☆☆HI PEOPLE☆☆

I'm here again with another blog!

I'll do a review of



☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

☆☆SONIC COLORS FOR NINTENDO DS☆☆

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Before starting with this topic, I'm introducing Sonic Colors in general (so both Wii and DS versions).

First of all: did you know Sonic Colors was first announced in Italy on May 26, 2010? I'm Italian, so it's cool! And... this is perfect for this month, right? And the perfect day, right?

Sonic Colors was released in Japan on November 18, 2010

In North America on November 16, 2010

In Europe on November 12, 2010

In Australasia on November 11, 2010

The release date is strange. Japan is the last zone where it got released! The first is Australasia... meh. Disappointing for my point of view... oh nevermind

I've chosen Sonic Colors because in my last Snic Amino poll people voted it the most.

In this blog I'll talk about some aspects of the game, such as music, levels, glitches... and I'll give a rank from 0 to 10. Then I'll do the arithmetic average. However, I can say it's a game you should try.

Disclaimer:

All the pictures I'll post are from Sega and screenshots of the game (taken from the web, because photos taken from my DSi xl won't come good). I won't use pictures from other artists.

Since I have played it many times, I remember almost everything. But I don't perfectly remember every level or mission.

Table of contents:

●●Game Story (with differences between the 2 versions)

●●Game levels

●●Characters

●●Music

●●Multiplayer

●●Secrets

●●Conclusion

●●Game story●●

-

]The story starts with Sonic and Tails that are in an elevator and are going to Eggman's Amazing Interstellar Amusement Park, a luna park placed in the space. Eggman has built this gian park because he has a sense of remorse for his past actions and he wants to make up for his trasgressions. It was funny to know that someone left the keys of the elevator there.

In the park, that's surprising beautiful, Eggman announces he has built the park for his sense of remorse, and Tails almost believes him.

Instead, Sonic is suspicious and goes running a bit in the park, for finding something. He then sees Orbot and Cubot that are trying to catch 2 aliens. Sonic rescues them, and the 2 heroes start investigating. One of the aliens enters in Sonic's body, and the hero discovers he gets super powers if an alien does that. The other one Sonic saved is named Yacker. The aliens can't communecate with Sonic or Tails because they have different languages, but Tails builds a translator in his Miles Electric that can translate the alien's language. Yacker says the aliens are named Wisps, that there are many types of wisps with different powers anf that a "boldy mc nose hair" is catching them for using their powers. Our heroes pass through different attractions (levels and missions) meeting lots of old and new friends. The attractions are built on different little planets, linked to the main one through some energy generators. After completing the attractions on one planet, Sonic has to fight a boss, and then he can breack the generators of that area.

While Sonic runs through the attractions, Eggman turns the wisps he's captured into Nega wisps, violet monsters with dark energy that can be used for his mind control cannon.

Eggman wants to try his new weapon, mind controlling Tails for a short time, using a smaller version of the cannon. But he has a very big amount of energy in the real one, that can control everyone's minds. Luckly, when Sonic destroyed the first boss, one piece of it got stuck in the cannon and broke it. When Eggman activates the weapon, it explodes. So... bye bye mind control!!

But with the cannon, all the park begins to break up. Eggman then shows his last powerful robot that uses nega wisp energy. His park is ruined, but he still wants to defeat Sonic!

Sonic, seeing what's going on, thinks he could even die in this battle. So he pushes Tails back to the elevator they used at first for entering the park.

Sonic reaches to defeat the doctor thanks to the wisps' powers. In fact, the different wisps use all their powers together with him.

After destroying the robot, the nega wisp energy creates a black hole that even Sonic can't destroy. He is too slow for it! The hero faints, after seeing the wisps are all coming next to him for saving him.

The power of all the wisps together can neutralize the black hole.

Sonic wakes up on his planet, next toTails that's angry at him for pushing him away but happy to know he saved everyone.

The wisps return to their planets, and everything ends... or they thought so.

