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Sonic Boom for Wii U (Big Red Button, CryEngine 3) & 3DS (Sanzaru), new subseries
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MagnaderAlpha
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Knuckles looks like Knuckles. The only problem I have with these designs is they are too leggy. Count your blessings, though. At least Knuckles doesn't look like this:
But yeah, all their faces seem spot on, they just look like they've been tortured via "the rack" and Knuckles has been injected with steroids WHILE being tortured.
MHWilliams
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I had to listen to my audio recording again. The exact quote:
"The new Sonic Boom game is the third title to be released as part of this exclusive three-title deal between Sega and Nintendo, and promises to be the most exciting one yet." - NoA VP of Marketing Steve Singer.
So unless he later recanted, it's the last one.
Makes perfect sense as far as Nintendo is concerned.
Want the new Sonic game based on the new show and toys? Need a WiiU.
Ah! Misunderstood!
UncleSporky
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These highlights are in exactly the wrong place.
princemarth23
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On further analysis this actually kind of looks like the type of open 3d platformer people around here have been asking for. I just hope it can at least mostly deliver.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense to include Mario and Sonic as a part of the 3 exclusive games deal since there have been Mario and Sonic games in the past, and there will surely be more in the future.
A Nintendo VP says it's the second and guys from Sega say it's the 3rd?
I guess we'll just wait and see.
Triggerhappytel
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Picture of the team they posted to day on their Twitter:
I count between 60 and 70 people.
That's weird, because I went over to have a look at their website and the only staff photo on the mobile site showed eight people, with particular reference to two (presumably the two who established the studio).
Anyway, I think the character designs here are fucking atrocious, but I think a fresh non-Sonic Team development might be good for the franchise. I've no love at all for Sonic so I won't fall prey to the Sonic Cycle, but interested to see more of this mainly because of the developers.
Madrugador
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These highlights are in exactly the wrong place.
First thing I noticed when I saw the trailer was Sonic's micro-penis
hgodwhy:What I mean is SEGA announced a 3 game exclusivity deal, what I find weird is they included Mario and Sonic as part this deal, considering Mario and Sonic always has been exclusive.
It should be:
-Sonic Lost World
-Sonic Boom
-New Sonic game
Well, this one does have the benefit of not being made by Sonic Team, so there's that!
Yeah, misunderstood what was said! Sorry!
Professor Beef
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First thing I noticed when I saw the trailer was Sonic's micro-penis
Pretty sure there's something wrong with you, then.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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How the heck do they post these so fast? Anyways, there was some really interesting discussion in there, and I agree--this game looks really promising and has some good people behind it!
Well the character designs are... something.
Sonic's scarf just makes me think that it's going to get caught on something while Sonic is running and he is going to get strangled and die.
I really like the goggles on Tails. A lot of characters have useless goggles, but since he's all about flying, whether in the plane or on his own, it's a perfect fit.
Knuckles... sorry I can't think of anything else other than the leg days that he skipped.
Amy is actually better than her Adventure-onward version; the fact that her dress actually goes down instead of horizontally is a big plus.
As for the video... the fact that ex-Naughty Dog employees (that worked on Crash Bandicoot, no less!) are basically ripping off Ratchet and Clank's style sounds a hell of a lot better than anything Sonic Team has put out recently.
Keeping an eye on this one...
Sonic's scarf just makes me think that it's going to get caught on something while Sonic is running and he is going to get strangled and die.
I really like the goggles on Tails. A lot of characters have useless goggles, but since he's all about flying, whether in the plane or on his own, it's a perfect fit.
Knuckles... sorry I can't think of anything else other than the leg days that he skipped.
Amy is actually better than her Adventure-onward version; the fact that her dress actually goes down instead of horizontally is a big plus.
As for the video... the fact that ex-Naughty Dog employees (that worked on Crash Bandicoot, no less!) are basically ripping off Ratchet and Clank's style sounds a hell of a lot better than anything Sonic Team has put out recently.
Keeping an eye on this one...
I don't even know who Big Red Button is!
Western studio. Ex-Naughty Dog co founder.
Nka is a hack who forced out the people who were arguable as much/more the creative forces behind Sonic. His contribution was his amazing coding and the initial idea 'to make him fast', nothing more. He oversaw ruining Sonic plenty of times so don't put him on a pedestal.
That could be good or bad depending on which version of Ex-Naughty Dog employee it is! Super cinematic or joyful platformers
He didn't really say that. It's a wishy washy translation since there were multiple people interpreting it in various ways and that's just the one everybody clings to.
