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Sonic Colours
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System(s): Nintendo DS
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code Rating
Nintendo DS
UK 		2010-11-12[1] £? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-UKV
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
EX 		2010-11-12  ? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-UXP
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
EX
(Limited Edition) 		2010-11-12  ? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-UXP
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
FR 		2010-11-12[2] €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
FR
(Limited Edition) 		2010-11-12 €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-FRA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
DE 		2010-11-12[3] €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-NOE
USK: 6
Nintendo DS
DE
(Limited Edition) 		2010-11-12 €? ?
USK: 6
Nintendo DS
ES 		2010-11-12[4] €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-ESP
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
IT 		2010-11-12[5] €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-ITA
PEGI: 3+
Nintendo DS
US 		2010-11-16[6] $? NTR-P-BXSE
NTR-BXSE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo DS
JP 		2010-11-18[7] ¥4,800 (5,040)[7] NTR-P-BXSJ
NTR-BXSJ-JPN
CERO: A
Nintendo DS
CA 		2010 $? NTR-P-BXSE
NTR-BXSE-CAN
ESRB: Everyone
Nintendo DS
PT 		2010-11-12[8] €? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-POR
PEGI: 4+
Nintendo DS
AU 		2010-11-11 $? NTR-P-BXSP
NTR-BXSP-AUS
OFLC: General (G)
Nintendo DS
AU
(Limited Edition) 		2010-11-11 $? ?
OFLC: General (G)

Sonic Colours, called Sonic Colors (ソニック カラーズ) in North America and Japan, is a Sonic the Hedgehog game released for the Nintendo DS in late 2010.

In a similar manner to the original Sonic game, which saw both a Master System / Game Gear 8-bit release and a Mega Drive 16-bit release concurrently, Sonic Colours was released both as a DS game and as a Wii Game. Both games share the major plot element in that Sonic has to save an alien race from an intergalactic amusement park run by Dr. Eggman. However, they differ significantly as well, in terms of both gameplay and story. The Wii version gameplay borrows a few elements from Sonic Unleashed, but focuses more on slower and more segmented 2D areas that have more in common with early platformers such as the Super Mario Bros. titles, while the DS gameplay is more like Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure, but trades the trick system for the moves introduced in Sonic Unleashed, such as the Slide, Stomp, Wall Jump, and Air Boost.

Story

Eggman claims to have developed a sense of remorse after his lack of judgment in the past and decides to build his next massive amusement park, Dr. Eggman's Amazing Interstellar Amusement Park, in space, using the power of small alien creatures known as Wisps to power the interplanetary monstrosity. While Sonic instantly suspects Eggman's evil intentions, Tails believes he has genuinely had a change of heart.

Wisps

When released from captivity, the alien creatures give Sonic unique abilities to help him traverse new areas. The game's signature nuance is the appearance of Wisps; small, color-coded, floating alien creatures that each contain a different ability that Sonic can harness by collecting them. When a Wisp is collected, the gauge on the bottom-left corner of the screen will display which Wisp is currently active. There are 10 available Wisps across the Wii and DS versions, although some are exclusive to a single game. Consequently, just 6 can be found in the DS version:

  • White Wisps, give Sonic the Sonic Boost, allowing for fast speed bursts which can damage enemies.
  • Cyan Wisps, turn Sonic into a laser, which allows him to ricochet between walls.
  • Yellow Wisps, turn Sonic into a drill that can dig through certain surfaces, allowing access to other paths.
  • Orange Wisps, turn Sonic into a rocket that can blast into the air to reach higher areas.
  • Red Wisps, turn Sonic into a fireball which can explode multiple times to gain height. (DS only)
  • Violet Wisps, turn Sonic into a 'black hole' that absorbs objects to increase its size and speed. (DS only)

  • White Wisps

  • Cyan Wisp

  • Yellow Wisp

  • Orange Wisp

  • Red Wisp

  • Violet Wisp

History

Development

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic Colours/Development

Marketing

GameStop pre-order gift hat

As a gift for pre-ordering the game for GameStop customers, Colours included a special hat shaped like Sonic's head. In addition, a "Special Edition" of the game released in the UK and Australia shipped with a Sonic figurine as well as three wisp figurines (white, cyan and orange in the Wii version and yellow, red and blue in the DS version).

Sales data

Sonic Retro emblem.svg Main article: Sonic Colors#Sales data

Production credits

Voice actors

This game is notable for being the first major Sonic game to take place after the major North American cast change in 2010 (Sonic Free Riders was released slightly earlier, but the price-tag of the Kinect limited its impact). All of the 4Kids actors (besides Mike Pollock) have been replaced with a new cast from this game forward. The Japanese cast, as usual, remains largely the same since the first Sonic Adventure game.

