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Sonic Lost World characters teaser image: "Six will rise from the Lost World"
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Hot Coldman
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Turns out Eggman was behind the whole thing #shock #twist #nextevolutionofstorytelling
ochaworldorder
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2nd from right = DARK Big the Cat
Colors wasn't a spin off. Secret Rings/Black Knight were part of the story book set of games, which they stopped doing because Black Knight was so poorly received.
Unleashed > Colors > Generations (And now Lost World) are the games that pretty much restarted Sonic's momentum and quality.
And Ganondorf and Bowser!
RurouniZel
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Now I'll be disappointed if this doesn't happen.
They're most likely allies. The one on the right is some kind of grandpa wizened leader character. It's probably an evolution of Sonic Dimensions:
So what’s the gimmick this time? TSSZ has learned Dimensions’s storyline will center around another time-space continuum shift at the hands of Eggman that not only alters Sonic’s world, but himself. Sonic will allegedly split into multiple personalities denoted by color–each of which having their own unique abilities. That’s right, if this holds, recolored Sonics are now a reality.
In addition to the main Sonic, which will remain blue and act as a core uniting “ghost” of sorts in-game, we’re told there will be five other colors: Red, Orange, Purple, Green, and Yellow. We were told very specific things about each Sonic. Red Sonic, for example, can cause explosions to presumably open up new areas, but has a slow speed and a short jump. Purple Sonic, allegedly parodying Shadow and Silver, will be able to move platforms and float, with the dark nonsensical attitude to boot. And perhaps the most interesting tidbit: our sources compared the Orange personality to Big the Cat, a lumbering hedgehog even slower than his red counterpart…until he’s powered up. There is also a yellow Sonic–not a Super Sonic–that will be the fastest of them all, but take damage easily. The source alleges only two of the personalities can be used in-stage, but all may be able to combine and act as an equivalent Super Guide. The White Sonic allegedly pops up as an option after dying in a stage a certain number of times. Using it guarantees the lowest rank at the end.
You have 5 characters like you have 5 in NSMBU. Probably you can't play as all 5 at once (the grandpa one probably not all), but you play as the 5 on the left plus Sonic and switch between to navigate the levels. Second from the left throws projectiles, next one can jump really high, next can throw heavy punches.
Sonic Colors was good, but I wasn't a fan of the wisps; I felt they were used too much and detracted from the core gameplay. Planet Wisp is the worst level in Generations because of wisps.
So what’s the gimmick this time? TSSZ has learned Dimensions’s storyline will center around another time-space continuum shift at the hands of Eggman that not only alters Sonic’s world, but himself. Sonic will allegedly split into multiple personalities denoted by color–each of which having their own unique abilities. That’s right, if this holds, recolored Sonics are now a reality.
In addition to the main Sonic, which will remain blue and act as a core uniting “ghost” of sorts in-game, we’re told there will be five other colors: Red, Orange, Purple, Green, and Yellow. We were told very specific things about each Sonic. Red Sonic, for example, can cause explosions to presumably open up new areas, but has a slow speed and a short jump. Purple Sonic, allegedly parodying Shadow and Silver, will be able to move platforms and float, with the dark nonsensical attitude to boot. And perhaps the most interesting tidbit: our sources compared the Orange personality to Big the Cat, a lumbering hedgehog even slower than his red counterpart…until he’s powered up. There is also a yellow Sonic–not a Super Sonic–that will be the fastest of them all, but take damage easily. The source alleges only two of the personalities can be used in-stage, but all may be able to combine and act as an equivalent Super Guide. The White Sonic allegedly pops up as an option after dying in a stage a certain number of times. Using it guarantees the lowest rank at the end.
You have 5 characters like you have 5 in NSMBU. Probably you can't play as all 5 at once (the grandpa one probably not all), but you play as the 5 on the left plus Sonic and switch between to navigate the levels. Second from the left throws projectiles, next one can jump really high, next can throw heavy punches.
