In case you’ve not noticed, it’s a Tuesday. Besides it being M. Bison’s favorite day of the week, this is a particularly special Tuesday: it’s Sonic 2sday.
Sonic 2 was released on this day 23 years ago. Fairly exciting stuff considering all that it packed after the Blue Blur’s first outing. It even brought along perennial buddy and the sometimes annoying Miles “Tails” Prower.
Five years ago, we hosted our first Sonic 2sday Challenge. The premise is simple enough: you attempt to destroy the arduous task of Nick Arcade Expert’s Challenge of collecting 25 rings in under 30 seconds. I mean, ’90s tv sitcom star Melissa Joan Hart couldn’t! Surely a ragtag group of Sonic fans could. The catch? You must use the existing Sonic 2 Nick Arcade prototype.
Still not enough challenge for you? Then for those seeking to REALLY show off how awesome they are, feel free to submit your own challenges, such as the dreaded Emerald Hill Sweep (getting all seven emeralds in Emerald Hill) using both Sonic and Tails. Or use the mobile version of Sonic 2 and go for the gold as the fastest speed demon of Hidden Palace Zone.
After all, Hidden Palace and Sonic 2 started this lovely mess that became Sonic Retro.
Otherwise, kick back and enjoy a super spin through one of the pinnacle titles of the classic era. Sorry Sonic 3 fans: you’re ignored until further notice. If you really want to show off, you’re welcome to shamelessly plug yourselves in the comments below attempting this dreaded challenge or just streaming some Sonic 2 goodness. You could send it to the contest email from five years ago, but I hear a certain demonic presence inhabits that account now…
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Boop. =P
http://i.imgur.com/3iB90aX.png
The impossible challenge: try getting through the game without collecting any rings 🙂
Sonic 2 XL~
Haha never seen that 🙂
Wow, I remember entering this 5 years ago. I still have the video up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRXix0Dz6DE
I managed to shave 4 seconds off this time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmd9roCE6Xc
Sonic 2 Nick Arcade Prototype in Hidden Palace Zone various unused badniks can be placed with debug mode, including the piranha, Stego, Gator, and early Octus. Most have glitched sprites, although Pro Action Replay code 01C1D8:0007 will fix most of their graphics.