There was an unintentional game leak, but no one really seemed to care. There were feedback meetings, but they failed to inspire much confidence. After all, why should they? Episode I, flaws and all, sold more than a million digital copies. After the PR blunders made with Episode I, there was little faith that Sonic Team and Dimps would make much change or improvements. In contrast, the hype around Sonic 4: Episode II has been mild at best. That there are 12 year olds who have no memory of games before Sonic Adventure 2 both makes me feel old and helps put the Sonic 4 saga into context. It wasn’t exactly my cup of tea, but I can see where someone who grew up on Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 could enjoy it. If the player wasn’t used to the mechanics of older Sonic games, I’m sure the adaptation curve was much more natural than someone who was thrown off when Sonic controlled like ass. However, I’ve always felt that Episode I is a decent game if you play it exactly in the way intended–for the player to spend most of the time flying around and smashing buttons for chains when necessary with a small amount of actual platforming mixed in. That sort of chain, my friends, is worse than a trail of Bubbles over a pit. After all, the fanbase (or rather, a couple dozen people on our forums who felt they could monopolize discussion) lost their minds and the ensuing chaos drove me insane. Because the game was basically damned from the start and so emotionally loaded for so many people, there was no way to actually talk about the game without talking about the huge fan backlash for it even existing independent of any merits of the game itself. When Sonic 4: Episode Iwas released back in late 2010, I pulled a sneaky move: I claimed that I was going to write the review knowing full well I had no intention of doing so. But is this spiritual successor to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 a Hidden Palace or just lost somewhere in the courtyard? The fact that WHITE CASTLE! SYLVANIA PARK! jokes never get old. Sonic 4: Episode II taught me a lot of things: the power of teamwork and friendship.

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