and holy shit I think I am legally obligated to call this my favorite 3D Sonic now (SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT)
the true final boss is literally a bullet hell shmup with its own version of Ikaruga mechanics what the fuck

30 | Game Designer(?) | Arcade Lover | KOF Hippie™ | Ascended & Unhinged Sonic Fan | Sudden Onset Touhou Fan (it's terminal)
and holy shit I think I am legally obligated to call this my favorite 3D Sonic now (SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT)
the true final boss is literally a bullet hell shmup with its own version of Ikaruga mechanics what the fuck
someone on one of the shmup discords pointed out that the laser attack near the end is also lifted from black heart in battle garegga. also, apparently frontiers's director, Morio Kishimoto, was a planner at NMK!
this passing comment bears added meaning now hahaha https://twitter.com/moq_46/status/1571784297446797315
it previews as a cut and I followed the markdown cheat sheet, so. not sure what I can do