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@TruthisRare
The review is definitely overly harsh. The game controls great, story is great throughout (one of the best in the series), interactions may be simple but they’re really fun for fans, and the combat isn’t shallow; all that isn’t even to do with the port.
The game looks great in docked, and not necessarily bad in handheld (it is noticeable difference). It’s 30fls but has no noticeable frame drops in either mode and never stutters. If I have had any glitches they’re not memorable. It’s the exact same game except for graphics, so it deserves at least a 6.5.

@TruthisRare
Switch version isn’t terrible at all, I’ve played 15 hours without any noticeable performance issues.
But don’t believe me, Alex did a 3 hour stream on the game, he seemed very impressed and was having lots of fun. Zion also has an impression video now.

@KingDunsparce
Sonic fans argue with each other over things in the series that don’t even matter (shoe design, quill size, shade of blue, art style). When they see something they don’t like they blow it out of the water, so if anything they’re too critical about things. Most Sonic fans have HATED the direction the series has been going in for the last 10+ years, and it’s finally going in a direction that most of them can agree on.

How can it be “a Bold But Ultimately Failed Attempt At Something New" when most Sonic fans (who are VERY critical on mediocre & bad Sonic games) loved it after playing, some who have hated the series for 10 years even LOVED it; you don’t just go from love to hate over a mediocre entry. Plus a majority of critic reviews actual did give the game good-amazing scores… Failed attempt? Not at all, it’s just your opinion.
Honestly, Alex’s 3 hour stream was a better review then this, especially cause you can SEE his reactions to the game.

Solid 8/10
The story is great and makes call backs to previous games to expand lore, the dialogue and interactions are great and not cringe anymore, I’ve noticed no frame dips or pauses, it looks great on my big screen tv, all the different moves are fun, the music is all bangers, speedrunning the stages in fun, and each island boss feels like a final boss of any other games with epic action and a banger vocal track.
The poll will definitely get filled with trolls who haven’t even played. No game that took actual effort to make deserves a 1 or 2.

@iLikeUrAttitude
It honesty runs very well on Nintendo Switch, I’ve had no performance issues within my 15+ hours.

A 4 ain’t right, but it’s only one review so what’cha gonna do. At least the people are enjoying it, any way they can.
I’ve played over 15 hours on Nintendo Switch and have had experienced no frame drops or pauses in gameplay, and while handheld looks kinda rough it’s still completely playable. I’ve also had no platforming or combat glitch’s, I haven’t seen anyone else bring it up either.
I hope Alex does the video review since he was enjoying himself on stream.

They did a really good job on this game, they deserve all the love & support. Please look at the Metacritic user scores (especially ps5) before commenting, and remember that Sonic fans are very vocal about the series when they don’t like the direction.

The game is really good, and the Nintendo Switch port is actually high quality. One of the best stories in a Sonic game.

I was expecting a good port, but I was surprised at just how good it is. I’ve played over 4 hours now and haven’t noticed any frame drops or freezes, just the same pop-in issues as other platforms. That being said you can still see roaming enemy’s from the other side of the island.

@Ooyah
It doesn’t do that.

@NinjaNicky
The game runs very well on Nintendo Switch…

@SteamEngenius
Nope, they’re just being weird this time. I’ve been playing for three hours and the switch port is surprisingly good, it also has 3 Metacritic scores: 70, 85, 90. PS4/5 has 50+ review scores, with about 60% of them being good-amazing.

I’ve been playing on Nintendo Switch for over three hours, game is very good & fun. The port actually runs very well, I haven’t noticed any major frame drops or stutters so far, and a lot of background objects (such as bosses) actually do stay on screen.

@Old_Man_Nintendo
Of course the Nintendo Switch version will be the worst one, but it seems to be at least a decent port. It has 3 good-great Metacritic scores so far (70, 85, & 90) and can keep up with a fully upgraded Sonic well enough: https://twitter.com/versadile/status/1589346886330322947?s=61&t=pHDzVtF0gNHfoKYFuErVXg

Have it preloaded and just waiting for it the unlock. Switch Version has good Metacritic reviews so far, and the footage doesn’t even look that bad. (Nintendo Switch footage of Sonic zooming around the world at level 99: https://twitter.com/versadile/status/1589346886330322947?s=61&t=pHDzVtF0gNHfoKYFuErVXg)

@blindsquarel
Here’s non spoiler Nintendo Switch footage of Sonic at max speed, the console seems to be keeping up good enough. https://twitter.com/versadile/status/1589346886330322947?s=61&t=jBhXdPTaLPOiwPJZ_Ob6Kg

@Dimey
Over 50% of the reviews on Metacritic are 70-90’s though, so the few 10-20’s are pointless.
Edit: Nintendo Life did bring up the one 2/5 review.

