September 9th 2009 9:48 am PT

Arcade: Sonic & Knuckles

 

Content: Cyber Troopers Virtual On Oratorio Tangram
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in India
Dash Text: The blue hedgehog and the red echidna were sworn adversaries in Sonic 3, but in this platform adventure, Knuckles realises that he’s been just a pawn in the schemes of Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik). Knuckles, the former adversary now supports Sonic to chase the common enemy, and each must use their strengths in order to acquire the priceless Master Emerald and save Angel Island. This game requires the Xbox 360 hard drive or the 512MB Memory Unit for storage. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

 

Add Sonic & Knuckles to your Xbox 3360 download queue

 

 

Arcade, Marketplace By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

  • Rlan

    Content: Cyber Troopers Virtual On Oratorio Tangram

    And for the Xbox 3360 too! Awesome!

  • logikil

    Major you need to fix this post. The title is Sonic & Knuckles, the description is Sonic and Knuckles, but the content points to Virtual On. Oh and yeah the whole 3360 thing :) .

  • oO MG81 Oo

    For 400MSP I think I’ll be picking this one up.

  • rogXue

    God this is way too overpriced… wait, sorry that’s my normal post. :D Sonic and Knuckles for 400 pts hell yeah I’m in! btw anyone know when we are getting our 800 for picking up all 5 summer games? My pt balance looks a little lower than I think it should…

  • XDG Desolation

    @rogXue In 3-5 weeks.

  • Thief000

    Wasn’t Wallace & Gromit #2 supposed to be out today as well?

    Anyway, I’ll buy this as soon as I get me some more MSP.

    Thanks Major!

  • rogXue

    Thanks XDG. I probably read that somewhere and completely forgot about it.

  • Mario23air

    Skip this and get Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection. Which includes this game and like 48 others for around $20(if you shop around).

  • BrooksterMax

    Does this link up with Sonic 2/3 if you have already downloaded/owned them? Just like the original cartridge did?

  • deltawing12

    I believe it does link up.

  • MACPH1ST0

    Yes indeed it does have the unlocking capability that the original has. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/s/sonicknucklesxbla/

  • IconicSoulJA

    OMG it’s official Xbox 3360 is coming out!! Thanks for the insider tip Major!! :) Going to spread rumors now and reference you :) LOL

    I guess that makes sense. Although I think Xbox 3-squared 60 sounds better.

  • threeleggedcow

    wow, the same joke by 4 different people. Way to go guys!

  • Exu

    Whereas the disc, that Mario23air mentioned, does not have lock-on. Which is REALLY SILLY.

    Anyway yeah Sonic 3 & Knuckles is amazing. I just wish there were some extra achievements for the bonus features. One for Blue Sphere, one for Knux in Sonic 2, and one for S3&K. Come on MS, make it happen, it is TECHNICALLY DLC after all.

  • Thief000

    Though it does link to the correct page, it still says VO at the top.
    The game has the unlock capaility for both Sonic 2 and if you have the full XBLA version on your HDD. I’m sorry to hear W&G#2 was delayed, I was thinking about picking both those games up in a short while.

    Anyway, I really hope the next Xbox is not called 3360 or 720 for that matter.
    As I’m sure it would be a same architecture upgrade, Xbox 365 would be a nicer moniker for everyday use. As a (Windows) Media Center solution with a Blu-Ray recorder and a CI+-slot with optional USB dongles for different TV-reception standards. Now that would be the ULTIMATE home console!

  • Shinji257

    It still has the XBox 3360 bit up there too… I’m interested in this game and may get it sometime in the future.

  • JoJoStarFire

    This game brought back memories. I downloaded it up as soon as I saw it. I think the achievements will be easy to get.

  • III CR30N III

    Does this mean that “Knuckles’ Chaotix” will be next?

  • Exu

    Knuckles Chaotix was rubbish. Sonic CD plz.

  • Exu

    Oh, when I say Sonic CD I mean with an option for BOTH soundtracks please Sega.

  • Langis Langley

    Disappointing, in many ways. And this is coming from a dude who loved the Genesis Sonics and hated just about everything that came after.

    The biggest offenders:

    - No multiplayer coop for Sonic 3 and Knuckles (part of S&K’s Bonus Content), despite multiplayer coop being available for Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 on its own.

    - Only three save files with no level select in both Sonic 3 and S3&K. On the Genesis, Sonic 3 had 6 files, and S3&K had like 8, and once you beat the game on a file, you could choose any level you wanted. Backbone’s system lets you save anywhere, which is nice, but doesn’t let you use the Sonic 3 and S3&K file system.

    As for Sonic CD: that game is wildly overrated. The level design is pretty bad (Wacky Workbench being the worst offender), the music fails to impress (even the original soundtrack is kinda bleh), and the animations are straight out of Sonic 1 despite Sonic 2 having already been released.

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