Role English Japanese
Sonic the Hedgehog Roger Craig Smith Junichi Kanemaru
Miles "Tails" Prower Kate Higgins Ryo Hirohashi
Doctor Eggman Mike Pollock Chikao Otsuka
Orbot Kirk Thornton Mitsuo Iwata
Cubot Wally Wingert Wataru Takagi

The Nintendo DS version features only one voice track in the game card and according to the regional version, due to size constraints. The Western versions have the English voice language whereas the Japanese version has the Japanese one, while the text language is entirely multi-lingual and manually selectable in all regional versions.

Promotional material

  • Sonic Colors Japanese Promotional Poster

  • JP TV advert

Artwork

  • International Logo

  • US logo (CMYK)

  • US logo (RGB)

  • Eggman invitation

  • Promotional poster for the game, as featured on the cover of Nintendo Power

  • Colours Magazin layer fix.png
  • Colours Magazin layer fix sonic.png
  • Colours BasicPose Sonic00.png
  • Sonicrunning colours.png
  • Tails Colours.png

  • Yacker

  • Colours BsicPose Eggman.png

  • Orbot

  • Cubot

Screenshots

  • Tropical Reservoir DS.jpg

    Tropical Resort

  • Sweet mountain DS.jpg

    Sweet Mountain

  • StarlightCarnivalDS.jpg

    Starlight Carnival

  • Planet Wisp DS.jpg

    Planet Wisp

  • AquariumParkDS.jpg

    Aquarium Park

  • AsteroidCoaster DS.jpg

    Asteroid Coaster

Wallpaper

Japan

  • Sonic-colours-wisps-jp.jpg
  • Sonic-colours-sonic-and-wisps-jp.jpg

America

  • ColoursWP3.jpg
  • Sonic-colors-wisps-us.jpg
  • Colours wallpaper06 us.jpg
  • Colours wallpaper1us.jpg

Europe

  • Sonic-colours-eggman-orbot-and-cubot-eu.jpg
  • Colours wallpaper5 eu.jpg
  • BlueWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • CyanWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • GreenWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • OrangeWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • PinkWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • RedWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • YellowWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • PurpleWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • VioletWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • WhiteWisp Wallpaper.jpg
  • ColoursWP1.jpg
  • Wallpaper soniccolours1.jpg
  • Sonic-colours-wisps-eu.jpg
  • Sonic-colours-wisps-eu-2.jpg

Physical scans

Nintendo DS, JP
SonicColours DS JP back.jpgNospine-small.pngSonicColours DS JP cover.jpg
Cover
SCDS JP card.jpg
Card
SC JP Rekishi Taisen Gettenka card.jpg
Rekishi Taisen Gettenka card
Nintendo DS, US
Colours DS Box Front Aug10.jpg
Cover
Colours DS US cart.jpg
Card
Nintendo DS, EX†
SonicColours DS EU cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, EX† (Limited Edition)
SonicColours DS SE EU back.jpgSonicColours DS SE EU cover.jpg
Cover
SonicColours DS EU cart.jpg
Card
Nintendo DS, UK
Colours-ds-eu-cover-complete.jpg
Cover
SonicColours DS EU cart.jpg
Card
Nintendo DS, FR
SonicColours DS FR cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, FR (Limited Edition)
SonicColours DS FR le front.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, DE
SonicColours DS DE cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, DE (Limited Edition)
SonicColours DS DE le front.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, ES
SonicColours DS ES cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, IT
SonicColours DS IT cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, IT (Limited Edition)

Nintendo DS, PT
SonicColours DS PT cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, AU
SonicColours DS AU cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, AU (Limited Edition)
SonicColours DS AU le front.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, CA
SonicColours DS CA cover.jpg
Cover
Nintendo DS, BX†

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Nintendo DS
✔
CRC32 316d9769
MD5
SHA-1
64MB 2010 Card (US) English voices
Nintendo DS
✔
CRC32 084a9021
MD5
SHA-1
64MB 2010 Card (EU) English voices
Nintendo DS
✔
CRC32 a2b72d02
MD5
SHA-1
64MB 2010 Card (JP) Japanese voices

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)
  2. ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)
  3. ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)
  4. ↑ https://www.nintendo.es/Juegos/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)
  5. ↑ https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Colors-Nintendo-DS/dp/B002I0EPP6 (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-11 00:07)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://sega.jp/ds/soniccolors/ (Wayback Machine: 2015-05-11 10:26)
  8. ↑ https://www.nintendo.pt/Jogos/Nintendo-DS/Sonic-Colours-272937.html (archive.today)


Sonic Colours (Nintendo DS)
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Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
Nintendo DS
  2005  Sonic Rush     2007  Sonic Rush Adventure     2008  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood     2009  Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll     2010  Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Sonic Classic Collection | Sonic Colours    
 Unknown date  Super Speed Pack (201x)
 Unreleased  Sonic DS
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