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Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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- In Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic finds himself in the lush colourful world of the Arabian Nights tales. There he meets a genie who sends him on his most outrageous journey to date.
- Unique to the Wii. Sonic's trademark, white-knuckle speed arrives on the Nintendo Wii.
- Makes full use of the new Nintendo controller. Rotate the controller to steer Sonic or have Sonic perform combo moves with a flick of the wrist.
- An immersive single-player story, set in the lush and colourful world of the Arabian Nights.
- Not just a single-player adventure 30 party games for 1-4 players
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Sonic the Hedgehog is going back to basics with a straight up 3D race game that ditches all the guns, vehicles and hangers-on from the more recent games and concentrates on pure speed and platform action.
Sonic the Hedgehog is going back to basics with a straight up 3D race game that ditches all the guns, vehicles and hangers-on from the more recent games and concentrates on pure speed and platform action.
The lowdown:
The blue speedster has come a long way since the Mega Drive days, a bit too far some would say - since many of his more recent games bear little relation to his original platform antics. This looks a lot more like the old games though (even though it's got a weird Arabian Nights back story) as you simply move left and right with the Wii Remote and use the '2' button to jump. You can also reverse up by tilting the remote and do a homing attack on enemies by lifting the controller up vertically, but that and a slowly filling turbo boost bar is as complicated as things get. The graphics though are anything but basic and some of the best yet seen on the Wii, with a great sense of speed that's vital to any good Sonic game.
Most exciting moment:
Despite the storyline taking place in a dream world based on the Arabian Nights the game doesn't exactly stick close to the original text. One of the best levels is filled with dinosaurs and has you outrunning a series of giant lizards before getting catapulted through a waterfall and enjoying a break neck white water rapids run on the back of a log.
Since you ask:
Although Sonic is the only playable character in the game, according to Sega another of his friends will feature in the game, but portrayed in "a different light". Archenemy Dr Robotnik/Eggman is also promised to make an appearance in some form.
The bottom line:
Sonic returns to his roots in his best looking 3D game for ages.-HARRISON DENT
Product Description
- Fast, frenetic gameplay with Sonic in constant motion. Taking full advantage of the Wii controller, players perform a variety of physical movements that actively advance Sonic, combat enemies, and perform special moves! Tilt the controller left or right to avoid obstacles, swing the controller forward to destroy enemies, or perform many other motions to advance the game!
- Exotic settings and creatures inspired by the Arabian Nights tales. The unique and lustrous features of Persia offer a vibrant backdrop to Sonic`s speed!
- Branching paths for extensive gameplay variety and replayability.
- New Sonic moves. With the controller`s exclusive features, utilize new moves such as "boost" and "catapult." Players will feel and enjoy Sonic`s speed in entirely new ways!
- A variety of mini-games for up to four players. Work up a sweat using the Wii controller in a variety of ways in the home party games! With more than 30 exciting party games, enjoy playing the mini-games with friends and family!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I bourght this as one of my first wii games to see if sega could rectify their abissmal attempts at sonic over the last few years and i must say - They've done it!
Although i'm not a big fan of the story line and the first levels are awfully short and with alot of boring cut scenes in a comic book style - when you get down to the decent levels they can offer hours of fun game play. The grapics look good in 3D and the speed is fantastic. The missons are fun and you won't want the levels to end.
An excellent use of the wii and a highly recommended game!
Although i'm not a big fan of the story line and the first levels are awfully short and with alot of boring cut scenes in a comic book style - when you get down to the decent levels they can offer hours of fun game play. The grapics look good in 3D and the speed is fantastic. The missons are fun and you won't want the levels to end.
An excellent use of the wii and a highly recommended game!
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
so after four disasterious attempts at using the sonic adventure formula and almost reducing one time popluar hedgehog in to a franchise that gamers would wish would go away Sega have decided to push sonic in a different direction for his exclusive Wii release and thank god because the ps3/360 version is quite possible the worst yet.
