Mobile Versions of Sonic 4 Episode I & II Removed (UPDATE)

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1. WHY THE FU WOULD SOMEOBE DO THIS??!!

   1. Someone*, you know the drill.

2. …and nothing of value was lost.

   Rest in fucking pieces, Sonic 4.

   1. Ep1 might be short of fun but 2 was amazing IMO.

      Still a bit too many ducks.

   2. Sorry. I highly disagree.

      1. Even if everyone shared the view that both games were good games / sequels, I don’t really see the benefit of keeping them around considering that they were literally broken and Sega had repeatedly shown no interest in actually fixing them.

         1. Hiw we’re they broken? I thought Ep2 was a lot of fun.

         2. @JoeMD: I think he means how the mobile versions of Sonic 4 are not compatible with iPhone 6 and iOS 7 and up. Not to mention the iOS version of Episode 2 was laggy as hell too, so it was a poorly optimized port.

   3. lol gawd damn…

3. I applaud Sega for doing what was necessary. Hopefully they will continue to remove bad games from digital platforms. Is Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 still on digital services? If yes, then removing those would be a logical next step.

   1. Oh sure, take off the two most popular Sonic games since the 16 bit days…It would literally make more sense to wipe the entirety of Sonic Boom from existence than to do what you suggested, considering how much the name has hurt the Sonic brand. And I don’t think that should happen either.

   2. Sonic Adventure DX 2010 is broken as hell, sure (especially the PC version), but SA2B’s Digital ports aren’t so bad. SA2’s port isn’t perfect, but it is a fuck ton better than SADX’s port.

   3. Why remove the games the next game is being based on?

4. Sega is certainly BOOMING the industry with this kinds of choices….. -_____-

5. Sega is certainly BOOMING the industry with these kinds of choices….. -_____-

6. Hmmmmm… 🙁

7. Well, considering that Sonic 4: Episode 2 has basically stopped working outright from iOS 7 onwards, I’m not surprised that it’s getting the axe.

   However, this also mean that the Episode Metal lock-on thing will be more or less unavailable to play for new users (who don’t know how to install APKs directly) now…

   1. Actually, Ep.II ended up working again with the newest iOS update. Only minor thing was the game crashes if you skip the cutscenes, but those are nice to watch anyway, so no big deal there.

   2. Komodin?! Didn’t think you’d show up in this neck of the woods. How you’ve been?

8. No! I was gonna get episode 2 when I was done with the first one!

   1. Pirate it. Look up how to do it, it doesn’t require a jailbreak.

      I have no sympathy for Sega doing this kind of thing. They did it with the perfectly competent mobile port of Jet Set Radio, instead of, you know, fixing it.

      Utter laziness or incompetence, I don’t care. The fact is they’re choosing the easy way out.

      1. or, you know, get it for an actual console.

         1. Very good point. Still, it’s nice to have those games on portable.

9. It really makes me upset that some people are glad about Sega taking them down. I mean, I can understand if you don’t like Sonic 4, but come on! I actually thought Sonic 4: Episode 1 had good gameplay, it was just not very interesting to look at. I really liked Sonic 4: Episode 2 though and I’m sad to see it go. At least there are still other ways to get them.

   1. You could be sad when actual good games get removed, like Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 which cost even less and have much more to offer you.

      “But it wasn’t that bad”.

      That’s not the fucking point. For the same price and value you can get much larger and BETTER games than both Episode 1 and 2 and they’re still there.

      Fuck Sonic 4.

      1. And what if you already have those? Weak argument.

10. Well it looks like I’m downloading them before they go away for good, I spent money on them and I don’t want what I paid for to just “poof” away. (even if I have ep 1 on X360 and ep 2 on PC 😛 ) Still it’s sad to see them go, my Nexus 5 is on Kitkat because of a custom rom so it’ll be able to run them but these games are basically broken on Lollipop and onwards because of ART. I just hope it’s on a basis of “well you paid for them before so you can redownload them at any time even after we take them off” instead of “they’re gone forever”. I honestly enjoyed both of these games on mobile, and it’s sad to see that most people won’t get to now (although most people seem to hate them :/).

11. It is probably just for awhile until they get patched. Seesh, calm down.

    1. Nope, they said they were removing bad mobile games forever on a previous note.

12. Nothing happened here, it’s just Sonic “4” everyone move along.

13. I played and beat both and I really think there is nothing to miss, except maybe the Metal Sonic fights and Ep. 2 final boss, but seriously nothing that the Rush games didn’t do better.

14. Considering S4E2 hasn’t actually worked for like what? a year? I’m not surprised they’d take it down. However, I would really of liked them to have fixed the stupid game instead of abandoning it all together. I’d be mad if it weren’t free. However I did pay for Episode 1 just to have episode metal, which never functioned correctly. Dang it SEGA! Why must you screw us over again and again! Pissing fart nuggets! I’m freaking sick of it! I’ve been loyal to you for 24 years now! Get your crap together or sell sonic to someone who will treat him right.

15. Good riddance. Fucking rehashed garbage.

    1. They were still enjoyable to play.

       1. Mmmm… nah. You’re better playing S3&K.

          Oh, wait…

          1. I’d rather play Sonic 4.

16. What a disgrace for SEGA to ruin that trilogy.

17. Australia still has it on their stores 😛 just saying haha

18. we get it sega, present day sonic team cannot reach the quality of those who made the classics.

