Sonic Generations' new Shadow levels are a joyous shot of noughties nostalgia

Remasters of games that are a generation or two old are ten-a-penny now, but some go a little further than others. Such is the case for Sonic X Shadow Generations, Sega’s do-over of 2011’s Sonic Generations, a game originally designed to be a wide-ranging celebration of the speedy hedgehog for his 20th birthday. Sonic’s now 33; the game itself is, in a video game sense, a relic. That isn’t said or meant in a pejorative sense, however. Generations is old, but it remains one of the best mo...