25) Sonic the Fighters
Topping off the list is undoubtedly the worst fighting game to ever grace the AM2 engine, Sonic the Fighters. I’ve played me a good deal of Sonic the Fighters due to having a blood pact with three things featured in it, Fighting Games, AM2, and Sonic. However, despite the several hours I’ve sunk into this…thing, I still can’t identify how most of the fighting mechanics work in it. Hell, I’ve played it with various people in my local fighting game community and they can’t even figure it out.
If this game achieved anything, it was that it’s the first sign of SEGA creating officially licensed OC’s which would never appear in any Sonic game again. Just post the artwork of Bark, Bean, and Honey the Cat on DeviantArt and I doubt most casual onlookers will be able to identify them as official characters.
24) Shadow the Hedgehog
Hey kiddos, do you like edgy stuff and guns? The recent marketing statistics from 2005 imply that you do. So who better to jump on the projected money making trend than our good pal Sonic, or in this case his Hot Topic reject rival Shadow.
In all seriousness, this game is awful. The level design is gunk and the mission structure doesn’t do any favors. Also the gun-based combat system looks and feels like it’s straight out of a Newgrounds fan-game. The only bright spot on this heavily budgeted turd created by out-of-touch Japanese men trying to appeal to American 12-year-olds is that Crush40 does make some really Crush40 songs in it.
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23) SEGASonic Popcorn Shop
Coming up next on the list is potentially the most useful game on this list because it provides two of life’s essentials in one package: Actual food and SONIC. That’s right, SEGASonic Popcorn Shop is more food vendor than game. The game actually is just a trick to get you to turn a wheel and make popcorn. There are also 3 flavors to choose from being butter, kettle, and curry. Amazing. While this sounds like the makings of potentially the greatest Sonic game ever, it falls down the list for being a solid 30-seconds long and extremely linear and repetitive.
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22) Sonic Shuffle
Next on our list is our good friends from the late HudsonSoft’s take on Sonic, and how else would HudsonSoft tackle a major gaming franchise other than make a party board game out of it? That’s right, Sonic had his own Mario Party, but only instead of dice, you draw cards. There’s more strategy in gaining the ability to move, but other than that this game is completely inferior and has some of the worst party games imaginable.
The boards are complex and confusing and there is so much going on in a turn it’s extremely difficult to keep track of. Not that it matters because it all comes down to luck anyway. But what other Sonic game can you say has a dating-sim portion with a Pegasus? I didn’t make that up. With a fair amount of alcohol, this game can potentially climb into the God-Tier of Sonic games.
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21) Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games
Not much to see here. A decent and somewhat realistic sports game with Mario and Sonic characters. Throw in some surprisingly fun Dream Events which take gameplay elements from each series and add them to some sports and you got yourself a solid game. Not a solid Sonic game, but a solid sports party game. Next.
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