Obscuritas
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Legit biggest surprise.
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Sonic Mania (8-15-2017, SEGA/Taxman/Headcannon/PagodaWest, PS4/XB1/PC/NX)
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Yup! Although Episode II was pretty good this just shits on it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8EedQJk7Y
Some proper direct-feed footage from Gamespot, complete with sound.
Some proper direct-feed footage from Gamespot, complete with sound.
I hope it's mostly new content. I don't understand why we're at Green Hill again. Wonder if this is a follow-up to S3&K, Sonic 4, or just a random assortment of levels to play through without any "story". Not that I want a story more complex then anything found in the classics. Just curious if this will be canon I guess.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Urgh. All that build up, for this?
Looks like a million other shitty Sonic fan games.
Looks like a million other shitty Sonic fan games.
chaobreaker
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If you're expecting something groundbreaking from the new Sonic 2017 game then I have some bad news for you. The last thing Sega needs is another Lost World and Rise of Lyric flop. 99% chance it's going to be exactly like they advertised: A Sonic Colors and Generations inspired 3D game.
Besides, the world really really needs a good 2D Sonic game. Its been years in the making. Those DS and GBA games never really done it for most fans of classic fans.
OrbitalBeard
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Fantastic! I'm really excited for this.
I heard a Sonic Spinball warp soundbit.
That boss music.
That warp sound.
"Lights Camera"
Rings coming towards the camera.
So many animation frames.
Yup, getting in the truck.
Eh, it is a way forward for Sonic. It's essentially what NSMB was for Mario. Nintendo moved the series into 3D, but the 3D gameplay was so different from the 2D gameplay that it was essentially a different franchise. Fans of 2D Mario were left high and dry until Nintendo decided to experiment and see if a continuation of 2D Mario could be successful. It was. Now both 2D and 3D Mario run as their own franchises.
With Sonic things are a bit different. Sega revisited 2D Sonic over the past 22 years since Sonic & Knuckles, however rather than try to continue 2D Sonic they kept reinventing the goddamn wheel, which they also did with 3D Sonic. Rather than 2 neat franchises like 2D Mario and 3D Mario Sonic's games are so different from each other that the Genesis games, Rush games, Sonic 4, and each of the Advance games individually are essentially their own style of games and with 3D you have Adventure style, Heroes style, Unleashed style, Lost World style.
This is like the first honest to goodness attempt to make a continuation of the Genesis games. It doesn't look like a pure nostalgia ploy. It looks like an attempt to move 2D Sonic forward the way it always deserved to be.
OverdriveOtaku
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This looks absolutely freaking amazing. Studiopolis music is great, nice bass on Green Hill track.
Sonic Mania is clearly a parallel project, but if the Sonic Team project turns out so bad that they have to scrap the Sonic Adventure derivatives and start again from the beginning then so be it.
Looks very, very good. Sonic isn't floaty nor does he have that long hang time. But he also doesn't look heavy like Generations Sonic. I want to play it right now.
Presentation really pays homage to the original Japanese box art.
Color selections, menu design, fonts.
Took me back.
I put in so many hours in that game, and I actually did enjoy it.
Color selections, menu design, fonts.
Took me back.
I put in so many hours in that game, and I actually did enjoy it.
Fuck I'm so excited for this. I was screaming and yelling like a little girl when this popped up on the stream. I don't care if this is a $60 release, I'm buying it day one. Hell I might even pre-order it.
And I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't hit NX or any Nintendo platforms. Sega has a weird way of sometimes supporting Nintendo and sometimes not, so I wouldn't be surprised if Sega didn't release this on a Nintendo platform at all.
And I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't hit NX or any Nintendo platforms. Sega has a weird way of sometimes supporting Nintendo and sometimes not, so I wouldn't be surprised if Sega didn't release this on a Nintendo platform at all.
The new stage looks great
Looks pretty good.
That Spinball sound effect though. No one needs to be reminded of that awful game.
WouldYouKindly
Banned
Thats all weve ever wanted day fucking zero!
