Sonic boom (another sonic game)

cloud493 · 06-02-2014 08:16PM #1

It would appear that the third game to be produced as part of Nintendo’s worldwide partnership with SEGA has emerged.

This will be a tie-in with their computer generated animated series of the same name, described by the publisher as a “character driven comedy.”

It will see the central characters of the series (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy) once again undergo a significant redesign, with the accompanying game being exclusive to Wii U and 3DS. Thankfully, we can catch our first glimpse of it in action below, revealing that all four characters will be playable whilst putting their own individual set of skills to use.

It’s a mix of traditional platforming elements with levels geared around Sonic and pals speeding through environments. The most surprising thing? It is not being developed by Sonic Team, instead being handled externally by Big Red Button Entertainment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vRlsxhjQ5M

Oh sega. Just let sonic die. Its embarrassing. There hasn't been a really really good sonic game since the first rush game. Generations and colours aren't bad, but still.

J. Marston · 06-02-2014 08:19PM

Let him go, Sega.

He's earned his rest.

RasTa · 06-02-2014 08:20PM

Yay some 3rd party support for the wii-u

richymcdermott · 06-02-2014 08:27PM

Lets get this straight sega , you make 3 of my favourite 16 bit games in my youth and then you take my beloved gaming icon and shove medicore down my throat with heroes, 06, shadow the hedgehog, black knight, chaos rings and just when I though you turned a new corner with colours and generations which I enjoyed immensely and instead of improving a forumla people for once atleast enjoyed you decide to turn sonic into a copy of mario galaxy albeit a very poor game and now , Now you ship the game to sanrazu studio and bigredbutton and have now sonic blatant copying to me to the ratchet and clank games which i dont even really like

YOU DUN ****ED UP

Retr0gamer · 06-02-2014 09:16PM

Nintendo and sega, give us shenmue 3 instead.

The new art is really bad on the characters. Dude bro knuckles, Amy has lost her goofy stalker charms and sonics ****ing scarf. They also have a bang of dream works off them, the promotional material has them doing the obnoxious dreamworks eyes.

Then to add insult to injury the use dubstep, the music of the Neanderthals.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 06-02-2014 09:18PM

knuckles was always fairly dude bro to be fair

landsleaving · 06-02-2014 09:23PM

Oh good. A dramatic orchestral theme. Sure why use the iconic Sonic music? I guess it's a bit more contemporary.

Oh, and Skrillex.

Feck off Sonic and friends. All your legs are weirdly long now and you're going to give me nightmares.

RasTa · 06-02-2014 09:45PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dm-AFKUmFw

Mr.Saturn · 06-02-2014 10:46PM

RasTa wrote: »

Yay some 3rd party support for the wii-u

This guy likes his bright sides.

BlitzKrieg · 10-02-2014 04:49PM

I might be the only one to look at this and go. *huh* I can dig it. The series has been experimenting with different gameplay for how many titles now? I can give someone new the chance to do something with it and honestly it's nowhere near as awful as giving him a gun or a sword or such nonsense we've already endured.

to be fair I like the new Eggman design they've brought back a bit of the teddy roosevelt inspiration and thrown in a circus master flair to it.

Tails is pretty much the same with some clothing added which frankly is the third or fourth time he's been given goggles etc and every time it gets the thumbs up but sega has never stuck with it.

Sonic, meh, scarf doesnt bother me, they've trimmed his spikes a bit and in fairness with the longer legs his head doesnt look so massively oversized now.

Amy...Amy I need to wait and see how they've written her, she was at one point the surprise character that I really liked, she actually had some genuinely funny lines in Sonic Battle and as Retro put it, her crazy stalker side had a charm. If they've cut that then

but they might have given it some bite instead, going from hopeless stalker to hormone predator might be interesting.

Knuckles.

Actually Knuckles needed to be redone, his character has been a mess since sonic adventure (noble guardian clashing with the idiot who keeps getting tricked) If they've rebuilt him from the ground up then *yay* lets see if it goes anywhere interesting.

In fact this really comes down to the same question asked when they announced sonic 06.

IS THIS A FULL REBOOT?

Zeus knows the sonic franchise genuinely needs someone to press a reset button and throw out all the trash over the years and start fresh.

Genghiz Cohen · 10-02-2014 05:05PM

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

I might be the only one to look at this and go. *huh* I can dig it. The series has been experimenting with different gameplay for how many titles now? I can give someone new the chance to do something with it and honestly it's nowhere near as awful as giving him a gun or a sword or such nonsense we've already endured.

to be fair I like the new Eggman design they've brought back a bit of the teddy roosevelt inspiration and thrown in a circus master flair to it.

Tails is pretty much the same with some clothing added which frankly is the third or fourth time he's been given goggles etc and every time it gets the thumbs up but sega has never stuck with it.

