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[mugurumakensei]

Some more info...

While Sonic 4 will have shields, Episode 1 will only include the one hit shield. Just enough to help get your rings to the end of the stage.

Izuka says the reason they went episodic is that the game is too big to smaller hard drives (Wii and iPhone likely?) to fit in all at once and he didn't see players paying $60 for a 2-D Sonic game on disc. (Hellllooo. New Super Mario Bros Wii anyone?!!)

To be fair, Nintendo doesn't have to pay itself royalty fees. Add to this, Sonic has a bad rep these days, and people, especially the core PS360 players, believe 2d should be relegated to Digital Distribution w/ $10-$20 pricetag. So, the not seeing players paying $60 is true. They probably wouldn't even pay $40 on the PS360. Ideal pricepoint for something 2d these days for optimum sales is around the $25-30 mark.

 

[.la1n]

Some more info...

While Sonic 4 will have shields, Episode 1 will only include the one hit shield. Just enough to help get your rings to the end of the stage.

Izuka says the reason they went episodic is that the game is too big to smaller hard drives (Wii and iPhone likely?) to fit in all at once and he didn't see players paying $60 for a 2-D Sonic game on disc. (Hellllooo. New Super Mario Bros Wii anyone?!!)

I actually would have liked to have seen a retail release, I'm one of those people that likes having hard copies of games if I can help it but I see what he's saying here. We'll see how it all turns out. I think doing it this way may alienate some sales they could have grabbed from smaller kids whose parents buy their games in store and usually don't even understand what digital downloadable games are.

Not saying Sonic should be geared towards such a young audience because we know that ends in failure but that was always kinda the appeal of the old school sonic, he could be enjoyed by all age groups just like mario.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Izuka says the reason they went episodic is that the game is too big to smaller hard drives (Wii and iPhone likely?) to fit in all at once and he didn't see players paying $60 for a 2-D Sonic game on disc. (Hellllooo. New Super Mario Bros Wii anyone?!!)

Izuka, i'm sorry i won't give you my 42 euros i would have spent for a retail copy of Sonic 4....

 

[MiamiWesker]

I have always been a believe and these scans just make me believe even more. Looks great, can't wait for this game to come out.

 

[Diablohead]

Izuka, i'm sorry i won't give you my 42 euros i would have spent for a retail copy of Sonic 4....

Still the possibility that there will be a complete collection release once all episodes are out, would be silly not to do so.

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

I certainly demand the official thread be titled Sonic the Hedgehog 4 or Against at the very least.

 

[BlazeHedgehog]

Still the possibility that there will be a complete collection release once all episodes are out, would be silly not to do so.

Those who dissected the official website even found hits regarding such a thing, as there are "Pre-Order" buttons stashed in the code, or something (but you can't pre-order digital content...)

 

[ShadiWulf]

DISCLAIMER: I have no idea what the following post means... just felt like making this for some reason =P

See the rest here:
http://i47.tinypic.com/aujevk.png

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

he didn't see players paying $60 for a 2-D Sonic game on disc. (Hellllooo. New Super Mario Bros Wii anyone?!!)

I can understand why he would feel this way. After all, this has been the stigma against 2D games for a long, long time now.

However, I would bet anything he's absolutely wrong.

You make a full-length brand-new 2D Sonic game for home consoles, slap 'Sonic 4' on the cover, and you are going to sell a shit ton of units.

 

[Diablohead]

Those who dissected the official website even found hits regarding such a thing, as there are "Pre-Order" buttons stashed in the code, or something (but you can't pre-order digital content...)

Ya think I didn't know that?

 

[OnPoint]

DISCLAIMER: I have no idea what the following post means... just felt like making this for some reason =P

Careful. Could be considered image spam.

You also have a hotlink on there.

 

[Ten-Song]

Those who dissected the official website even found hits regarding such a thing, as there are "Pre-Order" buttons stashed in the code, or something (but you can't pre-order digital content...)

Steam.

I can understand why he would feel this way. After all, this has been the stigma against 2D games for a long, long time now.

However, I would bet anything he's absolutely wrong.

You make a full-length brand-new 2D Sonic game for home consoles, slap 'Sonic 4' on the cover, and you are going to sell a shit ton of units.

Absolutely. I really hope a lot of people at Sega are kicking their selves in the asses right now after making the choice to go episodic, and watching New Super Mario Bros. continue to be a sales juggernaut.

 

[WillyFive]

I certainly demand the official thread be titled Sonic the Hedgehog 4 or Against at the very least.

