Yea we will be seeing this at E3, lets hope its as glorious as that art
We'll see more of the game before E3, Iwata said.
Also its part of the '
new' Sonic cycle, if this goes the same route as Colors and Generations. Basically, a Sonic game gets announced in the Spring with little to no info. A CG teaser trailer releases. A week or less later we get screens, and shortly after, info. Maybe a magazine article around or shortly after the time. Then E3 comes and we get a gameplay trailer as well as a playable demo and impressions/videos from E3. Then from there the info becomes more regular, we end up getting trailers for every level in the game, and then it releases in November (Sonic games almost always release in November for at least the last 10 years).
Hopefully if its like Colors and Generations, it turns out good and continues the general acceptance that the Sonic series has been on a steady rise of quality lately, rather than crashing and burning. But I feel since SEGA did its major 'Sonic reconstructing' before Colors, the series has seen a rise in quality, so they changed something that seems to be working for them. And if I understand this correctly, Nintendo is helping some with development like they were with Project Zero 2: Wii Edition, for example, so maybe the collaboration could turn out an amazing game. Not that I don't have faith SEGA figured out how to make good Sonic games again after Colors and Generations, but Nintendo helping could make an amazing Sonic game if they both know what they're doing (which some would argue, they don't, but we'll see).