But Don’t Expect 2 Player Racing…or Tails
While Sega’s big plan for emulated Genesis titles on Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch may have fizzled out, the company still plans releases for the mobile platform, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 appears next on the list.
According to a hands on preview from Appolicious, the release they played lacked a full-screen mode, and it’s not clear whether that mode–which was included in the Sonic 1 iPhone release–will return.
That may be nothing compared to the other cuts reportedly made. A Pocket Gamer report claims all multiplayer facets, including the two player racing mode, has been cut. That’s to be expected given the mechanics of Apple’s devices; what wasn’t is the report Tails may also have been given the axe, unplayable in any form. The two tailed fox will tag along Sonic still.
None of this has yet been clarified, but reports indicate the mobile Sonic 2 will be out this Monday, April 19th or at a point shortly after–likely at a $5.99 price point–so the changes, if they exist, may be final.
We should learn for ourselves what’s happened with the mobile edition of Sonic 2 upon its expected release next week.
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Horray! Another chance to buy a game I’ve already bought 5 times!
I love you Sonic 2, but I’m gonna have to pass on this one.
They cut out Tails…
-headdesk-headdesk-headdesk-
Meh, it’s no big loss to me. Tails played exactly like Sonic in this game, anyway.
What Komodin said.
iphone is succesfull.. yep.. soon sonic 3 and sonic 4 to XD
Sounds like they removed the options screen so it’s only Sonic and Tails mode.
Backbone Entertainment has been removing options from the title screen and simply making the title screen inaccessible as in the case of their Sonic ports on XBLA.
They should be adding new content! Not getting rid of stuff! Jeez! What’s SEGA’s problem!
I’m gonna be mad if they don’t include an option to play as Sonic alone. Tails makes gathering the chaos emeralds annoying.
@ flam6753
I AGREE
This sucks, my next acess to high-speed is this Saturday. I gues I will have to wait awhile… I still haven’t beat the sonic 1 app yet
You know what makes my day? News articles that are about BOTH Sonic and iPhone.
Considering that all Genesis iPhone rereleases to date have been emulated, it sounds like Sonic 2 iPhone is going to use the Sonic Classics Collection (DS) build of Sonic 2… and maybe S3K will too…
Well tails is no difference vewteen sonoc in this game
Guys, these are MOBILE PHONES we’re talking about, not consoles. We can’t expect them to make it IDENTICAL to the original.
@Bbop800:
Considering the iPhone / iPod Touch is over 100 times more powerful than the Sega Genesis, I would expect them to make a port that *is* identical (or better than) the original.
iPhone CPU: 412 MHz ARM11 (original model)
Genesis CPU: 7.6 MHz Motorola 68000
Note that MHz is not the sole measure of power. iPhone also has a programmable GPU, whereas the Genesis has a fixed-function VDP. The iPhone also has 128 MB RAM (256 MB in 3GS), whereas the Genesis has 64k RAM and 64k VRAM.
Sonic on iPhone sucks. The framerate is constantly locked at 30 and it just feels awkward.
Hmmm well we have to remember that iphone does not have BLAST PROCESSING lol jks. But even with the cuts i am still very excited. Is this a worldwide release or just usa?
I’ll still buy it so I can play Sonic 2 on the road. I’m sick of playing Sonic 1. I HOPE that this one at least lets you use cheats or lets you save. That pissed me off on Sonic 1, I would get to Labyrinth Zone and then I’d get a game over.
the controles are to hard id get to chemicle plant zone and die pointless wheres the cheats?
I Love Sonic Games