Sonic the Hedgehog

[sonicbrawler182]

Apologies for the double post, but here's a quick little update regarding my game:



EDIT: Also accomplished something else today:

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Question time: Do you think Lost World's sales will cause damage to Nintendo and Sega's relationship? Also, do you think Sonic Team will give SLW's gameplay another shot, or go back to the boost gameplay?

[OCG]

I personally think Sega will keep the word and release another Sonic Wii U/3DS Exclusive. After ending the contract because 2 exclusives are already released, Sega will probably try porting Lost World on PC and put it on Steam like they did with Sonic 4 Ep 1, and will probably skip next Sonic game on Nintendo systems like Generations did. Gameplay? Who knows

[Master]

I'd hope they continue to experiment with the Lost World formula for a bit, the boost formula saw quite a peak in Generations, and I'd like for the series to retain some fresh ideas first rather than falling back on something tried and tested, otherwise things start getting a little tedious.

[sonicbrawler182]

Lost World's sales won't damage the relationship between the two. Nintendo will just have to get the Wii U out there.
There will be another game with the parkour system, likely with less gimmick levels, so they can just focus on and expand on the parkour.
They don't need to go back to the boost gameplay because Sonic Generations mods are a thing.

[OCG]

Boost gameplay should be only kept if new Sonic Rush was to be made.

[sonicbrawler182]

https://31.media.tumblr.com/d688841e556 ... 1_1280.png

Here's my box art for my Sonic fan game. I only did one as part of an assignment. We really shouldn't be given such an assignment so early on because it's not like the game has had much development time so far.

[sonicbrawler182]

Apologies for the bump, but something rather interesting has surfaced today:

http://www.sonicretro.org/2014/02/new-s ... g-in-2015/

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

It's glad to know that even though Lost World had poor sales. Even when the partnership is over, they still intend to release games on the Wii U.


Also, according to this, that Sonic movie rumor from a while back may be true, but it looks like to be inspired by the Sonic Boom cartoon.

[OCG]

No PC?

[sonicbrawler182]

Don't expect next gen Sonic games to make it to PC until later this gen, and even then, don't expect it to be an announced platform from the get go. Sonic Generations was not announced to be on PC from the get go, and in general, Japanese developers are not really keen on PC.

[OCG]

You are right. Hopefully this wil turn out to be like with Sonic Generations. It has been proven that Sonic has great audience on PC and plus Sonic Gen had great mods. Imagine if new game came for PC. Lost World mod?

[Master]

I guess it depends on what they do for the next game as to whether or not they'll be able to pull another Unleashed Project.

I'm more intrigued by the Sonic Boom cartoon currently, 52 eleven minute episodes, just like shows like Adventure Time, and it's on Cartoon Network as well.
And then there's the bullet point about "CG animated film," wonder if it's a tie-in to the show? Or something greater? Either ways, it seems things are going to be quite interesting, even with the lack of a main Sonic title.

[sonicbrawler182]

I guess it depends on what they do for the next game as to whether or not they'll be able to pull another Unleashed Project.

I'm more intrigued by the Sonic Boom cartoon currently, 52 eleven minute episodes, just like shows like Adventure Time, and it's on Cartoon Network as well.
And then there's the bullet point about "CG animated film," wonder if it's a tie-in to the show? Or something greater? Either ways, it seems things are going to be quite interesting, even with the lack of a main Sonic title.

One of the reasons Generations was hacked as much as it was, is that the code for the game and all of it's files in the Steam directory are very cleanly organised. Sonic Adventure 2 is an opposite scenario, which is why even a decade later, it still hasn't got many major hacks, let alone a level creation scene. The only one I can think of is a mod for SA2 PC on Steam, that allows online play in the game's versus mode, though it's kinda ham-fisted to use (the name of the mod is "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Network" if you want to look it up and find out more about it). So how much a game is modded is all down to how passionate and skilled the people responsible are, and how clean the code is.

