Sure enough this one is better. The physics suck less, the visuals are tolerable now. There are co-op mechanics with Tails to sort of give it a little mechanical identity even if it's not super interesting. The levels have less bullshit in them but the bosses, while more interesting visually, are incredibly tedious. This is still just "hey remember those old games" but it's decently fun.

Really though this is a look at a very specific period of small games, especially the ones that were not indies. There is a red ring in each level to collect but they don't do anything except award an achievement if you get them all. This was a little baby budget title from Sega in the heady days of Xbox Live. With the refinements from the first game it's probably exactly what they set out to do.