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Sonic Nexus

Sonic Nexus was a game created by Nexus Team, headed by Slingerland. The game used the Retro Sonic engine by The Taxman who joined the project in 2008. The game began development in the summer of 2006 and had…

8 June 2008

Sonic Nexus is a platform developed by Nexus Team, released 8 June 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sonic Nexus is

Sonic Nexus is a platform game developed by Nexus Team and released in 2008. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Retro Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sonic Nexus was a game created by Nexus Team, headed by Slingerland. The game used the Retro Sonic engine by The Taxman who joined the project in 2008. The game began development in the summer of 2006 and had three demo releases, two at the Sonic Amateur Games Expo and one during the summer of 2008. It is a critically acclaimed fangame, garnering comments such as, "absolute perfection of the classic Sonic style" from SAGE visitors and various blogs. The character lineup consisted of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sonic Nexus launched on 8 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company and LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company, LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures.

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When did Sonic Nexus come out?
Sonic Nexus was released on 8 June 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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