Dr Zhivago
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It's on Sega's Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SEGAEurope#p/u/1/kUYOP9U4VqQ
http://www.youtube.com/user/SEGAEurope#p/u/1/kUYOP9U4VqQ
Dr Zhivago said:It's on Sega's Youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SEGAEurope#p/u/1/kUYOP9U4VqQ
There's Ryu and Beat, enough cool characters for meSecretBonusPoint said:Kind of obscure one there, not even proper HOTD but the weird Ex series? Hope theres some better characters announced next, as thats kinda lame.
Rlan said:"A Zombie from the House Of The Dead EX Series"
Really? Really? Is this thing even out in the States?
Yes! But I'd also be OK with Blaze or Adam instead, just as long as Streets of Rage gets represented.ReXXXSoprano said:At this point I still have hope for 3 characters. Axel Stone,
How popular was Comix Zone? I liked Comix Zone, but as a kid I didn't know many people that had the game. But, he'd be a nice edition.ReXXXSoprano said:Sketch Turner
ReXXXSoprano said:and Opa-Opa.
I have some news regarding Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Do you guys want me to post it in here or on a separate thread? Aww heck, I'll just post it here anyway.
-On Friday, FreshFromFunk-O-Tron1992 from the Official SEGA Forums spoke to Mr. Greg Johnson regarding ToeJam & Earl's fate in the game. It turns out he is very close to making them downloadable and/or a preorder bonus, but only for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. That's very good news indeed, and the SEGA Nerds get to keep the duo as an icon for the Nerdcast (by the way, you guys need to do some more, lol).
They just need their yellow spaceship as a special move, hopefully no TJE3 rap crap.ShadiWulf said:
Diablohead said:They just need their yellow spaceship as a special move, hopefully no TJE3 rap crap.
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:lol
But DiGi, you're just over reacting. NiGHTS is expected -
No, we have become too comfortable with NiGHTS just being there and it could potentialy cost us this time.
It's a racing game. So what? -
This could spiral from 'just a racing game' to no longer seeing him at all. If i am correct and NiGHTS is not in the main game then who knows why he was left out and further more this could lead to NiGHTS becoming inactive like so many other SEGA ip's out there.
Excitement is high for SUMOs new crossover title, Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing. We reported earlier that Ryo Hazuki will return for the first time since Shenmue 2, and old favorites such as Alex Kidd, Sonic The Hedgehog, Super Monkey Ball and Space Channel 5 are represented in this game, making it the wet dream of all SEGA fans out there.
We recently spoke with Steve Lycett of SUMO Digital about the audio direction for this title. Many fans have been desperate to hear more information on what we can expect from this title when it comes to music, voice acting and more.
Find out everything you want to know about the audio in Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing right here!
OSV: Steve, thank you so much for speaking to us! Please introduce yourself to our readers.
Steve: Hi there, Im Steve Lycett and Im the Producer on Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing, which is Sumo Digitals latest game for SEGA.
OSV: SEGA fans are extremely excited for this game, and one of the most exciting aspects is the audio approach in these crossover titles. Lets start by talking about the music itself, what can we expect?
Steve: Why not, good place to start! For this game weve once again been given the keys to SEGAs big audio closet. What we try and do with the All-Star games, is get a good mix of music both old and new. That way we can hopefully raise some fond memories of older games youve played if youre a SEGA fan, surprise you with some new songs and also hopefully- introduce a whole new legion of players to the music weve all enjoyed.
To this end weve got classic tracks from many, many games. If we take just the Sonic courses, weve got music from Sonic Heroes, Sonic CD, Sonic R and many more. Outside of Sonic, weve raided official sound tracks to get new arranged versions of music. Weve even managed to get a Crush40 track in there!
What we do is give you a track for each course, then by playing the game, you earn SEGA Miles, which you can spend on the in-game shop. As you buy new music, you can then select from the ones youve unlocked when you start a race.
