lemme preface this by saying i don't give two shits about medieval fantasy or medieval anything. i just don't care. i only played this because i fucking love sonic so much i'd be willing to play a game that shoves it down your throat. so needless to say i didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the story.

the gameplay is...definitely an improvement from secret rings to say the least. i honestly don't know if the wii motion controls are that shit for any game that isn't 1st party nintendo or if this game utilizes it weird/wrong or if im playing on an emulator or a combo of all the above. even tho this is a short game it took me a longer to complete it (just finishing the story fuck doing all the challenges hell no) than it should've cuz i struggled all the way through. i didn;t bother playing with the characters for even a level cuz for the short time i tested them out they def weren't as good as sonic, i think the levels are pretty much just designed with only sonic in mind, which is kinda lame. uhhh i also nearly sprained my wrist at least two times and got mild muscle pain from swinging the wiimote as hard as i could cuz otherwise it wouldn't register (i swear) so watch out for that

i gotta say i love the illustrations in this game, they're beautiful. its a really nice artstyle. and i love sonic's characterization throughout the entire thing. the final boss fight definitely has a lot of great lines, not going into detail i'd rather not this be a spoilery review.

overall this was kinda a waste of my time but i can't say i really regret it. don't entirely understand the people that absolutely abhor/adore this game but at least now i know what they're talking about