The Sonic Game That IGN Actually Likes | Sonic Pocket Adventure

IGN have a bit of a reputation when it comes to Sonic, but I'm not going to be focussing on that today. Instead, I'm going to look at a Sonic game which IGN themselves have labelled a masterpiece. Is Sonic Pocket Adventure as good as IGN says?

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[DawnLong-sk]

Apparently in IGN's perspective, SNK did what Sega didn't.

[tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard]

....honestly pocket adventure is actually a pretty damn good game, sonic 2 blood be damned.
Special stages kinda jank, super sonic is locked behind the final boss, but honestly the puzzle pieces and the original layouts in not chemical plant act 2 is actually pretty interesting.
The dimps pit issue is heavy yes, but this game has some genuinely clever ways to keep you into the upper path, like using loopdeloops to keep the upper area and even the "sky chase" section cuts a lot of the fat, which is welcome because _dear god_ every sky chase I've ever seen is _overblown_

[MegaManNeo]

I remember playing this as a kid in an emulator two decades ago, just before YouTube became a thing.
Silly me needed YouTube to see that it's really just Sonic 2 with some 3&K elements but for me personally, Pocket Adventure was still lots of fun.
The smooth animations are just gorgeous and the music sounds really good for an 8bit system.

[Tokyo_inVR]

I even forgot this game's existence

[SansINess]

IGN : this game is 100% original!




While the game uses lots of level design from sonic 2 and barely has something new to offer

[Sergo]

Fun fact "Sega" means "now" in my language

[Ali-iiil]

this game still needs a re release cause it's one of the few sonic games that never got a re release since

[Taevec]

You can play as Tails in Sonic 2. It's in the options screen.🤫

[snakey]

Honestly, ign gets a lot of flak for supposedly hating on Sonic, but looking at their reviews of Sonic games, they are usually more positive than negative, consistently rewarding Sonic games higher scores than the average.

[ArtemisAYO]

We need a re-release of this game.
Or perhaps a recreation. 🤔

[jamiegioca]

*Sonic standing on whirlpools:* i sleep
*Sonic standing on mushroom clouds:* REAL SHIT?

Buddy, both of these make the exact same amount of sense (except for the part that doesn’t, which is all of it)

Edit: Now that I think about it, since Sonic is the only playable character in this game, it makes sense that IGN thinks this is peak Sonic 🤣🤣🤣

[bathilra]

i died laughing at sky sanctuary music in a super sonic final boss

[AlphaZeroX]

IGN liked Sonic games before though. Also, different people review games at IGN. It's not just one person. It's their opinions.

[benceszarvas]

This game has great graphics, solid sound, medium length and a lot of replayability thanks to the puzzle pieces and the chaos emeralds in general. Even if you found all puzzle piece and put em together, the challenge still won't end because you will unlock Special Stage rush mode where you have to complete all special stage in one go. Also you can challenge yourself in time trial and get platinum in every level.

This game is not 10/10 because it's the greatest Sonic game but because it's one of the best games on the handheld.

Please stop compare console games with handheld and old games with new ones. It's not a fair comparison. If you want to test out how good this game is, play at least 10 more or so Neo Geo Pocket game. I'm sure that IGN dude(Craig) did back in the day.

[EEAEE]

Nah snk went out of business in a different way it just happened their stuff is affected but not kof

Edit:neogeo pocket is only known for the snk vs capcom game anyway

[SansINess]

So yeah sonic 1 is literally 0/10 to them but they accept this, which I don't blame but idk why rate the other games badly.

[felipeforces]

What would it be like if Sonic Pocket Adventure was in 16 bits?

[legoboy]

"Because SEGA did what Nintendon't and failed as a console publisher." DANG bro you didn't have to do them like that. 🤣💀

[finnmarr-heenan]

Sorry but the neo geo poker couloir had some great games, particularly the fighting games, they where legit great fighters not just decent for being in a handheld, capcom vs snk match of millennium is a legit hidden gem .

[davebob]

why does everyone keep picking on this ign guy it seems cruel to keep doing it after all these years