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VC Sonic & Knuckles out this month

Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 05:08 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline


At long last, Sonic & Knuckles is finally going to be made available on the PAL Virtual Console service. Nintendo of Europe has confirmed it for next Friday, the 12th. 1994.

Much like the actual cartridge, the Virtual Console version of Sonic & Knuckles is able to 'lock on' to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. It automatically detects if the other games are on the Wii. The original Sonic the Hedgehog can also be locked on, giving access to the full version of 'Blue Sphere' - a bonus game with hundreds of stages.



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Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 05:31 pm by Boo! Boo! is offline
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Does that Mega Drive Super Collection on PS3/360 have Sonic & Knuckles lock-on?
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 05:31 pm by Mop Mop is offline
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The original Sonic the Hedgehog can also be locked on, giving access to the full version of 'Blue Sphere' - a bonus game with hundreds of stages.
This truly is great news, but couldn't you play the 'blue sphere' game with any incompatible Mega Drive game?
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 05:35 pm by Angus Angus is offline
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Yep, except one of the Phantasy Stars, which was so big that it just caused an error.
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 09:25 pm by Parasyte Parasyte is offline
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I strongly urge those who haven't owned the original cartridge versions of the Sonic classics to get this game. Sonic 3 and Knuckles is beyond excellence.
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 09:26 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline
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Does that Mega Drive Super Collection on PS3/360 have Sonic & Knuckles lock-on?
Nope. =(
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 09:57 pm by Scott
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Nope. =(
Some Gamecube Mega Collection had it though. <3 the fact I bought it. No need to buy this.
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 10:06 pm by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is offline
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Yeah, Sonic Mega Collection's definitely the way to go!
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 10:55 pm by Boo! Boo! is offline
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Is that the same one on PS2? =o and then there is Gems collection too.... hmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMmm.
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 10:59 pm by Scott
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The Sonic Mega Collection (Which is the awesome one) is on Cube, PS2, Xbox, and PC.

Sonic Gems is the terrible one. There is also a collection of 1, 2, 3 and 3+K being released for DS soon, as well as a 40 game Mega Drive (I always call it Genesis because I get Mega Drive and Master System confused.) coming out for 360 and PS3.
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 11:03 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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My friend seems to think that Gems is the good one, with Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters and something something :P
Posted 3rd of February, 2010 at 11:48 pm by Boo! Boo! is offline
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The Sonic Mega Collection (Which is the awesome one) is on Cube, PS2, Xbox, and PC.

Sonic Gems is the terrible one. There is also a collection of 1, 2, 3 and 3+K being released for DS soon, as well as a 40 game Mega Drive (I always call it Genesis because I get Mega Drive and Master System confused.) coming out for 360 and PS3.
The PS3 and 360 one is already out, has a lot of awesome games IIRC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic%2...sis_Collection 'cept it doesn't have lock-on.

Don't have a DS soooo. :) think I'll grab the PS3/360 one if I ever get my own PS3/360.
Posted 4th of February, 2010 at 12:02 am by Scott
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My friend seems to think that Gems is the good one, with Sonic CD and Sonic the Fighters and something something :P
Sonic CD really wasn't that great.
Posted 4th of February, 2010 at 02:54 am by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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Sonic Mega Collection+ on PS2 is inferior to Mega Collection on Gamecube for one very important reason: IT DOES NOT SUPPORT 60Hz!

That brings me to my question; is the PAL VC version of Sonic & Knuckles 60Hz? If not then it'd be a better choice to invest a few extra bucks for Sonic Mega Collection on Ebay or something.

I realise I go on about NES and MD games on VC not being at full speed in Australia. It's just...well I feel ripped off when I buy a version of a game that's inferior to another countries version...

...of course I didn't buy Left 4 Dead 2 D:
Posted 4th of February, 2010 at 12:20 pm by Dark Samus Dark Samus is offline
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About friggin time! Surprised that they included the lock-on feature.
Posted 4th of February, 2010 at 12:42 pm by Boo! Boo! is offline
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I realise I go on about NES and MD games on VC not being at full speed in Australia. It's just...well I feel ripped off when I buy a version of a game that's inferior to another countries version...
We've been doing it for twenty or so years, eh...
Posted 4th of February, 2010 at 07:52 pm by Thomas_Hill Thomas_Hill is offline
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Sonic Mega Collection+ on PS2 is inferior to Mega Collection on Gamecube for one very important reason: IT DOES NOT SUPPORT 60Hz!

That brings me to my question; is the PAL VC version of Sonic & Knuckles 60Hz? If not then it'd be a better choice to invest a few extra bucks for Sonic Mega Collection on Ebay or something.

I realise I go on about NES and MD games on VC not being at full speed in Australia. It's just...well I feel ripped off when I buy a version of a game that's inferior to another countries version...

...of course I didn't buy Left 4 Dead 2 D:
I never really had a problem with Mario Kart 64 or Zelda: Ocarina Of Time until you told me they were slow in PAL, actually. XD

Obviously the game is in 50Hz, but you're probably referring to the gameplay speed. I'm under the impression that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles had their own PAL localisations but i don't know if that affected the gameplay speed or not. I'll look at it later.