For the demo, we earned the power of Water, which allows players to shift into a liquid form and go up waterfalls. When collected, Chaos Emeralds will grant Sonic and his friends a special ability. Speaking of Chaos Emeralds, they'll serve a gameplay purpose in Sonic Superstars. This noticeably feels and plays like a Genesis-era Sonic title, between the breakneck speed that's almost hard to follow at times, the challenging platforming, the crumbling floors, the checkpoint system, the end-of-level boss battles, and the old-school secret areas containing Chaos Emeralds. The visual change in style doesn't overtly affect the formula.
It utilizes rendered 3D models for both the characters and the environments. Instead of opting for the retro pixel aesthetic used in the more recent Sonic Mania, Sonic Superstars instead goes in an entirely new direction. Sonic Superstars' most obvious change is its visual style. Shacknews recently had the opportunity to try Sonic Superstars out for the first time. Sega's similar leap forward so far feels just as satisfying. For me, it felt similar to the jump that Nintendo made with Mario back in 2006 with New Super Mario Bros. However, there was a shiny new visual coat of paint and some new ideas made possible by over 30 years of modern gaming advances. This was Sonic the Hedgehog the way everybody remembered it. It was the intro, the colorful worlds, the classic enemies, and the loop-de-loops and bumpers. There was so much about Sonic Superstars that felt familiar.
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