Prinny 2 PSP Review

Enter the Prinnies, DooD.

There's a reason why this game is called Dawn of Operation Panties or Dood which is a word used by all the Prinnies. The Demon Lords panties have been stolen and it's up to the Prinnies to recover them by collecting rare items in the underworld and luring the thief into a trap. Prinny 2 DooD is a platformer which shouldn't be taken lightly and is by far one of the most difficult games and by the end you're either going to cry or break your PSP out of anger but you will sure have a fun time getting to that state of rage.

 

Prinnies are little demons with batwings who serve the Demon Lord Etna for a couple of sardines every so called paycheck until their debt has been paid. Prinnies are the souls of all the criminals that have died and have gone to the  Nether World. They are the lowest form of demons and the most picked on. If a Prinny is mistreated then they will blow up which is every Prinny's worst nightmare. Demon Lord Etna grants the Prinnies extra power so they wouldn't blow up in order to have the Prinnies retrieve her panties which according to rumors if sniffed the earth will explode.

 

You will play the role of a Prinny who wears a scarf and goes through different areas of the Nether World to meet other Demon's and ask for their rare items. However each demon will not give up their rare item without a fight. Each level is different and you must fight your way through hoards of demons. Depending on your difficulty settings you will either have 3 or 1 HP but are given 1000 lives to make it to the end which for some may not be enough. For people who choose the baby difficulty setting the best advice is to just run through the stage as fast as you can. Death is a certainty but as long as you make it to the checkpoint that's all that matters.

 

You will have several attacks to help you along the way. You have your regular sword slash which is the one most frequently used. You also have an air attack although you have to be careful on where you use that attack as 1. it will dash you a bit forward and 2. its limited. Both negatives will leave you wide open for an enemy attack which under the right circumstances can kill you. You can also do a spin move which is you let go after stars fly out you can dash. This is a useful move because while you are spinning you can avoid ground enemies. You can also  As you keep attacking your enemies or collect Sweets, your combo meter will go up until Prinny is fully powered up. Prinny's attacks will get stronger but the only different attack will be the spinning attack as you can damage enemies while spinning. You can also do a ground pount to knock enemies unconscious.

 

When I said this is one of the hardest games out there I wasn't joking. The early levels are easy but as you proceed the levels become harder and harder. You literally have to be careful whether you attack an enemy or just run for it as some enemies take more hits to kill than others but as you focus your attention on one another one will attack you. Health is rare so you must pick your opponents carefully. Towards the end of the level you will face a Boss which isn't any easier. There are however some Boss Battles easier than others but by that I mean you will die less times than others. The best or perhaps the only way to defeat a Boss is to ground pound his head and knock him out and then hit him with your swords or power ups. Each Boss is different so you must use strategy to defeat each and every single one.

 

Prinny 2 DooD play's like a regular 2D Platformer but it also features 3D rendered backgrounds and platforms. The only 2D thing is the characters themselves which are very comical. The characters themselves look like anime characters which has hot chicks with very trampy customs. I'm not saying that's a bad thing and if anything it's a Plus. While the characters may be 2D they do show expressions such as fear and anger which are nicely and comically done. The background renders also move so smoothly throughout the game you'd think the PSP was running at 120hz. 

 

My complain about Prinny 2 is the controls. It's not the worst controller set up but it could have been better. When jumping you cannot move forward or at times it doesn't read your command leaving you stuck in the same place. Climbing a platform also gives you the same results. You will be trying to avoid enemies but when hanging from a cliff you will be smashing buttons but at times Prinny will not respond and when he does it will already be too late. Those are the only 2 main complaints and I wish they would have addressed this issue. While it doesn't render the game unplayable, with its difficulty it guaranteed some frustrating times. 

 

Prinny 2 features a new voice cast and while I may not have played the first Prinny game which has an entirely different cast, the voiceovers are well done it seems the actors actually dove into the characters. The soundtrack could have been better but it does match the mood and the events of the game.

