Sonic Spinball

Sonic Spinball is a Genesis game that came out on the Wii virtual console. By listening to the name, you can imagine what the game is about. Spinball has been cleverly used. Spin for Sonic the Hedgehog his moves and pinball, because the game is a pinball game.

Even though the game looks like any of the previous Sonic games, this one is different. In the old Sonic games you have to complete the stages by running and spinning full force to reach the end, while defeating enemies who are in the way.

Sonic Spinball is different, you are in a pinball table and have to collect the chaos emeralds. If you collect them all, you will be able to fight the boss.

Platforming is kept to a minimum, this is all pinball action.You can do the normal actions such as running, jumping, and the spin dash. But you won’t be doing this very often.

What you will be doing is handling the flippers shooting Sonic in different tubes and against walls to make the action move forward.

In Sonic Spinball it is not about mindless running and jumping, you actually have to think about what you need to do to get the emeralds. These are not easy to get as there is always something standing in the way to keep you out.

For example, in the first stages some of the emeralds are surrounded by slug. It is up to you to find out how to drain that slimy slug out and then collect the emerald.

The graphics have not changed from the Genesis period, which is kind of disappointing (imagine playing this game with the latest graphics). But it is still a very cool game, if you are looking for a game where you have to use your brains.

Sonic Spinball is a must play, so get it and start pin balling.