The ¡®Sonic¡¯ boom
Among video game fans, there¡¯s something called the Sonic Cycle ¡ª when a new ¡°Sonic¡± game is announced and players get incredibly excited, and then the game comes out ¡ª with both good and bad results. With the game¡¯s uneven track record over the years that means sometimes people are let down. But when another new ¡°Sonic¡± is announced, people get all jazzed up once again and the cycle continues. The good news is that there¡¯s every indication that ¡°Sonic Mania,¡± the latest addition, looks to be no dud.
The sprite-based game is a return to its 2-D roots, when kids in the early 1990s had to choose between two heroes: Mario, an Italian plumber, or Sonic, the blue hedgehog with attitude. The best ¡°Sonic¡± games were not only a blast to play, but also beautiful and vibrant to look at with Sega¡¯s signature blue skies.
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