 

Prinny 2 is good entertainment fun for a few hours. You can always go back and aim for a higher score. There is also an extra game unlocked if you beat the main story called Asagi Wars which features 6 more stages. Asagi accidently blew herself up and is now out for revenge. It's a nice addition which adds more to the story and if you enjoyed the main game you will definitely enjoy Asagi Wars. 

 

Closing Comments:
Prinny 2 is a challenging game that will make you cry because it's so hard. Yet with 1000 lives the game is manageable and victory is not impossible depending on the difficulty. Prinny 2 has great action and comedy with a unique art style to go along with it. It's not the best game out there but it's worth checking out specially if you played the first Prinny game. 

GamePlay: Challenging gameplay but you have 1000 lives to more than beat the game. 8/10

Graphics: Great 3D background graphics with 2D animated characters. 8/10

Sound: Great voice cast and soundtrack that matches the game's theme. 8/10

Story: Not a complex story but it's entertaining at best. Probably one of the few original stories out there. 9/10

LifeSpan: 2 games in 1 offers 5 hours of gameplay with plenty of dead Prinnies along the way. You can always go back and challenge yourself with a harder difficulty level if you're brave enough. 8/10

Total Score: 82/100

2011 is almost here.

2011 is almost here. I am wishing everyone a Happy New Years and a safe one. As an inside tip here are a few of the things you can hope to expect from Independent Gamer Blog:

1. Video Reviews - I will try this year to bring Video Reviews but because of heavy playing and editing it might not be for a while but do expect them this year if not next year.

2. More Anime Coverage -  You cannot be a gamer without loving Anime, and this year I hope to bring more reviews for Anime.

3. More Reviews - New and Classic Game reviews will be covered.

4. Our very own Website - I will look into creating and bringing independentgamerblog.com Live for this year but that all depends on the budget.

That's a small preview of what to expect. I would like to take this time to thank all our readers as Independent Gamer Blog would be nothing without you. I would also like to thank some of our sponsors who support this website by providing content. A Special thanks goes to: EA, NIS America, Sega, Konami, 505 Games, and Kalypso as well as all the PR reps.

Thank You all for everything and have a safe and Happy New Year.

Call of Duty Black Ops most pirated game on 2010.

Normally I'm against pirating but because it's Activision I don't mind it.


Torrent Freak has recently released their list of most downloaded game of 2010 and Call of Duty Black Ops was the most pirated game of 2010 with over 4.27 million downloads on PC, and 930,000 on Xbox 360.

Other titles downloaded for Xbox 360 are: Dante's Inferno at 1.28m downloads, Alan Wake with 1.14m downloads, Red Dead Redemption with 1.06m downloads and Halo Reach with 990k downloads.

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Man hit by Lexus while playing real life Frogger.

Ummmm......... Yeah...........

It was almost Game Over for a 23 year old South Carolina man when he was struck by a Lexus vehicle when playing real life frogger with his own body and a real highway. According to the Clemond Police Chief, the man tried to re-enact the game Frogger with his friends.

The man is in stable condition at this time and only time will tell when he will be ready to do the next stupid stunt.

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Microsoft working on Windows Tablet. iPad expected to win

Let me say to whoever says everyone will own iPads that I completely disagree.


Microsoft is hard at work with their own version of the Tablet PC but Keith Goddard says by the time Microsoft releases the product, everyone will have an iPad. Let me tell you why I disagree with this. First of all Keith Goddard is the CEO of Capital Advisors an investment firm which holds Apple stock. Saying anything else other than praising would be sudden death for their firm.

“By the time Microsoft gets it figured out everybody will already own an iPad, That train has left the station.”

Second, think about it. How many people do you see out in the street using an iPad? It's true it's more of a home use device but from what I've seen the iPad is the Wii of the tablet world. Everyone has one but no one uses it and eventually it will lose it's appeal even with all the upgrades being offered.

The next version of the iPad is expected to have a camera. Seriously when you go on vacation how are you going to take out that brick just to take a picture. You're not.

