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Sonic the way Sonic should be!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 74 / 84
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sonic the Hedgehog. Sega's mascot has been around a long time, and has always had a following. With Sega dropping console status and just sticking to development, all of the various Sega franchises have drifted around and landed in various places. Sega's most famous character, Sonic, and all of his gang have landed in the strangest place of them all: Nintendo.

I realize that Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Gems and Sonic Heroes have come out multi-platform, but Sonic Adventures were released on Gamecube, and Shadow the Hedgehog has just come out on Nintendo's box. Also, the former rival is home to the real Sonic games: Sonic Advance 1, 2, and 3 on the Game Boy Advance.

It's true, that Sonic belongs in 2D. The sense of speed, of gravity-defying, dizzying velocity is really something that never translates well in 3D. Sonic just doesn't move as fast and doesn't control as well as he does when he's blazing through the 2D worlds that populate his games. Something is always lost in translation. There's no feeling of rocketing through worlds at insane speeds.

Well, the Advance games remedied that, but they didn't quite have the scope and balance of the original sonic games. Yes, they were fast, but they were also ... kind of small feeling. They felt like portable versions of sonic games. They were good, but I always preferred the old-school Sonic games as the real achievements.

Well, Nintendo has a new portable out, with a lot more power, and so it was just a matter of time before Sega would bring the Hedgehog over. How does Sonic Rush make out? Well, let me just say this: I might have a new favorite Sonic game. And if not, it's very close.

Sonic knocks the Blue Hedgehog kicking and screaming into a new handheld glory. This is a giant, beautiful game, with the kind of level design not seen since the old-school sonics. With the two screens of the DS, the Hedgehog's vertical now, with levels that launch our hero sky-ward and back across both screens without any real trouble in the transition between screens. It's fluid and gorgeous.

Actually, gorgeous is a great word for the entire game. The levels themselves are classic 2D. Not overly flashy, but beautiful and perfect for blurring past. With Sonic, flashy little details aren't as important as looking good for the split second you'll see it, and the levels don't dissappoint. Sonic himself is a 3D model, a pretty good one that moves wonderfully on the screen and makes for some nice effects on levels as he sometimes is thrown closer to the screen due to cranes, elevators, and slides that push forward in a wonderful melding of 2D and 3D.

The boss battles, though, are done entirely in 3D. So far, I haven't had the kind that takes place in an arena (where you can move all over) but instead on tracks where you can go left and right. But the boss is 3D, and you move in 3D space, and it really works in a retro sort of way. Yes, it's 3D bosses, but they move and behave with patterns that are wonderfully old-school.

Yes, there's a second character, a purple female feline named Blaze the Cat, but I've spent most of my time right now with Sonic. It seems that she controls similarly, and thus there's no lengthy distractions with slower characters (I'm looking at you, Sonic Adventure games!). This one's all about speed.

And the control! This game is perfect. It's all tight and responsive, and you'll need it, because with the speed Sonic goes, one mistake will send you careening into an enemy or plunging to your doom. It's not overly challenging (none of the Sonics are, if you ask me), but it's good and it does require skill, and that's really the whole point.

I love this game. I love Sonic, and this is one for the ages. Trust me, if you want a great classic console experience, this is it (and it fits in your pocket)! It's a must buy. It won't disappoint, I guarantee it.

Old school sega, new blood.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: November 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I loved sonic on the sega game gear and on the other sega consoles, so when this came out i went and bought. i was not disappointed. Althought there are times that i get frustrated, its frenetic action never lets down. The main thing is speed. do what you have to do to get through FAST. The backgrounds, enemies, and track blazes by as you go faster. The special zones, though, are my favorite. Here sonic is 3D and so is the landscape (what there is of it) but it still manages to be quite a fun experience. Putting in extra lives is a major help, if you only had the rings, this game would be very hard. this is one of the best DS games that has coome out. if your DS collection does not have this you will be sorely lacking.

Here's to sonic the hedgehog!

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 is what Sonic is all about.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Sonic Rush is just that; a rush. I don't hesitate to call it the best Sonic game since Sonic 2. But why, you ask?

The graphics are simply the best Sonic graphics ever seen on handheld. Not only are they appropriate; in many cases they're also actually _pretty_. Sound - well, 4Kids Sonic is tolerable in this game, and Blaze is inoffensive enough. Tails and Cream still have voices so high they might cause nearby dogs to bark, but fortunately they only have a few phrases. The music however is brilliant; with Hideki Naganuma of Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in the US) fame on board as a composer, it was always going to be hard for them to go wrong. Particular soundtrack highlights for me are Ska Cha Cha, A New Day, Metal Scratchin' and Bomber Barbara, although all the songs are great and fit surprisingly well.

