Sonic Colors

Sonic Colors is a Sonic the Hedgehog game exclusively for the Nintendo game consoles: Wii and DS. This is definitely the game for any Sonic fan. I mean THE game.

The game starts off with Sonic and Tails visiting an interstellar amusement park curiously built by Dr. Eggman/Robotnik. He created the park as he “feels remorse for his past evils.” However, Sonic and Tails were suspicious, so they decided that whatever plan Eggman was trying to execute, they would be ready to thwart it.

Sure enough, Eggman was up to something nefarious. To power up machines, he used an unusual power source: an alien race called Wisps. But, it seems that Sonic can absorb their power to help him go about his quest.

As the title suggests, there are numerous colors to look at, but don’t be too distracted by them. Sega has reinvented the theme of Speed in this game, with high speed action in pretty much all of the levels. The game is also centered around the use of Wisps, as different ones give different abilities, such as giving Sonic more boost, turning into a spike ball, or act as a laser. There are eight different Wisps, and they will help you in certain situations. Frequently, you will encounter puzzle-solving areas, which might cost you some lives if you don’t know what the heck you are supposed to do. The puzzle solving might get a little frustrating, but it will be very satisfying once you have made it to the goal ring. In addition, the game uses every control scheme imaginable for the Wii: remote sideways, nunchuk, classic controller, even the GameCube controller. So, anybody can be content with the controls.

The boss battles are pretty challenging at first, but the game has some repetitive bosses. As you progress through the game, you will see a boss and think: I have seen this before. Now, the final boss is epic, and I mean, EPIC! It seems a little like another boss, but it is still not even close. Even the final boss is not the end. You have something else to do, but I won’t spoil it all that much.

The game has these Red Rings, and, it is probably a good thing this game is not for the Xbox 360. You will have 180 rings to collect, and what they are even for is for the “Eggman’s Sonic Sim” part of the game, where you try to guide a robotic version of the speedy hedgehog to the goal ring. However, that part of the game is not even that great. That is where you can have the co-op. But, another bad thing about the game is that the co-op is weaker than Glass Joe from Punch-Out. The screen is mainly focused on one player, so the other guy won’t know what the heck he is doing. Sonic simulator isn’t that good in the first place. I guess the red rings are for the completionist gamer. IT IS MAINLY A SINGLE-PLAYER GAME. Now, if they had split screen co-op for the actual levels instead of this sonic sim crap, maybe even with online, this game would have been better. Much better.

Anyway, this is a very good game for anyone with a Wii or a sonic fan. This game has saved the Sonic franchise for a few years. Sega has made this game in the nick of time. Although, Sonic 4 doesn’t seem too bad, but is it on a disc? NO.

The good: beautiful graphics and colorful level design, high speed action, satisfying story, awesome color powers, epic final boss, amazing featured song.

The bad: weak co-op, cheap deaths, frustrating puzzles, eggman sonic sim is a piece of crap.

Score:

8.5

For the record, if there was better co-op,and less puzzles, this would have made the Editor’s Choice.