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm at a loss for words
the title screen
all the new sprite assets and added frames of animation
the music/sound design
the physics
boi
are they about to do it!?!?
I'm hyped. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the first video game I ever played and I'm pretty nostalgic for the genesis games.
*High Five*
That title screen is hot fire.
This game...
It's...it's...perfect!
I never thought I'd say this again, but I'm officially excited for a new Sonic game.
Hello Kitty is a cat.
Cats eat mice.
Mouse is singular of mice.
Stealth Mickey Mania game announced!
It's...it's...perfect!
I never thought I'd say this again, but I'm officially excited for a new Sonic game.
Hello Kitty was at the event.
Hello Kitty is a cat.
Cats eat mice.
Mouse is singular of mice.
Stealth Mickey Mania game announced!
That's really nice remix of Green Hill Zone.
But is that first level straight up ripped from the original? It looks almost identical (minus the boss battle at the end). I wonder if it's like the way Nintendo recreated Super Mario Bros' 1-1 level in NSMB but changed everything else after.
This game looks great, but I'm still a little skeptical since this isn't the first time Sega attempted to "return to Sonic's roots". I don't think I need to remind everyone of Sonic 4...
Sir_Crocodile
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Yum.
I see they're using sonic 1 midpoints. Wonder if the special stages are accessed via giant ring or something new.
That Studiopolis song, too, hhnngg.
Lights. Camera. ACTION.
Act 1 seems to share the same layout as the original, though much of the art is redone and there seems to be some alternate routes you can see glimpses of that weren't in the original. It's also possible (likely?) it goes on past the end of the original, since the original level is very short. The trailer showed footage of other areas of GHZ that were absolutely not in the original.
Lights. Camera. ACTION.
Act 1 seems to share the same layout as the original, though much of the art is redone and there seems to be some alternate routes you can see glimpses of that weren't in the original. It's also possible (likely?) it goes on past the end of the original, since the original level is very short. The trailer showed footage of other areas of GHZ that were absolutely not in the original.
Astral Dog
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No NX officially revealed, the timing is perfect for a launch game.
As for Wii U...its probably easier to port this to whatever NX is, and Nintendo would prefer that,
anyways, this looks "ok", not the next generation Sonic i expected
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm the kind of Sonic nerd who gets excited seeing new pixel Sonic sprites they added to Sonic turning around from a sudden stop and I watch it a 0.25 speed.
Bam Chowder
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This is a dream megaton announcement for me, still shook that this is actually happening.
Tizoc
Member
We made it breh.
OrbitalBeard
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Problem is, Sonic Team's new 2017 project has an NX logo at the end of its trailer.
So, Mania might not be coming to NX after all. Or maybe Taxman and his team weren't given dev kits yet or something.
SonicMegaDrive
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Not me. Generations' 2D sections played like monkey doo-doo.
This is the best possible scenario as far as I'm concerned. As long as it plays well, I'll take any 2D Sonic. But the fact that it's being done in superior 16-bit glory is just icing on the cake.
Seven Force
Banned
Wouldn't be surprised. IIRC, they snuck in a couple of bonus areas & routes that could only be accessed by Tails and Knuckles in Sonic 1 Mobile.
BassForever
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But they announced sonic generations 2 for nx
Tizoc
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I KNOW RIGHT? RAYMAN GOT 2D GAMES
METROID IS GETTING A NEW 2D FAN REMAKE
AND THEN THERE'S THIS GAME
Gimme a 2D Mario platformer with sprites resembling the 2D art in Mario World 3D Ninty!
Dancing Queen
Banned
So it took them 15 years to make a proper Sonic game...
You'd have a point if it was Dimps working on this game.
I'm hyped. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was the first video game I ever played and I'm pretty nostalgic for the genesis games.
That title screen is hot.
Blackquill
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I think that olders Sonic are so badly designed so i'll pass
SonicMegaDrive
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jediyoshi
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Cool. Thanks for the update.
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