Sonic Colors

 Wii
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Nov 16, 2010
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 586 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 39 out of 586
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  1. corujadiurna
    Jun 26, 2022
    1
    This is the most boring and most frustrating Sonic game I've ever played, anything good about it is completely outside the gameplay, like the music and visuals, this game is completely devoid of fun, the Wisps aren't a bad idea, but only a few of them are well executed, the story is probably the second worst in the franchise (Lost World in first place), the level design is, when 3D, tooThis is the most boring and most frustrating Sonic game I've ever played, anything good about it is completely outside the gameplay, like the music and visuals, this game is completely devoid of fun, the Wisps aren't a bad idea, but only a few of them are well executed, the story is probably the second worst in the franchise (Lost World in first place), the level design is, when 3D, too simple, when 2D, too poorly designed, the only thing the 2D design gets nicely is exploration, but far from being consistent… Expand
  2. sonhadouro
    Oct 18, 2022
    4
    4.5
    It's not bad, just... boring, I would play it once and then never again, it's pretty good looking but the gameplay is very uninteresting, and there's a few frustrating levels, like yellow spring and some waiting, which is why I don't think I should give it a 5
  3. saneternopopr
    Mar 27, 2023
    0
    This game is a 5.5/10 at best but I'm giving it a 0 just to annoy the Colors fans who think their game is sooo much better than Forces when they share many of the same flaws
  4. Cbart13
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    Game is extremely overrated. Horrible story, horrible characterization of main characters, 85% of game is 2D. Stages look un-natural because most of the game is just floating platforms. Game is probably around a 5, but just for the simple fact that it has a higher score than Sonic Generations and the masterpiece that is Sonic Unleashed, I’m giving it a 0. Still better than Forces tho.Game is extremely overrated. Horrible story, horrible characterization of main characters, 85% of game is 2D. Stages look un-natural because most of the game is just floating platforms. Game is probably around a 5, but just for the simple fact that it has a higher score than Sonic Generations and the masterpiece that is Sonic Unleashed, I’m giving it a 0. Still better than Forces tho. Forces gets a -10.… Expand
  5. Vitolonado
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    This is it, this is officially the worst Sonic game I've ever played
    It has great music and great visuals, but the gameplay is the worst in the franchise, even Sonic Forces does better
  6. Cameron883
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    Completely ruined the future of the series for the foreseeable future. Game is 70% 2D and most of the 3D sections are either scripted or hallways. Gave birth to one of the most cringe ideas of all time, the wisps. Boost gameplay completely slowed down from Unleashed, now just a bunch of blocky 2D platforming and waiting for switches. Was referred to as the game that saved the series, whenCompletely ruined the future of the series for the foreseeable future. Game is 70% 2D and most of the 3D sections are either scripted or hallways. Gave birth to one of the most cringe ideas of all time, the wisps. Boost gameplay completely slowed down from Unleashed, now just a bunch of blocky 2D platforming and waiting for switches. Was referred to as the game that saved the series, when in fact it completely ruined the series for the foreseeable future excluding Generations which as already in development. It started the meta era, the era where everything is nostalgia based and the games budgets are around 20 dollars, oh and the era where all the dialogue is stupid jokes that go on for way to long and no stakes. This game is by no means the worst game in the series, that title goes to Boom Rise of Lyric, but I still enjoy Boom more, because it at least tried something, SOMETHING. Anyways, I'm going on too long here. In short, this game started the meta era, and **** the meta era. Last thing, what happened to "Do I need a reason to wanna help out a friend?". Now, it's been replaced by "BBBE" and "Baldy McNosehair". **** Colors, Frontiers better be a banger.… Expand
  7. ROTSA2
    Sep 13, 2022
    3
    RATING: 30%

