Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Is Spin-Dashing To The 3DS eShop On October 8th

My favorite of the first three Sega Genesis games by far. Hopefully it will have local multiplayer so my bro and I can have more epic fun like we did when we were little.

I just got this on tablet.... might get it anyway, tremendous game

Bout time. Was wondering what'd happened to this!

They should have gone for the 6th October, that way we could have another Sonic 2sday.

My son will want this game. Might have to get it for him.

Bout effing time! Idk how they did it but they finally got the game released Damon near on time. Great work m2. Be nice if we could get some hidden palace love. They released it on droid but 3ds would be better even without knuckles available as an unlockable.

I meant Damn not Damon. Lol

I don't mind the lack of the Hidden Palace Zone, but does anyone know if Knuckles is playable here?

Sonic 2 is a much better game than Sonic 1 in every way, so this is a welcome addition. Funny that Sega is releasing many more 3D Classics than Nintendo, who gave up very early. It's a shame, indeed.

@VanillaLake Amen to that. Can you imagine SNES 3D Classics? Super Metroid would be mind-blowing!

While I do agree that Sonic 2 is better than 1, Its not as great as Sonic 3.....can that be on 3D Classics too SEGA?

@helbertpina Yep and Super Mario World. I'd also love Super Mario 64 3DS remake a la Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask!

Yeah, I'll definitely be picking this one up when it drops. Great game. One of the best on the Genesis.

@VanillaLake Agreed, having only come to 3DS this year I hadn't even realised there were any Nintendo 3D classics until I saw your comment. Just checked them out and it's a paltry list indeed.

I'll be getting Sonic 2 methinks. I have the free Sonic theme after all. No idea which classic Sonic game is best, never really played them, but M2 have proven pretty reliable in their choices so far. This can join Sonic Colours as the only Sonic games in my backlog.

Not buying unless it has Hidden Palace Zone enabled. I already have enough copies of regular Sonic 2 (Wii VC, Sonic Mega Collection+, Sonic Jam, Sega Genesis Collection, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, 360 port).

I bet someday someone will make 3D Classics of the SNES games as Homebrew a few years from now, perhaps. There's already a 3D version of a very old-school shooter that's been made, along with another game that could very well be retail (in fact, it was, but the creator made the port available on 3DS homebrew, despite it being a phone game previously. It's a Whack-A-Mole game, you can probably find more info if you Google it.

Yeeeaaahhhh! Was going to look into this last night. It's like the universe knows I'm about due for a Sonic 2 fix.

@123akis Get on it, there are many great ones

Can't wait!

My favorite Sonic. Will buy first day.

I loved the multiplayer modes, and still break out the Genesis every once in a while and play multiplayer with friends.

Oct 8th in NA or EU? I must get this. Its my favorite Sonic. Though I did fall in love with the Neo Geo Pocket one back in July. Neat birthday present to myself. Lol

Very nice

@123akis: Why the heck not? You're missing out.

My first game ever!! now I can support it again!!

I think I'll skip this one out. I already have many other ports of this game.

@Raien Oh, yeah!

@gcunit Yes, man.

About Sonic games, Sonic Mega Collection is good because the PAL disc include both PAL and NTSC versions of the games. It is widely known that PAL versions of Sonic 16-bit games are very poor so having the original versions is really good. Besides, you get also the plug-in versions which include Knuckles in earlier games. That collection is a must-have (if you don't have a GC or a Wii GC-compatible, you can get it for PS2, Xbox or PC).

Sonic Colours (Wii) is probably the best 3D Sonic to date, I also liked Sonic & The Secret Rings (Wii) but it's difficult and you have to progress and customise in order to be successful so I wouldn't recommend it to everybody, although I really liked it.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a brilliant racing game that is inspired by Diddy Kong Racing, with great visuals, sound, lots of challenges, awesome gameplay and it feels much fairer and exciting than Mario Kart.

Summarising, the must-have are: Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Colours and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. To have something on the go, these newer 3DS versions are quite good.

Hell yes i`m excited! of course!

Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax will be released on the same day.

Good news, instant download for me. Providing I've got enough credit left.....

Shame it couldn't make the original September release, but I'm really excited for this to come out. Day 1 download for me.