Sonic and Tails are together when Yaker runs next to them saying something in his language. Tails understands he's saying "mama". Eggman has captured Yaker's mother and transformed her into a giant nega wisp. Sonic can defeat her only in his Super form. After defeating her, she returns back to her normal form, with Yaker that explains she's the mother of every wisp and she's created their planet too. Sonic jokes a bit with Yaker and then the wisps go away on their planets, and the planets disappear, returning in their universe.

Sonic and Tails then return home, Sonic wants to race with Tails while returning, everything seems returned back to normal, finally.

-

The DS version is a bit different from the Wii one. The story is shorter. For example, Tails's translator works perfecrly here, while in the Wii we have some funny scenes with Tails saying they live in a drink and Eggman catches them with burps! But only here we have the real end of the game, with Mother wisp. Also, we can't have all the animated scenes here, but the wii ones are so cool! Only in the DS version Sonic meets some of his friends, in the wii version they're not even mentioned, while in the DS Blaze mentions Marine!

-

Thinking of the ranking for this part... the story is really cool, maybe it's even better than the Wii version! The fact that Sonic meets his friends is something I've always liked, since the first time I played the game. Also, it's the first time I see a game for both home console and portable console that has its real end in the portable version. It's like Sega wanted to promote the DS version more than the Wii one. I find this really cool too. The DS (or the DSi xl because I have this one) has a great potential, even if almost nobody notices it.

Well... what things are not well done here?

Almost nothing. But it could have been more funny if Tails had the same translator problems as the Wii version. Also, I would have inserted more animated scene. And at the end, the finale is not so cool. It's the most important part of the game, and it almost seems lik a normal boss.

RANKING: 9/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●Game levels●●

-

What can we say? The levels are perfect at first sight. They're so colorful!

We have 8 different zones, 7 are the main areas of the park and the other one is the Game Land.

Bullet; Blue The first area is Tropical Resort: a place where tou can see Sonic's planet and do shopping in total relax, it seems a Tropical paradise with tropical vegetation.

Bullet; Blue  The second one is Sweet Mountain: here everything is made of sweets such as cakes and candy canes. The sky is pinkish. There is also other than sweet food.

Bullet; Blue  Then we go to Starlight Carnival: a place set in the sky, where everything is dark at first but then neons turn on and you can only see them then! It's something cool, walking on lights, going around ships... Sega never fails with carnival themed zones!

Bullet; Blue  Planet wisp is good but sad. Part of the planet is being destroyed by Eggman, there are metals everywhere, but you can still see the green in the background. Eggman has also left toxic wastes there. Here you can really think that Eggman must be stopped!

Bullet; Blue  Aquarium Park is an oriental aquarium themed zone whose levels are almost all underwater. There are real fishes and mecha ones, bubbles, oriental houses, and an horrible restaurant! Here everything is calm and relaxing, obviously more than Teopical Resort!

Bullet; Blue  Asteroid coaster is the adventure zone. Here we have dangerous roller coasters, everything is dark and surrounded by strange asteroid noises. It's the place for boyish adventures, with planetoids filled with toxic wastes. It's maybe the most scary zone, the one before the end, and it's very difficult to pass!

Bullet; Blue  Terminal Velocity is the end of the first game (considering Mother Wisp as a secret ending due to the fact thet for unlocking her you must get all the emeralds), it takes place on the elevator, that's destroyed for the explosion of the cannon. We know we can't really beat this stage!

Bullet; Blue  The game land is where you can play arcade games thanks to the red rings you collect through the other zones. You can also play and replay as many times as you want special stages there, and there's the multiplayer section. It has the shape of Metal Sonic's face!

If you get 50 rings in one level, you can access a special stage. You have to collect colorful balls in order to

beat it. There are red, blue and yellow ones. You can see what color you have to collect in the upper screen. There are also other colored balls, that are X2 balls or special ones. They're quite intetesting!

-

The zones are ok. I personally love Aquatic Park , so calm! The special stages are similiar to Sonic Rush's ones, but here there are these colorful balls. The colorful balls remind me of Sonic 3 & Knuckles's special stages, where you have to collect all the blue balls to pass. It's cool and I really love this. The special stage is really easy and playable too.

