Agnates said:

That sweet looking fan remake of Sonic 2 will be getting a demo release next week. Announcement and some screenshots here. And here is the video if you missed it.

Looks fantastic. Which is lucky, because that's the most important aspect of Sonic.

ASK_Story said:

Is the Sonic 2 fan remake legal? I mean won't Sega try to shut it down or anything?

It looks good but that seems like a lot of work that'll never be distributed or released for the public.

Nope.  The deal with intellectual property is this.  Yuji Naka had a unique human experience, as we all do, which culminated in him coming up with a blue hedgehog that can run fast and has an attitude.  SEGA was his employer and encouraged him in this effort.  They obtained trademarks for the likeness of Naka's creation.  The creation and protection of Sonic cost a lot of effort and money, and as such the people who created him deserve any profit that is generated from the use of their creation.  They can also prevent the loss of income from competing, non-licensed products that use their creation.

In some cases, companies allow the use of trademarked material as a marketing call, in most they shut it down.

I suspect that they person involved with creating the remake did it more for the challenge than for any other reason, and will enjoy to notoriety of having done it at all, and shut down or not, this will work its way through the seedy sewers of the web to anyone who wants a copy of it.

Satire is protected as a component of free speech, so if they had made it different enough that they were satirizing Sonic, they'd be just fine.  I have not seen the material, so I don't know if it would be covered under this or not.

Rangers lost to the Yankees. They were up 5-1 but choked in the 8th inning.

aspro said:

I was hoping to watch that game when it got replayed down here. SPOILER. I forgive you. BARELY. But I do forgive you.

Sorry Aspro, I didn't know you were planning to watch it later.

Very sorry about that.

I'll be more careful next time.

aspro said:

I was hoping to watch that game when it got replayed down here. SPOILER. I forgive you. BARELY. But I do forgive you.

oh man how can you watch a sporting event when it's already happened?  it's not ASK's fault you're weird that way

phantom_leo said:

One RPG to the next...

...Vader...

...is that you?

I know, I feel strange.

This game is so weird, its Bioware's take on the JRPG. Its got slow turn based battles, they do somethings with the touch screen but it might be more annoying than anything else. The story is freaking me out, this game swims in the sonic mythos, every shitty friend is accounted for, every crazy storyline for the games are some how put in a timeline so its like one epic story. The dialogue choices only lead to a  new conversation, I doubt you can change the story in any meaningful way.

What it still has is the deep menus and equipment management of other bioware games. Also its tough, I already got beat up in one fight for not using the right power moves and stuff. Its very odd but intruging at the same time.

We have new numbers, Metroid is in:

The Top 10 sellers (in order, publisher and platform in parentheses):

01. Halo: Reach (Microsoft, Xbox 360) - 3.3 Million

02. Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PSP) - Over 477k for sure, perhaps up to 550k-600k-ish (we lack the September 2009 Wii/PS2/PSP numbers to fully calculate from)
New! 03. Dead Rising 2 (Capcom, Xbox 360, PS3, PC) - 370,000

04. NHL 11 (EA, Xbox 360, PS3)

05. FIFA Soccer 11 (EA, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS)
New! 06. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (Square Enix, PSP) - 225,000

07. Mafia II (Take 2 Interactive, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

08. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (Activision Blizzard, PS3, 360, NDS, Wii)
New! 09. Metroid: Other M (Nintendo, Wii) - 173,000

10. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Blizzard, Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Ngamer Sonic Colors review!!!!!!!!

- "What if Sonic were to play Mario at his own game and gain a little ground? ...the result is Sonic Colours."


     - "The Similarity to the Mario Galaxy Games is it's abundance of ideas. This is Sonic Team in an uncharacteristically creative and generous mood. It's one that suits them well. The addition of the power-altering wisps is what does it."


     - "These aren't powerups, they're toys - single-use shots of pure fun that have the happy side effect of opening up new pathways in already pleasingly labyrinthine stages."


     - "The lists of powers goes on and on, and backtracking to find new areas in which to use them is a big part of the fun."


     - "Crucially, the Wisps don't sacrifice Sonic's speed; they simply reveal more runways for him to work on. And that's brilliant. Speed alone reduces gameplay to a simple progression of left to right, but moments of calm exploration add texture and a sense of adventure."


     - "The environments are every bit as playful as the new wisp powers ... each of them is packed with stages large and small ... some are built with one idea stretched to the limit; others are constructed solely to test just how robust the new wisp powers are."


     - "The result is a series of intricate and occasionally extremely tricky levels."


     - "Again, we're reminded of Mario Galaxy, particularly when Sonic plummets off the bottom of the screen for the umpteenth time and we get exasperated at our own lack of skill rather than the unfairness of the game."


     - "Better yet, every stage compels you to push harder, aim higher. Maintain that speed, keep your eyes open, cross any available digits and you'll see wonders."


     - "The world is there to be reduced to a blur or discovered; to be sped through or explored to your satisfaction for an improved rank and more hidden medals. The choice is yours."


     - "Find enough of those medals and you'll unlock Game World, a Sonic shaped satellite that houses Eggman's Sonic simulator."


     - "As a multiplayer game Sonic Colours is less than perfect (the speedy action often results in a game of tug of war using the screen as a rope)."


     - The ability to swap Sonic for your Miis means there's still throwaway fun to be had." (in multiplayer)


     - "If the 2D sections reconfirm Sonic as a true platforming superstar and make a virtue of his speed, the 3D sections can be more problematic. Kinetic, beautiful, and dizzying. Perhaps it's because the sort of precision we demand just isn't compatible with speed. To be fair, Sonic Colours does a good job of making these sections work but the result is stages that can feel on rails or, worse, railed for safety. But while still not perfect, they are definitely the best of Sonic's career to date."


     - "Much of the game plays out in 2D."


     - "The storytelling here is *gasp* rather good. Humour is the strong point and even Tails manages to be less nauseating than usual."


     - "For the most part Sonic Colours is big on spectacle, so it's odd that the bosses are so lightweight. What good ideas are here (sabotaging a huge battleship before taking on its clockwork captain) are repeated."


     - "Only the Starlight Carnival Boss, an immense warship, really pushed our skills by constantly switching from 2D to 3D."


     - "But these are minor niggles in an otherwise first rate package."


     - "Sonic Colours' greatest achievement, then, is in handing back control to the player without losing that queasy feeling that you're about to go off the rails."


     - "Sonic's ditched the J-Rock for a full on orchestra, with impressively catchy results."


     Summary - "Colours Rockets Sonic closer to the stratospheric heights of past glories and hints at a great future. Welcome back old friend, it's been to long."


     Score- 86%

Ngamer used to be N64 magazine, and in your own words, they are not to be trusted because they gave Shadowman a 93%. Nice try, but you fail again.

Iga_Bobovic said:

Ngamer used to be N64 magazine, and in your own words, they are not to be trusted because they gave Shadowman a 93%. Nice try, but you fail again.

Oh yes I am sure they are the same people from 10 years ago... You Fail.