Sonic Adventure
Some critics compared "Sonic Adventure" to "Super Mario 64"—Nintendo's "groundbreaking" 1996 game that propelled the Nintendo 64 and the 3D platform genre. "Edge" said "Sonic Adventure" was a worthy rival to "Super Mario 64", but "AllGame" wrote that "Sonic Adventure" was not as ambitious and that those looking for exploration would be disappointed with its linear gameplay. They compared it to the similarly linear "Crash Bandicoot" but felt "Sonic Adventure" was more confined. Still, they praised the gameplay as varied and said its replay value was strong. Game journalists Rusel DeMaria and Johnny L. Wilson retrospectively wrote "Sonic Adventure" was not as strong as "Super Mario 64" and "failed to catch on with players in nearly the way that ["Mario"] had done", though it had fascinating features, such as "the use of the Tamagotchi-like memory card to incubate eggs for little pet creatures" and "some good action segments".