All the zones are well done. My least favourite is Sweet Mountains, it's a bit too difficult for being the second zone, and it has too many things in. Also, I found one mission too difficult. Btw the game is almost all in 2D, but there are some cool 3D parts!

RANKING: 8/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●CHARACTERS●●

-

Of course the main one is Sonic, the only playable one. He's always with Tails and Yaker.

The main evil is of course Eggman, with Orbot and Cubot and his robots. Sonic and Tails can meet the others doing their missions.

Bullet; Purple  The first ones they meet are Cream and Cheese, that have found a chao and Cream wants to name it. Tails suggests "Turbo", but Cream names him Milky...

Bullet; Purple  Then the heroes meet Blaze and Silver, that are working together after long time (sonic 06) and don't know each other since the events got cancelled. They work well together and Sonic says they may have been partners time ago... The heroes also ask Blaze how is Marine, and Blaze says she's always the same (Blaze now has a Sonic-Tails like relationship with Marine, Marine is grown during Sonic Rush Adventure and at the end she's really another child! Blaze's words are a reference to her wish of exploring the world)

Bullet; Purple  Knuckles is arguing with Rouge another time for the Master Emerald if I don't remember wrong. This is a part I really don't like, since I'm done with them always arguing. These 2 characters aren't good together for me. Sega, just leave them with their teams! (And sorry but I don't support the ship.)

Bullet; Purple  Team Chaotix is doing a research on Planet Wisp. Vector is working with Espio, that's so quiet that Vector didn't notice him at all! Charmy is trying to help but ends up playing around... as always!

Bullet; Purple  How could we forget Amy? She's at Aquarium Park with Big, that's still searching for Froggy. Amy wants to do a picnic in the aquarium with Sonic, but he has some aliens to save! I don't love this part. Amy seems a stupid silly girl here, but we know she's not like that!

Bullet; Purple  And in Asteroid Coaster we find Shadow and Omega! Shadow says Sonic can still run fast (??) And Omega tries to scan him!!

collage! Shad is smiling hohoho!

We have other important characters: the wisps!

In the DS version, we have the white wisps (like Yaker), the cyan wisps, the red wisps, the orange wisps, the yellow wisps and the violet wisps.

Bullet; White  The white wisps give yoo energy to the Boost

Bullet; Blue  The cyan ones transform Sonic into a laser, for reaching areas and destroying enemies at a really fast speed

Bullet; Red  The red ones transform Sonic into a fireball, so he can dash through obstacles

Bullet; Orange  The orange wisps turn Sonic into a rocket for reaching high areas

Bullet; Yellow  The yellow wisps turn Sonuc into a drill for going underground or underwater at a fast speed

Bullet; Purple  The violet ones are nega wisps. They transform Sonic into a violet ball that eats everything he finds!!

collage (x2)!

-

Having many characters here and a reference to Marine is really cool. Some characters have an important role after long time. Charmy's last important role was in Shadow the Hedgehog before Sonic Colors. In the other games he just had some cameos. Some characters meet each other again after time... (yes, Silver and Blaze!), and some characters are always the same. The reference of Marine is cool because she appeared in Sonic Rush Adventure, so always DS, and this states that Blaze is now close to her. Having Orbot and Cubot next to Eggman this time makes us think che can't do things lonely anymore. He wanted an help for his park and then he made his robots. And they're quite funny. Last but not Least, the wisps are perfect. They're like new characters, powerful, colorful... but not as important as a new mobian one. A new mobian character would have been too much, since the game makes you look at the atmosphere rather than a new character. Yaker is what we needed!

But Sega could do this part better: I really don't like the part with Knuckles and Rouge arguing. Ok this is a trend of the past! Come on Sega do something new! The same for Amy, she seemed so stupid... And yes, there are many characters, but Cream is lonely with Cheese and Milky, they could add Vanilla for example, or Marine. Luckly characters like Amy and Knuckles are grown so much in the newer games, as we can see with Sonic Forces.