I don't expect Microsoft to do any better with their tablet. It's true it's selling right now but eventually it will all lose it's appeal. You can only do so much with a tablet compared to a laptop or desktop and for those people they will probably stick with their laptops. All the tablet will be used for is some gaming and maybe movie watching but a Wi-Fi connection is required which if you're on the move you can't get a hold off.

If anything the tablet is probably something I will be skipping. I could use that extra money to buy a Nintendo 3DS or PSP2.

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Mass effect 2 PS3/360 side by side

Outfitter with the new Mass Effect 3 Engine, Mass Effect 2 could show us what we may have in store next year.

Amazon's Year End Sale

For a limited time Amazon is having a Year End sale on video games and some Video Games might be worth taking a look. You can get Castlevania: LoS Limited Edition, Star Wars TFU limited edition and Fling Smash with Wii-Mote Plus for $39.99. You can also get other great software titles for $29.99 or less.

Just head over to Amazon and purchase the game you did not receive for Christmas at a deep discount.

PS3 gets first Genesis Emulator

The first Genesis emulator called the GenesisPlus GX has been released but its still in its Test stages so bugs are expected. The Emulator does however support 2 players as well as ROM and Zip Support.

More info on the emulator on PSGroove as well as its download link.

ATI Radeon 6950 has same performance as 6970 when hacked.

You could save yourself $50 to $70.


For most of the world messing with the performance of graphic cards is a taboo that could overheat and render your unit useless after spending all that money on it for a high end card. But for those with the skills its easy as baking a pie which is still pretty difficult but manageable.

ATI's new Radeon cards 6950 and 6970 both have the same Cayman design with the Cayman XT on the 6970 and the Cayman pro on the 6950. With a little hack the Radeon 6950 can output the same performance as the 6970 saving yourself an additional $50 - $70bucks on your purchase.

When tuned correctly you can reach the same power as the 6970 but remember to keep things to a minimal as your warranty only covers so much. It is also worth mentioning that as of this post there are no hacks or possibilities to unlock more power out of the 6970.

So it's $50 bucks worth the risk? Only if you know what you are doing.

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Soul Calibur coming for another round.

Will it also feature Kratos?


Soul Calibur 5 is coming but will it feature any outside additional characters or will it stick to regular characters just like Soul Calibur 3? Soul Calibur 4 featured: Yoda, Vader and Star Killer while Soul Calibur 3 had no special characters. If you recall Soul Calibur 2 featured: Link, Spawn and Heihachi. So it seems that every even number of Soul Calibur releases has special appearances while every Odd number releases have none.

“I believe that SoulCalibur II is one of most ambitious works in the series,” said Yotoriyama. “We included many of the left out features and revamped what was seen as being confusing from SoulCalibur 1 as much as possible. It was very challenging to develop the product simultaneously for three platforms; at the time it had never been done before in our history. This was also the time when the unique feature of the SoulCalibur world was born by bringing on the guest characters. SoulCalibur II brings back unforgettable memories of the franchise and you might say the soul of the Project Soul team can be felt from the product.”

But Never the less Soul Calibur 5 is coming and have been confirmed via tweeter by Daishi Adashima a member of the SC team.

Stay tuned for more updates.

MegaMan X Collection PS2/Gamecube Review

Probably one of the best if not the best compilation of games in the history of the world.

Is there a better compilation out there than the MagaMan X Collection in one disc. Probably but this here is the holy grail for all of MegaMan X fans out there a collection featuring MegaMan X - X6. The first 3 MMX games were on Super Nintendo and I'm surprised they did not call it Super MegaMan X because that would have been lame. Later MMX games X4 - X6 came out on the PlayStation but still featured the same 2D sidescrolling ass kicking gameplay from previous games. Then of course we got X7 and X8 on PS2. X7 is the spoiled spaghetti from 3 weeks ago as it left gamers with a bad taste in their mouths not to mention they turned X into a woman minus the sex change. X8 was ok but that's for another day but for today let's focus on one of the if not the greatest collection out there MegaMan X Collection.

