Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

[Ecto Jedi]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/950/950439p1.html

Thanks, Sega, for totally destroying any remaining faith I had in you. 45 classic Genesis games for $30 for the PS3 and X-Box...And you neglect a Wii release because most of these are available for download on the Virtual Console, where you're getting $8 f*ckin' dollars per game? Yeah, f*ck you.

F*ck you with a rusty garden hoe.

[GK Punk]

I personally, will be buying this. I'm a sucker for the Genesis.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Ahh, the irony. They refuse to release this for the Wii because it would hurt Virtual Console sales, yet they still won't release Sonic & Knuckles for the VC because they can't come to terms with Nintendo on how to provide the "locked-on" (aka complete) version of Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Either way, loose, loose.

[愛]

I don't even pay for Nintendo stuff anymore. Suckers.

This looks nice, though.

[Ninjinister]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/950/950439p1.html

Thanks, Sega, for totally destroying any remaining faith I had in you. 45 classic Genesis games for $30 for the PS3 and X-Box...And you neglect a Wii release because most of these are available for download on the Virtual Console, where you're getting $8 f*ckin' dollars per game? Yeah, f*ck you.

F*ck you with a rusty garden hoe.

True dat, man. It didn't stop SNK from releasing compilation discs on Wii.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sega can suck my golf balls.

[Krang]

I personally, will be buying this. I'm a sucker for the Genesis.
This looks nice, though.
Although it does seem unfair that the Wii won't be getting this game, I have to agree and will most likely be buying it, too. It's hard to resist the Sonic series, Streets of Rage series, Vectorman series, Ristar, and Mean Bean Machine all in one collection.

On a random note, I just surpassed my post count on Paradigm when it closed, which was 2572. :D

[LeoNerdo]

oh man, lame. i have the mega collection from last gen which had almost all the good sonic games, but there's a lot more here. that's pretty tempting.

[GK Punk]

On a random note, I just surpassed my post count on Paradigm when it closed, which was 2572. :D

Nice! An IRL friend actually mentioned Paradigm City the other day. I forgot she posted there.

[Peanut]

I'm pretty excited about this collection, actually, despite the fact I'm not the biggest Sega fan ever. I'm really looking forward to dig through all of the games for achievements, should be a blast.

[Brodie]

Either way, loose, loose.

You're retarded. You meant "LOSE, LOSE."

You typed "loose," as in you have a loose lugnut, or loose vagina.

You are a LOSER, not a looser.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sega really has to suck monster balls to think people buy that bullsh*t excuse. Get a load of this. Sonic 3 is included in this collection. Sonic & Knuckles in included in this collection. But there's no "locked-on" Sonic 3 & Knuckles in this collection...you know, the real, finished, complete game? Why you ask? Get a load of this bullsh*t.

I spoke with the producer for Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Ethan Einhorn, who definitely understands the nature of hard-core Sonic fandom. We had a good conversation about the game, and I got Ethan's official explanation for why Sonic 3 + Knuckles wasn't included: "To shore up the development time necessary to get "Lock-On" to work in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, we would have had to drop all of the bonus games from the disc. Faced with an either/or scenario, we chose to retain our title lineup in its entirety."

In other words, that would have meant losing the Sega Master System ports (Phantasy Star and Golden Axe Warrior) and all of the arcade ports. Just throwing an old ROM into a game is one thing, but combining lots of different types of ROM technology (arcade, Genesis, Master System) and making them all work together is another, and to get the game out with this lineup, that's what needed to happen. -- Edward@SEGA

For crying out loud, it's a fu*king ROM dump. Development time? Seriously? No, seriously? Slap the conjoined rom into any Genesis emulator like the one that's running every other Genesis game on that disc. It's no different from the standard Sonic 3 Rom except maybe half a meg larger. Sega has to really suck to think people would buy that bullsh*t excuse. Sega left it out so they could sell the conjoined version separately on all the download networks for $8.

Save your money for Sonic Mega Collection.

[Dr. Doom]

There's also like 40 other games on there, you know.

[Brodie]

And none of them with online multiplayer.

[ThirdMarioBro]

There's also like 40 other games on there, you know.

I know that, but I'm just saying. If you're getting it for the Sonic games--don't. If you're getting it for everything else, cool. It's a good value for the content (especially when you look at Nintendo's retro screw job). I just gave up buying retro collections a while back. I've already bought so many.