Somari (NES) Retro Review: An Infamous Mario Bootleg That Kinda Improved Sonic the Hedgehog for Me!

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Published on April 22, 2022 7:00:15 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzEDFiZ-lA4

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Somari (1994)

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Review

Duration: 34:33

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Somari is one of the strangest games of all time. Released in 1994 for the Famicom, it’s an unauthorized remake of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog that (allegedly) uses some of Sonic 2’s source code in order to… not do a particularly great job at making a Sonic 1 port.

Developed by Hummer Team, the game is infamous for being an unpolished, borderline unplayable game that rose to popularity in China and Russia alongside those regions’ respective unlicensed famiclone consoles.

But you know? I actually kinda enjoyed my time with this game! Even weirder, I actually felt like it was just what I needed to treat some growing fatigue that I've been having for the original Sonic the Hedgehog after spending most of my life running through its green hills.

So, seeing as Somari is a notoriously bad game that I felt I had a meaningful experience with and Sonic 2 has been tearing it up in the box office/Sonic Origins *finally* got a release date in late June, I figured that covering the game would make for a fun episode of A Positive Spin, a series dedicated to looking on the bright side of some of gamings worst blunders.

Chapters:
00:00 - Cold Open
01:28 - Intro/Background
09:12 - Question of the Day
10:01 - Review
24:32 - How Somari Revitalizes Sonic 1 For Me
29:57 - Closing Thoughts

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NichePlays is a retro gaming review, discussion, appreciation channel by Nicholas Caesar, a writer and video editor from New Jersey. In each of his videos, Nicholas tries to mix his love of comedy and pop culture with the video essay/game review format in a way that is part Girlfriend Reviews, Scott the Woz and Cinemassacre, and part Game Sack, SomeCallMeJohnny, and StopSkeletonsFromFighting. His favorite consoles include the Nintendo Switch, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Oh and he (I, let's not kid ourselves) tries to do it in a fun, approachable and level headed way. Because like, they're games. It probably isn't that deep.

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