Tag: Features

Features, Previews

Preview: Star Odyssey

Almost twenty years ago, the now-defunct Genesis publisher Sage’s Creation announced the localization of a highly anticipated Japanese Genesis RPG. Blue Almanac was slated to arrive in America as the re-christined Star Odyssey, but the company left the industry before the game was released. For two decades, it languished in obscurity, until it was recently rescued by Super Fighter Team. The translation has been cleaned up, game-crashing bugs have been fixed, and now Star Odyssey is finally leaving Japan! We have a full preview of this historic game, which marks the first licensed Japanese title to be released outside of that country in more than fifteen years. Read the article and discover an adventure that is finally making its way westward!

Features, Previews

Preview: Sonic Colors (Nintendo Wii)

2010 marks yet another yearly effort by Sega to revitalize the Sonic franchise, and the company kicked things off last month with the release of Sonic The Hedgehog 4. November will see the debut of a new title called Sonic Colors, which looks to expand upon the type of gameplay we saw in the Sonic levels of Sonic Unleashed. To find out how things are coming along, spunky Sega-16 staffer Sebastian Sponsel (say that 3 times fast with a mouth full of marbles!) headed over to Sega Europe to give the Wii version a good hands-on. Read his full preview and see how the next step in hedgehog evolution is shaping up.

Features, Reader Roundtable

Reader Roundtable Vol. 59

This Sunday, millions of children will dress up in all kinds of costumes and hit up their neighbors for free candy. It’s a fine American tradition, demanding free things from people you don’t know, and we’re honoring it with the fifty-ninth installment of our Reader Roundtable. Check out all the scary games our staff and readers have been playing this month, and you’re sure to find some that are downright terrifying (sometimes for all the wrong reasons)! Read the full article and happy Halloween!

Features, Hands-On

Hands-On: Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Ep. 1 (Xbox 360)

After years of nervous anticipation, the most anticipated Sonic title since the Genesis was finally released to the public. Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 was made available for download on the Nintendo Wii late last week, and as of today it’s available on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Store as well. Is it finally the Sonic game we’ve all wanted for years, or has the Sonic Cycle repeated itself once more? Our own staff writer Sebastian Sponsel muscled his way into Sega itself to get a complete hands-on, so read the full article and see if this is worth a download.