Sega's Failed Experiment? | Sonic Heroes Retrospective

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Published on January 1, 2022 11:50:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZzN_wc9iic

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Sonic Heroes (2003)

Duration: 31:05

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Sonic Heroes was the first mainline Sonic game that I completely skipped on its initial release. I was 15 at the time and thought I had grown out of "kiddy platformers". That makes it the first of the hedgehog's games that I don't really have any rose-tinted nostalgia for.

Thanks to people like J's Reviews, I know an entire generation of kids grew up adoring Heroes, so this grumpy old man has doubled back on himself to see what he missed out on.

Spoiler alert: I saw a lot of room for improvement. If you want more details than that, well, you're going to have to watch the video.

Special thanks to Nick, aka the @GameApologist for voicing Takashi Iizuka. Go and check out his channel if you haven't already: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUweLR_ygcqbcxTJGLGhW2A

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0:00 Intro
2:31 Gameplay mechanics
5:57 Going against Sonic's design philosophy
9:55 Catering to everyone
13:53 An inconsequential plot
17:47 Fixing the problems
19:46 Chaos Emerald requirements
21:35 Some positives
22:57 The birth of Modern Sonic designs
24:51 Some more positives
26:33 Version comparisons
28:49 Final thoughts
30:44 Thanking Nick

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