January 16, 2019
[Review] Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GCN)

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For game club this month, Gibbon suggested this overlooked Sega title. Like other off-topic Sonic Team games like Ristar or Nights, the Sonic influence can be felt but it builds heavily around a central gameplay gimmick, to create an experience quite unlike anything else.

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February 26, 2018
[Review] Sonic Generations (PS3/3DS)

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After falling for Sonic Rush I intended to pursue its lineage through Rush Adventure and Colours DS, before finishing at Generations 3DS as the final evolution of the formula under Dimps. I had to move the schedule up though, for the Streetpass opportunities that my trip to Japan afforded me. Consequently I played through the 3DS version while over there, then followed it with the console version when I got back.

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February 20, 2018
[Review] Nights Into Dreams… (Saturn)

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This month for the retro game club, the biggest Saturn fan I know chose–to the surprise of no one–the archetypal Saturn game. Sonic Team’s first 3D venture is imaginative and unique, but doesn’t quite succeed on all its aims.

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