Other sites have given the Nintendo Switch version a 70, 80, & 90. I don’t think Nintendo Life not getting a code has anything to do with the Switch version being bad. Footage looks good here anyway https://twitter.com/versadile/status/1589346886330322947?s=61&t=jBhXdPTaLPOiwPJZ_Ob6Kg

It’s sad that some people feel the need to leak highly anticipated games. I hope most people have been lucky enough to not be spoiled on anything major.

Knuckles is actually back! The animation was top tier and the story was great. I can’t wait for next week.

@RareFan
According to demo players (including Jon from Good Vibes Gaming, Alex from Nintendo Life, Sakurai, IGN, plus many more) both are fun.

Well this trailer sold me on the show, can’t wait to see where it ends up going.

@Bizzyb
Some of the early games do have continuity, and some newer games reference older games, but every games story exists on it’s own.

It ended up being just a nice little plot tease, so not reading them will be completely fine.

@Baler
I’d have to agree with that.

@Old_Man_Nintendo
“A good Sonic game for once”? Do Sonic 2, Sonic 3&K, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Sonic Rush, and Sonic Generations (plus more) just not exist in this timeline?

@LikelySatan
The Cyberspace stages we’ve seen so far are either brand new or pulled from games considered very good by quite a lot of people (Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Generations, Sonic Adventure 2). Some people may hate some parts of these games (me included), but most of the normal modern Sonic stages in them are considered top tier by most who’ve played them properly.

Good to see that it’s finished and ready for release, I can’t wait to finally get my hands on it. Recent demo players have had great things to say about the game, so I definitely believe that Sonic Team has made a great product here.

The music they’ve released so far sounds really good, so it seems like we’re in good hands. This game is really shaping up in both the music & gameplay departments.

After reading this first part I think it is definitely safe to say that these prologue’s are just fun little extra’s and are not important to the overall plot.

@Anti-Matter
Honestly who really cares that much about having prologue’s and dlc announced before the game when they’re literally all free. I especially don’t see the issue with letting people experience the prologue’s before diving into the game, that makes perfect sense. The only little thing wrong with free bonus content is that they could’ve just been put in the game.

I also don’t know how you see this as a distraction from bad quality when so many people have played the game by now (including Sakurai) and most have reported great over all quality. Sonic Colours Ultimate didn’t have any kind of demo, so it’s issue’s couldn’t have been picked up until release.

According to Ian Flynn (writer of these comics and Frontiers) these prologue’s are just “extra gravy” on top of the existing in game story, which makes it sound like they aren’t actually required in order to fully enjoy/understand the story like the Forces comics were. Which is what this advertising strategy should comprise of.

Speaking of, Team Sonic Racing had a comic and an animation, with neither being of any importance to the overall story.

@RobynAlecksys
I can agree that most Sonic fans don’t even know what they want in a game, but they still know a good game when they play it.
I don’t know of any two identical Sonic games that were released where one was degraded and the other was praised, most games don’t even share a gimmick with each other let alone be identical to each other.

@RobynAlecksys
“So sick of bad design: run right so fast you can't see the next hazard, get hit, lose rings, scramble to get 1 ring, run again and not see a single thing in the stage, finish.”
My eyes are slow at seeing and even I’ve never had this issue in Sonic 2 (or 3). If you’re actually trying to play the game then you should definitely have enough time to jump over or spin through enemies/obstacles in the way, especially on the current widescreen versions.
Sonic isn’t even that fast when running on a flat surface, and running should be replaced with spinning whenever possible (such as going down hills) so you don’t just run into an enemy and take damage. The game also doesn’t force you to go fast all the time, and when it does you simply roll up to dash through oncoming enemies.