We agreed on it being dedicated for HUELEN though.

 

[Lijik]

We agreed on it being dedicated for HUELEN though.

"Sonic the Hedgehog 4 or Against: The Official Thread of Huelen in Green-eyed Heaven"

 

[ShadiWulf]

Careful. Could be considered image spam.

You also have a hotlink on there.

OK, thanks for the advice, edited it with the version i posted on SEGA.

 

[Iknos]

I think the point here is that your joke was obviously not very good. The fact that you've spent 3 posts now trying to explain it doesn't help it any.

I wish someone said that earlier instead of beating around the bush.

And people wondered why others were getting their panties in a twist over the inclusion of the homing attack.

Homing attack.

Rails.

This is sounding more like Advance/Rush everyday.

AKA "Here, let us control Sonic for you, since we can't be bothered to design a decently-navigable level."

That's a good way of putting it.

 

[RobbieNick]

Still the possibility that there will be a complete collection release once all episodes are out, would be silly not to do so.

I can almost guarantee it. SEGA wouldn't waste an opportunity like that. Especially when a good portion of the Wii base rarely uses the shop channel.

 

[Catalix]

"Sonic the Hedgehog 4 or Against: The Official Thread of Huelen in Green-eyed Heaven"

:lol FOR!

 

[Resilient]

Homing attack.

Rails.

This is sounding more like Advance/Rush everyday.

DURRRRR IT'S COOL TO HATE SONIC 4 DERP.

 

[Catalix]

DURRRRR IT'S COOL TO HATE SONIC 4 DERP.

Not cool, but reasonable.

 

[Diablohead]

DURRRRR IT'S COOL TO HATE SONIC 4 DERP.

Homing attack was never needed in sonic 1-3k and rails were just an overdone gimmick which stuck with sega since they made sonic adventure 2, it's not hard to bop along badniks by holding down the jump button in a regular sonic 2d game.

 

[Aaron Strife]

When did they confirm rails? All I saw was that pulley thing like in Launch Base.

 

[Fox]

When did they confirm rails? All I saw was that pulley thing like in Launch Base.

that's the rail. for the haters, of course.

 

[Resilient]

It would be reasonable if there actually were rails in the game. Last I checked of that screen shot, that's a pulley, not a rail. And it's been said, but that was introduced in Sonic 3. To go even further, we've seen that picture a while ago when the first teaser was shown and nobody had a meltdown back then. Making mountains out of mole hills seems to be this threads specialty :lol

 

[Aaron Strife]

that's the rail. for the haters, of course.

I see. That shouldn't be anything to complain about, though I do think it's kind of silly that they have one in Splash Hill.

 

[RagnarokX]

It would be reasonable if there actually were rails in the game. Last I checked of that screen shot, that's a pulley, not a rail. And it's been said, but that was introduced in Sonic 3. To go even further, we've seen that picture a while ago when the first teaser was shown and nobody had a meltdown back then. Making mountains out of mole hills seems to be this threads specialty :lol

The pulleys in launch base zone required you to jump and grab them, at which point they would zip you across. You could change direction and everything and they were a unique mechanic for that level. The ones in Angel Island Zone are better examples, but still those were level-specific.

These appear to be more akin to the above head rails in Sonic Advance 2 and the pulleys in Sonic Rush, which are automatically grabbed when you run into them and require speed to get all the way across, which could imply a more speed focused level design like the games it has appeared in. They act like above-head rails. Based on their generic design, they probably appear in multiple levels as well.

 

[Iknos]

IT'S COOL TO HATE BAD GAMEPLAY.

I'm a repairman. Repairing your posts. Bill is in the mail.

 

[Fox]

I'm a repairman. Repairing your posts. Bill is in the mail.

excuse me but.. what have you seen about gameplay until now? ._.

 

[Anth0ny]

excuse me but.. what have you seen about gameplay until now? ._.

This I guess.

 

[MMaRsu]

This I guess.

Havent been keeping up on this game but damn this looks terrible :\.

 

[The Hermit]

This I guess.

Come on guys, just because they released Sonic 2006 in a pre-alpha stage they won't do this again... right?

 

[goldenpp72]

Havent been keeping up on this game but damn this looks terrible :\.

At 1:04 you can see his run animation, it actually doesn't look bad to me.

 

[Ten-Song]

Come on guys, just because they released Sonic 2006 in a pre-alpha stage they won't do this again... right?

