The point I’m trying to make is that, much like every Sonic before it, or many similar platformers that we’ve been enjoying for over twenty years now, Sonic Colors is by design light on story, but heavy on character, and gameplay.
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Robotnik has enslaved these little glowing critters call Wisps and is using them to power his new intergalactic theme park, which is actually a cover for a new mind control weapon, and Sonic rushes to free them from their slavery by enslaving them to give him new super powers, but let’s not get into the moral implications of Wisp rights, shall we? I’m sure you won’t be surprised to discover that the story to Sonic Colors is not a Greek epic. Regardless, this is as close to getting it right as Sonic has ever done in a 3D game, and Sonic team/Dimps has accomplished that by going back to basics, borrowing some well proven concepts, and making half the game 2.5D. It comes so close to reaching its goal that even though it’s just a mostly inanimate, emotionless piece of plastic designed to provide me with a few scant hours of entertainment (there’s a naughty joke buried in there somewhere, but this is a kid’s game so keep your minds G-rated, people) that I almost find myself feeling, well… a little sorry for it. This game comes SO close to getting it right, that every time it doesn’t I just want to let out a prequel Darth Vader level, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” loud enough to make my neighbors question my mental faculties. This is what frustrates me most about Sonic Colors for the Wii. Sega’s been trying to shoehorn the Sonic formula into 3D for over ten years now, which some marginal success ( Sonic Adventure) and utter failure (every other 3D Sonic since Sonic Adventure 2.)
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However, it is also a retro throwback experience for those who decry the forcing of Sonic into the 3D realm. In my review of Sonic The Hedgehog 4, I stated that it was as close to a return to form as the Sonic franchise has had in years, and I meant it.