OSV: Whos in charge of the original material recorded specifically for this title?
Steve: Weve pulled in some familiar names to record us new material. So weve got Richard Jacques very much involved. We love Rich, we hope he loves us too! It wouldnt have that All-Star feel without his involvement, so were very happy that hes recorded new music for the game.
Expect to hear some brand new tracks from other respected artist too, you will spend the next few weeks humming and whistling them!
OSV: It seems this title will feature more music than your previous title SEGA Superstars Tennis judging by what you just told us.
Steve: Theres lots of music. I mean lots, were way over what we had in SEGA Superstars Tennis and even I didnt think wed manage that.
OSV: Now all the character have different vehicles based on their classic titles, tell us a bit about the sound approach to the vehicles themselves.
Steve: Yeah, lets have a chat about those. Each character has a car designed to fit their style. So Sonic has a sleek fast sports car, Tails has monoplane and our recent announcement shows Ryo Hazuki on a bike then a forklift for his All-Star move. Weve wanted capture classic Sega arcade games in feel and so weve based these off real world car sounds. So Sonics car is based off a big meaty V8 engine for example. Each vehicle sound is comprised of separate layers. Weve got the main engine rev, a separate exhaust note, then layers we add on top, things like turbo whines, exhaust pops. On top of this we add yet more layers as we need to, so youve got tire squeal when you drift, a layer of wind noise when youre getting lots of air not to mention extra layers for boosting. This gives all the cars a rich and complex sound design. The guys behind the sounds are folk whove worked on such games as TOCA Touring Cars and SEGA Rally, they know their engines!
OSV: What about voice actors? Did you approach the old voice actors to return voicing their characters?
Steve: Weve also gone to town with VO. Every character has their own set of VO, this is lifted from older titles in some cases, or new recordings where we can with the original actors. Getting that character in there is important for us and having them sound as you expect even more so. We want the race to feel kinetic, we want you to hear the character enjoying themselves, so when you get that overtake you feel its important.
OSV: What else has SUMO done to enhance the classic SEGA racing feeling to the races?
Steve: To signpost race events weve also added full commentary to the game. Weve got a classic over the top SEGA commentator in there, written by professional script writers to keep you updated on the race. Its got thousands of lines of dialog for this alone, even more when you consider weve had to record these in 5 languages too!
OSV: This game also features weapons. Will they be using the classic sound effects from their respective games ala Mario Kart, where the classic mushroom sound and others are featured?
Steve: Yes, adding to the kinetic nature of the game are the games various weapons. Weve got homing missile, punch gloves from Monkey Ball all of these have signature sounds as when youre focusing on the race, you need those audio cues to know whats coming in and get ready to react to deal with them.
OSV. And we can expect full surround sound for all console releases, correct?
Steve: Yeah weve also pushed the boat out by supporting Dolby Digital on PS3 and Xbox 360. Weve got in support for Dolby Pro-Logic 2 on the Wii. So if youve got the surround set-up the game will use it!
OSV: Finally, what can we expect for the DS version? How are you cramming all that content into the handheld cart?
Steve: Want to play on the move, weve also crammed all these sounds and more into the DS version. As weve got to squash all this onto a cartridge, weve enlisted the services of Allister Brimble to compose us unique MIDI versions of all the games tunes . You wont believe what hes done with it. My personal favourite is Can you Feel the Sunshine, a track I didnt think would ever work in MIDI format, but amazingly it does. Again the byword for the game is How much SEGA can we legally squeeze into one game and I think Allister has done us proud.
OSV: Thank you so much for all the great information. It looks like SUMO has really gone all out when it comes to the audio department in this game!
Steve: Is audio important to us? You bet. We know its important to players around the world and weve done our very best to make a game that captures SEGA at its best and deliver that feeling to the players when they load the game up come early 2010.
-PXG- said:So, they cancel Jet Set Radio, but come out with shit like this. You got to be kidding me.
