Sonic Colors DS, Final Impressions

That's it? Six stages and a boss segment and...

well, this IS a Dimps game, there's probably an extra boss after I get all seven chaos emeralds and...


...that's it? Four hits and it's over? YOU ARE THE WORST SUPER SONIC TRUE FINAL BOSS EVER.

The play value in this is going to be a SA2-styled "bash your face into this brick wall until you get an S-rank at doing it!" force-you-to-OCD replay gimmick? The game is maybe four hours, tops, to play, and everything else is just Hundred Percent Completion?

...Man. I'd almost be HAPPY, if it weren't for the fact that Widget Gathering is probably the WORST genre for Sonic to venture into, and it's the one that is ALWAYS crucial for 100% in anything since Sonic Adventure.

I DON'T WANT ALL THE RED RINGS (of death). I DON'T WANT TO COMPLETE THAT TIME TRIAL MISSION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE PERFECT CONTROL OF THE RED WISP'S BURST POWERS THAT ARE TOTALLY FUCKING UNCONTROLLABLE.

Fuck you, Dimps. You are truly sadistic sons of bitches; you know the best way to make someone hurt is to give them something they love but spike it with something they hate.

I think a lot of it is the fact I was playing the DS version, admittedly. The mid-level humor which is apparently overloading the Wii version is nonpresent due to system limitations, so what we have here is exactly like what xyzzysqrl said to me: "Sonic Rush Extreme". It's pretty much another Sonic Rush game, except without the ability to play through things with Blaze. The special stages put an interesting spin on the now-traditional half-pipe format, too, and aren't RAGE-BENDINGLY STRICT like the races in Rush Adventure were. Game seems easier - or at least far more generous with extra lives - than either of the past two Rush games, though.

DS version final score: 7/10. FUCK RED BURST. Violet Void can eat a bag of dicks, too, as far as control difficulty is concerned, but at least IT'S fun to fuck around with.

Public service announcement

PROTIP: In order to get Sword to blow a bunch of money on something you want, here are the steps.

1) Make sure he has enough money to purchase what you want without severe hardship. "We will have to eat bologna sandwiches for the next month" is acceptable, "we will not have enough to pay rent" is not.

2) Get him frustrated AND depressed. Christmas shopping at Wal-Mart post-Thanksgiving is a good way to do this.

3) Make sure what you want is something one of you could justify as something HE would want as well. This is particularly effective if you're asking for a game when he just got done bitching about how the last game he played was too goddamn short.

Long story short, I am now be-Wii'd again. FC will be posted in the event that I actually /can/ connect to WFC. (Given that I can't connect with the DS, I suspect I would not be able to with the Wii, either)


EDIT: Due to a friend worrying about it, I want to just assure the rest of you guys -

(8:24:29 PM) swordianmaster: I got a windfall to the tune of $2300 recently, and we're in a situation as far as getting a new place that it's just a matter of waiting now
(8:31:30 PM) swordianmaster: My biggest problem now that I have the money to pay for the doctor to get my prozac prescrips?
(8:31:34 PM) swordianmaster: Is FINDING a doctor to do it :B
(8:31:56 PM) swordianmaster: Since I'm in a situation where I don't have a primary care physician