Review No. 18 Sonic Colours - Wii (3+)

Strong points:
Good Sonic platforming
Brilliant graphics
Good sound
Lots of levels

Weak Points:
Rubbish storyline
Weak characters
Powerups are bad and are only available in certain levels
Levels are repetitive
Huge difficulty spikes
Boring after a while


In-depth Review:

Release Date:

Australia: November 11, 2010

Europe: November 12, 2010

North America: November 16, 2010

Japan: November 18, 2010

Controls: Source: http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=72827&tab=controls

Menu Controls:

Nunchuk: 

Control Stick: select/move cursor

A Button: choose/confirm

B Button: back/cancel

Wii Remote Sideways:

D-Pad: select/move cursor

2 Button: confirm/choose

1 Button: back/cancel

Classic Style:

L Stick: select/move cursor

A Button: confirm/choose

B Button: back/cancel

Gamecube Controller:

Control Stick: select/move cursor

A Button: confirm/choose

B Button: back/cancel

Game Controls:

Wii Remote Sideways:

D-Pad: move/quick step/grind step

2 Button: jump/spin attack/double jump/homing attack

D-Pad Right + 2 Button: wall jump

B Button: crouch/slide/stomp

1 Button + D-Pad: drift

1 Button: boost/air boost/jump dash

Shake Wii Remote: unleash colour power

+ Button: pause menu

Classic Style:                          

L Stick: move/quick step/grind step

A Button: jump/spin attack/double jump/homing attack

L Stick Right + A Button: wall jump

X Button: crouch/slide/stomp

B Button + L Stick: drift

B Button: boost, air boost/jump dash

R Button; unleash colour power

Start Button: pause menu

Gamecube Controller:

Control Stick: move/quick step/grind step

A Button:  jump/spin attack/double jump/homing attack

Control Stick Right + A Button: wall jump

X Button: crouch/slide/stomp

B Button + Control Stick: drift

B Button: boost/air boost/jump dash

Z Button: unleash colour power

Start Button: pause menu

This game looks amazing and is easily one of the best-looking Wii games out there. The Sonic, hi-speed platforming is fun as always and change from 3D to 2D on some levels is a great change of pace. The wisps are good as they add a new level of gameplay but they also take away the core Sonic greatness a little bit. Furthermore, some of the wisps are much better than others while some are just for one level.

The storyline is childish and slightly boring with the script not making me laugh at all with the theme park idea being just plain stupid. The voice acting is good but the characters aren't with their characteristics not being fully developed. The physics also sometimes break and make you fall through things which you wouldn't normally and making you start over again which is very frustrating and can leave you turning the game of but then back on again because of how addictive the Sonic franchise is.

The controls are all right but sometimes difficult to use and the speed of Sonic is sometimes his downfall with floating platforms making him fall to his doom. The bosses are relatively easy (sometimes easier than normal levels) and can be boring sometimes.

Conclusion: overall this game showed great potential but was let down due to shoddy physics and controls and a lack lustre storyline. Can't wait for Sonic: The Lost World which is being released later this year.

Rating: 68%

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