    Sonic Colours is very overrated. it is overly simplistic and plagued by unnecessary and boring challenges.
  8. Ben3033
    Apr 21, 2022
    4
    An overrated, disappointment of a game.
    - Terrible level design with 80% of it being extremely tedious 2D sections(waiting for platforms, slow platforming, etc)
    - Uneventful and extremely boring story; awful writing as well - Drifting and sidestep controls are trash, albeit this is a technical problem with the Wii's controls This game is a chore to play through. I feel like they went    An overrated, disappointment of a game.
    - Terrible level design with 80% of it being extremely tedious 2D sections(waiting for platforms, slow platforming, etc)
    - Uneventful and extremely boring story; awful writing as well
    - Drifting and sidestep controls are trash, albeit this is a technical problem with the Wii's controls

    This game is a chore to play through. I feel like they went 'quantity over quality' in terms of the levels, and gave up less than halfway through. Some of the earlier stages/first acts of each world are pretty decent, but the level design quickly degrades every act and becomes these Mario Maker levels that are in no way fun to play through. If you want a good boost game, play Sonic Generations, or even Sonic Unleashed if you don't mind the Werehog and such; but don't expect a fun, fast-paced game from Sonic Colors. In fact, I recommend the DS version instead. Sure, it's fully 2D, but the level design is much better and fast-paced, and it's not like the Wii version was really 3D anyways, considering all the 2D levels.    … Expand
  9. Krossbone
    Jul 10, 2020
    1
    Ah yes, Sonic Colors. The supposed end of the "Dark Age" of Sonic. The second coming of the Blue Blur! Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. This game is stupidly overrated, and so many people overlook all of its flaws.

    First, let's delve into what some might call the "story." To start, Colors has hardly a story at all. It follows one simple plot: Eggman is trying to take over    Ah yes, Sonic Colors. The supposed end of the "Dark Age" of Sonic. The second coming of the Blue Blur! Unfortunately, this is far from the truth. This game is stupidly overrated, and so many people overlook all of its flaws.

    First, let's delve into what some might call the "story."
    To start, Colors has hardly a story at all. It follows one simple plot: Eggman is trying to take over numerous other planets so he can harness the power of each ones' small innocent inhabitants. So pretty much a grandiose Sonic 1 in that regard. That's what I call lacking ambition and playing it safe. And it's not like it's even done well.
    Another thing to add onto this mess of a game's story, the writers themselves had admitted they didn't even know anything about Sonic prior to writing the script. That would be a pretty good explanation for all of the godawful, cringe-inducing attempts at "humor" and smarm littered throughout the game by the horrendously out-of-character Sonic. Another thing worth noting is that none of the VAs who replaced the VAs from the 4kids cast were at all superior. We were lucky to keep Mike Pollock as Eggman, but otherwise it was a massive downgrade in regards to the masters of their trade such as Jason Griffith, Dan Green, etc.
    Worst of all, this general smarmy, kiddy attitude the games give off from Colors transferred to games seen later down the line. Looking at titles like Generations and Lost World. Forces wasn't as bad in that regard, but Colors is what brought it all into fruition, marking it as the TRUE beginning of Sonic's Dark Age: lackluster story and constant self-reverential humor.

    Aside from the absolutely horrible story, I don't even want to get into level design and game physics. Sonic feels extremely floaty whenever you use him, and his speed is reduced because of it. More noticeably though, the game's entire GIMMICK (the Wisps) themselves act as stupid tools that just serve to slow down Sonic's gameplay throughout levels. If you were complaining about the Werehog in Unleashed, why aren't you ripping into these bare-bones/gimmicky additions?
    Now, let's get into the stage design, shall we? Oh my GOODNESS the awful stage design.
    People complain about Sonic Forces having too linear of 3D runways, or too many 2D sections.
    Well, if you complain about it with Forces but not Colors, you're being a hypocrite. This game is FILLED with blocky, slow 2D sections and long hallways for 3D levels. At least in Forces, the 2D sections bring in loops, and some fun stage design. And at least for Forces, the 3D stages zigzag and curve, it feels like they move. Colors? All straight lines for 3D, all blocky and uninspired crap for 2D stages.
    The entire final zone of the game is just one big hallway. And people get on FORCES for that.

