Birth of the Boost! (A Sonic Rush Review)

The boost formula is a great time, sometimes. Upon its debut, was it as good as it'd be later down the road?

Edited by Andrew Willoughby

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[flashthemonkey]

Here’s a tip for anyone who’s planning to play this game for the first time in the future:
If you’re playing this on a variation of the 3ds xl, HOLD START OR SELECT WHEN THE GAME LOADS ONCE YOU’RE ON YOUR WAY TO THAT 7TH SPECIAL STAGE*.
Trust me, you’ll hate it with the normal touch screen size.

[littleguystar]

"This was in no way a rushed job"
True facts to start off with.

[comicfan]

IGN: “Sonic was never good.”

*IGN gives Sonic Rush a 9/10*

Silver: “Does anyone but you believe your lies?!”

[mr.leeleeleee]

"I don't apologise for any bad puns. And neither should you."

Agreed.

[mp]

Fun fact about the sonic rush ost: Hideki Naganuma uses samples from other forms of media to recreate the soundtrack for the game, much like jet set radio. A prime example of this is in the final boss of the game that's music is called "Wrapped in Black", the "too black, too strong" is completely ripped out of Malcolm X's grassroots movement speech.

[asdunlavey]

Sonic Rush got me into the Sonic series, so I'll always have special feelings for the game :)

[cliffturbo]

This and Rush Adventure are some of my favorite DS games ever. Wonderful Soundtracks, endlessly fun levels and introduced a fan favorite female character. The Egg King is also perhaps one of the hardest bosses in the series. Though, I feel like they forced the friendship speech a bit too much.

[dropoutjoshu]

Broke: The boost gameplay started in Sonic Rush

*WOKE* : The boost gameplay started in the Sonic Heroes special stages

[luigines]

10:12
"It's actually really good level design. They teach you how to use it for a long time before they kill you with it."
-Garrulous 2020

[Sjono]

That moment when you remember that Sonic Rush is the last mainline game where Cream played a significant role and not just as a background character

[KittyLitterYT]

I bought a used copy of sonic rush and when I booted it up it knew my name
Either the previous owner had the same name or it's possessed
either way it's lit

[xenrx]

11:58 he says back-to-back whilst back-to-back is playing

[chriss.]

I'm not gonna lie, I loved this game, the music and the way it plays was dope.
The story was a lil lackluster but it was good in my opinion, blaze was a completely cold and shut off character, believing she had to do everything on her own, until she met sonic, cream, and the others.
Who begin to make her realize that she doesn't have to be alone in what she does, and she doesn't have to be DEAD serious all the time.
In the end blaze finally realizes the truth about what it means to be a person and have friends and she relaxes, the song that plays after super sonic and burning blaze wins is super indicative of that "lifting me up", cuz it's what sonic and friends did for her.
It truly shows how positive sonic and his friends are and points out a key part in Sonics personality, he may be a cocky, attitude having, fun loving character, but deep down he REALLY cares about others and wants to bring out the best in them.
It's why They are where they are in the IDW comics, cuz eggman may be ass as a man, but sonic believed he could turn over a new leaf as mr tinker and let him try.

Long story short, Sonic rush was good asf and I loved how it introduced a character that was not only sharpened by the other characters but in doing so it emphasized how good the other characters were to make such a thing possible in the 1st place.

[antshield]

I'm currently replaying this game. I love trying to beat my own times in time trial. You can really use the physics to shave off time by finding skips and short cuts.

Also, this is probably one of the best sound tracks in gaming. Blaze and her back story is so cool. A girl version of Sonic from another dimension, with fire instead of the "Wind" Sonic embodies. Shame '06 tried to ruin her.

5/5 game and one of my favorites. (Bosses suck though)

[MegaTrafficCone]

The bits where Sonic snaps in the video are so subtle I thought it was game audio. A+

[GammaRoidGamma]

QotD: Definitely Dead Line. What U Need was the menu music, and hearing it proper was nice. And the Boss is possibly the most memorable in the game.

[edgelord]

Yeah I love this game.
That music though.
It's absolutely amazing and supposedly was made or based off of jet set radio which is epic.
The 2 things I hate are the bottomless pits that this game spams and the trial and error.
One to many times have I ran into spikes or off little platforms due to screen crunch.
Granted this games screen crunch isn't that bad though.
It' still was a great game for the ds and a great introduction to blaze

[mindoftom]

This game is my childhood I loved it
Despite me getting stuck on the 2nd zone because water levels suck
And the 7th special stage
And the bosses

I still love the game because the pros obliterated the cons

[zachnewby]

"...I don't apologize for bad puns ever and neither should you."
THIS MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH!!!

[STYLIX_]

I love these new scripted reviews. The thumbnails are fantastic and it's great Garrulous is talking about the lesser reviewed games.