My Original Favorite - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, 1992) Review
NOTE: This review is part 2 in a retrospective on the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Feel free to read the other Sonic reviews I’ve done here - https://expithecat.blogspot.com/search/label/sonic%20retrospective It’s safe to say that the first Sonic the Hedgehog game was a success. Not only did it spawn a series of it’s own, but it pretty much gave the Sega Genesis an advantage even as the Super Nintendo by giving the system it’s own mascot platformer and being a “killer app” for the system. But, this led to the question - if Sonic the Hedgehog is so great… why isn’t there a Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Well, a year later Sonic Team released the sequel to the game, initially starting development not too long after the original game’s release in November 1991. And it’s safe to say it turned out to be another success, becoming the best selling non-pack-in title for the Sega Genesis, and to this day, it is commonly considered as one of the best games in the series - pretty much improving everyt...