Gamereactor has published an interview with Sonic Team's Takashi Iizuka:
"Three years ago we started thinking about what we can do for Sonic's anniversary. Sonic Generations is not just a game that we created to be the next Sonic-game in 2011, rather Sonic Generations is a game, that was created for the 20th anniversary. It could just only ever have been created for an anniversary.
And what kind of game is Sonic Generations?
In this game there is a new mysterious nemesis, who controls time and space. And it is because of that creature, that attacks modern Sonic, that Sonic is send back in time and has to collaborate with classic Sonic. Essentially they work together to bring colour back to the world. The very first level in the game is Green Hill Zone for example. Essentially you'll be running through all the iconic levels, that everybody loves and everybody is familiar with. You'll be running through this with both classic and modern Sonic. Basically you will be running through the history of Sonic's universe."
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Generations over Mania? Please… Generations doesnt have any new ideas in the levels/bosses.
Also a top 7 of Sonic games shouldn’t have any 3D crap and contain at least one of the 8-bit titles.
Sonic CD getting snubbed is weird. Number 1 is definitely interchangable between Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Nothing wrong with putting Generations over Mania. Generations had a lot more to it. Mania was just a bit too short, despite how amazing it was. They're both top-tier Sonic games though.
I don't think mania was to short given 1,2,3, knuckles were between 1 and 3 hours long.
Mania was 5 hours roughly
However i say the originals feel more repayable because they are so short
The 8 bit games were pretty bad overall do you mean the 16 bit ones
Nope. Sonic 1 & 2 on the master system were great. Dont confuse these with the game gear versions either.
Top 7 for me
7 cd
6 mania
5 Frontiers
4 sonic 3
3 sonic 1
2 sonic and knuckles
1 sonic 2
Sometimes I feel like the Sonic Advanced games just didn’t exist with how much it’s always forgotten 😭
Even as a Sonic fan, I didn't really care for those games, and getting the Chaos Emeralds were freakin' horrible. Even with an emulator and save states, I didn't have the desire to try. I also didn't like most of the levels or bosses either. Unfortunately, DiMPs aren't good at making Sonic games.
The divide between both iterations of Sonic is now reaching spin-off territory, and the way Sega is handling it is both a blessing and a curse.