You're not the only one
Btw, I'm also noticing that it's always an amazing spectacle when a Sonic game gets announced. 20+ pages already for a game series nobody supposedly gives a shit about.
Well, Sanzaru is doing the 3DS version, but I haven't played anything by them. I see that they did the PSP spinoffs of Ratchet & Clank, as well as, more recently, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. Any impressions on these (or even on The Sly Collection, just for an idea of technical performance)?
He worked on all the Jak games and the first Uncharted as well as most of the Crash games.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Yep, this is now my most anticipated game of 2014. Haters gonna hate. An interesting new gameplay style. Multiple playable characters being brought back in what looks like a good way. Ex Naughty Dog developers. I've got a very strong feeling this game is going to make Sonic Team look silly.
It's the latter. They left in 2008. They're not the Naughty Gods everyone is in love with these days.
s_mirage
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I don't understand the designers on this at all. Remember the short, pudgy Classic Sonic design that virtually everyone loved in Generations? Why have they gone in exactly the opposite direction to that?
Oh well, maybe the game will actually turn out decent despite the designs.
Oh well, maybe the game will actually turn out decent despite the designs.
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Tom Nook Sawyer
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I almost wonder if Nintendo's reconsidering how they use them. This has to be close to the longest we've gone without one, and I wonder if it's tied to their recent poor performance...
It makes more sense like this, because Sega was announcing this, their show, and a new line of merchandise.
I Wanna Be The Guy
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Wow, the devs of Sly 4 are doing the 3DS version? Even the 3DS version has a chance at being good! Roided Knuckles aside things are looking up so far. I look forward to seeing proper gameplay of both versions come E3.
They are targeting this with the TV show for a 6-11 age demography, the people who loved chubby retro Sonic is older. I'm quite disconnected with kid's taste those days though
, it seems they like edgy, extreme things.I wish i can go in with that attitude.
Been apprehensive about franchise as a whole but since i though lost world was going to be better than 3d land at initial reveal. I don't even have an opinion now. Definitely not my most anticipated wii u title though.
We might see some footage in one soon hopefully. I'm surprised this game wasn't on their release lists, guess there's still a good amount of stuff we don't know about.
Also, that old thread about wanting Naughty Dog to go back to more "game play" oriented games instead of cinematic stuff is kind of funny in hindsight. This feels like an answer to that.
from the press release:
Well that's how unannounced games work, don't they? They don't appear on random public release schedules
Well that's how unannounced games work, don't they? They don't appear on random public release schedules
MemoryHumanity
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Graphically quite nice.
Lol Bangarang.
Lol Bangarang.
foxuzamaki
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Gameplay looks interesting.
Hmm I guess that would explain why we haven't seen one in a while...although I think we did get one a month ago? I guess we might just be impatient!
I wonder why they didn't wait till E3 to show this.EDIT: You guys above are right. I guess it makes sense overall!
Also I just realized that the game is called Sonic Boom...as in
Why did it take me this long? o_0
powerdrain
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I seriously don't know what to think about this. With all due respect to the team working on this project, I don't know why Sega thinks this is a good idea, but no wonder they're stressing it's a "spin off", which means they're just testing the waters as far away as possible, to see if this is what people want from the series, and if it's a good direction for the series to go in. It just kind of feels like something you'd expect in a market research meeting or something, except it's actually happening and feels like a bad joke.
I see what they're trying to do, but I can't help but feel this'll fall flat on its face, and it'll be something Sega will desperately try to forget.
That said, I do like that Amy's been brought back as a main cast member, following the support Peach had rejoining the playable cast in SM3DW.
Knuckles though.......................man.....and Sonic......I can't.
I see what they're trying to do, but I can't help but feel this'll fall flat on its face, and it'll be something Sega will desperately try to forget.
That said, I do like that Amy's been brought back as a main cast member, following the support Peach had rejoining the playable cast in SM3DW.
Knuckles though.......................man.....and Sonic......I can't.
he's already dead
The scarf/bandana on Sonic looks like a dislodged jaw.
foxuzamaki
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No its not, we had a ND in december, we have them every other month(and not even this early, usually is like "month the 14" or whatever)
I Wanna Be The Guy
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I too was burned by Lost World, but I've got a good feeling about this one. Largely because of the developers involved. If this was being made by Sonic Team I'd probably be a bit more cautious given how Lost World turned out despite how good it looked when it was revealed.
starwarsfan541
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Interesting, I read on the Sega Sonic forums Chris Senn the guy behind the cancelled Sonic X-Treme and Sonic 16 is part of this studio as well
You guys are all much appreciated. Thank you. This is good news to me.
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