So Sonic the Hedgehog's birthday passed by the other day, which willed me to coast through the XBLA version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Hey, what better birthday gift can I give one of my favorite characters of all time other than handing his arch-enemy a good solid ass kicking? Especially in one of the best games the "Blue Blur" has ever starred in. That birthday party was good for everyone except Robotnik. He just so happened to have a very bad day that day.
Now all fandom aside, that run through Sonic 2 brought up memories of internet buzz that I'd seen awhile back. So I took a run through the Sonic Retro forums to see if the work they were up to was still going strong. Their work on making a HD version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 started back in 2008. Now I've crawled many an online community dedicated to making huge projects like this one happen, and many times I've seen something that could have been amazing scrapped due to drama. The last time I'd checked on this project I thought that was the fate of this one. To my surprise, that was quite far from the truth.
Development of the game has had its hurdles, but still seems to be going quite strong. I'm very excited to see this game flesh out. I've played other games made by this community and judging from work like Sonic Megamix, I can safely say that these guys can come together to put out something great. And judging from some recent artwork of the progress, I think it's pretty safe to say that once the alpha goes around, the outcry to see this game finished will just get stronger.
If you're feeling inspired to contribute, I urge you to get involved, and help out where you can. If enough people get behind this project and start submitting quality work, the ball can really get rolling, and the gamers can be playing this sooner, rather than later.
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