Sonic Monopoly Scraps The Usual Formula For Rings, Emeralds And Boss Battles

Chance Card: Played Sonic 2006 on PS3 - Go Directly to Jail

So, kind of the same as the Mario Gamer edition, then? But with rings instead of coins?

@RupeeClock Ordinary Monopoly uses two dice, so you can't roll a 1 in that either.

Reminds me of Sonic Shuffle.

There should be a boardgame called Duopoly where you try to lose your place in the video game market as efficiently as Sega did.

But will they make an Amy themed Ms. Monopoly? Thats the real question

Ah, finally something new to make the original movie trailer look good by comparison...

GOTTA EARN FAST

There is a regular Sonic Monopoly too if you have to have the classic gameplay. This is a nice alternative though.

Edit: @playoldgames that is correct. So now we have Sonic, Mario, Mario Kart and Overwatch variants.

@HobbitGamer look good? That's impossible. Plus sonic-themed monopoly has been available for a long time, I'd praise them for actually trying to add something new this time around.

Honestly I must be the one person around like this, but I like traditional Monopoly. I really do. On the rare occasions I actually succeed in talking people into playing it with me, we usually have a lot of fun. I used to love playing with my parents and grandparents. My father had the Ford Mustang edition and we played many times. I had the base game. I always wanted the old Star Wars one based on the original movies that someone I knew in school had, but by that point it was old and collectors had driven the price through the roof...

I remember hearing about a Pokemon one at one point too. And a Mario one. I'd like both.

After ms monopoly I kinda lost trust in these...

I do love me some Monopoly. Might have to pick this one up.

It was only a matter of time before they did a Sonic The Hedgehog Monopoly. The question is:why did it take so long?? Nothing to do with the upcoming film surely(?) Anyway, it looks good but I'dve still preferred the more traditional format but I guess it works well in the gamer vein.

@Heavyarms55 The problem with monopoly is that boardgames have come a long way. There are a lot of better options out there, both on the casual and hardcore ends of the spectrum. But yeah, I agree. It gets a bad rap that it doesn't deserve.

Also, people like to use a bunch of broken houserules that screw up the game economy. Which makes the game virtually unplayable, and can be impossible to finish in a reasonable time. Not to mention, they forget the property auction rule. Which fills the board up faster. The vast majority of people I played it with were just taught to play it wrong.

@Heavyarms55 The Zelda one looks rather decent actually... The tokens look pretty awesome too.

It does not matter how cool it's dressed or what franchises it uses. Monopoly is still a tedious game that causes family arguments. I can't remember the last time I even finished a game.

It looks really great though.

@Heavyarms55 : I believe there may have been multiple Pokémon Monopoly games. I think there was one based solely on Gen I, and another that was Gen II oriented.

I have just checked online and have found four Pokémon Monopoly games from over the years. There were Gen I and II boards released back in the day (at the height of the franchise's popularity, circa 1999-2001), and then they had released two more in recent years, again, being Kanto and Johto-themed boards.

@Silly_G I think you're right. I do think there was more than one. If memory serves, I think there was a gen 3 one too!

@playoldgames

Yeah, kind of weird the article doesn't mention that. After all, that is the more accurate comparison than the original Monopoly. It's not like this is the first time the Monopoly formula has been sped up, and the earlier one was even Nintendo themed.

Would be interesting to try a Monopoly Gamer version at some point though, even if I enjoy modern designer board games more.