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New Sonic game (year unspecified) confirmed for 7.22 announcement, movie details
- Thread starter jax
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To make the anniversary event special. People are going to this thing, paid tickets to see it (I think?), and people on the game and media side of things for the series are going to attend the event.
They want Sonic back in the public eye in a great light again in a BIG way, so this event having the first live gameplay of the Sonic Team title and going into extensive detail with it as the event continues is a very smart move on SEGA's part.
Nintendo did this with hours upon hours of Zelda U footage once that was finally announced, so SEGA can do that too with Sonic.
KZXcellent
Member
Because that twitter is hilarious. It makes plenty of jokes both at the expense of games like Mighty No 9 and to itself. It's good fun.
Won't really apply to me since I enjoyed Unleashed, Colors, Lost World (to a degree) and Generations. That and the "Sonic Cycle" seems like an unfair thing used to shit on anything SEGA puts out with the Hedgehog on it.
Obligatory:
......You know that cycle is just BS, right :l? Something people hating the series created as an excuse to bash it some more?
Oh well, wouldn't be a Sonic thread without some mention of the cycle I suppose :l.
Tye The Czar
Member
On the same day, it's Nico Yazawa's birthday?
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
I'd love to see Sega troll everyone by initially putting up what looks like a Sonic '06 trailer and then going to one for the Sonic we all know and love.
Posting a picture with screenshots from Sonic Generations kind of defeats the purpose.
Anyone but them? It's a cheap bandwagon shot from an IP desperate for relevancy.
nintendoman58
Member
I hate this picture. It hasn't been like this for years now.
Nobody looked at Sonic Boom and said: "This was going to be Sonic's triumphant return." I know I didn't.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
This could be good
Think Ratchet and Clank. Yeah we got a shit movie, but an amazing game.
I'll take that with Sonic.
The two recent Boom games aside, the IP is doing pretty alright? Even the TV series gets accolades.
Sonic's past history is part of what made the tweet amusing.
The only bad Sonic game as of late was Boom Wii U and Lost World 3DS :l. Everything released from 2010 onward in the series but those games are solid too okay platformers.
Sonic IS relevant and something many people love. Then again, I tend to find the good in everything (even weak games like Lost World 3DS and Shadow the Edgehog), so I'm just the oddball here
.Isn't the 22nd of July the anniversary event? Probably want to coincide with that so they have more eyes on them instead of it getting lost in the E3 mix.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Even if the game sucks it'll still be worth it for the music.
Seven Force
Banned
Lost World was dreadful, but Colors and Generations were definitely great. I'll give them the benefit of that doubt.
That said, the glass house reply to the Sonic twitter comment was on point.
That said, the glass house reply to the Sonic twitter comment was on point.
The Angry Birds Movie turned out well (with Sony's own Animation Studio working on the project), so I have hope their Sonic film is a solid experience
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HUELEN10
Member
The Angry Birds Movie turned out well (with Sony's own Animation Studio working on the project), so I have hope their Sonic film is a solid experience
isn't that your own review though? The consensus wasn't nearly as good.
The salt is flowing.
I posted it as a joke. I know there have been good Sonic games made in the years past.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Sonic better be voiced by Seth Rogan.
I'll take a great game and a great movie, too. The last Sonic movie was fantastic.
Yep. It came out already, it's called Sonic Boom.
Or they won't use a year in the title at all.
Who knows? It could very well release in 2017. Sonic 2016 is just what I called it in the title since it has no official name and it's being announced in 2016.
This has been in development by the actual Sonic Team for quite a while now. Sonic Boom was an outsourced spinoff title to tie in with the TV series.
There's a chance it could be just as bad but there's no reason to assume that.
nintendoman58
Member
No. This is a mainline Sonic Team project.
Sonic Boom was a spin-off made by different developers.
You know what to do, Beef.
IronicSonic
Member
Gimme that top tier firt level at least with vocal song
I need that escape from the city vibe
I need that escape from the city vibe
Forgot where it was said sadly, but they confirmed that the event is being live streamed. So we will all watch it like hawks until they announce the new Sonic game
Yeap, definitely confirms to me that this is going to be the announcement of a new game. Looks like they've taken a note out of Atlus' book for how to announce a new entry into your main IP, fill up a conference room of said IP's fans and watch the enthusiasm explode.
Eh, not really. I mean, a new game is obvious and hearing about it at the party is something Sega has already said.
The interview is more like:
Edit: Anyway, you should update the OP with my prev post and this one. =P
HUELEN10
Member
Why? NX doesn't come out this year, and this game is coming out this year.
ElMexiMerican
Member
Ooooh yeah, I remember they were trying to make a live-action/animated Sonic movie. Interested to see how that turns out.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Sega needs to get Hideki Naganuma back for something. Rush's OST was godly.
Sonic generally has sold better on Nintendo than Playstation/Xbox. Advance, Mega Collection, and SA2B came out so soon after the Dreamcast's death that most of the fanbase just moved over there. I know for a fact All-Stars Transformed actually sold better on Wii U. Anyone know how well games like Heroes, Mega Collection, Shadow, or Unleashed did on each system?
HyperCroutons
Member
I really hope they let you play as Robotnik in the new one and I'm not talking that bulky mech suit he was using in Sonic Adventure 2. We need something like this:
Telephone Man
Member
Don't feel happy, worried, etc. Just nothing.
After the huge insult that was Sonic 4, I genuinely stopped caring about Sonic.
So whatever happens, happens.
After the huge insult that was Sonic 4, I genuinely stopped caring about Sonic.
So whatever happens, happens.
Theanine3D
Member
Yeah. I always liked Amy just for gameplay reasons alone. Her hammer was really fun to use in Adventure and Advance 1.
themagicalkitsune
Member
I could go super sonic
the problem's chronic
the problem's chronic
The Angry Birds Movie turned out well (with Sony's own Animation Studio working on the project), so I have hope their Sonic film is a solid experience
From what I remember, Sony's animation studio isn't working on the CGI of the film, SEGA's Marza is.
Which is a pretty good idea.
What Sony is working on is the live action bits though, I really hope they ditch that idea :<
Maybe in America but this wasn't the case worldwide, it was either the 360 version or PC version from looking at SEGA's older reports. But the best selling version for Unleashed was the Wii version, I know that much, it's not even a contest.
It better not just be some nostalgia soaked 2D thing. Classic Sonic is amazing, but it's done. I'm sick of all this classics pandering. Give me a brand new 3D adventure with a playable Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. The speed and vastness of Unleashed, the openness, exploration and platforming of Adventure 1, and the momentum and multiple paths per stage depending on the character you're playing as from S3+K.
Basically, make these gifs a reality:
You're speaking my language. And this is somebody who swears by Classic!Sonic.
If they were to make for some new type of open world Sonic game where I can finally play out the kind of antics that were in the Sonic CD intro, and it's NOT all defined by rollercoaster-like scripts?
That'd be the first time in ten years that I'd really be amped for a Sonic title again.
Mr. Smiley
Member
I'd like Classic aesthetics with 3D gameplay, tbh.
Hero of Legend
Member
HyperCroutons
Member
Holy Crap! That's actually an awesome idea, even though a lot of games are going open-world Sonic might actually work well with that open structure. If they use the Hedgehog Engine they should be able to create a large open world that could stream in as you run through it.