Evidence Surfaces of Giant Disappointment
If you were hoping to lock-on any number of Sonic titles within Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection with Sonic and Knuckles, be ready to be disappointed.
Through the way of a few early retail leaks, some gamers have been able to play through the compilation, officially set for release Tuesday in North America for the XBOX360 and Playstation 3. Attempting to find any sort of way to link Sonic and Knuckles with any other Sonic game, in particular Sonic 3–has lead nowhere, and that includes with the unlockable extras.
One YouTube video has surfaced showing a playthrough of the various titles in the game, and it’s here you’ll see the impossibility of the lock-on task.
Further details have also emerged that have the game referring to the lock-on method in the past tense. TSSZ News has obtained this image from the game. It’s from a history page of Sonic and Knuckles, and it clearly says that Sonic 3 and S&K were planned to be in one large game, and that the lock-on method opened up new material, be it the Blue Spheres stages or Knuckles in Sonic 2:
Why did Sega do this? Some fans speculate it’s to drive up sales of the Sonic Mega Collection, which was recently re-rated for XBOX Live. If no workaround can be found, it’s at best a slap in the face to classic Sonic fans who may have contemplated purchasing the disc simply for such a feature. You may remember that such a feat is not hard to do–in fact, Sega included the feature when Sonic Jam was released…in 1997, for the Sega Saturn.
We want to know what you think of this. Should Sega have included at least Sonic 3 & Knuckles on the disc, or the possibility of locking on? Do you think the company had ulterior motives for lacking lock-on. We welcome your thoughts in the comment box below.
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I’m surprised, when I really shouldn’t be.
To be honest, I’d rather see Sonic 3 and Knuckles on the collection as one game, even if that meant no individual Sonic 3 or Sonic & Knuckles.
The other ones I don’t care about, but not giving us S3&K is like not giving us the whole game, which is kinda cheesy. They better make this a downloadable title.
I could have sworn I sent a tip in about this about a week ago when I spotted ArchangelUK at the Sega of America blog plainly stating “Unfortuantely not. S3 and S&K are seperate.”
You might have…I didn’t see it run through my inbox, but I had plenty of things that went through my E-Mail last week.
-T
well that sucks
Thanks, I wanted to play S3&K but now I won’t be able to. I’m not impressed.
Not suprised really. As a collection of Genesis/Mega Drive games it was only ever going to include individual games as they’re all emulated. Considering the amount of content on the disc, I can forgive SEGA for not including Knux in Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Not Gettting Anymore.
Meh I’ll stick to my emulator
WHAT?! NO SONIC 3 & KNUCKLES?! Ok, I was thinking of getting this compilation, but now I’ve decided to forget it and just download the ROM files for the games. That and I already have the Sega Genesis in my bedroom hooked up to my TV and it still works like a charm, so I’m really not seeing any point in getting this compilation now.
I’m sure there’s a reason.
Well, I’m not buying this. Call me a bitch, but for $30 they can easily throw in the locked-on Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 games as ROMs, at least. For fucks sake, these are Genesis ROMs on a DVD9 and Blu-ray!
Makes absolutely no sense. It was on the compilations from last gen. Why not this one? You could even play S3 then go play S3&K and still have your data. I’m sure it’s more than possible to do it this gen. There are definitely ulterior motives here.
I’m willing to bet some Sega rep is sitting at home reading this right now going “OH SHIT! THAT’S WHAT I FORGOT!” and the history was probably just copy/pasted from some other sega document.
can you tell me the main point of your article….?
i hope they will release the three lock on games of knuckles in sonic 2, sonic 3 and knuckles, and blue sphere as downloadable content or patch in sonic’s ultimate genesis collection!