Introduction
Announced on 9/9/09 as Project Needlemouse and the first episode released in mid-October 2010, Sonic 4 is an episodic 2D Sidescroller whose name suggests that the promises of a "return to Sonic's roots" has finally come true. Published for the 3 major consoles and iOS, it boasts beautiful high definition reimaginings of classic Sonic locales and foes.
In S4E1, there are 13 levels and 7 bonus stages. I'll be making two runs of the levels and a single run of the bonus stages. In the first run, I'm striving for a clean run of the top paths of all the levels. In the second, I'll take a more leisurely stroll with a long-lost friend of the Sonic franchise. Sonic Team was relatively open about their development process for this game, which gives me a lot to talk about while I play this game. Let's get to it:
Videos
1st Run (with Kung-Fu Jesus and MyNameIsKaz)
The Super Saiyan Saunter (with medibot, Kung-Fu Jesus, and MyNameIsKaz)
Use YouTube if you want to stream it, DiscoShiny if you want to hold it forever and ever (or listen to the second audio track with just game audio).