Sonic 2 is a great game that’s just fun to run through in an afternoon, my group loves racing to see who can finish first. Before you say we’re nostalgia blind, we’re not, I’ve only had the game for 5 years and my friends have only had it for a few months.

@-wc-
Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast has aged extremely well. Lots of people argue that adventure fans have this thought just because of nostalgia bias, but I literally played it for the very first time last year and it was an absolute blast with no real issues.
The rereleases do have a lot of issues, which didn’t help with it’s reputation.

Sonic Frontiers is definitely giving off adventure vibes to me as well, it’s really shaping up to be a very good game.

I was absolutely fine with Bowser having a musical number, but now I’m starting to worry that the whole movie will be a musical.

Well enemies have now been confirmed to increase in difficulty over time, that’s another win for the fans and another loss for the haters who said the game wouldn’t get harder.
The combat seems pretty easy to grasp with more complex options available if you’re willing to learn them, the moves you can pull off look really cool too.

@Bunkerneath @Old_Man_Nintendo
As @TopazLink said, this crossover DLC is repaying Capcom for the Sonic content that was put into Monster Hunter Rise a while back. Both of these collaborations are just fun nods to each other and would’ve been made in conjunction with each other (pre 2022), meaning that this has nothing to do with their confidence being shaken. Anyway, It was probably Capcom who set the date for this to be announced.

Also, why would their confidence be shaken? Most of the people who have gone to the recent events and played the current demo build have said very positive things about the game as a whole.

This was the one feature missing from the Nintendo Switch, I’m so glad they finally added it.

It’s nice to see this after the Sonic Content drop in Monster Hunter. Having full on costumes and a unique cooking mini game is very cool, I just hope you can mix and match cosmetics to have the armour with the Soap Shoes. This also means that Sega probably has more collaborations for us further down the track. Since they’re willing to go this far with free dlc, the digital deluxe cosmetics must be out of this world.
I’d also love a paid story dlc sometime next year if the game is successful.

@WolfyTn
The rumours have made it sound like Wumpa League is more of a 3D online multiplayer game, so it’s probably not even the same type of game as Smash.

That price is way too weird and coincidental for it to not mean something, and other Crash & Spyro games have also had these types of cryptic hints before being announced. Something is definitely coming, and it probably is the long rumoured Wumpa League online multiplayer game.

Having physical media as an option is always good.

@russell-marlow
Super Sonic hasn’t been mandatory in any Sonic game released in the last 10-11 years, in fact Forces didn’t even have it in the base package and required no work (except a free download) to unlock. Mania is the only game within that period that actually has a purpose for Super Sonic, and that wasn’t even mandatory.
So it actually is surprising to see Super Sonic being relevant and mandatory this time round.

99% of people who have played this most recent demo seem very positive about the game being good or even great, so I’m definitely really looking forward to playing it myself. I can definitely see this being a top 5 Sonic game for fans of the series.

Jack Black was such a good choice for Bowser! I was hoping they’d lean into the music side of Jack, and it seems like they’re gonna do it.

@RubyCarbuncle
I just want to say that I’ve subscribed to 3 or 4 of these Sega newsletters in the past, and the only emails I’ve ever gotten were: a confirmed of sign up along with an advertisement, another advertisement at launch, and then the dlc code; after that it was just nothing. I personally never minded 4 emails in exchange for free stuff.

I’m in no way trying to convince you, I just wanted to mention that they’re pretty chill with the spam.

@KindofaBigDeal
I actually played the Adventure games (Dreamcast versions) for the very first time last year, so I have no nostalgia for either one. I found the first game quite fun and extremely playable, with a few minor nitpicks (mainly fishing). I didn’t have a lot of fun with Adventure 2 except for the first few Sonic stages, but that’s a me issue, the game is definitely playable. I’ve heard many times that the re-releases of the games don’t work as well though.
Side note: Sonic Generations controls great.

And most people who have actually played Sonic Frontiers (especially the latest demo) really liked it and said it controlled great for the most part, so who are we viewers to judge if it’s a mess or not.

This is really cool, and it means the customisation isn’t limited to colour swaps this time. But this has me wondering, if they’re willing to give away the soap shoes for free, then what are they gonna be putting in the digital deluxe edition? Maybe licensed movie shoes, the extra cost would help cover those fees.