Control is just superb, superior to any Sonic game of the past decade. The problems caused by the levels throwing an enemy into your path in the Advance games are a thing of the past, with your Boost move more than able to take out enemies without you so much as slowing. Plus, the tricking from the Advance games has finally been given some form of a _purpose_; it helps you recharge the Boost meter. Level design still throws the occasional bottomless pit or crushy block at you (one or two zone in particular are guilty of this), but you soon learn the layout and within a few lives you'll be able to fight a way through. See these levels are long, and difficult, but difficult in a way that makes you _want_ to keep going and makes you feel like you've really acheived something when you finally do win.

Take it from someone who's been playing Sonic games for 13 years: this is a game anyone who even remotely likes Sonic (or 2D platforming of any type) has to own.

So fast, so fun, so Sonic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: February 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Sonic Rush is a game of speed, which I like because I'm a Sonic fan. The whole point to Sonic Rush is to find the chaos emeralds and destroy both Eggmans. Yes, I said both Eggmans, when Eggman steals the Sol Emeralds, Eggman-Nega follows Eggman into Sonic's world and the new character,Blaze the Cat, appears, the Space/Time continuum splits and the two worlds start to come together.

The player can choose between Sonic or Blaze to try to save both worlds before disaster occurs. After the player completes the game or a zone (because I can't remember) the player can choose Time Trials to get more practice on that stage as many times as the player wants.

Once the player finds a special generator the player can transport Sonic to the Special Stage to collect the Chaos Emeralds by jumping to grab the generator then press and hold the X and Y buttons to spin Sonic into the electrified ring that transports him to the Special Stage (Blaze can't go to the Special Stage). Once in the Special Stage the player has to use the stylist to control Sonic around the bombs.

Though the levels get hard, the game stays very fun for a high speed, dual screen Sonic game. I would definitely recommend this game to any Sonic the Hedgehog fan, this game is so much fun.

The Best Sonic Game Since "Sonic CD"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: December 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What was great about the old Sonic games?

-Fast, fun, addicting gameplay that gradually increased in difficulty over time
-Graphics that kept up with the speed beautifully
-Catchy music
-A simple story that is reason enough for a sequel
-It was all about Sonic...

What is great about the new Sonic games?

-Better graphics and music
-Sonic Advance 2's "Burst Mode"
-Pulling off different tricks and moves like grinding et. al.

While Sonic Adventure was seen by many as the next evolution in Sonic games, I personally thought that Sonic Advance 2 was more so than Sonic Adventure. Sonic Adventure didn't focus on the core Sonic gameplay enough, the 3D was (and is still) touch-and-go, and a lot of the new characters are simply copies of the existing characters. And the new extreme/dark visual style is forced, over-the-top, and just plain silly. Shadow the Hedgehog is the WORST "Sonic" game ever made because it encompases everything that made the new games such a departure from the classic games.

While Sonic Advance was a classic Sonic game with the modern art style and more characters, Sonic Advance 2 came out of nowhere to steal the spotlight. The game focused on speed with its "Burst Mode" which allowed characters to go even faster. Throw in seemlessly grinding and the aerial tricks, the game truly took what was great about the classic games and modernized it.

As a hardcore Sonic fan, when I heard there would be a Sonic game for the DS, I got it so I could have a backlit screen for the GBA series and to play the Sonic game that would eventually come out. What a pleasant surprise it is to now say that Sonic Rush ended up being the best modern Sonic game made! The graphics (3D models with 2D sprites are perfect for a handheld) were great, the music (which brought back memories of Jet Grind Radio) was amazing, and the gameplay was classic Sonic.
Throw in Burst Mode, the Tension Gauge/Boost, grinding, aerial tricks, and the awe-inspiring stylus-controlled Special Stages, Sonic Rush is THE BEST SONIC GAME MADE SINCE SONIC CD!!!

...and for those of you who are complaining that its too hard...practice up, n00bs...

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

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.

Sonic Rush is a winner!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Nintendo DS was designed as a new handheld with 2 screens for double the gameplay. Of course, with something as cool as that, Sonic just had to make an appearance.

Sonic is teaming up with Princess Blaze the Cat, and they are on their way to defeat Dr. Eggman and his clone Nega. Sonic is, as usual, very speedy, while Blaze uses her firepowers.

This game has the usual Green Hill, Water, Casino and Sky Base zones, and the characters have "Burst mode" to make them speedier than ever. The emerald special stages are 3D tube run stages, and you get to move Sonic around with the magic pen.

I must admit, some of the stages were hard, but I was able to take another reviewer's advice. Once you complete all of Sonic and Blaze's stages, you will face a challenging, but defeatable boss, and you play as Super Sonic and Hyper Blaze. Super Sonic has to push obstacles toward the boss while Hyper Blaze gets to hack up flaming hairballs. (She is a cat, after all!)

Overall, 5 stars. A certain must-have for those who have a DS, and I hope more Sonic DS games are on the way!

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.

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