Do you know there is a 3v3 Sonic the Hedgehog preventing recreation? Nicely there may be! It is known as Final Sonic Smackdown, and you may play it proper now.
Indie studio Arcforged has launched the sport to the general public free of charge. In an announcement trailer launched at the moment, you may see quite a lot of Sonic characters duke it out in 2D. All you have to do is be a part of the sport’s official Discord server and get enjoying!
You will have guessed it from the title, however Final Sonic Smackdown is definitely a drastic overhaul of an older fan recreation: Sonic Smackdown. That recreation was a standard 1v1 fighter, and has been playable on-line through Itch.io or at US tournaments for some time now.
This iteration, 4 years within the making, is a wilder evolution of the sport. A tagging system means extra hectic fights, extra choices for offence, and the chance to staff up your favorite Sonic characters in your chosen squad. It is the newest in a sparse scattering of Sonic the Hedgehog preventing video games, first established by the official, Sega-developed Sonic the Fighters launched in arcades in 1996. Its Sega Saturn port was cancelled.
As a tag fighter, Final Sonic Smackdown joins a bizarrely packed assortment of comparable video games popping out quickly. You’ve got bought HunterxHunter NenxImpact coming in July, 2XKO which is certain to come back out ultimately, c’mon guys. You then’ve bought Invincible Vs coming subsequent 12 months, in addition to Marvel Tokon: Combating Souls! So all of the sudden, a method of preventing recreation that had mainly no fashionable illustration is stacked with incoming choices.
Sonic has a wealthy historical past of fan video games. Famously, Sega employed Christian Whitehead to be lead developer on Sonic Mania, following his work on unofficial ports of older Sonic video games. There’s additionally a fan-made PC port of Sonic Unleashed which is rad, and a 16-bit makeover of Sonic Triple Bother from a couple of years again.
