![]() Robotnik's returned to the forest and kidnapped all the little forest creatures, including Sonic's two-tailed foxy buddy, Tails. ![]() If you thought that was the end of that story, though, you're way wrong. ![]() Which Way to the Emerald City?Sure, Sonic finished off the diabolical Ivo Robotnik in the first Sonic The Hedgehog for the Game Gear (See GamePro, February '92). Sonic The Hedgehog 2's back for a Game Gear sequel and has everything it takes to make you wanna hold hands with your Game Gear for a good long time. Fast-paced game play, crisp graphics that won't leave you blind, and enough challenge to ensure you won't finish the game with one set of batteries seems to be a tough combo for a mighty miniature. However, if the bullet only strikes either side of the ship instead, the player's ship will only lose one of its arms.The recipe for a great hand-held game is pretty simple, but sometimes hard to pull off. Other power-ups can also be retrieved from ground enemies such as an alternate bell that gives the player's ship a three-way gun, a star which eliminates all on-screen enemies.As with other games of the same genre, getting shot by a single enemy bullet will cause the player to lose a life. ![]() The green and red bells cannot be combined together. ![]() If the player continues shooting the bell after it appears, it will change into one of four other colors: the regular yellow bells only grant bonus points, the white bell will upgrade the player's gun into a twin cannon, the blue bell increases the player's speed (for up to five speed levels), the green bell will allow the player to create image copies of its ship for additional firepower, and the red bell will provide the player's ship a barrier that allows it to sustain more damage. The player's primary power-ups are bells that can be uncovered by shooting at the floating clouds where they're hidden. ![]()
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