| Sonic and the Secret Rings | 
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| From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.74
You Save: $8.25 (41%)
Buy New/Used from $8.88
Avg. Customer Rating:   (71 reviews)
Sales Rank: 972
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 65002
Model: 010086650020
UPC: 010086650020
EAN: 0010086650020
ASIN: B000IONGVI
Release Date: June 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1-4 Player | | • | 100 missions set in a scorching desert, a prehistoric jungle and more. | | • | Fun interactive environments featuring catapults, magic carpets and flying pots. | | • | 40 Party Games including Sonic and his friends |
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Product Description
Sonic and the Secret Rings gives you Sonic action in a completely new setting. When Sonic reads the book of Arabian Nights, a Genie comes out and tells him the last few pages are missing! Using his magic, the Genie transports Sonic into the world of the Arabian Nights. Embark on his most outrageous journey to date through an expansive 3D world brought to life with realistic water reflections, light bloom, and lifelike physics.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 66 more reviews...
 Stay Away. October 5, 2008
My how the mighty have fallen. What have they done to Sonic the Hedgehog? I bought this game under the impression that it would be a fun divergence from the traditional Sonic game. I was wrong.
The basic concept is simple: Sonic moves forward on a pre-set course through each level. Holding the Wii-mote horizontally, you control his turning, jumping, and slowing down. Apparently, you can even go backwards. But, like many things, it may sound fine on paper, but the final product is a failure.
The controls are terrible. They don't respond well at all. Many times, while trying to reverse (by leaning the controller back), Sonic would actually move forward faster, or even jump. Attempts to use the homing attack often received the same treatment. This makes for a very frustrating experience. It's a waste of time reversing step by agonizing step to attempt to get something you missed on the way through the course, as this ruins your final time, making each course one you will more than likely repeat. And it won't be any fun the next time you play it either.
Steer clear of this game. The slow pace, less than interesting story, and horrible control system makes this game everything a Sonic game shouldn't be. It's nothing like any Sonic game you've ever played, and that's NOT a good thing. Let's just pray SEGA never releases another game like this again.
Mediocre sonic game. September 1, 2008
I dont own a wii or this game but I play it at my aunts house when I go, when i first played it was fun then I had to do the same level over,and over,and over,and over, and over again, that just got annoying,
If I ever get a wii I wouldnt buy it, its way too repetitive if you play it everyone in awhile its fun but to own it and play the same level over and over, etc to unlock the next level it isnt fun
i know the mario games have that(super mario 64, sunshine,galaxy) but its different, ,ario games were somewha like that it works better with mario and its not as repetitive, so I wouldnt recoment buying the game maybe just maybe renting.
Sonic's speed fails to impress August 24, 2008
One day, long ago, in a world of 16 bit wonder, Sonic meant fun, blistering speed. Now it just seems to mean big fat money signs for the publisher (which unfortunately doesn't benefit us gamers). It comes with the prerequisite party games in addition to the single player and training mode.
The multiplayer games were actually decent, but hard to justify purchase when the main game is so frustrating. The real problems start with the training mode. Through poor design, the object of each training level is given briefly, leading to unnecessary fumbling to figure out what should be extremely simple. To make matters worse, there is even a training level that can not be completed. I know, because out of sheer stupid determination, I tried again and again and again. Whatever it was that needed to be accomplished was lost on me. Giving up on the training mode, I jumped heartily into the game, discovering that this game ran on a rail. A very narrow one at that. Unfortunately for looks, the designers opted to make it look like there was no rail that you were confined to so there are countless times that you will veer one way or the other to avoid the enemy only to find that you are shoved right back into the way of the baddy to lose all of your hard earned rings. Then you must build up speed again which in the 2D version of Sonic was not nearly as aggravating as it is in this version. Which means one of the main allures of Sonic is lost, as you are constantly tripped up by baddies and forced to regain your speed and rings at a maddingly slow pace.
I put up with all of this, but I think I lost it when I found out that you have to replay a level over and over with different missions before you can advance to another level, without any real explanation as to what needs to be done. Meaning the little feeling of triumph you had at finishing the level melts as you realize you will have to do it again, and again and again.
 he's getting there July 27, 2008
secret rings is a nice wii game. the controls aren't the best but they're at least reliable 90% of the time you use the. the games fun, but it's story structure is not the best out there because they're using still frames to represent a book style theme. the voice acting is defenatly not one of sonic's best. in the adventure mode, you unlock ablilities to help sonic. you can also unlock up to 40 mini games, though they're mostly boring but some are ok. at least sega thinking outside the normal stuff. this is an good sonic game, but it defenatly needs some work. rent it first.
 Not a DESERVING Sonic Title July 16, 2008
This game is horrid. The controls are unresoonsive. The story plain sucks. Sonic turned weird (He says "hell" to make him "cool.") Eggman isn't the enemy, and the party games are unresponsive back. Buy Sonic Adventure 2 Battle for Gamecube instead. It's way more fun.
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