RANKING: 7/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●MUSIC●●

-

You can hear all the songs you want in the stereo section, but you have to unlock the music at first, by playing the game!

The music is very well done. The game has his own soundtrack named Vivid Sound X Hybrid Colors. Every level has a different music, we have also the main theme and the ending theme.

Music Note Bullet (Blue) - F2U   The main theme is REACH FOR THE STARS, we can hear the short version in the opening video. There is also a 8-bit version in the multiplayer and an orchestral version in game, while doing the Nega wisp mother fight.

The song has a typical video game style, it's easily recognizable as a video game music. The lyrics have lost of references with the game and with Sonic himself.

This song is used in many other games such as Sonic Generations, Sonic Lost World, Super Smash Bros for wii U, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games serie and Sonic Runners.

It has a very good rhythm, if you listen to it, you'll never forget the song! It's happy, it has some alien-like sound that fits perfectly with the game, it's also fast.

Reach for the Stars (Short Version) - Sonic Colors [OST]

Music Note Bullet (Blue) - F2U  The other important theme is Speak With Your Hearth, the ending music. It's a lot different from Reach for the Stars but hey, this music can't get off of my mind!! That voice effect is perfect for the ending, the song is not as fast like the main theme and I can say it's more calm. It's like saying: the game is finished, it's time to relax!

This time the song is quite far from the classic video game type music. It's a bit distorted at first, then it becomes less distorted, for indicating the progress Tails has made in the Wii version in the comunication with Yaker. This song has references with the characters as well, like the reference to Miles Electric.

Sonic Colors "Speak With Your Heart" Music

-

One of my favourite in-game music is the theme of Aquarium Park Act 1. It's not so active, it has a typical underwater sound and in some points it reminds me of Sonic Underground opening theme (idk why)!

Another cool one is Planet Wisp act 1, and another I like is Starlight Carnival menu theme and Starlight Carnival act 1.

-

The music is almost perfect, but I have to point something: it's not possible to listen to the complete version of Reach for the Stars in the DS version, in any way. You can hear the instrumental and orchestral versions, but not the complete one! Also... even this time... my least favourite is Sweet Mountain. Too chaotic for my opinion, I kept the sound very low while playing that zone. I don't exactly know the genere of the music, but I really think it doesn't fit the level.

By the way, I really liked all the other music, especially Reach for the Stars, Speak With Your Heart and Aquarium Park act 1. These musics cover every other mistake!

RANKING: 8/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●MULTIPLAYER●●

-

Sonic Colors has a multiplayer section. You can find "Versus Mode" as a buttonin the main menu, or go to the Game Land and choose Versus Mode. There you can also decide to play lonely with a COM rather than a real person, or you can select if the other player got a Sonic Colors card or if the other one will use download ds.

Like the other Sonic DS games, the multiplayer basically consists in a race through the acts of the game. The one who passes the act faster wins. You unlock more acts by playing the game.

Of course, in the multiplayer Sonic can do everything he does in his normal adventure.

In the DS version, both the players play as Sonic. But in one DS, the player only sees his Sonic. The other Sonic just becomes a yellowish light sphere. This counts also with the COM, it's just a yellowish light sphere. Tails is never shown, not even in cameos.

-

I've played the multiplayer so many times, mostly with my brother. But I have to say I didn't enjoy it. It was really boring after few acts, the gameplay is always the same and there aren't special things for the multiplayer.

-

Sega could do this MUCH BETTER.

For example, I find disappointing the fact that Tails is not playable. They could have added him at least in the multiplayer! (It would have been even better with more playable characters such as Knuckles, Amy or Blaze, or even everyone Sonic and Tails meet, since they meet them only in the ds version).

Another thing is that, admit it, the multiplayer is BORING. A little race through the levels, always the same thing. They could have add missions in the multiplayer too, or specia stages with 2 people, or mini games! [C]Mini games with Wisps would have been cool! But we'll never know...