If you are not familiar with X's story here's a short overview. First of all this is no MegaMan 10 as many people confused it this is a new story on its own which spawned several offspring's such as MegaMan Zero which was a great series and MegaMan ZX which was a less than OK series. Dr. Light the original creator of MegaMan designed and built X with the ability to make his own choices but was afraid that humans in his era would not accept X so he locked him up for 100 years. Later during an excavation Dr. Cain uncovered X and would go on and use the same design to build other robots with the ability to think for themselves. This of course led to robots rebelling against the humans and other robots. They were known as reploids and with the help of Zero X must stop them at all costs. But the big boss of them all is Sigma. 

The whole story leads to a virus which is implanted on Zero which is told in MMX5. The virus is released and Zero sacrifices himself to destroy the virus but fails as the virus is released and infects almost all robots on earth. Zero is presumed dead and this was supposed to be the last MMX game but because of its success the creators went on to make MMX6. Which features the return of Zero and his forever slumber which sets off the series MegaMan Zero but with X7 and X8 not to mention Command Mission which is an MMX RPG that reality practically went to the trash. 

MMX Collection is available on the Gamecube and PS2 with the PS2 being closer to the SNES version for its controller layout. If you are a veteran you will feel at home on the PS2 version and but the gamecube version also works well but if you're a new comer it really doesn't matter what version you choose as you will adjust to the control layout.

Gameplay is classic sidescroller platformer. There is always an intro stage which introduces the scenarios and then you move on to fight 8 Bosses. Each boss has a weakness which will throw them off valance and kills them faster. In order to succeed, you must learn the enemies pattern and plan ahead. If you don't have the right weapon then you can use your X-Buster but for an effective shot you must charge it which takes 3 seconds while avoiding every obstacle. You must also collect 4 armor pieces which include head, legs, body and X-Buster.

Throughout each game each armor does something different but it's never the same across all games. In later MegaMan X Games you will get multiple armors. You must also collect Sub Tanks which stores health. There are a total of 4 Sub Tanks which really come in handy. There are also 8 life tanks which increase your HP. They are scattered throughout the 8 levels and to reach some of them you must have certain items or have defeated a certain boss. Of course there are times when that isn't enough and you must use your head in order to obtain the item.

After defeating all 8 levels you will move on to fight Sigma but not after you beat 3 more levels on top of defeating all the 8 Bosses again. This time they're really easy since you have all power ups. For each enemy there is always a weakness to them including sigma. There are also online challenges for some games in which you must complete the game without having any power ups other than the regular power ups you collect from every defeated boss. This is more of a community type challenge but it's always fun to try new things.

MegaMan X doesn't feature fancy graphics and even when it made its move to the PlayStation it still retained the classic 2D sidescroller. This has worked out great and even in future MegaMan titles they still retains the classic sidescroller. We saw what happened when MMX went to 3D and it's not pretty. Another mascot suffered the same fate when it made the jump to 3D and it took them years to get back on track with Sonic Colors. The animation is smooth and for this type of game it works great. The only drawback that I can think of is the cut off section when playing on an HDTV on the PS3. At times the sync is not on par and the images will get blurred out or lines would disappear from an enemy. The only game different from all the other X titles is X4 which was a PlayStation Exclusive for consoles. It featured 3D graphics with 2D sidescrolling. People today call that 2.5D although that isn't really doing any game justice.

The Soundtrack for all games are great. In Japan who we know as MegaMan was originally supposed to be called RockMan for it's great music. MegaMan X features some of the best musical scores of any game. Even today there are many people out there covering songs from MMX and it sounds great. The only game that featured any voice overs was MMX6 but that was removed for this collecting.  MegaMan X 4 does feature voice overs via FMV with MMX4 - X6 featuring grunts whenever X and Zero jump or get hit. 