TV Shows can technically fall under "film". The Sonic Boom half of the poster was still just talking about the show.
I know there was a rumour I posted about a Sonic movie apparently being made by the people who make "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", and that it was slated for 2015, and a second movie in 2017, but this does not seem connected at all, as Sonic Boom is not being made by those people. Heck, we still have had no new developments on the movie rumour.

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That being said, I think the Sonic news drought will end soon. We always have a period like this after the release of a major title. The game listed in that poster is likely not the next Sonic game we are getting either. We still have that 3rd Nintendo exclusive, and we always get one new, big budget Sonic game each year, even if it's a spin-off and not a main series platformer (like how we got Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed in 2012, which was touted as the AAA Sonic game of that year since it's announcement). Since '06, there has been a two year gap between each main series platformer with the exception of Colours (2008 had Unleashed, 2010 had Colours, 2011 had Generations, 2013 had Lost World). Colours was only made because it started out as a Wii port of Generations, but the team decided that the entire point of Generations didn't shine through on Wii (seeing old Sonic stages in HD). They had enough assets made to continue making a new game, though (notice the Classic Badniks in Colours, for example). And the engine Colours uses is (contrary to popular belief) actually the same engine the Storybook games used. So that game was assigned to the dev team of the Storybook games (who had previously been giving us something between the main series games, with Secret Rings in 2007, and Black Knight in 2009).

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Unless Nintendo and Sega fell out over Lost World sales (though I doubt this will be the case, as Sonic is in Smash Bros, and they are still making Nintendo themed DLC for Lost World), I believe we will get our third Nintendo exclusive Sonic game at the end of this year, and then the multiplat title we are reading about in that poster will be released at the end of 2015.

I don't know whether or not it was the Unleashed dev team (Unleashed HD, Generations HD), or the Storybook dev team (Secret Rings, Black Knight, Colours) who made Lost World Wii U (Dimps made the 3DS version). Lots of people are guessing the Storybook team, as Lost World really does feel like Sonic Colours 2. I think it's entirely possible, as it would be the first HD game made by that team, meaning development would likely take longer than what they are used to, which would explain why they took longer with it than their past games. Though there is no confirmation of which team actually made it.

My guess is that the 3rd Nintendo exclusive Sonic game is going to be a collaborative effort between Nintendo and one of the aforementioned dev teams for Sonic games. I will guess it will be the Storybook dev team, because I think the Unleashed dev team would be better for working with new hardware like the PS4 and Xbox One.

As for what I think the 3rd Nintendo exclusive Sonic game will be, I think it will be one of the following, from what I think is least desirable and most likely, to what is most desirable and least likely, personally speaking. This is keeping in mind that it's already been confirmed that Sonic in Smash 4 has nothing to do with the three Sonic game partnership with Nintendo:

-A game to tie in with the release of the new show. The demographic for the show is young boys, so it would make sense for a game meant for that demographic to be Nintendo only.
-A new "Sonic & All Stars" game by Sumo Digital. They are currently working on something, we know that much. If it's not LittleBigPlanet, it's something like this.
-A new entry into the Storybook series.
-A new Mario & Sonic game, except this time, they aren't at the Olympics. It'd be some kind of platformer-adventure game, or an RPG.
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Also, it's the 20th anniversary of Sonic 3 today!

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

I'll leave it at this.

[OCG]

According to this site, Sega said that poster is "incorrect"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/ ... 4-in-2014/

[sonicbrawler182]

That statement about the e-mail holds no water as he does not provide proof that he was e-mailed. And literally only quotes the word "incorrect" from the e-mail.

[OCG]

True. I never said that he is right, I just shared link because I found it interesting. This is quite possibly same how GameInformer lied about Activsion and Crash and when he was tweeted about it he contradicted himself few times.

[sonicbrawler182]

Speaking of tweets, I've heard that the Japanese voice actors for Sonic and Amy both ship SonicxAmy. Apparently, they had a conversation on Twitter recently that would suggest this.

I guess that means the pairing will be canon in a game or two. :V

[OCG]

Junichi Kanemaru also sang a song which many fans believe to be Sonic singing about Amy so if he tweeted about Sonamy pairing, that would be no surprise to me.

Although in my humble opinion, I do not support any Sonic pairing.