To IGN, the compilation is a great value that is flawed…
Sonic Classic Collection hit store shelves last week and we finally have our first review of the Nintendo DS compilation. IGN is the first to take the game for a spin and discuss their thoughts on the title.
Sonic Classic Collection is a good, but flawed compilation for the Nintendo DS that just screams “small budget, short development cycle!” It is what it is: four great Sonic games accurately ported to a half-assed compilation.
Giving the game a 7.0 rating, the biggest issues appear to be its squashed resolution and slapped together emulated presentation. The often mentioned save feature isn’t as useful as other ports of the same games (Xbox Live Arcade), considering it does not save the exact spot you’re at, instead sending you back to the start of the level you were playing.
IGN mentions how the game is a good value for the $29.95 price tag, featuring SEGA Genesis ports of Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. It is also mentioned that the game lacks any real extra content outside of the actual games, featuring a few extra artwork samples here and there.
Sonic Classic Collection hit store shelves on March 3rd, 2010 for the Nintendo DS in North America. Check out the full review of the game at IGN and keep a eye out for our review of the compilation at TSSZ News very soon.
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i was afraid of that…
Like I said before, why get this and not Sonic Mega Collection? Sure SCC is handheld, but Mega Collection has much more than 4 Sonic games. Including Sonic 3D blast, S3&K, Mean Bean Machine, Get Blue Spheres, Knuckles in Sonic 2, and the list goes on. Not to mention much more bonus content like the Sonic The Hedgehog comic covers, several videos, character bios, etc. Whereas according to IGN, this game lacks bonus content.
Come on, you people had to know Sega wouldn’t put much effort into this. This is just Sega reaching out to kids to get yet another payoff for classic Sonic games released for the 40th time.
Hey what ever happend to Sonics cool looking spinball here on the sonic 4 trailer? http://www.sonicthehedgehog4.co.uk/en/
On the leaked vid and new screenshots, its not glowing blue
shame.
I was Playing Sonic 3 last night and i got on my save, (The HD collection one which I now have Platatinum!!!) about 11 – 12 one ups on the Angel island zone!
awesome! And did Sega say that Sonic 4 is celebrating the lock-on feature of Sonic 3 & Knuckles? And After episode 1 since its the prologe part, (And SEGA said it was to big to put on disc for the wii and iphone) Does this mean Episode 2 will have like, 7 – 8 Zones? Same with Episode 3? Cause that`d be awesome! 
And I really hope this Summer 2010 (JULY) Each episode will be out atleast the month after…. for example:
Episode 1: July 2010
Episode 2: August 2010
Episode 3: September 2010
Episode4: october 2010 (If a num 4)
Episode5: Julember 256089
Episode6: TBSCDERS
Episode7: ….
Episode8: >:-| (lol)
And plus! Sega did make both trailers say, “2010″ The adventure continues, so, no infact Sega should actually possibly be halfway into Ep 2 maybe, lol. All in time for the summer (JULY)
Anyone else agree with this hope to god be true theory?
hey in the link you can edit the title up to the number Sonicthehedgehog10! ????????????????????? cool, possible 6 episodes???!?!??!?!?!? someone explain!!!!!!!!! :-C
one more post, I hope after thursday we get a major update instead of concept all the time
please. lol
Wait, so is this a port to the DS, or emulation? I’m getting mixed signals here, but I’d expect emulation since that’s the easy way to go. And it’s stupid how you could complain about starting at the beginning of the zone like that, because that’s how it is with most games. They never complainbed about stuff like this until they got spoiled with a psuedo cheating feature like this, lol.
I dunno. To me, sure, it’s another collection, but at the same time, I’ve been wishing I could take the classics with me whenever I hit long trips and I need to pass the time. Be it road trip, or airplane flight, it’s kinda hard to take my Wii or Gamecube on-board to, uh, play classic Sonic games.
Even if it’s not the best, they seem to have rated it a 7, which isn’t a bad score. That tells me that it’s a good attempt, at the very least, and I can look forward to having my days of playable classic Sonic games in my very hands soon.
why would you give a big budget to a port.. its just a port
Why are people getting mad at Sega? Sonic Classic Collection was of course not going to get much in it anyway its a portable game so mostly use it for when your not at home shesh.
Not a bad review, i guess. I mean, the game is pretty bare bones IMO, But whatever. Nintendo power gave it 7.0 by the way, and with good reason.
The reason why people are complaining about the save feature loading you to the start of a stage and not the point of the level you saved at is because of past ports of these same titles. The Xbox Live Arcade ports of these 4 Sonic games would let you save and load your game from the exact spot, as did Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis collection.
I agree with Bbop800, there are many great Sonic collections that are much better than this, but the Sonic fans who will purchase this are those who want something to play on the road or in handheld form. For me, I will always enjoy playing my Sega Nomad.
@Andrew Paulson – Aye, as I said. Something like this is perfect for somebody like me, whom merely wishes for a decent collection of my favorite games for a day out on the road, or other such examples. For a score of 7, I think that’s pretty much right down my alley, anyway.
Yeah… Thanks for ignoring my post. Ahh… Good ol moaning about segas sonic gay fanboy dickheads
Sorry that was actually uncalled for.. TSSZnews is awesome! So sorry i was just annoyed there
Dont have a DS, so I dont really care, plus I have Sonic Mega Collection Plus, so it does not matter to me.
Glad I decided to go for Sonic’s UGC instead of waiting for this.
Information regarding this point appears unclear as I read through these comments, so allow me to state something I noticed while I was in GameStop the other day: I was looking in the game’s instruction booklet for info about how certain features work, and I saw that it DOES have lock-on features (just like every other non-Sonic’s UGC release). I don’t remember if it said they need to be unlocked or not, though.
I haven’t received my copy of the game yet through the mail, so once I do I will post a review of it a long with information on lock-on features. From what I have heard often is that it features all lock-on content. Sonic 1 & Knuckles Special Stage, Knuckles in Sonic 2, and Knuckles in Sonic 3. I am unsure if the Sonic 3 Knuckles lock-on feature lets you play through both games.
Just my 50 cents,
Sega didin’t put much effort into promoting the game and was met with a rather quite release, not to mention the fact that it only features the Death Egg Saga (no Spinball, Blast or Dr’s Bean Machine) so, IMHO, This is mainly for the youngers who have yet to have played the originals (but, uhh, not quite sure what kid hasen’t at this point) and to hype them up for Sonic 4. Well, that, and those of us Sonic fans who have yet to find a way to play the games portibly yet.
I have it and I like it.
Very convenient when you can’t be at home most of the time.
I only see spriting problems and so on but it doesn’t really affect the gameplay much.
just sold the game to my friend for 30 bucks. now i’m gonna pre-order pokemon soulsilver after work!!!!!