With 6 games and an extra racing game never released in the US, you will be playing MMX Collection for 12+ hours if you speed run through the game and collect everything. All MMX games are really fun to play and you will find yourself going back to play the same games over and over again. I personally have beaten MMX 1,2,3 and 5 many times and still go back to play it over again. I've yet to beat X4 and X6. X4 also has 2 different stories; one being X's story and the other being Zero's story. You can also challenge yourself to see how fast you beat one out of the 6 games in the collection or gather a group of friends bet some money and see who can beat  a certain level the fastest. 

Closing Comments:
If you're a MegaMan X fan this collection is for you or if you're a gamer who wishes to see how people lived in the 90's then this collection is also for you. I think no one should be allowed to leave this earth without playing MegaMan X and this collection brings them all in one disc.

GamePlay:  Classic 2D sidescrolling and a wide variety of weapons and power ups not to mention extra's like the Golden Armor. 10/10

Graphics: Great graphics even by today's standards although you will get the occasional cut off images. 9/10

Sound: Probably one of the best soundtracks of any generation. Even today people still listen and cover songs from MegaMan X. 9/10

Story: All games tie into one big story line and while there may be holes between MegaMan, MegaMan X and MegaMan Zero all those  gaps are left to your imagination while still giving you clues during gameplay. 10/10

LifeSpan: 7 games with 6 main event games will bring you 12+ hours of entertainment not to mention personal challenges that will bring you bragging rights. 10/10

Total Score: 96/100

Castlevania Lords of Shadow DLC announced.

If you traded in your copy of Castlevania, now would be a great time to repurchase it.


Konami has recently announced 2 new DLC packages for Castlevania Lords of Shadow which expands more on the story of Gabriel. The first DLC is called Reverie. In this DLC we see Gabriel returning to the Castle to aid Laura, former servant to the vampire Carmilla. Apparently her queen was holding some sort of evil in check, and now that she's no longer a going concern, that evil is running rampant.

The next DLC will be called Resurrection, which continues the story directly following the game's epilogue. Expect questions answered, new questions asked, and a showdown with "a very notorious enemy."

Reverie will be hitting the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live in February following with Resurrection in April. No price point has been given as of yet so those who traded in their copies of Castlevania will have some time to re-purchase the game if you want to play the new DLC.

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Prinny 2 gameplay videos

More footage from the upcoming Prinny2 PSP game.

Hyperdimension Neptunia trailer

A trailer for the upcoming PS3 Exclusive (hopefully) Hyperdimension Neptunia.

X-Men Arcade PSN/Live Review

 X-Men Arcade is now available but is it worth the purchase? Also that guy between cyclops and wolverine! That's a female.



X-men Arcade is a port of the original Arcade game back from 1993 with updated graphics and Online gameplay. This is the first time this game has been released on a home console and is available on Xbox Live and the PSN as of this writing with a price tag of $9.99 which is a bit steep for a game with only 8 levels.

Magneto is rampaging throughout the city with his army of sentinels and on his rampage kidnaps Professor X and Kitty. Your job as one of the many X-men characters is to battle through Magneto's army, save Professor X and defeat Magneto. I think the most entertaining fight of this game is when you fight Magneto. Not because he's a great challenge but because he narrates everything he is doing. For example if he were to kill you he would shout "You are dead." or when he's about to use his force field he would say "Force Field". I guess Magneto fits into the old school villain who tells the hero his plans for world domination and how he's going to do it.

There are a total of 8 levels in the game, there could have been more but I was dozing off while playing this game as it is very repetitive and at time annoying to play. Most of the time you will fight a smaller version of the sentinels and once you get to magneto's island, not a Gilligan's' Island affiliate, you will fight some lizard men who look straight out of the Star Trek universe with tights. Trust me this is not a pretty sight. There is a boss battle at the end of every stage which you must defeat to advance to the next stage. Getting cornered by a stage boss is guaranteed death as the minute you get up you will get hit and go back down.

