Sonic Mega Collection Plus

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:01 pm

Enlighten me... where does Iizuka fit into the grand scheme of things?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:57 am

He's pretty much been in charge of the series since Sonic Adventure, which was his proposal. He originally worked on Sonic 3 as one of the lead game designers, then he concocted the idea for a Sonic RPG which eventually became Sonic Adventure. He was the director of that, Adventure 2, and Heroes. Somebody needs to put him on a leash.

Post by **Popcorn** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 9:01 am

But Iizuka was also responsible for the glory that was Sonic Adventure.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:50 am

Yeah, but chances are he was still under tighter surveillance then. Since he was let loose at Sonic Team USA, I believe he's had more creative freedom than perhaps he should've been allowed.

I kind of hope that Sonic Team USA no longer exists since the re-assimilation.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:56 am

Hopefully Sonic Mega Collection Plus ver. 2.0 will contain the rest of the Sonic GG games, although I guess we'll have to wait until Sonic Mega Collection Plus ver. 2.5 DX Director's Cut - Collector's Edition for Sonic CD. Even then they'd probably only let you play half the game, wherein you have to put in the SMC+v2.5DXDCCE disc 2, available only in France. In 2006.

I second Rlan on the laaaaaaame.

smiths32 · Post by **smiths32** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:56 am

Bonus material, hmmmm... probably just a Sonic Heroes demo.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:55 am

That's not a bonus.

smiths32 · Post by **smiths32** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:43 am

That's not a bonus

Yeh, but in Sonic Team's cheap eyes it counts.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:57 am

The bonus will be Segasonic Arcade, rerendered with polygons and with a new non-trackball control scheme, that will revolutionize gaming in the third dimension as we know it.

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:22 am

Locit wrote:The bonus will be Segasonic Arcade, rerendered with polygons and with a new non-trackball control scheme, that will revolutionize gaming in the third dimension as we know it.

Ha-ha! You are the funny one.

John Pannozzi · Post by **John Pannozzi** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:18 pm

from http://www.sonichq.org/newsite/news/

This expanded collection is the perfect compliment to the recently released Sonic Heroes action game. In Sonic Mega Collection Plus, players of all ages will enjoy working through Sonic s early adventures, experiencing the classic titles that turned the blue dude with a tude into one of the first videogame superstars.

-Includes seven of the most-loved Sonic games of all time, including: Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball and Dr. Robotnik s Mean Bean Machine, plus three Sonic lock-on games (from Sonic & Knuckles)

-Unlockable SEGA Genesis games include The Ooze, Comix Zone, Flicky, and Ristar

-Six hidden SEGA Game Gear games: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Drift, Sonic Labyrinth, Dr. Robotnik s Mean Bean Machine, Sonic Blast

-Re-designed interface and additional all-new bonus materials.

Release: November 2, 2004

Doesn't sound too good.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:54 pm

Thank you for reposting information we've already read twice. You're a inspiration to our entire organization.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 9:56 pm

Updated original post with <A HREF="http://xbox.ign.com/articles/537/537786p1.html">MORE EXCITING INFO</A>.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:06 pm

What exactly is the Ooze, anyways?

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:59 pm

What exactly is the Ooze, anyways?

Freaking horrible old Genesis game, I think the last one released by Sega Technical Institute. It's a really ill-conceived shooter where you play as a pool of slime and you move around a bunch of boring mazes... shooting stuff.

aso · Post by **aso** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:56 am

If it helps any, at the time of its release, The Ooze wasn't exactly critically acclaimed. Comix Zone, on the other hand, seemed to receive a fair amount of good press.

It's actually a fun game, though the fact that both it and The Ooze are being included in an American release (where both games are anything BUT rare) is pretty odd.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:24 am

So, are they including Comix Zone and The Ooze because they were developed by STI, who worked on Sonic 2? That's a pretty tenuous link...plus those games kinda suck. Didn't STI make any decent, even vaguely Sonic-related games that could appear on SMC?

Anyone find it funny that Sega Technical Institute shares an acronym with Sexually Transmitted Infection? I'd personally rather get chlamydia than play The Ooze anytime soon.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:05 pm

I don't think STI did anything other than those Sonic games, Comix Zone, and The Ooze. They were working on Sonic X-Treme in various forms for a while, apparently, but I guess the group was disbanded around the time of the game's cancellation. At around the same time that happened, there was an inteneral Sega America company called Sega Soft formed to make PC games (they made a couple of Saturn games, too), but I don't know how related STI and Sega Soft were.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:48 pm

I think Comix Zone and The Ooze are included because they were stoned off of their heads.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:30 pm

Dude, I still make sense when I'm stoned, and I don't even make sense when I'm sober. I guess they were just really, really desperate. They probably didn't even think of my STI-Developed Tenuous Link (tm).

Shit...that sounds...like...really...medical, man...

smiths32 · Post by **smiths32** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:37 pm

I find it hard to believe the lazyness of Sonic Team. I mean, not only are they including 6 games that have already been recently remade, even the line up is awful: the original Game Gear Sonic, and Chaos aren't really TOO bad, however:-

Sonic Drift- Why not put in Sonic Drift 2, or better yet, Sonic R.
Sonic Labyrinth- This game is utter crap.
Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine- The Mega Drive version's alredy bloody here!
Sonic Blast- They could have chucked Tripple Trouble instead of this sorry excuse.

No Sonic CD or Chaotix, why don't I go and buy a 32x and a Mega CD, becase I don't think I'm getting to play these games anytime soon.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:39 pm

Maybe they're masochists and they like our abusive hate mail. It's one of a million theories to the reasoning behind this farce.

smiths32 · Post by **smiths32** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:51 pm

No wait, maybe the Sonic Team that we knew (the one that made GOOD games, remember them?) Were abducted by aliens and replaced with cyborgs. These cyborgs think only about efficiency, and so, because they know we'll buy one game many times, they feel the need to throw the same games at us over and over again. And when they make a new game they turn it into a half assed attempt that makes us all want to vomit with rage; these cyborgs know we'll buy the games anyway, so why make them better?

I-robot will come real!

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:00 pm

I-robot will come real!

Did you know that the first polygonal videogame ever was released by Atari in 1983? It was called I, Robot, though it had nothing whatsoever to do with Asimov's stories. Apparently, it flopped.

Just thought I'd mention that.

aso · Post by **aso** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:39 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote: Did you know that the first polygonal videogame ever was released by Atari in 1983? It was called I, Robot, though it had nothing whatsoever to do with Asimov's stories. Apparently, it flopped.

Just thought I'd mention that.

I've seen at least two people wondering what the connection between the game and the movie was.