    And now into soundtrack we go. The soundtrack has one gem I remember, that being Reach for the Stars. The rest of it is either really forgettable or autotune garbage.

    (also, another little thing worth saying is that Forces has a far superior cast of playable characters, and with the Avatar being there too, Colors looks really weak)

    Overall, Colors is easily the most overrated and overhyped Sonic game of all time. It's undeserving of all the praise it gets, as all it is is a lesser Forces in story, dialogue, tone, stage design, soundtrack, and playable roster. If you disliked Forces, I find it weird if you liked this game, as Forces is Colors but better in nearly EVERY way. Go play it instead    … Expand
  10. MaxShibe
    Sep 7, 2019
    4
    I'm sorry, but this Game is terrible. People see it as some kind of Game that saved the Sonic Franchise, but if anything, it doomed the franchise. It's way too childish to be taken seriously.

    The story is terrible and nonsensical, characters are constantly cracking stupid jokes, you have no spindash, the double jump is clunky and unresponsive, and the level design is just obnoxious.    I'm sorry, but this Game is terrible. People see it as some kind of Game that saved the Sonic Franchise, but if anything, it doomed the franchise. It's way too childish to be taken seriously.

    The story is terrible and nonsensical, characters are constantly cracking stupid jokes, you have no spindash, the double jump is clunky and unresponsive, and the level design is just obnoxious. It's either way boring hallway 3D or blocky dull slow 2D. Not to mention you can only play as one character.

    At their worst, (before this Game of course) Sonic Games had some problems with Gameplay or story (Sonic 06, Shadow The Hedgehog) but they were still somewhat enjoyable because of corny they could be. This Game on the other hand isn't enjoyable at all. It's bland and tries way too hard to be funny and lighthearted, it basically tries to be Mario, when it shouldn't, because it's Sonic.
    I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.    … Expand
  11. SEGAAlys
    Jan 29, 2020
    0
    This game is absolute trash. A 3D game that's majority 2D with powerups that are very situational and overall useless -- they had better use in the DS version. This game began to beginning of the end for Sonic as we know him; from a Shonen/Superhero Sci-Fi with influences from TMNT (as stated by Tom Kalinske). It removed any aspect of "cool" Sonic had, turning him into a franchise forThis game is absolute trash. A 3D game that's majority 2D with powerups that are very situational and overall useless -- they had better use in the DS version. This game began to beginning of the end for Sonic as we know him; from a Shonen/Superhero Sci-Fi with influences from TMNT (as stated by Tom Kalinske). It removed any aspect of "cool" Sonic had, turning him into a franchise for Nintendo fanboys that want to turn everything into a Nintendo game.

    DON'T BUY THIS GAME.    … Expand
  12. Platinumeta
    Feb 12, 2015
    4
    Taking notes from Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colours presents us with a mostly 2D version of that same gameplay style minus the Werehog. Speed and pacing are lowered greatly here to make room for sluggish styled platforming and repetitive level design heavily reliant on further restricting wisp gimmicks. Because of this, the gameplay in my case was quite boring to be honest. The wisps onlyTaking notes from Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colours presents us with a mostly 2D version of that same gameplay style minus the Werehog. Speed and pacing are lowered greatly here to make room for sluggish styled platforming and repetitive level design heavily reliant on further restricting wisp gimmicks. Because of this, the gameplay in my case was quite boring to be honest. The wisps only served as pathetic necessities that dropped the gameplay to a complete halt, not helped by the fact that the level designs are seemingly intent on completely controlling whenever you go fast, and awkward platforming that only served to dull the gameplay and bore the player. Boss fights were rather weak and pathetically easy, not to mention - re-hashed and predictable. If you're looking for awesome fast-paced speed and platforming action, look elsewhere as this game will stop and slow you at every chance it can get!

