Ghost_Messiah
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So you all remember Taxman and Stealth's proof of concept video for Sonic 3 & Knuckles Remastered. There's now an energy and drive originating from Sonic Retro to which Taxman and Stealth are active members to petition and communicate with Sega to green light Sonic 3 & Knuckles Remastered. Though the movement only began recently it's very rapidly gathering speed and momentum. The movement comprises of a fan-supported petition and letter writing campaign targeted at Sega Networks.
Here's the latest updates and important links:
Sonic3Remastered.com; the site generated by the project's originator.
Change.org petition; currently standing at 2.8K signatures.
Stealth's Tumblr post; one of the primary developers of the previous ports showing their support.
It's worth noting that in that third link Stealth who developed Sonic 1 and 2 Remastered with Taxman showed his support behind the movement with a lengthy blog post that goes into detail about the project and includes a pledge to support the movement's efforts to encourage Sega to green light the project. News coverage and press attention is thus far in its infancy though the movement has been covered by a couple of notable sites such as Touch Arcade, TSSZ News, Sonic Retro itself and Sega focused sites such as Segabits and Seganerds. The drive now is to generate as much press attention as possible and shine light on this project in the hopes that Sega will take notice.
Finally it's also worth noting that Stealth and Taxman's initial plans and designs for Sonic 3 & Knuckles Remastered include far more than just a straight port. In addition to being based on Taxman's proprietary Retro engine (that powered Sonic CD, Sonic 1 and 2 Remastered) the duo has the intention to implement enhanced stages including new areas for each character, new special stages, enhanced graphics, remastered music and beyond this "Blue Spheres 2" which is an idea for an evolution of the Blue Spheres special stage, new story scenes and an advanced and more developed online 2-player mode.
All of the above and potentially even new levels in the same way that with Sonic 2 Remastered Stealth and Taxman were given the creative freedom to implement Hidden Palace Zone.
So would you be interested in playing a remastered version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles?
Here's the latest updates and important links:
Sonic3Remastered.com; the site generated by the project's originator.
Change.org petition; currently standing at 2.8K signatures.
Stealth's Tumblr post; one of the primary developers of the previous ports showing their support.
It's worth noting that in that third link Stealth who developed Sonic 1 and 2 Remastered with Taxman showed his support behind the movement with a lengthy blog post that goes into detail about the project and includes a pledge to support the movement's efforts to encourage Sega to green light the project. News coverage and press attention is thus far in its infancy though the movement has been covered by a couple of notable sites such as Touch Arcade, TSSZ News, Sonic Retro itself and Sega focused sites such as Segabits and Seganerds. The drive now is to generate as much press attention as possible and shine light on this project in the hopes that Sega will take notice.
Finally it's also worth noting that Stealth and Taxman's initial plans and designs for Sonic 3 & Knuckles Remastered include far more than just a straight port. In addition to being based on Taxman's proprietary Retro engine (that powered Sonic CD, Sonic 1 and 2 Remastered) the duo has the intention to implement enhanced stages including new areas for each character, new special stages, enhanced graphics, remastered music and beyond this "Blue Spheres 2" which is an idea for an evolution of the Blue Spheres special stage, new story scenes and an advanced and more developed online 2-player mode.
All of the above and potentially even new levels in the same way that with Sonic 2 Remastered Stealth and Taxman were given the creative freedom to implement Hidden Palace Zone.
So would you be interested in playing a remastered version of Sonic 3 & Knuckles?