As you fight your way though hoards of enemies you will have the option to use your special powers which take away you HP. Your special powers will stop working once you have 1 HP left or if you run out of bonus orbs which are collected at the end of every stage. It took me a while to figure out where my HP was until I saw the power bar go down every time I got hit. I guess this was a great way to get quarters out of the kids back in the day but I think the developers should have added a power meter and keep it separate with the HP meter. It's not as bad though as you do get unlimited continues if you die making this game kind of pointless to beat.

Online co-op is a new addition to the game if you don't have 6 friends to play with. You can jump into any game or create your own. If you join a game it does not matter what stage the host is in, they can be defeating Magneto and you can jump right into the match. There are also leaderboards which you can see how you stack up against the world.

All of the same sound effects and music remain untouched. You can tell by some of the text that has bad grammar and doesn't make any sense. Also playing single player doesn't change the voiceovers. Prof. Xavier will still say X-Men do this and do that even if you are just one.

Graphically the game is a huge improvement. All of the characters have their old customs from back in the day. For example Wolverine will have an brown with orange suit and storm will have an all grey outfit. However the transition to HD was nicely done as you can really see the difference if you played the arcade. I do wish they would have added new villains as a lizard with a spandex suit isn't really a great sight. Also some of the characters don't make sense for example Juggernaut has a rocket launcher and from the times I've seen X-Men I never really saw him use one on top of that he's been slimmed down for some apparent reason. I know this is more of an Arcade problem than it is for Konami as it was made back in the day but it wouldn't hurt to remake the game and put in a classic mode.

With 8 levels and unlimited continues you will get though the game in about 1 hour or so. The Japanese version is also included which has Japanese subtitles and it's easier than the American version. I don't really see how easy it is from the American version as you do get unlimited continues whether you're playing online or offline.

Closing Comments:
X-Men Arcade is a title that is only for the Hardcore X-Men fan or for people who used to play the Arcade game back in the day. It's really fun in the beginning but then it gets boring after a while. It is a nice co-op game which supports up to 6 players on the PS3 and up to 4 players on Xbox 360. There is really no strategy in this game with unlimited lives also regardless of how much you try, you're going to get hit regardless. For $9.99 I think this game should be skipped until there's a price drop or a sale. One game that I do hope Konami ports over is TNMT Arcade, now there's a game that will grow hair on your chest. I think it was available on the NES but we need a port with HD graphics and Online co-op. X-Men Arcade is a nice try but TMNT Arcade is where it's at.


GamePlay: Really repetitive and unlimited continues really take what little challenge there is away. 4/10


Graphics: While it is a port the graphics have been redone to support HD which is nicely done. Although Reptilians wearing tights is not a pretty sight. 9/10


Sound: All the sound effects remain the same which at times will sound lame but it doesn't suffer from distorted sound like other ports and it does sound great: 8/10


Performance: Story is kind of lame and the animation should have been redone. 6/10


LifeSpan: Single Player lasts about 1 hour and so does multiplayer and besides trophies there is really nothing to go back to. 3/10


Total Score: 60/100

Sonic Colors Wii Review.

The Best Sonic game in years possibly the decade.

 

There has been many mascots coming back in this generation for their own titles. Donkey Kong came back with a new title called Donkey Kong Country Returns featuring the same gameplay style as the Original Donkey Kong Country. Kirby returns with a new adventure with Kirby's Epic Yarn and Mario with his 25th Anniversary recently released a compilation of all Super Mario Games on the NES called Super Mario All Stars which in my opinion is a disappointment as Super Mario World isn't even in it. But the best return out of all of them I would say is Sonic in Sonic Colors.

 

Dr. Eggman has created an amusement park in which Sonic and Tails pay a visit. There they meet up with Dr. Eggman who is trying to capture little alien creatures known as wisps to harness their power and use them to take control of people's minds to do his bidding. Sonic must stop Dr. Eggman at all times because like Sonic said, that's all they do. I wonder what would happen if Dr. Eggman would disappear, I think Sonic would have to collect unemployment or something. While Sonic tries to stop Dr. Eggman, Tails stays behind working on his translator which would help both Sonic and Tails understand what the alien is talking about. The story tries to be comical and to some extent it succeeds. The most recurring joke is tails getting mixed up with his translator while talking to the alien Yacker, whom they meet in the beginning.

