Nuckles87 (placed 1st): “Alright, I’ll admit this is a bit of a cop out, but any Sonic fan has to be able to admit that having the entire Genesis library in a single disc is about the best thing a Sonic fan can ask for, even if you think Sonic 06 and Shadow the Hedgehog are the best games ever. Egg Rocket Zone remains one of my favourite stages.” The music was bouncy, cheerful and above all, ‘Sonic’y.

The inertia was perfect and when you went fast, you went fast – Dimps even replicated the “going so fast the camera can’t catch up” situations from games past. Run through any stage, from Secret Base to Angel Island and you’ll no doubt be able to find at least two bona fide paths to the end marker. Those who say it’s not very fast is missing the point – just like the classic Mega Drive titles, Sonic Advance was heavily reliant on pinball physics and multi-tiered level design. It is the closest thing to a ‘Sonic 4’ that has been made in recent years, as Dimps followed the 16-bit template to the letter to create something atmospheric and an absolute joy to play. Svend (placed 2nd): “I fell in love with Sonic Advance the very second I started playing it. Bioware should also be praised for trying to make sense out of the confusing Sonic cannon and an ending that left you begging for more.” The levels themselves looked gorgeous in a hand painted style and the story is in my opinion the best seen in a Sonic game ever. Fighting was generally fun despite characters randomly missing their attacks more than they should. Paul (placed 5th): “Sonic’s first role playing game and built by RPG masters Bioware, Chronicles gleamed with quality. Game of the Decade reviewers: Svend ‘Dreadknux’ Joscelyne, Adam ‘T-Bird’ Tuff, Paul Street, Shadzter, nuckles87 and new challenger – SSMB Moderator Wolfblur. What game will get TSS’ #1 Sonic Game of the Decade? Read on, dear reader… Add all the points up, and we have our own, not-so-scientific average.

When bunching all of these lists together, we formed an average by giving points to each game’s placement on each staffer’s countdown (so a #1 position would get 10 points, and a game in 10th place would get 1 point). Along with it, a short paragraph as to why they ranked each game the way they did. A bunch of TSS Staffers wrote over their unique Top 10 (which will be listed at the end of this article). So, rather than just round up the games of the year, The Sonic Stadium crew have taken to list their Top 10 Sonic games of the decade! That means we’ve enjoyed a whole decade of Sonic the Hedgehog goodness in the last ten years, from 2000’s Sonic Shuffle (for Americans, we didn’t get it until the year after, damn SEGA) to 2009’s Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

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