It plays fairly smoothly, having use of either the PSP’s D-Pad or Analogue controls, although the D-Pad feels more natural at the moment, easily enabling the hectic movement across the screen with no apparent Slow-Down or jerkiness which is crucial for Sonic games to keep their rhythm. Based on 3D architecture, but plays as a 2D title, all the characters are nicely rendered, and the Level design allows movement around cliffs, Sonic Rivals looks like its going to contain all the elements needed to bring the franchise onto the PSP and is going to be worth keeping an eye on for fans, along with Sonic Rush for the NintendoDS and versions for the Xbox360 and upcoming PlayStation3 and Wii machines, its going to be hard to keep away from the blue-spiky-one over the next year. -END-
Sonic Rivals is coming for your PSP soon and what a beauty its turning-out to be. Harking back to the good old days of its side-scrolling predecessors, the game still has Sonic dashing for Rings, looping, ricocheting and smashing into enemies; but now nicely updated for the PSP with some added extras to keep the format alive.
The basic premise for Sonic Rivals is that it pits you against another character in a simple race to the finish, building-up points via Rings and destroying enemies. The demo on display only had one available Level with the opponent being Sonic’s old nemesis Shadow. Some of the new features on show included an Attack Punch to disable your opponent if their racing just ahead of you, an extra Boost when you approach a log which Sonic grabs and can dash a short distance or propel him sky-wards towards higher ledges. Also included in Sonic’s new arsenal is a power-up ability when certain items are picked-up enabling a Fire Punch to help destroy any nasties in your way. 
corners and to-and-away from the player, but with a good percentage of the Level viewed straight-on whilst still containing plenty of depth and detail retained throughout.
Electronic Theatre Preview: Sonic Rivals
– Posted on 13 May, 2006Posted in: PlayStation Portable Previews
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I’m not sure about sonic games, I think they are a bit hit and miss.
Does the idea of a race sound good to you? I don’t think it’s for me really, I like exploring ect. I mean it’s not up to New supermariobros in terms of platforming, and I can’t see it being as good as mario kart ds, as a racing game.
Maybe growing up as a nintendo lover, I’m pre-programmed to want to leave this headgehog in the middle of a motorway. Sonic, is a poor mans mario.
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