Þe Olde Officially Sanctioned Sonic & the Black Knight Thread

[tzp2gameknight]

Thanks to HUELEN10 for the use of his assets rather than letting them go to waste.

• Release Dates: March 3rd in North America, the 12th in Japan, the 13th Europe, and the 31st for Australia
• Price: 49.99 US Dollar MSRP
• Console: Only for Nintendo Wii
• Publisher/Dev: SEGA/Sonic Team
• Official USA Website

Tale Of The Knights
It's a freaking Sonic game, but here's the tale of old anyways. While scarfing down on Chili Dogs, Sonic is summoned by a young sorceress named Merlina who wants you to, gasp, save the day. King Arthur has become corrupted by a dark unknown force, and his knights are still loyal to him. With the help of your trusty sword Caliburn, you must confront Arthur's Knights and convince them to help you save the kingdom from destruction. Along the way, you must grow into knighthood by fulfilling quests, and upgrading your gear.

Ye Olde Features

• Customizable Gameplay: Go to ye old village blacksmith for weapons and other gear.
• Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Leaderboards: Show the world how well you rank.
• Multiplayer Duels: Compete in mini-games with up to 3 of your friends.

Visions
TGS Debut Trailer
Golden Knight Trailer
Lancelot Trailer
Percival Trailer
Gawain Trailer
Launch Trailer

Paintings

Let's get this over and done with right now.

That's better. Now we can move on.

IGN: 3.9 out of 10.
Nintendo Power: 8.0 out of 10.

Sonic The Hedgehog #197

Don't know anything about the comics, but apparently it is related.

Action Figure

Add this Jazwares figure of Sonic and Caliburn to your VG Figurine collection. Coming Soon.

Official Soundtrack CDs

Both a Vocal Album and an OST will be released. Coming Soon.

 

[Flying_Phoenix]

Nice thread. I'll buy this game when the price goes down. I definitely like the sixth generation beauty. This game looks much better this way then it would have if it was out for the 360, PS3, or PC.

 

[jrricky]

That was quick. anyways will buy at end of march.

 

[Cat in the Hat]

Well i think it looks great, but its Sonic so.... Wait and see

 

[Wario64]

Why does he have a sword

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Huelen...

Anyways I think IGN'll give it in the low 7's based on their impressions/podcast talk.

Edit-

Launch Trailer

Nice! Animations look really fluid, especially when grinding on rails. Also I'd heard the full track but only the live version, but it's nice to listen to the original.

YouTube quality = blech though.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

WTFFF :lol :lol

 

[Synless]

Just curious is that guy in the upper right corner of the sonic cycle assumed to be pirating games? I always see him with that shit eating grin and that disc.........

 

[Y2Kev]

I can't believe this is coming this soon after Unleashed.

 

[Gomu Gomu]

niiiiice

 

[ThatObviousUser]

The multiplayer in the launch trailer looks lame-ish... hopefully it'll be good though.

Anyways some GIFs I made last October:

 

[Blueblur1]

Hey, where's Huelen10?

 

[VOOK]

Hey, where's Huelen10?

Bannedzor

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Hey, where's Huelen10?

Banned

Emulation = Piracy

Dragona

Dead

 

[NomarTyme]

Is Martin Lawrence going to be in this game?

 

[Xav]

 

[tzp2gameknight]

Banned

Emulation = Piracy

Dragona

Dead

Don't worry, he'll probably be back soon enough.

Also I too am surprised that this game is coming so soon after Unleashed but it doesn't look bad. Hopefully the Wii controls and the sword aren't done in such a way to be annoying. Bad Wii controls can ruin a perfectly descent game.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Sorry I had to fix the thread title. It was driving me nuts.

 

[Cat in the Hat]

:lol

Yeah pretty much

 

[avatar299]

WTFFF :lol :lol

Don't hate on the Sonic comic.

 

[PataHikari]

Sorry I had to fix the thread title. It was driving me nuts.

Excellent.

 

[nitewulf]

sonic + a sword...

*goes back to OT*

 

[Hero of Legend]

Sorry I had to fix the thread title. It was driving me nuts.

