The 10 worst Sonic games, ranked

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Sonic the Hedgehog, known as Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog among true fans, is one of the most famous mascots in video game history. Still, unlike Mario, who’s yet to appear in a mainline game that’s not an absolute blast, the blue blur is reminiscent of those once-promising actors who had to start taking roles in C-list movies to maintain their exuberantly decadent lifestyle. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but we have to accept that Sonic has starred in about as many crappy games as he has in good ones.

Which one is the worst of the worst?

This little-known Game Gear title tells the marvelous story of that time when Dr. Eggman replaced Sonic’s fast shoes with slow ones.

You can tell someone believed Sonic could do no wrong when they made a game that did away with the thing we liked most about the series. The bold move could’ve worked, yeah, provided that the developers had put solid mechanics and puzzles in place to make up for the absence of speed. They didn’t. The only possibly interesting thing here is witnessing Sonic’s first foray into the isometric perspective that we’d later see in Sonic 3d Blast. More on that other mess later.

Sonic Labyrinth just isn’t fun as it is. It wouldn’t have been fun even if it played fast either, though that would have at least made it confusing, uncontrollable, and thus at least pretty funny.

One of many gimmicky Sonic games. In this once-anticipated Wii exclusive, Sonic has a sword! Isn’t that badass? Maybe, if the goddamn thing worked properly.

Though it looked nice and featured some neat Sonic tunes, most critics and fans couldn’t help but point out the fact that the game just didn’t make good use of the Wiimote. The haphazard integration of the Wii’s controller made the combat go from