However I think this is a big lack for the game, that's almost perfect. I have to assign a bad rank to this section.

RANKING: 4/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●SECRETS●●

-

Like every other video game, Sonic Colors DS has his secrets, Easter Eggs and glitches. I won't write everything I've found, because I'm not sure they're all real and working. So...

Liquisoft  Infinite Boost: Get all of the red rings in every level and mission to unlock an infinite boost option in the game. This option won't work in the multiplayer or Time attack!

Liquisoft  You can unlock images of concept arts Sonic, Yaker, Tails and various badnicks by playing the game, just remember to get lots of red rings!!

this is from the secret images too!

Liquisoft  You can collect Chaos Emeralds even in the Game Land! Play in multiplayer against the COM and get 50 rings!

Liquisoft  The true ending, Nega Wisp Mother, is a secret level. You won't be able to access it if you don't have all the Chaos emerald before playing Terminal Velocity!

this is from the secret images!

-

Wait... why am I ranking this too? Well... because finding secrets or Easter Eggs is something I love so much and I'm pretty sure you like that too. I have to say that they're everywhere. Remember the old games where everything was full of Easter Eggs, secrets, hidden zones, glitches? This game has 2 cool cheats/secrets, the infinite boost, and the secret ending. The secret ending is very cool, and it's the real ending you'll never see in the wii version. But hey, our lovely Debug Mode we had in the first games was something we'll never have again, right? Only Sonic Mania has it.

Maybe the ranking should be a 6/10 this time comsidering all these aspects. Bu guys, Nega Mother Wisp can solve all our problems with this! It's not just an Easter Egg, but the real ending and this is what we expect from a Sonic game! So here I can give...

RANKING: 7/10

☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆●☆

●●CONCLUSION●●

-

Now I have to say... FINALLY!! I've spent days with this XD

Oh but I won't leave the blog like this!!

After reviewing the story, the levels, the music and the characters... I want to play it again!

This game is not perfect, but nothing is perfect. It has something I would have changed if I was a designer, like the multiplayer. I would have added some other Easter Eggs and secrets... Also I would have done some characters interactions differently.

But overall, this game is very good.

Really cool music, fantastic levels, the secret real ending! All these aspects make the game almost perfect, even more playable than the Wii version. I have both the versions, and I can say this one is easier. I prefer the Wii cutscenes, yes, but we know a DS can't do everything a Wii does.

Now, let's see the final ranking (it's the arithmetic average of all the sections!)!!!!

have a Special Stage while waiting!

SONIC COLORS DS RANKING IS... 7.16/10

~

7.2/10

I recommend you to play this game!

☆~~REACH FOR THE STARS, TONIGHT!!~~☆

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Personal space                                                      
If you liked this please leave a comment!                

If not please say what should I improve on!   
#sonicthehedgehog #soniccolors #nintendods #nintendodsixl #handheld 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Today is my birthday!!
Well...I'm gonna draw as usual.
But this time I'm thinking of a challenge to do with you all!
The prize can ve a drawing, some points or... or just a feature journal... idk.

Now I'm far from home. I left my computer and my touchfive markers there. I can only use pencils (and a rubber of course).
What'a rhe challenge about?
Well... draw what you want, but use only yoir pencils! (Not colored ones)
Let's see how they come out :P
I have 3 pencils: the light one, the dark one and one in the middle. Use as many pencils as you want. Don't use inks.


If yoi join, just tell me here. And tag me in the drawing you'll made.

The deadline is June 21 :3

Have fun, and Happy Birthday to me!



Oh. Today is also Chat's birthday, my first human character.
All the groups have rules.

1: You can join and submit arts but DON'T PUT STOLEN ART.

2: feel free to ask me for some ideas

3:This group is based on the HELP. So, don't put offensive art and DON'T JOIN IF YOU AREN'T INTERESTED.

4: donations are always accepted!! With points we can help Deviants in need!

I think I've finish the rules!

Recent Journal Entries

Journal Writers

Twitter