    The music is simply fair, but nothing amazing by Sonic standards. Contrary to what most will tell you, it does not emulate the music from the classic days. Instead it relies on music that sticks mostly to the background rather than in your head and could basically be summed up as come-and-go, unless you're a hardcore Sonic music enthusiast.

    Visually it stands out with some ideas of its own that also seem to have taken their own spot of inspiration from other games, one of which featuring Galaxy in its title. Models are smooth, refined and have very little pixilation. By the Wii standards, nothing too overly special or impressive but still pleasing enough to the eye.

    The story is arguably the game's worst aspect. It follows a very predictable and poorly written style that focuses much too hard on trying to explain things to the player as if he or she is too stupid to figure the most obvious of things out on their own. The story and importance of cutscenes are constantly interrupted by a seemingly endless barrage of mindlessly written jokes with poor delivery and bad timing, and time wasting filler that amounts from little to nothing in terms of plot significance. The worst part of it all is how much of a spit in the face this is to both fans and newcomers. Sonic in this game is rewritten as an obnoxious prick who, instead of being a cool, awesome hero is weakened into a jerk who prefers to just wait or hang around taunting already defeated enemies and making a lot of poorly written jokes like in what I mentioned earlier. Tails is also here for some reason, and it's not that I hate Tails or anything, I assure you. I say "for some reason" purely because he has about as much significance story-wise as a dead horse. Tails seems to exist solely for the purpose of saying already explained exposition and mindless blather. The problem with this story as a whole is that it lacks substance. There's no sense of plot whatsoever, no essence of the characters we once knew. It has all been watered down into a mindless void of colourful meaninglessness.

    Sonic Colours is not only a poor excuse for a game, but as a Sonic game it also fails miserably. Destroying the charisma and likability of the characters we once loved, turning them into background objects with not much of a character past that of an NPC or an egocentric fathead. Gameplay that is as boring, old and redundant as the music it presents. And visuals that are just above adequate.

    If you don't mind slow paced gameplay, have a tolerance or enjoyment for bad/simplistic jokes, have no care for the characters, or just don't care what you're playing whatsoever I'd say you may enjoy this. Otherwise I highly suggest you look elsewhere, as this is not a good game to experience Sonic-wise.    … Expand
  13. Toad321
    Apr 11, 2011
    0
    Sonic is back! But is that still saying much? Probably not. Sloppy level desing, sloppy gameplay, little replay value keep this game from truly deserving a 10. In many instances you will find that Sonic "controls himself" which deprives you from a true challenging experience. This game definetely has its fair share of nice eye candy, but that doesn't cut it if you wan't to be engaged withSonic is back! But is that still saying much? Probably not. Sloppy level desing, sloppy gameplay, little replay value keep this game from truly deserving a 10. In many instances you will find that Sonic "controls himself" which deprives you from a true challenging experience. This game definetely has its fair share of nice eye candy, but that doesn't cut it if you wan't to be engaged with intuitive gameplay. And if you take into consideration the price of this product. At around $50 this is definetly worth a rental at best.… Expand
  14. sloalon
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    залупа конченая нахуй не играйте в это, уровни унылые шо пиздец, я уснул пока играл

Awards & Rankings

30
#30 Best Wii Game of 2010
3
#3 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2010
4
#4 Most Shared Wii Game of 2010

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 58 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 58
  3. Negative: 1 out of 58
  1. GamingTrend
    Feb 2, 2011
    86
    If you have enjoyed previous Sonic games but were hesitant to pick this one up because of the most recent Sonic outings, worry no more. Sonic Colors is worth the price of admission.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 15, 2011
    80
    Fast side-scrolling Sonic successfully combines the "classic" platformer with 3D action. Colorful environments and nice level design make new Sonic really catchy. [Issue#199]
  3. Game Chronicles
    Jan 13, 2011
    85
    Sonic Colors is hands-down the best Sonic title to be released in nearly a decade, and definitely one of the best titles to hit the Wii in the past year.
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