I Love Team Rose

So I finally let Sonic Heroes have a spin in the GameCube, and I gotta say this is a clean 10/10. I mean this game is freakin' fast, marvellously fun and incredibly cool at the same time.

As everybody else, I had to start out by picking a team. As previously stated, there is just no way I'm going to miss a chance to play as Big the Cat. To my surprise, the game states that Big's team, Team Rose, is recommended for players who are new to action games. Action games? Wha-? I reckoned that to be an indicator that Team Rose is nothing less than an easy mode, something I consider below my dignity as a veteran gamer. But there is just no way I'm playing as anyone except Big the Cat. And so it was.

Here we are then; having completed 5 or 6 levels of the game as Big and his two friends, who are both girls; one more girly than the other. And boy have they made strong impressions already. There's the pink one, her name is... Amy? She's like a pink, female version of Sonic. And then there's the rabbit, whose name is... oddly forgotten.

Just how cool is Big the Cat then? Well for one thing, he is not at all retarded, and his voice is just badass. I guess he reminds me a bit of the two-headed ogre from WarCraft II, before it became an ogre-mage.

I just cannot describe with words how I feel about Sonic Heroes. You just have to play it for yourself.

"Oh, there you are, Mister Sonic!"
"Amy!?"
"I'm sooo gonna marry Sonic!"
"We're outta here!"
"Oh you are not getting away that easily!"

Then the level starts, and Team Rose is standing on some kind of platform. Huh? What? Am I supposed to hurry after Sonic or something? Huh? What? Is he even here? I don't see him. Hmm, I'll try having Big the Cat smash that box. LEVEL CLEAR. What the-? A-rank? I...

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