I'm still not quite sure what bothers me most about the video. The awful gameplay, or the absolutely horrific animations. The game seriously looks like some cheap Donkey Kong Country knock off from the 90's. :/

 

[DryEyeRelief]

DURRRRR IT'S COOL TO HATE SONIC 4 DERP.

And you prove your point by stooping to an even lower level of argumentation? You fit in this thread quite fine.

I'm sorry the battered Sonic fans are hurting your feelings with the paranoia, but if you want to take the wait and see approach, maybe you should you know...actually do that.

 

[Catalix]

This I guess.

Haven't seen this in a while. Thought I'd appreciate it more the second time around.


It's worse :/

 

[RobbieNick]

Good news!! According to Nintendo Power, the Eggman classic boss is a bit of a ruse. When you beat him enough he goes nuts and changes his tactics. There's some other info from the game at Sonic Stadium with more info coming up soon.

 

[RagnarokX]

Good news!! According to Nintendo Power, the Eggman classic boss is a bit of a ruse. When you beat him enough he goes nuts and changes his tactics. There's some other info from the game at Sonic Stadium with more info coming up soon.

That Endri guy said that when you beat that boss it turns into a chase sequence boss.

 

[Aru]

This I guess.

Looks okay, I guess.

 

[Anth0ny]

The Nintendo Power article was interesting. It looks like 4 zones with 3 acts and a boss stage for Episode 1 is confirmed, though =(

 

[DryEyeRelief]

Good news!! According to Nintendo Power, the Eggman classic boss is a bit of a ruse. When you beat him enough he goes nuts and changes his tactics. There's some other info from the game at Sonic Stadium with more info coming up soon.

That's good to hear.

 

[RagnarokX]

Seems the boss has a new attack; it slams the wrecking ball into the ground.

 

[riceandbeans]

The Nintendo Power article was interesting. It looks like 4 zones with 3 acts and a boss stage for Episode 1 is confirmed, though =(

Doubt it. There's still E.G.G. Station Zone. 4 zones with three acts isn't enough to be able to get the 99 lives or more achievement unless you collect every single ring out there and I'm not sure 4 zones fits in with the collect all Chaos Emeralds and Super Sonic theme. 7 zones or so makes more sense, one per level.

Destructoid Uses Neogaf and Sonic Retro for Article Ideas

Some of it's funny (green eyes argument), some of it's not-so funny (Sonic Rush similarities are there if you look for them). I see Jim Sterling wants to be the Bill O' Reilly/Keith Olbermann of gaming journalists.

 

[RobbieNick]

The Nintendo Power article was interesting. It looks like 4 zones with 3 acts and a boss stage for Episode 1 is confirmed, though =(

Why the sad face? That's 12 levels! As much as you get from one of the Genesis games.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Seems the boss has a new attack; it slams the wrecking ball into the ground.

Where?
edit: Nvm. Got it.

 

[Zen]

The scans show what look like a variation on the 'homing attack enemies to cross a section' except it isn't a botomless pit (I think) and the enemy pattern is descending.

Honestly what I really care about is that they do as a producer says and won't have any 'Little Big Planet' floaty physics in the final release.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Funny how they're comparing LBP to Sonic. Ofcourse, it better NOT have floaty physics or I'll just make a map in LBP!

 

[Zen]

Well the good news is that said comment probably came as a reaction to fans opinion of the 'leaked' alpha footage, and means there's a decent chance that the 'floaty' physics in the alpha footage will at least be toned down, regardless of it the developers originally intended to do so.

 

[Teknoman]

Jun Senoue confirmed. What were the tracks from Sonic 3/ Knuckles that Senoue composed?

 

[jman2050]

A variation on the GHZ boss that swings his ball around in a circle? And pounds it towards the ground to attack Sonic?

Those bastards!

 

[Fox]

so, long story short:

- sonic 4 episode 1 is just a prologue

- sonic and eggman are the only characters in the game, excepts from badniks and animals. tails and knuckles will arrive in ep.2 ?

- classic level design and gameplay. something inspired by the best of sonic 2. this will be the real sonic the hedgehog 4, not sonic advance 4 or sonic rush 3

- alternate ending with all emeralds collected will connect the story with episode 2

- 4 zones x 3 acts + boss battles (but achievements revealed egg station zone. maybe this is the zone for the alternate ending, like doomsday zone from sonic & knuckles

- jun senoue as sound composer/director

- classic green hill boss in splash hill attacks with new patterns (360° swing and ground smash) after three hits

- possible new skills in the next episodes