Sonic Jump

If you thought Sonic couldn’t get any higher, play this!

Ok, so this is apparently a remake of a mobile game released before smartphones were even a thing. You read that right! This game was originally released in 2005 for the T-Mobile Sidekick phone, one of those gadgets that aimed to compete with the Blackberry (oh boy, do I feel old now!) and got discontinued almost 9 years later.

In 2012 it was remade into this software and today you can add it to your device for $3 t on the Google Play shop or Apple's App Store. That's not much for a Sonic game, or is it? Let's wait and see.

So, first, I want to really stress that there’s not much content in this game. You get two game modes - Arcade and Story – and that’s about it. Can’t really ask for much more considering the austere conditions in which the game was developed.

When you choose story, you’ll be confused by the intro (I know I was). Essentially, Dr. Eggman – one of Sonic’s most iconic villains – is caught stealing animals and transferring them via his airship to some cages located in an initially undisclosed location. You’re then greeted by the first stage of the Green Hill zone, which is a sort of tropical location with floating islands.

Of course, it would not be a proper Sonic game if the game world was not at the service of gameplay instead of the other way around, so it makes sense that, since Sonic only has to jump, he has to land someplace; hence, floating islands is the way to go