Just bought a Nintendo GameCube

[Krazed Kitsune]

As someone in the TAMB suggested, I finally went out there and bought a NGC (or whatever the hell the acronym is).

It took me a while, since the console is almost extinct over here (Hehe!), but I found one and managed to dig out a copy of SA2:Battle. Bought them both.

There are LOADS of differences between the GameCube and Dreamcast versions. Not all of them are good either
There's a lot more eyecandy. A whole load of superfluous rubbish like cities in the background that shouldn't even be there, lots of those circular portals in Final Rush...

I noticed a few things, but I think I'm going mad, so can you guys help confirm this? As compared to the DC version:

Frame rate seems lower, but the game is sped up. Resulting in shaky looking graphics where the character's look ridiculously hyperactive. The graphics are becoming intensely jerky whenever I spin the camera.

Tails is MUCH easier to play as. Locking on is easier and that extra speed mentioned before REALLY helps.

The lip-synch is even WORSE in the GC version.

Woah, the game is so much easier... I wish I'd played the GC version first; the small differences in level design mean little 'life lines'. Also, how many times did they think you were gonna get HIT by KING BOOM BOO?!?! Only 8 rings in DC version, somewhere near 25 in GC?! Also, what's with the exclamation mark when knux/rouge is close to an emerald? That makes it much easier.

MY MISADVENTURES WITH THE CONTROLLER!!
I'm sorry GC fans, but the standard Gamecube controller is awful. Too small with an awkward design.
However, trying to run in a straight line in the DC version was an exercise in futility. With the GC's controls it's much easier.
I bought the console second hand (it SEEMS to work...) and the controller is doing weird things. Is it normal for a single button press to result in a homing attack? I've been killed 8 times by that...
It's making it REALLY hard to play this game, because I'm too scared to jump. I tried to take my fave little shortcut in Metal Harbor and found myself at the bottom of the harbor...

Oh also, Sonic Gems IS coming out on PS2... in Australia for $200!! A friend of mine has it already... for $32! Oh, how I loathe that guy...

Oh yeah, I love the menu themes in SA2:Battle. You had to download them for the Dreamcast, and I couldn't. No prizes for guessing what them I use

Just can't wait to try the multiplayer mode...

[Marik]

There was that many differences? I can't remember any, I have both too.

[DigiTails]

[glow=purple,2,300]nyeh, I only have the DC version, Bluey won't buy the GC version and I'm saving my money up for something that I need by a friend's burthday, which is coming up so I can't spend it on things like that. Oh well...I'll get one...eventually...and I'll be looking for those differences, although I'm more of a fan of the GC system...no offense to Sega, but I like the controller...[/glow]

[Lil Ninja]

Well Krazed Kitsune, everything you said about the two SA2's is pretty much true. There was a lot of stuff in the background they didn't need, it feels like this the GCN version of the game is a bit easier to play (and even easier to beat). It also feels like that raising the chao has become a lot easier too. I think they level up faster in this game.

The GCN version of SA2 has a few things going for it though. There's chao karate for one. And we have the Black Market, (though I liked the Dreamcast one even though it was online. At least we could get the Sonic chao or Knuckles chao...) There's also a greater variety of two player levels. Unfortunately, my problem with the two player levels is that some of them were just too short to even bother with. I wish they had at least a few more extra goodies for to me to obtain.

[2tails]

If you get all 180 emblems A rank on the GC version you can unlock a 3D green hill zone...imo..its not worth the trouble, so if your desperate, go out and buy one of those gamesave cards, got mine for $20 at EBGames (despite im not a big fan of them), and download a gamesave with all the A-ranks and such. The retro 2d textures in a 3d based environment simply rock, especially the music in the 3d green hill zone

[Lil Ninja]

2tails said:

If you get all 180 emblems A rank on the GC version you can unlock a 3D green hill zone...imo..its not worth the trouble, so if your desperate, go out and buy one of those gamesave cards, got mine for $20 at EBGames (despite im not a big fan of them), and download a gamesave with all the A-ranks and such. The retro 2d textures in a 3d based environment simply rock, especially the music in the 3d green hill zone

Just so you know 2tails, you can unlock the Green Hill zone on the dreamcast version too. I should know... it was such a pain to get all those emblems in A rank.

[Krazed Kitsune]

Turns out that the "homing attack problem" of mine isn't just restricted to me. A few of my friends with GCs have told me that it always happens in the GC version. Also, Sonic seems VERY predisposed to doing it when fighting the Egg Golem...

Let me tell you something, those who have not yet secured all A's in SA2: You're missing nothing interesting. Green Hill is fun... for two minutes. Some of you may like it, but as with Heroes "Super hard mode", it isn't worth All As. Do as 2tails said.


Oh, and DigiTails? I also support Tails X Cream.... within certain reasonable parameters, of course ;D

[DigiTails]

[glow=purple,2,300]my brother has problems with the pairing...>> until I explained that I like it as an older couple and then he stopped looking disgusted if I ever mentioned it...>>

anywho, I've got SA2B and there is a lot of stuff in the backgrounds...oi, more filler junk, we're concentarting on the level here peoples...not the background...

I like the themes, even bought Amy and Omochao (for the fun of the lines) from the blackmarket. I used Action Replay to gimme most of the emblems without working for them (oh how I loathe the 100 rings levels...the rest I can do) but I didn't get the cart races...gr...I am so utterly pathetic in kart racing. Anyways...didn't notic much about game play, since...I haven't played DC in so long and I have no reason to look forward to it in the future (the game disc won't work)

the chao gardens are really different and I like the black market, its really fun...heh...'spcially the fruits...now for a random theme quote...

"Who will you be?"

I kinda use Shadow over Tails...>> I'll probably switch to Tails-san sometime soon...