Dimps

Dimps was probably under a ton of pressure in 2010. They had to develop Sonic 4 AND a DS version of Sonic Colors. So, one of these would probably suck. Luckily it was Sonic 4. Colors DS can easily be called Sonic Rush Three. The gameplay is basically the same just by looking at it. The biggest difference is Blaze The Cat is not playable. I think just like its Wii counterpart, this game is great. Let’s start with the story, which is still small, but it’s more than the Wii version. The setup is the same- only this time the rest of the cast is here and they interact with Sonic and Tails. Orbot and Cubot find Cream and try to take Cheese, her Chao pet, thinking it’s a Wisp. Remember I said in 06 that the events of that game was a “distant memory” to the characters and not completely erased? Here’s some explanation: at the end of that game, Elise feels the blow of Sonic’s speed, and says it felt familiar, somehow. I bring this up because when Sonic meets up with Silver The Hedgehog and Blaze, Tails says it feels as if the two had worked together in the past.

We see Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, Omega, yeah, basically all the main characters. I believe this to be the canon story of colors as it’s more believable as in the Wii version it was just Sonic and Tails at the entire park. After Nega Wisp Armor, though, there’s a new final boss for this version. Sonic uses the Chaos Emeralds to turn into Super Sonic to defeat, if I remember correctly, Yacker’s mother, who has been turned into a Nega Wisp. Unlike the Wii version, Super Sonic is in the final boss. That’s it for the story. The gameplay?

The gameplay is literally the same as Rush, as I explained. Tricks are now gone though, and replaced with the white wisp capsules just like the Wii version, and those fill your boost instead. There are some new wisps, too. The Butst Wisp is here, and also Violet Void. Red Burst just sees you burst around and kill enemies or, burn them. Violet Void is fun to use as you suck everything like a Black hole. The music is mostly compressed versions from the Wii, which is fine. The areas are the same, and levels are in 2D, of course. Also I’ve forgotten to mention but the Rush games use 3D aesthetics because of the capability of the DS, but the angle is in 2D. The bosses are much more memorable, as in Wii the bosses would be over in a few minutes or less than a minute. They were just incredibly easy in that version. I think here they are much harder and something I’d come back to.

The level design is phenomenal. I love going through these stages. Just like Wii, only Sonic is playable. They’ve abandoned multiple playable characters after 06. Sonic moves from Unleashed have been translated to 2D for the new system. Homing attack is much better in this game as well. I think that’s it for Sonic Colors DS. It’s a fun 2D version of the already great Wii experience, and one of dimps’ best games.

Final Rank: 7/10

Their idea about making Super Sonic only playable in the final stage of Sonic games (not counting lost world, sonic 4 episode 1 and 2)

I honestly don't know what they were thinking with that idea to be honest. Sure, the final bosses look epic with super sonic, but making it so it can only be playable in the final stages makes collecting all the chaos emeralds almost NOT WORTH IT. I decided to not collect the chaos emeralds in Advance 1, 2, 3 and the Rush trilogy because of that. Oh, and i don't care if people say "bUT sUpER SonIC beINg PLaYAbLe iN aLl sTaGEs maKES thEm tOo EaSy!111" And yes, i know that Dimps isn't the only one making the "Super Sonic only playable in the final stage" trend, but still.

Is it Sega or Dimps?

So I had heard A Rumor on discord of Info from Japan about Dimps may be co developing a new sonic game!

So there really wasn't that much info about it all it said that Dimps is working with Sega and Sonic Team for a new Sonic game for 2021

And that was pretty much it really...... so yeah....... that was kinda it.

Now we know who dimps are they had been making great sonic games in the past mostly handheld sonic games but they also made Sonic unleashed for PS2 and Wii so yeah because they don't make handheld games only everyone knows that.

But they had not made a sonic game since the 3Ds version of sonic lost world

But you know we are gonna get more sonic games for this year for sonic's 30th anniversary so yeah.

But yeah this is all just a Rumor we don't know for sure about it

All we can do for now is just wait and see of what will be announce by Sega

If they are gonna be developing a new sonic game

I believe Dimps has worked mainly on handheld Sonic games, in which case they've done a great job; the only exception, apparently, is the 3DS version of Lost World (I've never played it myself, but I hear it's tough enough to separate boys from men). Meanwhile, Sonic Team's quite obviously lost their touch since the mid-2000s, except for Unleashed.

Both devs worked on Colors and Generations (Sonic Team on the console versions and Dimps, as usual on the handheld versions). While the console versions are generally the better ones, Colors' DS version has more characters, the Chaos Emeralds, an extra boss fight, and arguably a better story. In contrast, Generations' 3DS version barely even holds a candle to the console one; even then, however, it still gets points for the great soundtrack (most notably the Big Arms remix) and having the definitive version of the Time Eater boss fight.

So, which do you think does Sonic games better?