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Sonic Rivals

Sonic Rivals is intense gaming action where a friendly competition turns serious! What starts as a friendly competition between Sonic and Knuckles quickly intensifies as Shadow and other rivals jump into the action. Sonic Rivals allows gamers to utilize boost moves and power-ups to trip, shove, and vault over each other while hurtling towards the finish line at breakneck speeds. Players will negotiate wildly twisting 3D tracks while avoiding the insidious Dr. Eggman and his myriad of hazardous traps and contraptions. Gamers can play as one of four different characters from the Sonic Universe, each with separate fast and winding storylines. 4 characters, 4 different storylines - Select Sonic or one of his rivals and play through each of their story through fast and winding stages Extensive reward system based on card-collecting - Enhance your character’s various skills through character customization WiFi connectivity - Wager trading cards for various multiplayer challenges

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars hack link
Gone are the days of using your intellect and mastery of the controls to get through the map. Now, you hang on and I guess if its summertime and you are 10, you play over and over to learn the map thoroughly. The best thing about the original Sonic on Genesis was the imagination inventing puzzles and bosses. Now, the levels are stunningly pretty, and you go fast, and the bosses suck and the control is not trustworthy. I won’t play anything where I can’t control the character because the system is too busy doing something else, which begs the question : It’s 2d, why is it so hard to

5 Stars Great Price and Wonderful Game
I received this game in perfect condition. I play it as well as my grandsons. I would recommend this game to anyone

3 Stars fun if running is all you’re looking for
i’m a huge sonic fan so i’ll buy any game i can, provided i have the console to play it. when i saw one copy of sonic rivals at kmart, i had to buy it. my favorite thing about sonic games was running fast. not looking for emeralds, or shooting targets, but running. and that’s really all you get out of this game. as mentioned by past reviewers, the story mode is useless, it’s basically the same for every character, and it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to begin with. after you’ve done all the story modes you get a chance to collect cards, which in turn gets you different suits, racing cups, etc. but having to play through the levels over and over again does get very boring, even if you do like running. the levels have different paths you can take so as to change it up a bit, but if you press the wrong button each time, you’re stuck going through the same path every time. the levels also have a lot of pitfalls, literally. you have to memorize where they are, otherwise you fall and you die. and then your opponent wins. and then you have to play the level over again. so if you like the running aspect of sonic games and not much else, then this game is fun for a week or two. but i would recommend buying a used copy. a new one at $20 isn’t worth it.

1 Star Sonic Rivals not fun
Older guy rating a kids game so consider that with my review. But, I didn’t get this game at all. So, this one’s for kids only.

3 Stars its ok
i bought this game thinking that it’d be like the sonic from back in the day, but its not. so i guess you could say i’m a little bummed but its my fault for not researching well enough

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic The Hedgehog brings the popular character back to his high-velocity roots, for a new dimension of entertainment. In his first adventure set in the human world, Sonic meets a beautiful princess named Elise — queen of Soleanna, the beautiful city of water. When she’s kidnapped by Dr. Eggman, Sonic enters the world of humans to fight the menacing doctor to thwart his malicious plans. As he stops Eggman’s plans to destroy this special kingdom of hers, Sonic will encounter and interact with new allies and enemies, like the mysterious, supernatural Silver. As Sonic speeds through the huge kingdom, the mysteries unravel.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Don’t buy it
Awful product, as other reviewers have stated. If you want to get funny games for your kids, buy Surfs Up or Ratatouille instead.

4 Stars Sonic!!!!!!!!!!
I love Sonic games. This one is a little different than the other ones I have played. It seems a little convoluted in the city, when you have to interact with people in the streets. However, once the level begins it is the same fun, fast paced, heart pumping Sonic all over again. I really enjoy the two-player coop mode in this version. I wish they could integrate online coop mode with the game.

3 Stars Sonic Should go Back to 2D Sidescolling
If you fell in love with Sonic on the Sega Genesis, you may want to pickup the Sega compilation for the PS2. This game is a 3D open-area platformer with some RPG elelments thrown in. There are some very frustrating elements to this game…and you’ll find yourself asking yourself how you can move onto the next level because you frankly cannot figure out what you need to do.

1 Star Terrible game control
The game might not be so bad if you actually had some control over what was going on. Half the time you spent just along for the ride and trying to not crash into something, which would result in instant death of the character. The rest of the time, the camera is moving around such that you can’t see what’s in front of you and as the camera controls control where the camera is, rather than what it’s looking at, I was always moving the camera in the wrong direction (I’ve seen this particular problem many times before and it is not unique to Sonic, but it is something you should be allowed to select, like reversing the Y-axis on FPS’s). My wife and I gave up on this game after becoming frustrated with it. We buy games to have fun, NOT to see how many unique ways our characetr can be killed.

3 Stars best game ever:!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this game but their are soooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! many load screens for 1 second clips but also you can play 2 other players and their great action I now what the guys are saying but I recommd this game

I now what those other guys are saying but I recommd this game

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic The Hedgehog brings the popular character back to his high-velocity roots, for a new dimension of entertainment. In his first adventure set in the human world, Sonic meets a beautiful princess named Elise — queen of Soleanna, the beautiful city of water. When she’s kidnapped by Dr. Eggman, Sonic enters the world of humans to fight the menacing doctor to thwart his malicious plans. As he stops Eggman’s plans to destroy this special kingdom of hers, Sonic will encounter and interact with new allies and enemies, like the mysterious, supernatural Silver. As Sonic speeds through the huge kingdom, the mysteries unravel.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Rip sonic you will never be the same again
This was a complete failure, this was’nt the sonic i new and liked this was a waste of time, the storymode sucked, the 2player was kinda difficult, and i gottan board of this game. This game was trash sega really mest up this opertunity, so this was a whack game.

4 Stars Sonic!!!!!!!!!!
I love Sonic games. This one is a little different than the other ones I have played. It seems a little convoluted in the city, when you have to interact with people in the streets. However, once the level begins it is the same fun, fast paced, heart pumping Sonic all over again. I really enjoy the two-player coop mode in this version. I wish they could integrate online coop mode with the game.

1 Star bad impulse buy.
i bought this at a brick and mortar store on impulse. what a sad waste of $20. bad game play, bad angles, bad story line, bad everything. i was thinking that it would be a normal sonic platform game. i was sadly mistaken. my only hope is to give it away to someone dumber than me. i’m just that mean. i hope sega is able to redeem itself in the future.

1 Star Terrible game control
The game might not be so bad if you actually had some control over what was going on. Half the time you spent just along for the ride and trying to not crash into something, which would result in instant death of the character. The rest of the time, the camera is moving around such that you can’t see what’s in front of you and as the camera controls control where the camera is, rather than what it’s looking at, I was always moving the camera in the wrong direction (I’ve seen this particular problem many times before and it is not unique to Sonic, but it is something you should be allowed to select, like reversing the Y-axis on FPS’s). My wife and I gave up on this game after becoming frustrated with it. We buy games to have fun, NOT to see how many unique ways our characetr can be killed.

2 Stars Oh Sonic, I doth weep for thee…
No nostalgia here. This game was released unfinished. Timed a 2 min load for a 2 sentence “conversation” (cut scene), and then an even longer load for the level right after it! The shading is absurd - using dithering and blocks.

I only bought this because it was both cheap and Sonic. BAD mistake. Well, I do have a proper anthology of Sonic now, so that is something. Just don’t take out your frustration on your controller, it is not it’s fault.

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