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I honestly really disagree, I'm not finding these fun at all, and I've completed all of them on KH2FM.

Larxene is fine enough, even if her desperation is a pain, but the rest, I'm really fucking hating how perfect you have to be. KH2 at least had Second Chance/Once More work properly, KH3 has superbosses who can not only spam to a ridiculous degree, but actively break it. Saix, and Ansem especially is notorious for that bullshit, especially Saix since he can stun you.

I agree honestly. The air dash promotes more forward movement and maintaining flow rather than the double jump which is basically just a double check.

If Sonic had a proper double jump, I wonder if this would still be the feeling...

I mean, I certainly wouldn't complain if they gave Sonic a better double jump but I still feel the air dash is much more fitting for typical Sonic gameplay.

Something I wish they'd bring back is the curved air dash from SA1 and 2, having it go in a straight line in the boost games (and 06) really bugs me

What @Sean said. The "modern" air dash not only makes no sense, it's completely useless. Sonic goes like 5 feet forward in a 100% straight line, then loses 100% of his momentum and falls straight down like a rock. You miss platforms you should easily reach no problem.

Who made that, why weren't they fired, who approved that, and why wasn't that person fired as well? I think if this was in any other game, everyone would laugh their ass off at this amateur hour execution.

And if anyone wants to say "Well, just use boost midair", good luck not overshooting with that shit.

Celeste is phenomenal

It's a game that, by most accounts, only had about a year in full development.

It's a game that, by most accounts, only had a combined total of $5 spread out in all of those accounts

I dunno, I feel they probably spent a lot more because they got the London Symphony Orchestra. Thats where all the money went.

big portions of the money went into the HE2 as well, but the lackluster art direction really distracted from all the improvements that the HE2 brought in

Sega buried most of Forces's budget somewhere in the Nevada desert and there are cryptic clues within the game itself that point to its location

"you want our budget? we've left every penny that could've gone into the game in the desert- now you've just got to put the clues together and find it! Use the money to make your own damn game since you're all so smart!"

-We Are starts playing in the distance-

Well it fits the Sonic Twitter's M.O, leaving dumb clues.

*sonic fans heading to the desert to snag the money first, each having very different ideas on their ideal sonic game and whoever finds it will get to make their ideal game the standard for the series moving forward*

Sonic Schoolhouse 2 is the 30th anniversary game confirmed

Sega still hiring the London Symphony Orchestra while skimping out on basically everything else is still the most amazing thing

Like why

Yeah I found it kind of strange that TSS went for the super-reachy clickbaity post (and then got uppity about it on Twitter) whereas TSSZ did actual analysis of the clips and while they had a kind of sensationalised headline, they were a tad more rational about what it might actually be

welcome to bizarro world

For real. I thought Sonic Stadium was above this.

All this just after posting a hot take on that the movie design is somehow the best design ever.

Ladies and gents, welcome to The Pits. Enjoy your stay.

2020 is weird already

I think whoever got handed the keys to the Twitter today needs a hug 

Wow someone running the TSS Twitter in that convo there sounds like they got worked, brother

Yeah this whole thing is very odd and out of character to me.

Oh so that's why everyone is talking about SA1 for some reason

Incredible. Just begging to give this website a bad name again, all at our expense.

This is embarrassing

Sonic Adventure Music Experience (what an exhausting name) planning another concert is nothing new. But this much with it? We need to temper our expectations and look at what we actually know.

Taking the thing and running a mile with rumours is not the appropriate response.

Is Dreadknux ok?

I know traffic to the forum (and I assume the site too) have slowed down a ton, but I wonder if these are well-intentioned but not-well-executed attempts at getting people to pour in here again

Yeah, I really am pretty disappointed. I expect better from TSS.

Hi. Our story was based on TSSZ’s initial article, plus additional tips that were sent to both us and TSSZ. We felt there was legitimacy to report on TSSZ’s article based on their findings. We often report on rumours and speculation if the source believes they have good grounding for it, and it was the case with TSSZ here.

We misspoke here on Twitter, but we have noticed a distinct lack of people reading our articles (and we have the stats to prove it), and so we mistakenly went on the defensive here. Apologies, it’s not how we usually do things as you all know, and you expect better.

