FINALLY: S&K with Lock-On Capability coming to XBOX Live
Tristan Oliver | April 28, 2009
Will Include Sonic 1, 2, 3 Options
For those frustrated at the lack of lock-on technology in recent re-releases of Sonic and Knuckles on various compilations, your prayers have finally been answered.
Netherlands site Sega Online broke the big news this morning, and provided screencaps as proof. You can head there to see for yourself, but the short of it is that Sega does have Sonic and Knuckles in the cards for XBOX Live. The purchase of the base game will allow players to lock-on S&K with Sonic 3 for the full game experience, as well as Sonic 2 to play as Knuckles in that title. You will also be able to play the battery of Blue Spheres stages when locking on the original Sonic the Hedgehog.
All of these options are contingent upon owning the XBOX Live versions of the respective games. So, for example, you will need to have purchased and downloaded both Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles in order to “lock-on” the two cartridges and play Sonic 3 and Knuckles. For the moment, it does not appear the lock-on functionality will work with other Sega Genesis titles available on XBOX Live.
The lack of lock-on has frustrated many in Sonic fandom, in particular with its omission in the recent release of Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, where Sonic 3 and S&K were offered as separate games.
No release date has been confirmed yet for Sonic and Knuckles on XBOX Live. TSSZ News will keep you up to date on further developments.
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YES! Now I need an Xbox 360, and my life will be complete…
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In HD?
No. Don’t think so…
I still don’t get what lock-on is…..what is it?
But if this “thing” that I don’t know what it is didn’t work well, I’m glad that it works now.
As long as my PS2 is still kicking, I can play this on Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
I’m still holding onto my Sonic and Knuckles cartridge as well as Sonic 1 & 2 (I’ve yet to give them up when I bought Sonic Mega Collection, I’m sure not going to give them up now, beside I don’t have an XBox).
I’s about damn time!
If your going to buy this for the 1 2 3 4 5… More times than I could think, that’s a waste of money.
^But, man!
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Xbox man!
If only I already couldn’t play it on an emulator.
@Osnic
In the Sonic & Knuckles catridge you could lock-on Sonic 1, 2 and 3. If you locked on Sonic 3, you could play as Knuckles in Sonic 3, and there was a bit more story. When you locked on Sonic 2, you could play as Knuckles in Sonic 2. And if you locked on Sonic 1, you got the Blue Spheres stages. Which are like the Sonic 3/Knuckles special stages.
Well I can tell TSSZ is happy.
BTW that bright red “breaking news” box gives me eye cancer
Even if it’s not that good of a game!
Not that…? No, it’s great.
But I want achievements for lock-on.
Sonic 3 is great alone and Sonic and Knuckles is great alone. But together they become one of the greatest games ever made.
Now all we need is Sonic CD and I can still live in 1994 when Sonic games weren’t emotive pieces of storytelling and flawed to the point where they were unplayable. And I still wanted to play Chaotix. Because it looked so gorgeous.
There we go Sega. Thanks for giving us the option at least.
Cool. Now I just need a xbox. Because I selled it, I guess it’s time to get a xbox again. *Look’s at wallet* aww crap.
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Now why’d you do that Ratchet?
lol Cause XBox is ass.
FINALLY! I can’t wait. This is great news.
PJMan: Because I wanted to get a Ps3 to get Ratchet and clank TOD and Uncharted. And because none of the xbox games have any interest in me.
@SLJCOAAATR / Soul: Yeah, and that to
I love my 360…but I can relate. I want a PS3 for some games, but then I’d probably beat them and sell the system.
YES!!!! YES!!!!
I have a 360, but I don’t see the reason of buying all these Sonic games AGAIN, especially when I’ve got Sonic Mega Collection which has the game already on it.
It’s good news I guess, that there’s finally a proper “lock-on”, kinda like how they fixed BK’s Stop ‘n’ Swap; but I don’t really think this is a big deal, personally.
TimmiT: Ok, that’s what I though, but what was the problem in Sonic´s Ultimate Genessis Collection?
can they include the lock on games of blue spheres, knuckles in sonic 2, and sonic 3 and knuckles as downloadable content in sonic’s ultimate genesis collection for playstation 3? thank you.
Dang….! That’s AWESOME.
Too bad I don’t have 360.
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Where’s my Ultimate Genesis Collection for Wii???
Awesome, now just put that up as DLC for SUGC and I won’t be nearly as pissed.
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