSTEAD OF DOUBLE THE TROUBLE.HE HE HE.THIS IS ANOTHER MUST FOR FANS OF SONIC AND CLASSIC GAMES

THIS GAME IS AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played it on the first world and i thought it was going to be like a classic with blaze in it but when i play the second world
is diffent and theres more look on the list of good things

THE GOODS
IT HAS CLASSIC WORLDS AND NEW WORLDS
IT HAS EASY WORLDS NORMAL WORLDS AND THE ONLY HARD ONE IS THE FINAL WORLD
THE GRAFICS LOOK BETTER THEN THE SEGA NOT THE SEGA DREAMCAST THO
THE BOSSES ARE TOUGH BUT NOT LIKE THE FINAL ONE HES SUPER HARD
ITS VERY FUN
YOU CAN PLAY BLAZE AND SONIC
SONIC AND BLAZE HAVE DIFFENT WORLDS
ITS NOT A 1 DAY FINSH KIND OF GAMES
NOT SO GOOD
YOU CANT SAVE WHERE YOU WANT
YOU CAN LOSE ALL YOUR MEN THEN YOU HAVE TO START OVER
ITS SOMETIMES LIKE YOUR MOVIG AND YOU JUST NEED TO PUSH A B AND Y X IS FOR NOTHING
over all its good very good

A really great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you really want to experience speed then you have to play Sonic Rush. When you are playing as Sonic and he reaches top speed and then you hit the Rush manuever, it feels like he's going to break through the right side of your DS. The game is really really good although the bosses can be annoyingly cheap and Blaze's levels are exactly the same as Sonic's except she's not nearly as fast.
This is the only game that I really enjoyed going after the Chaos Emeralds and although you might want to break your DS in half when you realize you were 3 rings short of getting the emerald and you have to do the stage all over again, it's really rewarding when you finally snag enough rings and can claim the emerald as your own.
I highly recommend this game to anybody.

A Real "Sonic Rush" (by Laura)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a lovely game. The music totally rocks! I go to the options sound test menu all the time just to hear "Vela Nova" and "Wrapped in Black". The backgrounds and levels themselves are presented beautifully with bright colors and such. The easier stylus special stages provide great entertainment for me, although the last one (like many other of the final special stages in these games) nearly had me pulling my hair out. There was only one thing I didn't quite understand in this game. Blaze apparently has pyrokinesis powers, or control of fire, so every time she jumps flames surround her. So how, whenever she was underwater, would flames still manage to surround her when she jumped? Last time I checked water put out fire, so I take this to be a tiny design flaw. This was the only flaw I found, however, as everything else seems to be designed perfectly. The bosses are pretty fun, but basic once you get in some practice. However, the extra boss proved to be pretty challenging with Sonic's lack of power, and Blaze's lack of speed. The one major disadvantage I see in this game, compared to the Sonic Advance series, is the lack of playable characters. I mean characters we love, like Amy and Knuckles, play a role in the storyline, and Tails and Cream are even your map partners (they tell you which zone you are about to enter), but only Sonic and Blaze are playable, which can be a letdown if you were expecting Tails' propeller flight or for Knuckles' gliding and climbing abilities. Another disadvantage would be the game's mixed signals. It encourages you to go as fast as you can, yet if you go to fast (like I usually end up doing) you will bump into an enemy robot, or fall down a bottomless pit, which can cause you to squander so many lives before you make it out of the difficult levels. Yes, the levels ARE challenging. You won't make it through the game without some good effort, but trust me you will want to see the endings. My personal favorite ending (even against the extra ending) is the one of Sonic's storyline and the credits thereafter. Trust me on this, it's a hoot! Overall, this game is fun to beat with it's expansive gameplay (I mean for once they even combined 2D with 3D action) and it's upbeat and good enough to dance to music. I recommend this game for anyone who wants fun! Especially Sonic fans.

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