Airborne Aircraft Carrier: Sky Fortress Zone, a direct tribute to Wing Fortress Zone.If you thought those were hair-raising, just wait until Mad Gear Zone Act 3, which does a little Lampshade Hanging by being named "Impending Doom."
Advancing Wall of Doom: Lost Labyrinth Zone has one as a tribute to Hydrocity Zone.However, they have been nerfed so they won't blow up instantly. Action Bomb: Telstars/Asterons make a return.The later Sonic Mania eventually took the position of being a direct sequel to Sonic 3 & Knuckles, albeit in the Alternate Timeline for Classic Sonic established by Sonic Generations. The developers even admitted to doing so intentionally to place more emphasis on using the Homing Attack.ĭue to lower-than-expected performance of the series, Episode III was cancelled, with its development team having little faith that the project will be revived. The game featured almost no momentum thanks to the physics being copied and pasted from Sonic Rush. Needlemouse" was Sonic's name back when his very first game was still in the planning stages. from the outset, thanks to its codename of " Project Needlemouse". It was hyped as essentially Mega Man 9 meets New Super Mario Bros. Now, Sonic must counter Eggman's offense and save the world from the doctor once again.Įpisode I was released on iOS, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Android. Eggman seeks revenge on his perpetual arch-nemesis by rebuilding his best Badniks to go on a hedgehog hunt. The story is simple: Mad Scientist and aspiring world conqueror Dr. Each episode has four Zones with four Acts each (not including the final Zones), making for a decently-sized downloadable game that Sega initially designed to test the waters for classic Sonic's return. It's an Episodic Game, with only two episodes released. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is a side-scrolling platformer developed by Dimps that is a throwback to Sonic's roots on the Sega Genesis, as well as being a response to the series' Polygon Ceiling-related criticism. The ones where the franchise went back to 2D, but was still 3D!