19. for those who are complaining that they are gone from the IOS stores and that u wasted money on them and they are now gone… you can still own them and re:download them at any time, so stop ur complaining!
    and to those who are saying sonic 4 is a bad series.. I swear i saw u two months ago saying that u want an episode 3 its like as if Sega make one move and u jump on a bandwagon of hate… SHAME ON YOU!

20. Sonic 4 gone?
    Eh. If it’s not on Wii U, I don’t care about it anyway.

21. I think quality control would be more effective if they start by not releasing mediocre releases in the first place.

22. What a shame. Sonic 4 wasn’t as bad as people like to say it was. They weren’t exactly the return to Genesis we were expecting, but it’s not like they were especially bad. Sonic 4 was a nice little callback game and Episode 2 pretty much took what Episode 1 did and doubled up on everything. Their only major drawbacks were their short length.

    And no, I’m not one of those flip-floppers who say one thing, then lighten up when the game is dead. I always liked Sonic 4. It had it’s own unique voice.

    1. The point that people have a lot of problem with it is the god damn name being Sonic 4 and not living up nearly to the reputation preceding it by the name it has.

       There’s no such thing as Sonic 4 having a “unique voice” as if that’s a good thing when everything unique it did was one-upped by everything beforehand and even th emobile remasters of Sonic 1 and Sonic 2.

       I’m not shocked but continuously disappointed in the fandom continuing to find a silver lining in a piece of shit instead of calling it like it is.

       1. You can be an asshole all you want, but it isn’t going to change people’s opinions. I personally liked Episode II. I thought it was pretty fun and a bit charming. Not worth $15, but I had fun with it. I liked some of the music, too. Sky Fortress Acts 2 and 3, Metal Sonic’s theme, White Park Acts 1 and 2, and Death Egg Mk. II Act 1 were my favorite songs out of the game.

23. Big deal. Just download the apk from file sharing site

24. I’m still baffled as to why a company would fix a game only to remove it less than 2 months later.

    [EDIT: Using autism as an insult is uncalled for. ~Donnie]

    And for the record, MM2 is right this time. The game offered a poor experience compared to what other Sonic games a customer could buy on the mobile platform.

    1. Are you using autistic as an insult? Is this a thing now?

       … No thought for the feelings of those who might have a diagnosis, or have family members with a diagnosis?

    2. And there I was, thinking I’d already seen the worst of the shit you pull, and you go and say

       That is legitately autistic.

       You are a truly disgusting individual.

       1. Don’t worry. He can’t pull anything else again.

          1. Thanks. I guess I came back from my hiatus at the best time ever. It will be a pleasure being able to comment here without that constant static interference of abuse and arrogance. Fortunately, nothing worse has resulted than this particular user’s extreme verbal harassment. I know so, so many good autistic people to have stood seeing his disgusting posts any longer. Why can’t everyone just be friends? This is a community, where we, gasp, talk about a fictitious mammal, and the moment people become secondary to this hobby in someone’s mind, I believe it is high time for that person to call it quits and do some volunteer service or something so they can remember it’s people who matter, not imaginary play things.

             1. I’m keeping my eyes peeled, don’t worry.

          2. Yep. I didn’t leave on his account; no one makes me leave unless I choose of my own will and doing. I had family events, employment, a personal business, a website, and a whole litany of other things keeping me busy. I’m glad to see, as always, things chugging along so awesomely here.

    3. Woah, man. Using “autistic” as an insult is a bit much, don’t you think? I just so happen to be autistic myself.

25. I’m a bit baffled by Sega. Nobody expects quality control in the mobile market — if anything, they could afford to be far more shameless and still not suffer consequences from it. Might as well put Sonic Schoolhouse up.

26. While nothing of value is being lost here, I don’t like them essentially trying to rewrite history by pretending it doesn’t exist.

    1. It’s a habit they’ve kept since the mid-to-late 90’s, but people are starting to take notice now.

27. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!!!

    Yes ! Burn in hell, you disgusting, piddly nostalgia bait piece of shit ! You ain’t brought back shit ! Neither of these turds deserves the name Sonic 4 ! Let alone a port on cell phones.

    Finally, a good news !

28. Really wish they’d called this game Sonic Advance 4, it fit perfectly with those titles but not with the original franchise.

    1. I agree wholeheartedly. I absolutely love Sonic 4 and prefer it over Sonic 3 and it could’ve made a great transition to home consoles for the “Sonic Advance” series.

       Also, the Sonic fanbase is a bunch of immature idiots.

29. i believe my comment got swallowed up……:/

30. These are both still available on Google Play as of right now. Am I missing something?

    1. “The removals haven’t been performed for all stores as of yet.” ~From the article

31. I don’t quite understand this. Just one year ago, Sonic 4 Episode II was standard issue on all in-store Android tablet demo units in practically every big box retailer there is, including Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, Sam’s Club, Gamestop and Micro Center. I know it, I saw it and I demoed it. Now Sega wants to remove Sonic 4 everywhere in the mobile sphere and somehow magically erase everyone’s memories of it as a result? Color me confused. This was a bad choice if you ask me. They would still get some trickle flow from this game if they kept it on the app stores.

    1. *trickle flow of income

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