‘Sonic Superstars’: Our beloved blue hedgehog strengthens his line by revolutionizing the classic cut

At full speed

Our adventure and Sonic’s journey begin in the beautiful North Star Islands, a mystical place that offers never-before-seen environments as well as a mysterious story that the heroes must solve. There, as expected, they will encounter vast environments and enormous challenges; Of course the bad Dr. We should not forget Eggman and his followers. Luckily, to thwart the villain’s plans. Sonic gets new abilities with his friends Tails, Knuckles and Amy Rose ‘Chaos Emeralds’ are known as ‘Emerald’ powers that are unlocked by collecting them. With these power-ups, players can fight bad guys in dynamic ways and stop them from turning the island’s animals into Badniks before it’s too late.

Sonic Superstars – Launch Trailer

Here’s how ‘Sonic Superstars’ is introduced from the live intro sequence: An active fan of the Mega Drive classics seriesThere is no dialogue in the presentation of a story in which the characters have a more rounded appearance and join the well-known heroes of the series against the evil plans of Eggman and his two henchmen: Fang and Trip. As a good militant of the classical section, still retains family elements regions consisting of actions, a boss at each end, transitions between levels, a map of access to areas, special scenarios and many more traditional elements. But leaving aside the tradition of returning to areas that left their mark on the hedgehog’s first generation, new video game focuses on entirely new areas For franchise.

Very interesting concepts

This is excellent news for those who love the series because The number of interesting elements increases, from the general theme of the scenarios to the mechanics and soundtrack. You can also expect stages where you’ll explore vertical play to its fullest, so running at high speeds isn’t always ideal for boasting success. Although at first glance the scenarios seem a bit challenging, it is very interesting to see that throughout the experience the designs are designed to work at full capacity with ‘Chaos Emerald’, one of the new systems included in the development of the game. ‘, this will now allow us to get temporary buffs after unlocking a chaos emerald. The idea is interesting and gives a new use to these precious gems, which were previously useful when you got them all to get invincibility. Although diverse and very entertaining, Power-ups do not interfere with the progress of the game and we can even finish the campaign without using them even once, although we do not recommend them.. This is undoubtedly the greatest innovation and it is great fun to explore its possibilities in more than ten original areas.

Each of the playable characters in the quartet also retains all of their abilities: Sonic enjoys his ‘Drop Dash’ whirlwind as much as he can, Tails retains his ability to fly, and Knuckles retains his climbing abilities. On the contrary, Amy saves her moves from ‘Sonic Origins Plus (Switch), but with the addition of a cool double jump. While we are making these moves, the bosses suggested by ‘Superstars’ also work a little differently. Less blows than usual are needed for them to be defeated, but there are skirmishes with a greater plastic load and it takes a little longer, because Attack instructions have been added and you must wait for the enemy to become vulnerabletherefore it requires a lot of constant attention.

Another new generation Sonic

However, the controls of ‘Sonic Mania’, carefully adapted to this new three-dimensional title with a two-dimensional camera, are not enough on their own without a well-adapted design. The newest resident of the Sonic universe doesn’t differ much from the series standard in terms of level structure. It’s a little different thanks to it being longer; something that allows creators to frequently add elements of surprise and different mechanics to compress the verticality of areas and add variety. The game modes also expand the options for enjoying the game, thanks to its cooperative feature and group gathering in ‘Battle Mode’, which is perfect for enjoying the format in other variants. In fact, the delivery allows us to play the entire campaign in local mode with up to three more players, with the ability to join and leave the game at any time. The bravest will be able to challenge more players in the new Battle Mode, up to seven players online or three players locally.

‘Superstars’ completely abandons pixel art imagery and strongly embraces three-dimensional style. The character models are quite colorful and impressive, but beyond that, developer Arzest also shows that it has worked quite well when it comes to effects and lighting. The team also signed An impeccable job of recreating and combining the physical package with the sense of speed of the classics.Something Sonic Team hasn’t been able to figure out in previous attempts. Finally, the soundtrack also relies on several different composers who wrote quality songs that will be organically integrated into the venerable school of the series.

Results

You can expect a lot from ‘Sonic Superstars’, and it does, but most of all a very well intentioned video game. In addition to a complete campaign in the classic style of the series, the development team manages to capture the movement and physics of their most popular deliveries. The new ‘Chaos Emeralds’ mechanic also has a lot of potential, is fun and Layers of gameplay not previously available in the seriesThus they become the great innovation of the delivery, courtesy of various multiplayer modes, including a local cooperative.

However, in addition A game that truly does justice to the classics, adds contemporary technologies, a variety of playable characters, fun power-ups, and a seamless recreation of Mega Drive gameplay. In short, this new phase in our beloved blue hedgehog’s orbit strengthens his rising streak and will attract a new group of players, especially since it allows you to enjoy the game with a few friends.