Sonic Superstars does classic Sonic about as well as classic Sonic can be done, with polished visuals, responsive controls, plenty of neat content and now even local co-op gameplay.

So with the positives out of the way, the elephant in the room to address is the fundamental game design problem the series has had since the beginning, where the zoomed-in sidescrolling perspective makes navigating the abstract stage design confusing at best, and where going fast - the series's thing- makes you miss out on all the important stuff. It worked great as a marketing gimmick in the early 90's - 'blast processing', remember? - but we are a lot more educated about what makes good video games work than we were back then, and, well, the game doing loop-de-loops for you and bouncing you all over the place aren't gameplay mechanics this cynical old bastard isn't impressed by anymore.

But perhaps, my innocently virginal 14-year old self might have been,

this game has the absolute worst sonic bosses of all time. the levels are also boring as hell. not a great sonic game

This game is better than Mania in every single way.

Buy it on sale.

hate to say it, but this game is just not good. played the game with a friend and a little bit on my own. this game's co op is horrible, unless you enjoy not playing the game half the time. i only played with 1 other person and i couldn't begin to imagine how bad it is with 4 people. singleplayer is 100% the best way to play, which sort of sucks since the co op was pushed and marketed so heavily. the levels are generally just not fun, way to many gimmicks that break the flow of the game when they don't have to. the bosses are also not very great either. lastly the game's movement just feels sluggish. now i'm not one to think that 2d sonic games have to feel exactly like the original trilogy, but the movement just doesn't feel good to play. look at sonic mania for example, that game's movement is not a 1:1 recreation of the original movement, but it still feels good to play while keeping the fundamentals for what a 2d sonic game is. the emerald powers are really weird, they just don't fit into a game like this very well and just seems like a cheap gimmick to make it seem like they tried something new. this game is also pretty buggy and i encountered a good bit just playing the game normally.

game very fun, i might even like it more than mania, my only complaints are 1. the final boss takes way too long and ends up being miserable, and 2. the music is way too quiet even when turned up to 10
aside from those two things though, the game is an absolute joy, definitely recommend

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SPACEBAR

Sonic The Hedgehog is literally the best no matter what

The game is really really beautiful. You can see from the begining all the love the graphic designers have put into this game. It is so cute, I would buy it for my switch.

I would... but I won't. why?

Because you have no lives. You are literally inmortal. What's the point of getting rings if I won't get an extra life?
(now, read it again, but with the voice of the great dictator Aladeen, when he discovered his missiles weren't pointy):

What's the point of getting rings if I won't get an extra life?

J. BLUEGILL RETURNS. is pretty fun, not as cool as mania but still prety good game i would play it yeah pretty good J bluegill game. if they make sequel that improve on curreent mechanic J bluegill superstar 2 will be really good. JB ON TOP!!!