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The 10 Best Sonic Games

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Few video game characters are as iconic as Sonic the Hedgehog. The speedy little blue blur has been around for over three decades, touching every corner of pop culture along the way, from games, to comics, to TV, to blockbuster movies. But we’re here specifically to celebrate the mainline Sonic game series and pick the best of them. Before we start, let’s quickly touch upon our criteria. We tried to rank these games based on a combination of historical significance, innovation, and how well these games stand the test of time. Some games, like Sonic Adventure 1 and the original Sonic the Hedgehog, for instance, are obviously super important to the Sonic series and set the foundation for both 2D and 3D Sonic games to follow, but we felt like they both didn’t quite hold up as well as their sequels when judged by a modern standard, which was why they just missed this list. The 10 games on this list are the ones we feel are the best examples of both classic and modern Sonic style. So w...
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Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map and Locations for Acts 1, 2, and 3

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Baldur's Gate 3 is a game full of intricate detail. With so many dialogue options, characters, classes, and quests, everyone's experience is a little bit different. Discoveries are around every corner, and the only thing seemingly separating you from success or tragedy is a dice roll. That being said, it's a lot easier to somewhat plot your destiny when you know where you're going. IGN's Baldur's Gate 3 interactive map can help guide you on your quest through Act 1, 2 and 3. See the full Baldur's Gate 3 Map for all locations We have the most updated Baldur's Gate 3 map with the location of every item, chest, enemies, NPC, and more throughout the prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. You can also check out our Baldur's Gate 3 walktrough for quests guides and details. Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Map Currently, our Baldur's Gate 3 map features locations for the Prologue, Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. This include a Nautiloid map, a map of t...
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Nintendo Works to Fix Game-Breaking Paper Mario Issue

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Nintendo has promised to fix a game-breaking issue in Paper Mario: The Origami King that can keep players from progressing through the story. Light location spoilers for Paper Mario: The Origami King follow. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/05/14/paper-mario-the-origami-king-announcement-trailer"] On Mario and Olivia's journey to the last streamer in The Origami King, players have to collect four stamps for their Spring of Rainbows VIP card in the Shangri-Spa area. After you collect all four stamps from four different hot springs, you gain access to a secret fifth hot spring. However, once you enter the fifth hot spring, the Spring of Rainbows, you lose your VIP pass. And, the other four hot springs will not give Mario a second stamp, meaning it's impossible to regain the VIP pass after you've already used it. If you try to re-enter the Spring of Rainbows, Mario will once again be asked to show his VIP pass. So, if you leave the Spring of Rainbows b...
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Nintendo Promises to 'Improve and Expand' the Switch Online Service

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Nintendo has said that it will continue to improve and expand on its Switch Online service as well as its recently released premium Expansion Pack – possibly in response to the poor reception to its pricing and recent additions.

As part of its latest Corporate Management Briefing, Nintendo has stated that it will "continue to improve and expand both Nintendo Switch Online and Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack" in order to provide services that satisfy its fanbase.

The pledge to improve comes shortly after the company experienced a rocky start to the launch of its premium Expansion Pack subscription service. The service, which launched last month, adds a new membership tier to Nintendo Switch Online that gives players access to an expanding catalog of Nintendo 64 and Sega Mega Drive games, as well as paid DLC (currently in the form of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise pack).

However, following its release Nintendo received backlash from some of its fanbase, who reported that they were experiencing a number of issues with classic games running on the handheld. Complaints from the community varied from player to player, however, most commonly seemed to revolve around issues with input lag, sound delays, frame rate, and incorrect controller layouts. Nintendo doesn't specificially mention the backlash as the reason for its comments on improving the service.

Despite taking some criticism over the launch of the premium tier subscription service, elsewhere in the briefing Nintendo announced that it has seen an overall increase in the number of players subscribed to Nintendo Switch Online this past year. The publisher stated that the number of players accessing its online services had now exceeded 32 million - a figure up 6 million from this time last year.

It isn't particularly surprising to see that this figure has increased across the last year considering the continued popularity that Nintendo has seen across the hardware market. According to data published by the NPD Group, Nintendo's handheld has remained a popular choice for US consumers throughout 2021. Data from the Group showed the Switch to have a strong grasp over the US monthly hardware charts for units sold where it consistently held pole position in the charts for 33-months straight. While that reign was finally ended by Sony's PlayStation 5 this September, the additional Switch's sold across that time are likely to have contributed to an increase in Switch Online members.

For more from Nintendo, make sure to check out this article detailing how the publisher is still discussing what its next console after the Switch might be.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.



source https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-online-expansion-pack-improve-expand

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