This is exactly how I bought mine.

Thanks for the video and the article! It certainly feels slower and less frantic, which you confirm in your writeup. I do hope they adjust Lagi gliding for the first time. The moment is so magical in the original but in the remake it felt like a slow fall.

Awesome article, Jack! I never played or even heard of the game until now and this piece was still fascinating to me.

I bought Sonic '06 on launch.

It would be so easy to say "It's unfortunate, but with rising costs and uncertainty in the industry blah blah blah"... Nope, he continues to be an obtuse dipshit. Does he even pretend to know what PR is?

Reading this (and the remaining chapters you wrote) makes me glad I played these without understanding Japanese haha.

I still go back to Rally today! It remains one of the best feeling games of all time in terms of balancing handling and fun. I love Rally so much that I find myself tabbing through the menus in hopes that some secret bonus level or track builder option or something will appear. Also the ost rules!

I plan to do the same. Playing on game pass now but it's such a cool game that I want to own a physical copy.

The "average tunes" bit in the sound score is a dagger to the heart 😆

I love the F-Zero soundtrack!

What a great piece! You put into words what I could never convey about why I liked Grandia. It never hits you over the head with anything world shattering. But it's such a charming, spirited journey, like you said, that you can't help see it through to the end.

It does get him to make a face like he just slammed back some battery acid, which is great.

I'm digging them!

The harpoon flows... through you. Or him? It flows through something I think.

A lot of Dreamcast vibes from this game. In addition to Sonic, some of the music and locales reminded me a lot of Skies of Arcadia.

I could get behind that. It still holds up really well today.

I'm so scared they would screw that up somehow.

So cool seeing Rocket Knight and Shining Force 3! Brings back good memories. I need to revisit them soon.