Would this mean no PC LAN? I knew some guy was asking bout it earlier.ShadiWulf said:PS3/360/PC versions will be identical
Backflip said:For those of you who understand French, here our written preview of the game (there are quite few details about the game's content in there) : http://www.jv247.com/articles/1982-Sonic-en-tour-de-chauffe.html
Our video interview with Craig Duncan from SUMO will be up later today.
Jacobi said:no story mode????????
ShadiWulf said:More info! yay
- PS3 version runs fluid
- 360 version has some framerate issues
SmokyDave said:Got to hand it to Sega, they like to do things differently.
If the lineup of 'stars' keeps increasing I might have to buy this. If Axel from Streets Of Rage ever makes it in I'll buy two copies.
ShadiWulf said:- Wii version has either wiimote/nunchuck or just wiimote
Well shit, this is different. Superstar's Tennis, Sonic 06, and Sonic Unleashed were all better on the 360 framerate and lack of tearing-wise, so I assumed that this would be the same. I guess this mean's that I won't be buying it day one, but instead I'm gonna have to rent both copies and see. I'm am very anal about framerate. On the other hand, I like the 360 layout better for racers, though I like the DS3's buttons more. If the PS3 version truly is the superior version, then that just means my PS3 library just got a little bit larger, which is good!ShadiWulf said:More info! yay
- PS3 version runs fluid
- 360 version has some framerate issues
ShadiWulf said:- DS version has controls aimed at young children
Choosing a version's gonna be harder than I thought. No day one for me anymore, I can't afford to make the wrong choice!
Yeah, what the fuck is that supposed to mean?Dr Zhivago said:
What made you think it was shopped?bengraven said:Holy SHIT, that Ryo isn't a shop!?!??!?!
Backflip said:Here is our video interview with Craig Duncan, Development Director at SUMO Digital : http://www.jv247.com/games/2980-VIDEO2196-Craig-Duncan-SUMO-Digital.html
The questions are in French but the answers are in English with French subtitles (there's a bit of new gameplay footage in there and info about DLC, the SEGA Miles system and more).
Well, SEGA and SUMO both had ideas for interesting characters to be in the game, the final list they had to drop some but a combined list for the finalized version.
SEGA Miles buys music, characters, new tracks, artwork and the likes and you earn SEGA Miles from doing anything in the game, single player races, online races, battle mode, missions, etc. Each time you buy a character or track, it has a bio for it telling about it's history, what games it's appeared in, some background info on it, etc.
When asked how many tracks/characters are in the game, his answer is somewhere between 20-40. XD
Talking to SEGA about DLC, but nothing finalized.
They say they have a lot of Mario Kart fans in the studio, they say compared to Mario Kart their product is much more of a race, a lot faster, more intense,a lot more going on.
The guy has a fun time explaining how he's really happy to play as one of his favorite old SEGA characters in the game, but it's an unannounced character so he can't say, but to play as that character in the game is very cool. XD
Apparently Ryo was added in the game at an early point in development. SEGA or Sumo suggested it during the initial character meeting, they thought the forklift truck thing was legendary, put it in the game, everyoe loved it in the prototype version, they kept it.
They spend a LOT of time making sure every detail will please the fans, from animation, to details, to music, to all-star moves, to tracks, they try to make it look and feel right so people who are big fans of the characters will appreciate all the small things in the characters.
farnham said:oh wow so they are making a shitty wii version and a shittty 360 version...
too bad since i only have those consoles...
i would have bought this game just because of the lack of any good kart racing games outside of mario kart this gen..
ShadiWulf said:He says they aren't finished yet and that everything will be good when the game comes out.
i certainly hope so..ShadiWulf said:Well, S0L spazzed at me when he saw my post elsewhere talking down the Wii and 360 versions.
He says they aren't finished yet and that everything will be good when the game comes out.
ShockingAlberto said:Good to know they're phoning in the Wii version.
Can't imagine how a mascot-based kart racer with Sonic would sell there.