Sonic and the Black Knight
A wizard named Merlina, granddaughter of the original Merlin, summons Sonic to help free the mystical realm of King Arthur, who has been possessed by an unknown evil that comes from Excalibur's scabbard, and…
Sonic and the Black Knight is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sonic Team, released 10 March 2009 on Wii.
What Sonic and the Black Knight is
Sonic and the Black Knight is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2009. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Upon his arrival, Sonic is tasked with a dangerous mission by the granddaughter of legendary wizard, Merlin. It seems that Sonic alone possesses the power to wield the ancient sword Caliburn and end the reign of the tyrannous Black Knight. But is everything as it seems in medieval Camelot, or is Sonic speeding straight into untold danger?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic and the Black Knight is the 211th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Unleashed: Chun-nan Adventure Pack in 2009. Its critic score of 57 is 14 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic and the Black Knight holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 16% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 10 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 58, across 50 votes.
What it launched against
Sonic and the Black Knight launched on 10 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2 and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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