Our 20 year history is rife with under-appreciation of our work and subtweeting us from both the online Sonic community at large and other community websites, and so our defensive approach here was coming from the position of being attacked. We should have rose above it. We didn’t this time. So I’m sorry. It won’t happen again! x

I want this more than anything. Sure, it was a cool little thing back with Unleashed, but the series started relying on it more and more. I’m convinced it’s a crutch for poor controls, because Sonic doesn’t play the best in 3D spaces of boost games.

Ive heard people ask this for nearly 10 years so I don't think it's gonna change 

Obligatory mention of the fact that even the 3D sections of the boost games are more like 1D.

Preaching to the choir there.

Mega-agreed

I recommend playing some of the easier games first like 5, 6, or 8, and then working towards the more popular games like 2, 3, and 4. If you really want to play through all of classic, save 1 for until you get better at them. And just pretend that Rockman & Forte doesn't fucking exist whatsoever.

Drill Dozer

Hamtaro Rainbow Rescue

Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak

Mother 3.

Get a reproduction cart, or just buy the untranslated cart. Either way, play it. 

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga is a nice and different type of RPG if you've never played it.

Wario Land 4

also Sonic Pinball Party is a solid pinball game with great ball physics and enjoyable Sonic/Nights board design

I definitely wanna try the Sonic Advance games since they're some of the very few Sonic games I've never played and they look pretty fun. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Drill Dozer, the Mega Man Battle Network series, and the Mega Man Zero series.

Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland/Amazing mirror.

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow

Super Mario World (Yeah it looks worse than SNES but you do get to play as both Mario and Luigi)

Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure/Legacy 2/Buu's Fury.

Final Fantasy V, VI, Breath of Fire 1 & 2, Golden Sun 1 & 2, Castlevanias (just any of them), Sonic Advance 1-3, TLOZ: Minish Cap, Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Ninja Five-O (good luck getting this one legit), Fire Emblem Blazing Sword (just called Fire Emblem in the States), Fire Emblem Sacred Stones, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Wario Land 4, Advance Wars, Gunstar Super Heroes, Mega Man Zero 1-4.

Y'know, just to name a few.

It might be worth mentioning that the Mega Man Zero games are better experienced in the DS collection - you can remap controls to a limited extent, get access to Zero 3's e-Reader features, and even hear the Japanese ending theme for Zero 4 which was removed from international releases. Whether or not the upcoming Switch/PS4 Zero and ZX collection will hold up remains to be seen considering the horrible input lag that X Legacy Collection suffers from, but you absolutely cannot go wrong with the DS version. It's just four games but it's the best Mega Man collection ever made.

Metroid Fusion for sure

I enjoy SLW a lot aside from a few of the levels being total duds, so easy choice there

Forces. Lost World wears out it's welcome by the end of World 2.

Forces by a mile.

Forces if I just want a casual Sonic romp to run through, Lost World if I want something with engaging gameplay

Yeah Lost World is alright for the first couple zones but man it drops off a cliff as the game goes on.

Lost World atleast tried to do something new, instead of being an massively water ed-down formula perfected two games prior.

Lost World is probably a better and more complete game. However, Forces is easier to play both for quick bursts of the typical Sonic gameplay and mostly to mess around with when it comes to some of the Avatar stuff. Plus, as minor as it is, I do like hearing the other characters speak in the levels.

Sonic 3D Blast

@Indigo Rush You know what you're right

Forces. I like the Avatar gameplay.

Forces. Not even a contest.

Despite everything, I find some enjoyment in Forces. Mainly with the Avatar. 

Just the MENTION of Lost World makes me mad about the time and money I wasted on it.

Forces, Shadow is in it AND playable in some stages 😄

I do like some of the stages in Lost World though

Tbh I've never understood how Lost World is supposed to get worse as time goes on, since basically all the 3D stages plus some of the more platformer-centric 2D ones were more fun and elaborate than the first few, and give more purpose to the parkour as time went on.

Unless we're talking about the 3DS version. That version can jump off a cliff for all I care.

Why not throw both in trash?

Forces.

Maybe it's because I played it on PC with the pisspoor optimisation, but I still know what I played, and Lost World isn't fun.

I said the same. It's because for me it's more sincere and not cynical.

I actually enjoy the idea of Sonic being hyperactive and excited to experience everything in life. In the games I haven't been a fan of Modern Sonic's personality starting from Sonic Heroes & anything afterwards.

To make Sonic fans support Doof Failure?