I must admit, it seems as though Sega have finally got the gameplay right with Sonic Colors after so many lackluster attempts to bring Sonic to 3D. Producer Takashi Iizuka is pretty confident about it too

“The team think they know the problem (with 3D Sonic games), but the reason behind it is because those games in 3D didn’t live up to the expectation of the fans. In Sonic Colors, the team looked back at previous Sonic games and looked at the pros and cons of each title, and they hope they have addressed all the goods and bads in Sonic Colors. We believe that this Sonic game is as good as or even better than the 2D Sonic games.”

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