Sonic 2 goes HD

[Mr Smith]

Give me one reason why two is better then three, cause I can't find one.

1) Faster, better gameplay.
2) Sonic 2 doesn't have Marble Garden, Hydrocity or Carnvial Night Zones.
3) Better bosses.
4) More variety in levels.
5) Greater difficulty.
6) Sonic 2's badniks don't suck.
7) Sonic 2 looks better.

There are seven reasons right there.

[mick_aka]

Trouser arousal!

[Zebbe]

8) Far, far better music.

[K.K.]

1) Faster, better gameplay.

Don't know about faster, but I personally think three is more fun.

2) Sonic 2 doesn't have Marble Garden, Hydrocity or Carnvial Night Zones.

No, but it DOES have Chemical Plant, Casino Night, Mystic Cave and Oil Ocean Zones.

3) Better bosses.

I think they're equal.

4) More variety in levels.

Well yes, but I still found alot of them less entertaining then the ones from three.

5) Greater difficulty.

Apart from the bonuslevels(which are impossible with a computer controlled Tails), Wing Fortress Zone and Death Egg Zone, two isn't really hard. It's harder then three, yes. But both are pretty easy if you're skilled gamer.

6) Sonic 2's badniks don't suck.

Neither does three's.

7) Sonic 2 looks better.

I think the opposite.

8) Far, far better music.

I think the opposite.

Now, don't get me wrong. Two is an awesome game, I just like it the least of the real Sonic games.

[Mr Smith]

Don't know about faster, but I personally think three is more fun.

It is faster and you are wrong; 3 is not fun. It is an average sub-parr Sonic platformer that is only acceptable when attached to Sonic and Knuckles.

No, but it DOES have Chemical Plant, Casino Night, Mystic Cave and Oil Ocean Zones.

It does, but none of these are a fraction as bad as zones 2-4 in Sonic 3.

I think they're equal.

You are wrong. Sub-bosses are a tosh idea too.

Apart from the bonuslevels(which are impossible with a computer controlled Tails), Wing Fortress Zone and Death Egg Zone, two isn't really hard. It's harder then three, yes. But both are pretty easy if you're skilled gamer.

Chemical Plant Zone is harder than Launch Base. I completed Sonic 3 within a week and felt throughly ripped off.

Neither does three's.

The entire array of badniks in Marble Garden Zone suck. That bouncing spike thing is awful, as are those tosh floating pieces of blue shit that spring out spikes. The flying bats in Carnival Night are even lamer than Sonic 1's batbrains. I can't think of any decent enemies in Sonic 3.

I think the opposite.

You are wrong.

[K.K.]

Well this is getting of hand...
You think one way, I think another. Let's end this now.

[Zebbe]

You've a bigger chance converting bin Laden to a jew than changing Mr Smith's opinion on Sonic 3. It's not much to be bothered about, really .

[playgen]

It makes perfect sense to remake Sonic 2, its better than the first game, and its shorter levels will be easier to recreate. Sonic 3 would take longer to do, plus people would probably want all the Sonic & Knuckles stuff included too.

[TmEE]

Playgen has a point, but I'd rather want to see S3&K HD.

[K.K.]

Now that I think about it. A HD-version of Ecco: The Tides of Time would've been so epic and amazing that it would be scary.

[TmEE]

HD craze in retro world !!! Ristar would be lovely... I love that game... if Ecco, then Ecco2

[K.K.]

HD craze in retro world !!! Ristar would be lovely... I love that game... if Ecco, then Ecco2

Yeah, but Ristar is perfect as it is.

Ecco is made to look realistic(and it did a damn fine job, especially Tides of Time), so a HD-remake would be perfection.

[Mr Smith]

Now that I think about it. A HD-version of Ecco: The Tides of Time would've been so epic and amazing that it would be scary.

Now that we can agree on.

[Elusive]

Sonic 2 HD would be an excellent idea for a 'new' game - if it's faithful to the original. From the linked racketboy webpage, it looks like Hidden Palace Zone, that mess of corrupt data from the original ROM, is back. Let's see them try to add that into the game in a way that makes sense!

...there's going to be a plot, isn't there? They're going to add a plot to Sonic 2. 'Animated ending sequence'? Uh-oh.

How it (probably) is: Sega will sue the crap out of these guys because they are either A) pissy because they cannot come up with that, or anything at least 1/3rd as good or B) so ignorant that they just send a token lawyer to cut this down.

How it should be: This game is launched by these guys, with or without help from SOA, if its not helped out by SOA, they then pick it up and begin packaging it and it sells millions on the virtual console, XLA, etc, and maybe a cheepie 25 dollar (yeah, 25 dollar cheepie, i know) title at Gamestop on all of the consoles.

After the success of S2HD, SOA continues this project with the highest quality and releases S1, S3, SandK, heck even SSB and Mean Bean as HD XLA VC titles.

Hah. Video game company fanfiction. 'Would Sega pick it up??' 'What if they get sued??' 'HOW DO IT RUN GAEM IN GENS IT WONT WORK!!!' What good does worrying do? The Streets of Rage Remake bods were featured in a print magazine, not some nobody's blog, and they're still around.

I'd certainly laugh if the original artist who stuck their own high-res art on top of a Sonic 2 screenshot complained, though.

[Genesis Knight]

Remember what happened to that godly 3D Chrono Trigger reworking, though? Got axed by the bigwigs for copyright infringement. Oh, the pain. The PAIN!