Sonic the Hedgehog / Sonic 2
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This month marks the start of a rather large feature on the Sonic the Hedgehog games. This has actually been in the works for quite some time, and started last summer around when Sonic Mania came out. It was the first game that my daughter, who was three years old at the time, really wanted to try for herself. So as we played together, eventually I dug out all of the older (2D) games and went through them again too. While we were doing this, I figured it'd be a good plan to write about them too, especially since I hadn't really played them through since I was in middle school (and had never really played much of Sonic & Knuckles either since I had moved onto PC gaming at the time).
Anyway, I have no plans to cover the entire Sonic franchise, because it's not only way too huge, but the quality is also...inconsistent, to be kind. My goal was to cover the "core" of the series - that is, all of the numbered entries, plus Sonic CD. Along with this, there are a few of the spin-offs we have covered too, including the obscure arcade game, Sonic 3D Blast, Knuckles Chaotix, and Sonic the Fighters. We'll be getting to do the 8-bit games at some point in the future, and probably Spinball as well. This will all be building up towards the retail release of Sonic Mania later this month, which I'll also eventually have to update with all of the stuff added in the DLC.