 

There are a total of 5 worlds with several different acts each and a Boss Battle towards the end. Some Acts are very short while others can be very long. The long ones can be easy to begin with but can get difficult at times and you have to do more than just speed through the level. There are several different alien species that help you along the way called Wisps. These aliens power vary from color. One can give you a laser power which can help you teleport to a different area if you hit the teleport needle or help you get hard to reach places. Another Wisp helps you dig through the level where you can find extra items. A Rocket wisp helps takes you to the highest part of the level if there's nothing in your way. A blimp wisp will help you navigate through some areas by giving you the power to float. These are not the official names of the wisps but I call them depending on what power they provide you with.

The Boss battle that is the most annoying is the space ship which you must defeat towards the end of the Space World. It's not hard but one mistake and you lose your rings, another mistake costs you your life. The ship can take 8 to 10 minutes to defeat and if you fail you have to start all over from the beginning. 

As  you unlock more wisps you can go back to different levels and get the star coins that you couldn't get to before. There is also a challenge mode where you go through the level as fast as you can and get the highest score. There is also an arcade world in which you race through virtual tracks. 

Each world is very unique and has its own theme such. My favorite level of them all though is Act 1 from the Space World level which is all about speed. The camera angles are amazing and span through several areas of the world and speeding through it by pressing the 1 button makes it even more amazing visually. The music is also great and adds more to the atmosphere. Sonic Colors is all about speed and some Acts show it but at times you will have to  slow down and jump through several platforms. This switches the difficulty as it catches players off guard. You must always stay awake and pay attention to all levels as you don't know what surprises will be around the corner. 

Sonic Colors plays in traditional 3D just like other Sonic games but at times it will switch to a side view camera and play like the 2D Sonic Games. This is a nice addition and when it switches to this view get ready to speed through the level. There is so much going on in the world of Sonic Colors at once and everything is done with nice detail and textures. The is no lag when speeding through the game even while you are surfing in outer space when ships are arriving and there is so much going on in the background. Sonic Colors is one of the better Wii games on the console and it shows. It just sucks this game isn't available on PS3 or 360.

The Soundtrack is also amazing it matches the Sonic's theme. While it cannot compare to the 2D Sonic games from the past it's still great to listen to it as you move through the environments. Voice Acting is also great. Each characters voice matches their persona. At times some lines will be cheesy but when you really think about it, this game was aimed at a younger audience but the honest truth is anyone can enjoy this game.

 

Sonic is not Sonic if it doesn't have a nice controller layout. This is not a problem with Sonic Colors as the controls feel solid and gets rid of the excess weight. You can tilt your Wii-Mote sideways and use it like an NES/Genesis controller or you can use the gamecube controller. Giving you that option is a great addition as you don't need to have many Wii-Motes just to play. Playing as Sonic is very easy but it's the levels that bring a nice challenge to the table. There is also Multiplayer Co-Op but that's a feature you will want to stay away from as both players play on the same screen.

Closing Comments:
Sonic Colors is a great game that everyone should enjoy. It's way better than all the Sonic games in the past including Sonic 4. The game is solid and anyone can have a great time playing. The Wisps are a nice addition to the Sonic universe and I hope they make an appearance in future Sonic titles. Sonic Colors is one of those Wii Games that is a must buy if you're a Sonic fan and compared to other mascots making an appearance after a long hiatus I think Sonic has the better game on the Wii.

GamePlay: Very fun gameplay with solid controls. 10/10

Graphics: One of the better looking Wii games with vibrant colors that bring the world to life. 10/10

Sound: Not the best Sonic music but definitely better than other Sonic games. 8/10

Story: Great story which keeps it simple to only Sonic, Tails and the Wisps. 9/10

LifeSpan: 5 worlds with several wisps to unlock brings you hours of entertainment. 8/10

Total Score: 90/100