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Sonic Gems Collection for Nintendo GameCube
Sonic Gems Collection for the Nintendo GameCube collects several types of Sonic games on one disc. The three main titles are Sonic CD, Sonic the Fighters and Sonic R. You switch between a platform adventure with time travel, short battles between Sonic characters and races in which the characters usually travel around the track on foot.
In Sonic CD you research jobs at different times and try to influence the future of an area. Sonic the Fighters uses three-dimensional arenas for duels, with individual attacks for each character. Sonic R, meanwhile, lets you find routes and shortcuts while racing against the other participants. Each title has its own controls and rhythm, allowing the collection to showcase more than just running quickly to the right.
It also contains six Game Gear games: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Spinball, Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift 2, Tails' Skypatrol and Tails Adventures. You can also unlock Vectorman and Vectorman 2. The museum contains illustrations, music and other material that you gradually add to. You can play a short race or a battle, but also work on a platform adventure for longer. The different styles each require a new approach: timing during a jump, your position in a duel or remembering a faster line around a circuit.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Sonic Gems Collection for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Sonic Gems Collection
Sonic Gems Collection was released in 2005, after Sonic Mega Collection had previously brought much of Sonic's Mega Drive history to the GameCube. This time Sega chose games from different systems and from the arcade. Sonic CD originally came from the Mega-CD, Sonic R from the Saturn, and Sonic the Fighters was an arcade fighting game.
This origin explains the diverse structure of the collection. Sonic CD taps into the side-platforming of the early games, but uses time travel as a key part of the courses. The two other main titles show how the characters were used outside of a platform adventure. The Game Gear selection connects that overview with Sega's portable gaming console and also gives Tails his own leading roles.
Some of those portable games were already unlockable in Sonic Adventure DX. Gems makes it a permanent part of its roster, in addition to the three larger titles. The additional Vectorman games are from another Sega series and are unlockable extras. The museum also gave the collection space for images and sounds around Sonic. This way you can experience the differences between original systems and game types directly side by side on the same GameCube controller.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
Sonic Mega Collection is the most related collection, focusing on Sonic's Mega Drive games. There you will find, among other things, the early numbered platform adventures. Gems chooses other main titles and also focuses on racing and fighting with Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters. The two collections thus fill in different parts of the series.
Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut features a 3D hub adventure with multiple storylines, plus twelve unlockable Game Gear games. The six portable Sonic titles from Gems are part of that larger DX selection. Gems focuses entirely on individual older games and gives Sonic CD, Sonic R and Sonic the Fighters a leading role.
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle combines fast courses with treasure hunting, shooting sections and Chao care within one continuous story. Gems alternates between completely separate older games. Those who mainly want to practice Sonic's speed and routes will find something recognizable in both; the presentation, rules and progression change much more in Gems when you switch titles.
Sonic Heroes revolves around three characters that you work together during a 3D job. You switch between speed, flying ability and power. Gems shows how Sonic and his fellow players were used in separate platform, racing and fighting games. You learn different rules per game, instead of combining skills within one team.
F-Zero GX offers a broader comparison to the racing side of Gems. It requires learning circuits, controlling speed and choosing lines in futuristic vehicles. Sonic R mainly lets you move along paths with branches using running characters. At Gems, racing is one part of a collection that also includes platforming and duels.
