Sonic's had plenty of titles for his many games.
Adventure,
Heroes,
Advance,
Rush and
Rivals to name but a few. Yet, Sonic's first next-gen game, intriguingly, doesn't bother with any extras. It shares its name with the game which launched him on the Mega Drive.
It opens with the new-look Dr. Robotnik (aka Eggman) kidnapping a princess. Naturally, it's up to Sonic and his allies to save her. Sonic isn't the only playable character. As well as him and the other two main characters - Shadow and new 'hog Silver - others join in. While most of a character's storyline (each of the three has his own) is played as that character, others occasionally take over the game. Sonic is again paired up with Tails and Knuckles, Silver gets Blaze and Amy. Shadow goes for the
Sonic Heroes team of Omega and Rouge. Shadow unfortunately again goes with the
Shadow the Hedgehog approach. Playing as his allies is a nice break from...
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