20) Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic 3D Blast feels more like a sequel to the classic SEGA arcade game Flicky than a Sonic game…that would probably explain the subtitle “Flicky’s Island” in other regions, huh. Regardless, this was marketed as the first 3D Sonic game, although it’s about as 3D as Marble Madness was. You move Sonic around various worlds as the hedgehog slides around like he’s on an ice rink. The goal is to find the Flickys hidden around each world, bring them to a checkpoint, and move on the next section. Lather, rinse, repeat. Bonus points for being on SEGA Saturn.
19) Sonic Pinball Party
Take pinball, add some Sonic and you’re good to go. It’s a pretty good pinball game, but loses points for not really being a Sonic game outside of a weird plot where Tails gets mind controlled to be an evil pinball wizard or something. But hey, there’s a Samba de Amigo table that features Burning Rangers music. Brownie points for Sonic Pinball Party.
18) Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
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Sonic Chronicles is a mess. A common theme among many games on this list. Imagine this, Bioware making a story driven Sonic RPG on DS written by the folks behind the Archie comics that features Elite Beat Agents-style battle mechanics. That’s what you get with this game. It’s a cluster, but still manages to be a playable yet mediocre RPG. I don’t care for it, and lots of people agree with that notion. One interesting thing of note is that the audio in this game is some of the worst you’ll ever here. Not only does the music sound like a monkey on a Fisher-Price keyboard, but there are lots of broken, out-of-place stock sound effects throughout the adventure. It’s vomit inducing sound production.
17) Sonic Lost World
Sonic Lost World is one of the most frustrating games I’ve ever played. Mainly because it bounces all over the place from a design standpoint. At one moment it features really innovative and original design that I would dare call amazing. The next, it features slow paced drags of levels with terrible mechanics that go on way too long. The game feels like the designers had a million ideas, and tossed them all in the game without checking to make sure said idea was fun or not.
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The game also controls like ass and marks one of the only times you’ll need to hold a button down to make Sonic run. That’s right. You need to press a button to make Sonic do the one thing everybody expects automatically from him. In the end, this is the most recent game on this list and already one of the most forgotten. It’s a shame, because this Super Mario Galaxy twist on Sonic could have been genuinely good. A rare feat for a Sonic game.
16) Sonic Battle
Fighting games don’t work on handhelds. At all. Sonic Battle realized this and decided to make one anyway featuring Sonic and the crew. More of a party fighter, ala Power Stone, than a traditional fighting game, Sonic Battle works due to its simplicity. But it is kind of repetitive, and needing Link Cables to play multiplayer is a drag. Probably would have been better suited on a console where you don’t have to jump through hoops to play with people. Games that are limited by being on handhelds make me sad. But hey, at least there’s another weird ass story starring a robot OC named Emerl who does a thing.
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