

This may be the most controversial piece of the puzzle for die-hard Sonic fans. With these new talents comes some fantastic level design that will test even the most dedicated fan of platformers. Sonic Colors Guide Special abilities Walkthrough to all acts Find all hidden rings Send us your tips » Tweet us your tips » There are eight colors in all, and almost all of them add interesting quirks to Sonic's basic abilities.

Cyan Wisps let Sonic turn into a laser that bounces off surfaces and more. Yellow Wisps give Sonic the ability to drill through soft ground, for example. But the big addition here are the Wisps each color of Wisp grants Sonic a different temporary power. It starts off well by establishing smart physics and precise controls. Sonic Colors' real revelation is its gameplay, though. This fantasy is sold by some of the best graphics on the Wii this year, full of excellent lighting and some really great animation. It looks like a crazy combination of Tron, Captain Eo and Super Mario Galaxy. My personal favorites, though, are Sweet Mountain, which sees Sonic racing through pits of popcorn alongside mountains of cake, and the Starlight Carnival, where Sonic zips through space on an energy road. All of the Sonic staples are here, from the casino to the grassy meadow home world of the Wisps.

The plot is ultimately just a conceit for developers DIMPS and Sonic Team to believably throw together a wide assortment of themed levels at you. I haven't been this not-irritated by a Sonic game's story since he found a voice, and that's saying something. It's all appropriate for a Saturday morning cartoon, but to SEGA's credit, the story in Sonic Colors works decently well it's cute, somewhat clever, and thanks to a mostly new voice cast, it isn't a constant assault on the ears. He then chained their planet (and several others) to a space station. Robotnik-I mean, Eggman, by enslaving alien creatures called Wisps. Sonic Colors takes place in a bizarre interstellar amusement park created by Dr.
