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Sonic and the Secret Rings (Wii) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
Buy New: £8.79
You Save: £31.20 (78%)
New (30) Used (22) from £8.00
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 100
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: fantasy-action-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: RVL P RSRP
EAN: 5050053016706
ASIN: B000FNGD8U
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sonic is tumbling onto all of the next-gen consoles including the Wii | | • | In this Nintendo-exclusive instalment, Sonic finds himself in an Arabian Nights themed world | | • | A genie has entrusted him with a strange mission that will take him far away across magnificent countries | | • | You can get the most out of Sonic and the Secret Rings with the Wiimote | | • | Propel Sonic head-first into the action by moving the Wiimote and make him perform several combo moves with just a twist of the wrist |
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Product Description
Sonic brings his trademark speed and attitude to the Nintendo Wii in his first solo adventure since 1991. In Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic finds himself in the colorful and vibrant world of the Arabian Nights tales.
Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Sonic the Hedgehog is going back to basics with a straight up 3D race game that ditches all the guns, vehicles and hangers-on from the more recent games and concentrates on pure speed and platform action.The lowdown:
The blue speedster has come a long way since the Mega Drive days, a bit too far some would say - since many of his more recent games bear little relation to his original platform antics. This looks a lot more like the old games though (even though it's got a weird Arabian Nights back story) as you simply move left and right with the Wii Remote and use the '2' button to jump. You can also reverse up by tilting the remote and do a homing attack on enemies by lifting the controller up vertically, but that and a slowly filling turbo boost bar is as complicated as things get. The graphics though are anything but basic and some of the best yet seen on the Wii, with a great sense of speed that's vital to any good Sonic game. Most exciting moment:
Despite the storyline taking place in a dream world based on the Arabian Nights the game doesn't exactly stick close to the original text. One of the best levels is filled with dinosaurs and has you outrunning a series of giant lizards before getting catapulted through a waterfall and enjoying a break neck white water rapids run on the back of a log. Since you ask:
Although Sonic is the only playable character in the game, according to Sega another of his friends will feature in the game, but portrayed in "a different light". Archenemy Dr Robotnik/Eggman is also promised to make an appearance in some form. The bottom line:
Sonic returns to his roots in his best looking 3D game for ages.-HARRISON DENT
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| Customer Reviews: Read 34 more reviews...
 best 3d sonic game June 4, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
so after four disasterious attempts at using the sonic adventure formula and almost reducing one time popluar hedgehog in to a franchise that gamers would wish would go away Sega have decided to push sonic in a different direction for his exclusive Wii release and thank god because the ps3/360 version is quite possible the worst yet.
Sonic Wii plays much different to all reacent sonic games think of it as a racing game with platforming much like what sonic originaly was back on the megadrive you will be racing through levels weaving swerving and jumping out of the way of hazzards. firstly The camera is automatic so it is not nearly as retarded as other 3d sonics as it just follows behind you, sonic altomaticly runs and to steer him you need to tilt the Wiimote left or right, this may seem a little difficult at first but it soon feels natural and easy to controll. If you hold down the jump button sonic will come to a stop and perform a high jump enableing him to reach out of reach areas or by simply tapping the jump button sonic will perform a running jump.
When you start off sonic will be gimped and by compleating missions in each level you can unlock abilities there are 100 total, there are a variety of missions like compleating a level with a certain amount of rings or finish a level with out getting hit. These missions get HARD but thats ok as the missions are generly hard and require skill not because the game has not been programed right so if you die it is due to a lack of skill. Anyway buy unlocking new abilities your hedgehog gets faster, better controll and better jumps.
The graphics are good for the Wii you can see the game was built from the ground up for the wii because it is the best looking game out there and the levels have a cool arabian nights theme to them aswell.The sound is more or less the same as sonics previous outings if you like rock you will like it if not tough.
so what is preventing the game from getting top ratings? well there are a few problems.
the onrails camera only points fowards you can not turn the camera around, if you miss some thing you cant turn around and run back you need to start again. you can walk backwards but still the camera dont turn around so walking in to bottemless pits is easy and annoing.
Sometimes the level design seems a bit lazy with things such as rocks in stupid places and sometimes the camera dosent let you see too far in front of you causing you to die, oh and who can forget the terrible voice acting that comes with a sonic game?
overall this is the best 3d sonic game ever released and i look forward to a sequal because there are alot of good ideas in here that need just a little more development time and polish to become a real classic sonic game and restore him to his place at the top.
Sonic is Fun Again March 16, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
To anyone who played Sonic Adventure/Sonic Adventure 2 and only really liked the Sonic levels, then this the game for you.
The graphics are perhaps the best yet on the Wii, plus there are 40 mini games akin to Mario Party that allows up to 4 players.
The best 3D Sonic yet.
Sonic's Debut on the Wii October 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sonic's debut on the Wii, is one of his best games yet. Controlling Sonic is done by tilting the Wii remote in the way you wish to move. He runs automatically so all you have to focus on is controlling him, and beating the hell out of enemies.
There are 100 missions for you to work your way through, some shorter than others, but they are still great fun to work through.
Sonic also levels up when you gain enough experience points from completing levels. These can be used to equip skills to help you out. At one point in the game you will gain the ability to either speed Sonic up, or slow time down.
Speeding Sonic up makes him go faster than ever before. He'll even plow his way through enemies like they weren't even there. Slowing down time gives you more time to react to what is happening on the screen, giving you a bit more time to decide what you are going to do.
The multiplayer is a o.k. addition, but the most fun is to be had in the single player part of the game. Like all multiplayer games, the most fun is had when you can get a few mates round to join in.
Completing all the missions will take sometime, but completing the game 100% means getting gold on all the levels and finding all the fire souls hidden in most of the missions. And that will take quite a while to do.
intense June 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
love this game, once you unlock all skills its well fast. some levels a bit frustration
Sonic and the Secret Rings August 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Loved the old Sonic games and this does not dissapoint!
You need to get through the first levels and then Sonic becomes more agile and fun. Many new levels and worlds open up.
Felt like giving up on the game at first! So glad i didnt. As it progresses into a great game!
Recommend it :D
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