Topic: Excellent Review of Sonic Colours in N-Gamer

@Bulbasaurus+Rex: Well, quite honestly we really haven't needed a double jump before. Yeah, it would've made the games easier, but adding a double jump to any platformer pretty much always makes it easier. And with a game of this length I'm not sure "easier" is a good thing anyway. I certainly would've opted for the single jump with non-weird physics instead, and relied on my skills to beat the game. Adding the double jump and butchering the physics seems silly and hacky.

Also, I was mainly referring to the control issues in the werehog stages of Unleashed, and how those carried over to Colors' "day stages". (but I made a crap job of it, lol). For instance, in Unleashed you double tap the analog stick to run. Why not just have you walk if you push it a little bit, or run if you do it all the way? Or even just add a run button like old school platformers? And in Colors, they moved the "zip" move bindings from the shoulder buttons to moving the analog stick left or right WHILE holding up. Seriously? It seems like Sonic Team thinks their mission in life is to make the most unintuitive and hacky control schemes ever.

Im waiting for NL review, it will be the definitive factor.

I've played and completed Colours now (not got all the S-Ranks, not even close to that, but finished the story), and I'm not entirely sure what GameTrailers was going on about. There are a couple of crappy platforming sections, but by no means as all-pervasive as they made them out to be. And where they showed in the video Sonic missing stuff and falling to his death? After playing said sections, I'm convinced you'd have to make a complete hash of things to actually die on several of them. I tested one of their example points on Starlight Carnival, the only way I could make Sonic die at the point was to completely ignore the homing target icon and hammer the boost button instead.
The later levels aren't as good as the first levels, certainly (what Sonic game is? Everyone loves blasting through Emerald Hill Zone, but mention Metropolis Zone and you'll get people frothing at the mouth at the thought of those goddamn preying mantises and flying proximity mines), but they're still fun. Infact, my favourite act in the entire game is Act 1 of the very final zone.
The double-jump/homing thing? That was a problem on precisely one level. Out of forty-four. And again there was only a single level where the camera zoomed out so far it was tricky to see what was happening. And I'm not rocking a 32-inch plasma TV here.
So yeah, fine. The negative points made in those reviews are legitimate enough, they're just not nearly as bad or as frequent as they're making them out to be. The level design isn't quite up to par with the best of Unleashed's day stages, but it's still good and it's still a blast running through them.

Oh yeah, my favourite feature is that Eggman shouts constant (and funny) announcements over the tannoy in each level.
"Would the owner of the white hovercar shaped like an egg please report to security? Your vehicle has been broken into. Repeat, would the owner of the white hovercar shaped like an egg please report t-- WAIT, WHAT THE HECK?!"
"Thank you for visiting Eggmanland Amusement Park. We value your feedback. Unless you didn't enjoy yourself... in which case, we don't care."

Thanks for the impressions, Raylax! Anyone else pick this up? (Wii or DS...)

I was going to pick it up today, but my local Kmart didn't get it today. I have a $20 coupon to use there, so I figure I'll pick it up tomorrow as long as they have it in stock then.
Anyone else have any comments about the game they want to share?

The hat is the best part about the game. It is still a good game though.

I just picked mine up as my local Kmart just got them today. I can't wait to play it later tonight!

I really am loving the game, so I think it deserves all the good reviews. I am kind of blowing through the game, but I think there is a LOT of stuff to go back and collect if you are a completionist, like myself.