Sonic Wii plays much different to all reacent sonic games think of it as a racing game with platforming much like what sonic originaly was back on the megadrive you will be racing through levels weaving swerving and jumping out of the way of hazzards. firstly The camera is automatic so it is not nearly as retarded as other 3d sonics as it just follows behind you, sonic altomaticly runs and to steer him you need to tilt the Wiimote left or right, this may seem a little difficult at first but it soon feels natural and easy to controll. If you hold down the jump button sonic will come to a stop and perform a high jump enableing him to reach out of reach areas or by simply tapping the jump button sonic will perform a running jump.
When you start off sonic will be gimped and by compleating missions in each level you can unlock abilities there are 100 total, there are a variety of missions like compleating a level with a certain amount of rings or finish a level with out getting hit. These missions get HARD but thats ok as the missions are generly hard and require skill not because the game has not been programed right so if you die it is due to a lack of skill. Anyway buy unlocking new abilities your hedgehog gets faster, better controll and better jumps.
The graphics are good for the Wii you can see the game was built from the ground up for the wii because it is the best looking game out there and the levels have a cool arabian nights theme to them aswell.The sound is more or less the same as sonics previous outings if you like rock you will like it if not tough.
so what is preventing the game from getting top ratings? well there are a few problems.
the onrails camera only points fowards you can not turn the camera around, if you miss some thing you cant turn around and run back you need to start again. you can walk backwards but still the camera dont turn around so walking in to bottemless pits is easy and annoing.
Sometimes the level design seems a bit lazy with things such as rocks in stupid places and sometimes the camera dosent let you see too far in front of you causing you to die, oh and who can forget the terrible voice acting that comes with a sonic game?
overall this is the best 3d sonic game ever released and i look forward to a sequal because there are alot of good ideas in here that need just a little more development time and polish to become a real classic sonic game and restore him to his place at the top.
Sonic Wii plays much different to all reacent sonic games think of it as a racing game with platforming much like what sonic originaly was back on the megadrive you will be racing through levels weaving swerving and jumping out of the way of hazzards. firstly The camera is automatic so it is not nearly as retarded as other 3d sonics as it just follows behind you, sonic altomaticly runs and to steer him you need to tilt the Wiimote left or right, this may seem a little difficult at first but it soon feels natural and easy to controll. If you hold down the jump button sonic will come to a stop and perform a high jump enableing him to reach out of reach areas or by simply tapping the jump button sonic will perform a running jump.
When you start off sonic will be gimped and by compleating missions in each level you can unlock abilities there are 100 total, there are a variety of missions like compleating a level with a certain amount of rings or finish a level with out getting hit. These missions get HARD but thats ok as the missions are generly hard and require skill not because the game has not been programed right so if you die it is due to a lack of skill. Anyway buy unlocking new abilities your hedgehog gets faster, better controll and better jumps.
The graphics are good for the Wii you can see the game was built from the ground up for the wii because it is the best looking game out there and the levels have a cool arabian nights theme to them aswell.The sound is more or less the same as sonics previous outings if you like rock you will like it if not tough.
so what is preventing the game from getting top ratings? well there are a few problems.
the onrails camera only points fowards you can not turn the camera around, if you miss some thing you cant turn around and run back you need to start again. you can walk backwards but still the camera dont turn around so walking in to bottemless pits is easy and annoing.
Sometimes the level design seems a bit lazy with things such as rocks in stupid places and sometimes the camera dosent let you see too far in front of you causing you to die, oh and who can forget the terrible voice acting that comes with a sonic game?
overall this is the best 3d sonic game ever released and i look forward to a sequal because there are alot of good ideas in here that need just a little more development time and polish to become a real classic sonic game and restore him to his place at the top.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Finally, a 3-D Sonic game that isn't rubbish! It's just high speed Sonic action with just the blue hedgehog himself. Even with a new style, this game works well.
We begin with our hero Sonic bored out of his wits, until he gets taken into the story of the Arabian Nights! After a tutorial, Sonic begins his quest to get the 7 World Rings... World Rings, Chaos Emeralds, either way, Sonic's gotta collect them.
It may start out slow. In fact, I stopped playing for a while due to it's slow speed, but as soon as you level up Sonic and give him some speed boost powers, it will be an exhilirating experience. High speed Sonic is brilliant, especially when you don't randomly fall through floors. Heh...
