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But Sonic fails as a speedrun game too. There's always some slow moving platform you need to time jumps around that breaks a thrilling run through a level. No

But Sonic fails as a speedrun game too. There's always some slow moving platform you need to time jumps around that breaks a thrilling run through a level. Not to mention that finding the chaos emeralds is almost impossible if you just plough through each level.

Retric 9y ago
Chaos emeralds are just achievements they don't impact game play.
- andybest 9y ago
  Yes they do, collecting them enables you to turn into Super Sonic (in Sonic 2+)
  - Retric 9y ago
    Article is in reference to the original game where they just change the ending.
jandrese 9y ago
Isn't one of the thrills of speedrunning figuring out how to time some action 5 screens ago so the platform is in exactly the right place when you get to it?
eli_gottlieb 9y ago
And that's one of the things they actually improved in the Sonic Adventure series: they placed Homing Attack targets in just the right places throughout the level so if you've gotten good at the game, you'll be able to hit them in succession without ever touching the ground/falling out.