Sonic Colors was good, but I wasn't a fan of the wisps; I felt they were used too much and detracted from the core gameplay. Planet Wisp is the worst level in Generations because of wisps.
StreetsAhead
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NYC Figures. Just wait.
Arc Christelle
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Everyday's a new adventure, on each adventure, you make new friends. There will always be shitty friends.
Deal with it.
Just hope that if you have to play with them, they're fun.
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GreatMightySymp
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So Sonic has six new shitty foes? 
It would be interesting if this was an evolution of that Dimensions rumor, though.
It would be interesting if this was an evolution of that Dimensions rumor, though.
They do have quills...
LSauchelli
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Crossing my fingers for six bosses that give six different abilities.
WordAssassin
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Yeaaaaaaaah that sounds like this looks. Gonna go with that. So either the shadows are different forms for Sonic or they ditched that idea and they're new allies.
Why in the world are they showing shadows of possible foes that on one knows? Is this supposed to shock or surprise anyone? I dont get what they are trying to do here. Shroud these guess in some kind of mystery? If they are unknowns, which it certainly looks to be the case, then hiding them behind shadows serves no purpose. I.E- There's no big payoff.
So they're physical manifestations of Sonic's shattered mind? Will this game be about Sonic grappling with his inner demons?
That's deep man.
Uncle Rupee
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Eggman is behind it all, of course
Doug Heffernan
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Gee, Sonic Team will never learn... I thought they were done with adding new characters no one cares about.
Ohhhhh, I literally just caught this distinction as I cut out the post and started replying. I thought you said Planet Wisp was the worst level in Colors because of the Wisps and was about to ask what kinda stuff you're on.
I felt like the Wisps were well utilized through Colors and helped to bring back the multi-tiered sprawling level design that had been missing in the series since Sonic 3 and Knuckles. That's a long assed time ago. Generations was just trying to emulate the feel more than design around it, especially since they had so much other content to juggle around and make "work" going from Green Hill forward. Interestingly enough, I feel like Generations was more focused in the design from the earlier levels versus some of the later ones with Planet Wisp being the most obviously rickshaw'd.
There is enough recycling in the gaming industry.
Jawmuncher
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Was thinking the same thing....sadly.
I don't know how anyone can tolerate Sonic recycling itself over and over. Sonic Generations was so dull and predictable because of it (gameplay excluded), so was Sonic 4. It's making the franchise even more predictable and trite than ever.
Colors was so much better in that regard, not because of the Wisps but because of the new atmosphere. If they want to introduce a new character, let them. It's not like the Sonic universe exists in a bubble, besides the series now has writers who can actually write worth a damn.
New characters in Sonic games are totally self-contained now. The Wisps haven't appeared outside Colors, and Chip died alongside Unleashed.
Colors isn't a spin-off.
Who gives a fuck about new characters as long as you dont play as them
Name one major platforming franchise that doesnt add new characters each game.
The only entry I can think of off the top of my head is Mario 3D Land.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
That added Pom-Pom.
But yeah, I always thought the knee-jerk reaction to Sonic adding any new characters is kind of odd. These just appear to be Boss characters to freshen things up a bit, I don't mind that and don't see an issue with it.
Like the Starscream clones from Animated? That would actually be awesome.
Ooohhhhh.
PeakPointMatrix
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Oh my goooooood
Just announce it already!
Just announce it already!
I totally see that...
Hot Coldman
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C.Olimar788
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But the most critically-acclaimed Sonic titles by the classic-lovers were Sonic 2 and 3, which both had multiple playable characters...
Nocturnowl
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This is exactly what makes them so interesting to me, they're not going to be like Sprint the Porcupine or something using the standard Sonic character mould.
Wisps are in Generations
Arc Christelle
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Yeah the overly whimsical look is starting to kill me. I'm bleeding. Seriousness.
Winterfang
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Do you know what a teaser is?
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