What letter is "Þ"?

 

[pakkit]

I didn't know hedgehogs and Pinocchios could have offspring with one another.

I liked the first Sonic Wii, and I'm interested to see which direction SEGA took the sequel in.

All these Wii Official threads are making me happy, but the lack of a Tenchu: Shadow Assassins Official Thread makes me sad.

 

[BikoBiko]

Probably not day 1 for me because I'll have to save up for a DSi, but I'll definitely get it down the line. Just waiting for GAF impressions and reviews.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

The soundtrack covers look nice. Its nice to see they are continuing the tradition with vocal trax

 

[pakkit]

Sorry I had to fix the thread title. It was driving me nuts.

fuck you for not putting a question mark :l

 

[ThatObviousUser]

What letter is "Þ"?

:Þ

 

[Dragona Akehi]

What character is "Þ"?

Þ is the letter named "thorn" in English. Essentially all of the West Germanic languages used them in literature and represents the voiceless "th" sound such as saying "thigh". In comparison a "voiced" th is ð named "eth" in English, and would be the th sound in "thy". Alternate saying the two words and you'll get the difference.

Hoever Þ and ð fell out of orthography around the time of Middle English and the only living language that retains their use is Icelandic. When people say or see "Ye Olde..." the supposed y is actually a capitalised and stylised Þ.

^That's a "Þ", not a "y"!

 

[tzp2gameknight]

fuck you for not putting a question mark :l

:lol :lol :lol That would have been perfect!

 

[{Mike}]

Say what you want, these character artwork are cool.

The game won't, sadly.

 

[RavenFox]

Þ is the letter named "thorn" in English. Essentially all of the West Germanic languages used them in literature and represents the voiceless "th" sound such as saying "thigh". In comparison a "voiced" th is ð named "eth" in English, and would be the th sound in "thy". Alternate saying the two words and you'll get the difference.

Hoever Þ and ð fell out of orthography around the time of Middle English and the only living language that retains their use is Icelandic. When people say or see "Ye Olde..." the supposed y is actually a capitalised and stylised Þ.

^That's a "Þ", not a "y"!

God your awesome

 

[Ermac]

Awesome thread! Hope Amazon ships mine soon.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Þ is the letter named "thorn" in English. Essentially all of the West Germanic languages used them in literature and represents the voiceless "th" sound such as saying "thigh". In comparison a "voiced" th is ð named "eth" in English, and would be the th sound in "thy". Alternate saying the two words and you'll get the difference.

Hoever Þ and ð fell out of orthography around the time of Middle English and the only living language that retains their use is Icelandic. When people say or see "Ye Olde..." the supposed y is actually a capitalised and stylised Þ.

^That's a "Þ", not a "y"!

Language geek! Bail out!

 

[tzp2gameknight]

You learn something new every day on NeoGAF. Good to know about the letter.

 

[blu]

actually, i'm surprised to say this after all those years but this game somehow draws me in - it has that original charm of the dreamcast sonics - an overwhelming sense of space. or at least that's what i get from the launch trailer. will be watching it closely.

 

[Teknoman]

Damn it...I forgot this game was coming out in March >_<

Guess this is another one that'll have to wait if it turns out to be fun.

 

[Drkirby]

Þe?

 

[AgentOtaku]

I'm not gonna lie ...I haven't felt compelled at all to finish Sonic Unleashed on PS3 (and I was one of it's bigger fans) ...I think it's a combination of the dogshit framerate/performance and the uneven gameplay

....but The Black Knight gives me hope!

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

Þ is the letter named "thorn" in English. Essentially all of the West Germanic languages used them in literature and represents the voiceless "th" sound such as saying "thigh". In comparison a "voiced" th is ð named "eth" in English, and would be the th sound in "thy". Alternate saying the two words and you'll get the difference.

Hoever Þ and ð fell out of orthography around the time of Middle English and the only living language that retains their use is Icelandic. When people say or see "Ye Olde..." the supposed y is actually a capitalised and stylised Þ.

^That's a "Þ", not a "y"!