However, you might get a tad stressed with Sonic only going forward. To those I say "Pffft." The change is good, and you always have to go forward anyway. The bosses are now original to kill without usually having the obvious weak point you need to jump at.
Besides usual racing through levels, there's other challenges including getting to the goal with 0 Rings (purposely getting hurt is the key!), destroying an amount of enemies and defeating a speed spirit in a race. Ok I did say besides racing but still! :P
The multiplayer is ok, but it's not Mario Party. Some minigames are awesome such as swinging a metallic ball to destroy your opponents (it's on the advert) and attacking skeleton soldiers with a sword and shield. This game however is meant for it's single player, and it's a good attempt and thankfully back to it's roots of being awesome and not lame.
I recommend this for your Wii collection, it's worthy of being there.
We begin with our hero Sonic bored out of his wits, until he gets taken into the story of the Arabian Nights! After a tutorial, Sonic begins his quest to get the 7 World Rings... World Rings, Chaos Emeralds, either way, Sonic's gotta collect them.
It may start out slow. In fact, I stopped playing for a while due to it's slow speed, but as soon as you level up Sonic and give him some speed boost powers, it will be an exhilirating experience. High speed Sonic is brilliant, especially when you don't randomly fall through floors. Heh...
However, you might get a tad stressed with Sonic only going forward. To those I say "Pffft." The change is good, and you always have to go forward anyway. The bosses are now original to kill without usually having the obvious weak point you need to jump at.
Besides usual racing through levels, there's other challenges including getting to the goal with 0 Rings (purposely getting hurt is the key!), destroying an amount of enemies and defeating a speed spirit in a race. Ok I did say besides racing but still! :P
The multiplayer is ok, but it's not Mario Party. Some minigames are awesome such as swinging a metallic ball to destroy your opponents (it's on the advert) and attacking skeleton soldiers with a sword and shield. This game however is meant for it's single player, and it's a good attempt and thankfully back to it's roots of being awesome and not lame.
I recommend this for your Wii collection, it's worthy of being there.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dire.
I remember the original Sonic with great affection, so I was really pleased to read that this was a return to the good old days. I bought it for my children (and me, er herm!). Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bookworm
Sonic and the secret rings
OK, Having read through other peoples reviews for this game,on this site, I thought I had to write my own. Why? Because this game is the spawn of Satan. Read more
Published 3 months ago by NEOSAMUS
very fun game, but sharha is so annoying and the party mode is boring
the story is about sonic sleeping and was woken up by a genie named sharha who pops out of a giant ring. Read more
Published 5 months ago by jack
fine
this was loved by all the kids they couldn't wait to play it when they came in from school lots to do on it
Published 7 months ago by gemma
wii games
BOUGHT THIS FOR MY GRANDSONS, THEY LOVE IT, GREAT FOR KEEPING THEM IN ONE PLACE.
BOUGHT WITH NO HASSLE AND CAME ON TIME AND IN CONDITION DESCRIBED
BOUGHT WITH NO HASSLE AND CAME ON TIME AND IN CONDITION DESCRIBED
Published 14 months ago by ashy
Sonic and the secret rings
This game was in excellent condition, as good as brand new. So far all the family are enjoying the game. It's good fun.
Published 21 months ago by Janine
Not the greatest, but a great one
Good control, funny, long, frenetic. It has the necesary adjectives to declare it as a good game. Totally recomented.
Published on 10 May 2010 by Julian Pesqueira Rocafort
unsure
Not 2 sure bout dis game,ive tryd 2 play it bt dnt understand it,still tryin 2 work it out afta 5 days of recievin it
Published on 13 April 2010 by benzer85
Sonic and the Secret Rings.
The item was received i the allocated time period and was in the condition as advertised and my Grandson enjoys playing it.
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by Mr. L. Savage
Nothing special
This game is nicely presented with some great multiplayer features which will keep the party guests and the casual gamer amused, but for a game that is primarily about the solo... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by Mr. S. Waldron
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