Sonic Blast Man

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Sonic Blast Man

Posted by TomFulp - 2 days ago

I saw this Sonic Blast Man art by @Karakato and it reminded me that SBM was a pretty cool game on SNES.

I like the visual feel of the fast jabs and how he does that spinning windup punch. He also has lots of fun throw moves where he flails enemies around in various ways. His jump animation is cool, likely inspired by Strider.

Overall it's a good SNES showcase with the feel of bringing the arcade home.

Ninja Warriors was another good example of this:

There's a Ninja Warriors remake that I've been meaning to check out, it looks cool:

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AlexToolStudio 2025-03-09 09:58:00

I wonder if Sega Sues that game

BlakeTakesTheCake 2025-03-09 10:47:11

I think I played that on an emulator once. It was pretty cool.

GlitchingGhost 2025-03-09 11:10:01

Sonic Blast Man looks like a pretty super awesome SNES game! Would love to try playing this game someday!

Simoes1000 2025-03-09 11:29:11

This game is cool.

Karakato 2025-03-09 11:45:54

Aww yeah, thanks for the call out! I remember stumbling on the original punching game in a local arcade in the early 2000's and even tried a few rounds. It's interesting to find out years later that the machine gave some players injuries since the padding wasn't thic enough.

Tokirily 2025-03-09 12:19:44

i never seen this game beford !

DeuceLeGoose 2025-03-10 01:05:02

Back when games used to be fun!
(Kidding btw)

jthrash 2025-03-10 23:19:22

Out of curiosity, how many SNES owners bought this game under the assumption their machine finally got the Sonic the Hedgehog games?

...I'm kind of glad this "console wars" thing was something before my time. Sounds kinda silly in retrospect to be wedded to any specific gaming corporation and miss out on all the cool games on the "other side." Kind of wish Xbox tried harder to at least give Nintendo and Sony more competition, though...

TomFulp 2025-03-10 23:19:22

It is kinda intriguing to imagine a bunch of kids getting Sonic Blast Man for Christmas because their parents thought it was a Sonic game.

MKMaffo 2025-03-11 06:12:34

I LOVE SONIKKU BRASTAMANNN!!
i used to play the punching game at the arcade then i discovered the actual snes games so cool!! My first encounter with him was actually the crossover on the bust a move 3 cabinet version, he always had a digitized photo of the twin towers as background as a kid i thought it was mesmerizing lol

CrimsonKero 2025-03-11 09:28:17

Fun fact: The original arcade game suffered a recall. The punching ball used in the machine was so lightly padded, hitting it broke people's hands.

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