Holy shit.

I saw the thorn in the thread title and knew I had to find and congratulate the person who put it there. I even knew about edh, but I hadn't realised the "Ye" in "Ye olde" had a "the" sound. For some reason my mind never made the connection (mainly because capital thorn looks like an oversized lower case 'y' written backwards). Mind blown.

 

[Sciz]

Sonic The Hedgehog #197
http://i41.tinypic.com/1zdhft.png
Don't know anything about the comics, but apparently it is related.

Specifically, there's a brief adaptation of the introductory cinematic. Basically five pages of Sega advertising to their own fanbase, since Archie can't say no. Same thing they've done for every game in the series since Rush Adventure. I wish they wouldn't, since they're almost invariably non-canon and it takes away valuable space from the main comic. :/

And that cover is exceedingly misleading, by the way.

 

[Teknoman]

I'm not gonna lie ...I haven't felt compelled at all to finish Sonic Unleashed on PS3 (and I was one of it's bigger fans) ...I think it's a combination of the dogshit framerate/performance and the uneven gameplay

....but The Black Knight gives me hope!

Heh I havent finished the 360 version either...but for different reasons :lol (Deluge of amazing games)

 

[MiamiWesker]

I love Sonic, I would love to play this, but I have other games that take priority.

 

[Estival]

Stupid question, but is this controlled by holding the wii controller sideways, or does it use the nunchuck? I'm really hoping it's the nunchuck...

Also, there's a horrific Sonic and the Black Knight flash game over at neopets, if you dare.

 

[Link Man]

I'm not gonna lie ...I haven't felt compelled at all to finish Sonic Unleashed on PS3 (and I was one of it's bigger fans) ...I think it's a combination of the dogshit framerate/performance and the uneven gameplay

....but The Black Knight gives me hope!

 

[Azure Dream]

Stupid question, but is this controlled by holding the wii controller sideways, or does it use the nunchuck? I'm really hoping it's the nunchuck...

Nunchuk, but there may be a simplified remote-only control screen as an option. That's not certain, though.

The game looks like a fresh approach to 3D Sonic, whereas Unleashed was a polishing of the Adventure formula (plus a werehog).

It's an extension of Secret Rings, but it's not really as much an approach to 3D Sonic as it is just a high-speed action game starring the Sonic characters. It's akin to Sega's older approach where Sonic worked as a catch-all action game star, like they still do for the Sonic Cafe cell phone games.

 

[RobbieNick]

Forsooth!! Thou shalt be commended for thine OP!! But yea, thine heart is heavy for fellow "Sonic Defence Force" member HUELEN10 hath been banned, along with grandjedi6. (Yea, grandjedi6 hated the last few Sonic games and hath gotten on my nerves, but thine man hath great wit, and sharp tongue.)

Thoust awaits this game as eager as a Robin awaits Spring. Thine hopes are high that it will either match or surpass that of it's brethren, "Sonic and the Secret Rings". Thy last 3-D Sonic console game to get fairly well-favored reviews. (However, thyself hast found Sonic Unleashed to be quite joyous despite a few flaws. Curse thine medals to Hades!!)

 

[Firestorm]

I liked how this thread got the sonic cycle, furry shit, and more pictures than content out of the way in the first post. Anyway, continue your crazy worship people.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Þ is the letter named "thorn" in English. Essentially all of the West Germanic languages used them in literature and represents the voiceless "th" sound such as saying "thigh". In comparison a "voiced" th is ð named "eth" in English, and would be the th sound in "thy". Alternate saying the two words and you'll get the difference.

Hoever Þ and ð fell out of orthography around the time of Middle English and the only living language that retains their use is Icelandic. When people say or see "Ye Olde..." the supposed y is actually a capitalised and stylised Þ.

^That's a "Þ", not a "y"!

Thanks for teaching me about that!

Very appropriate to actually learn something about this in this thread, so it gave the thread an educational touch, and that is awesome!

 

[-tetsuo-]

We demand the Xzibit sonic cycle pic

edit: this is a really nice Official thread too. Props.