Today's fastest, bluest video: Sonic Rush Adventure gameplay
by Scott Jon Siegel 
{ Sep 8th 2007 at 12:01AM }
We had a few concerns with Sonic Rush Adventure -- less with the "Rush" part of the title, and more with the "Adventure" -- but the latest gameplay trailers shows us that SRA is more of a good thing. Nothing wrong with classic Sonic side-scrolling, super-fast action (albeit with a few 3D boss battles and water-sports thrown in for good measure).
Still, Sonic hasn't been doing so hot in recent history. Is Rush Adventure the game to pull the blazing blue mascot out of the gutter?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
blooh @ Sep 8th 2007 12:17AM
water sports? lol gross
speaking of sonic, anyone else watch this weekend's robot chicken yet?
http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html
Word of the street. @ Sep 8th 2007 1:28AM
Man you totally deserve a 1+ for that link.IMO Zelda and the he-man sketch ruled hahahaha.
Shmil @ Sep 8th 2007 1:38AM
i still haven't stopped laughing from that sonic bit
hvnlysoldr @ Sep 8th 2007 2:31AM
Well excuse me Princess.
Ha ha 50 hours when the first took 30. Multiple rescues etc.
Negativecool @ Sep 8th 2007 12:29AM
Well...at least it isn't "Sonic: Rush to Store Shelves."
Guybrush Threepwood @ Sep 8th 2007 12:29AM
And here I thought Sonic Rush 1 was the game that pulled Sonic out of the gutter.
mr nimblewick @ Sep 8th 2007 12:37AM
And the sonic games on GBA were pretty good too.
Vicks44 @ Sep 8th 2007 12:52AM
Isn't Mario gonna try to save Sonic with that olympics game for Wii?
Word of the street. @ Sep 8th 2007 11:50AM
More like Sonic team pushing Mario into the same abyss.
Maybe a Cameo in Brawl could save him.
BPM @ Sep 8th 2007 1:16AM
Yeah, so far, all of Dimps' portable Sonics have been solid.
Do not confuse Console Sonic for Handheld Sonic.
ssuk @ Sep 8th 2007 2:20AM
OOOOONLY, Dimps and SEGA had a BIG falling out and so Sonic Rush Adventure isn't actually made by Dimps, it's made by SEGA Studios, the same geniuses who made such GREAT, WHOLESOME entertainment such as; Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic and the Secret Rings.
Yeah, SRA is going to blow just as equally.
BPM @ Sep 8th 2007 2:50AM
Sega Studios USA, aka SONICTEAM USA.
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM D:
Covarr @ Sep 8th 2007 1:28AM
Sonic Rush was okay, but the Sonic Advance games sucked. Poor level design with too many pits and blind jumps is never a good thing.
colin @ Sep 8th 2007 2:22AM
lemme try ...
step 1: put money into research to figure out what gamers want from sonic on consoles.
step 2: ????
step 3: "it prints money"
BPM @ Sep 8th 2007 4:47AM
Oh, close. So very, very close!
However, Phase 3 is ALWAYS "Profit!" Accept not substitutes!
Shmil @ Sep 8th 2007 10:34AM
hey! what the hell is step 2?
well step 1 is steal underpants
yeah yeah yeah, but what about step 2
FatOprah @ Sep 8th 2007 9:03AM
Call me crazy, but it actually looks pretty good.
Zertoss @ Sep 8th 2007 11:46AM
I agree. It looks like more of Rush, which is a good thing. Adding in the jet ski sequences and other 3D stuff to a predominantly 2D game doesn't sound like a bad thing to me and it looked like a lot of fun.
Hopefully Sega can turn all the good 2D bits into 3D for consoles, since they obviously aren't ever going to make a current/next-gen 2D Sonic. If they would just start learning from their mistakes and stop trying to change things up so much.
REMINDER: Sonic the Hedgehog is a series about a hedgehog that runs really really fast from point A to point B, which is a spinning sign that signifies a stage's completion. Occasionally he runs into giant rings that he can jump into to do a bonus stage for a Chaos Emerald. Every few stages, Dr. Robotnik pops in for a boss fight at the end of the stage.
There you go, Sega. That's what you have to work with.
GUIGUI @ Sep 8th 2007 10:06AM
The sonic on the Wii was also good.
Mr Khan @ Sep 8th 2007 12:09PM
Although you, samfish, and I are apparently the only people that think so :)
trotskylite @ Sep 8th 2007 8:15PM
thirded. as long as you opted for the japanese voiceovers secret rings was a really good game.
Rubang B @ Sep 8th 2007 6:42PM
Hey don't forget me. I liked it.
LAZoftheTamarinds @ Sep 8th 2007 12:08PM
This game looks good. (Thinks about Sonic Hedgehog on 360...Shudders.)
blooh @ Sep 8th 2007 12:18PM
theres a sonic game on 360?
hvnlysoldr @ Sep 8th 2007 12:57PM
Sonic Next Gen is the one with the huge uncanny princess on hedgehog bestiality.
Slvrgun @ Sep 8th 2007 12:33PM
Wow that looks like fun.
ShawnMcCool @ Sep 8th 2007 1:22PM
Looks exactly the same as everything we've played already. Oh, running in a circle around a 3d boss jumping over tentacles? Been there, done that..
Jake @ Sep 8th 2007 2:07PM
I have been waiting patiently for a AAA console Sonic game for so long it seems unbelievable. At least this portable one looks half decent.
Intellectualdiot @ Sep 8th 2007 3:47PM
Oh, Sonic.
You had me at skeletal pirate boss fight.
Kye @ Sep 8th 2007 4:32PM
This game looks great.
The music made the trailer even better.
I'm sold.
Matt Z @ Sep 8th 2007 5:03PM
Great...Sonic is gonna rip off NSMB.
WHy not just remake Sonic 2
Dustin @ Sep 8th 2007 5:40PM
It looks great, easily a game I will buy in the next month along with all the other amazing releases.
Lemmiwinks @ Sep 8th 2007 9:25PM
oh you boys and your watersports...
SAKY @ Sep 9th 2007 11:50AM
WOW! This looks like an updated Sonic game of old. This one seems like it will please the old skewl SEGA fans but will it ressurect Sonic to the pop status he held in the 90's? Hell No, no matter how GREAT it may be.
Why don't developers make 2D games? I would like to see and all out 2D Metroid on the Wii, a 2D Sonic game on the 360.
Alex @ Sep 10th 2007 3:30AM
Sonic versus a supersized Pokeball??? Cool!
Jake @ Sep 18th 2007 6:09PM
so does anybody know if you can collect all 7 emeralds in SRA and go super??? if not then this game craps and should be bombed... what's a sonic game without super sonic???