Sonic, meh, scarf doesnt bother me, they've trimmed his spikes a bit and in fairness with the longer legs his head doesnt look so massively oversized now.

Amy...Amy I need to wait and see how they've written her, she was at one point the surprise character that I really liked, she actually had some genuinely funny lines in Sonic Battle and as Retro put it, her crazy stalker side had a charm. If they've cut that then but they might have given it some bite instead, going from hopeless stalker to hormone predator might be interesting.

Knuckles.

Actually Knuckles needed to be redone, his character has been a mess since sonic adventure (noble guardian clashing with the idiot who keeps getting tricked) If they've rebuilt him from the ground up then *yay* lets see if it goes anywhere interesting.

In fact this really comes down to the same question asked when they announced sonic 06.

IS THIS A FULL REBOOT?

Zeus knows the sonic franchise genuinely needs someone to press a reset button and throw out all the trash over the years and start fresh.

From a gameplay perspective how will they complement and contrast each other?

We all know Sonic, super speed and loop-the-loops.

Knuckles looks like a brawler strongman in this game. Lifting and moving obstacles, beating down heavily armoured enemies.

Tails is the small nimble one, maybe something like Ellie from The Last of Us, getting to otherwise inaccessible areas to open paths and provide support in fights.

Amy is, um... The one who does the thing!

Retr0gamer · 10-02-2014 05:10PM

I really hope they don't do that 'Three Vikings' bull**** in this game. It really didn't work in Sonic Heroes and unless you are making a deliberate puzzle game like three vikings it just slows the game down with tedious non-puzzles.

cloud493 · 10-02-2014 05:11PM

Amy doesn't have a thing though. Like she has the hammer, but in sonic heroes she was the speed character, in adventure her levels consist of her running away from the robot.

Vojera · 11-02-2014 10:15AM

Knuckles looks like he's having an allergic reaction to something.

Is it wrong, though, that I'm just grateful there's no sign of Big the stupid fishing cat?

11-02-2014 12:05PM

Thought this was a thread for a move in Street Fighter

souleater3000 · 20-02-2014 03:57PM

At first I didn't know what to think of the redesigns of Sonic and Knuckles. Now I love every one of them. It seems very fitting to me. Im hyped for the game and the TV show. Its said to be its own side thing for the west not a reboot for the franchise or becoming main canon. So Sonic Team in Japan will be making their own games while the rest of us gets Boom (And more assuming this all goes well).

Tails now seems like a mechanic.
Sonic looks fine too, I like the scarf, no problem with the blue arms and as said before his head dos'nt look oversized now
Knuckles needed something done for a little while, his head always looked weird in the 3D game models or some of them anyway.
Amy seems fine too, looks a little older and there wont be anymore awkward panty shots in the games now.
Eggman is looking badass.

Based on the game trailer, the models look a little bit weird (Like sonic's eyes) but then again this is a new sonic and we arnt use to seeing him looking this way yet.

Hope its a success and a whole new side series where more characters, old and new are brought in.

johnny_ultimate · 29-05-2014 09:14PM

Fantastic, the game has opted to add a crazy high-pitched badger character to the franchise's already loveable band of mascots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIvZ0lcYDM

On a completely unrelated note, have you ever noticed that it's quite hard to emphasise sarcasm via text alone?

Fnz · 29-05-2014 09:32PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Fantastic, the game has opted to add a crazy high-pitched badger character to the franchise's already loveable band of mascots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIvZ0lcYDM

On a completely unrelated note, have you ever noticed that it's quite hard to emphasise sarcasm via text alone?

How wild and wacky! Ah, whatever, they've been aiming for a young demographic for some time now. Let's not beat that dead horse (is that a Sonic friend?).

Yer one's expression in that still, though. Wonder if it betrays her true feelings.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 30-05-2014 06:39AM

the voice of sticks is the woman who sang "give it to me baby" in pretty fly for a white guy

I don't know how this makes me feel

Retr0gamer · 30-05-2014 08:01AM

I see stage 2 of the Sonic cycle is now in effect. Stage one, fans get excited, Sega say they are bringing Sonic back to it's roots. Stage 2 new characters announced.

We all know how it ends.

Generic Dreadhead · 30-05-2014 11:41AM

My thoughts on Sonic over the last 2 decades are this (not counting 1,2, and Knuckles cause those were good)

Bought a Gamecube: "Oh whats this a Sonic game where you kind of skate around the gaf and take car of tamagotchi style blobs…. ok….. maybe the…. gameplay"….. CRAP

Trying to pick up a game for my missus to play on the Wii: "Oh here's a cheap 2nd hand Sonic game, she liked Sonia when she was young, maybe this one will rekindle her interest, look he's like 1/2 werewolf/hog now"…… WORST GAME EITHER OF US HAVE PLAYED IN 10 YEARS

Trying to go back to 2D: "Oh a PROPER Sonic 4 on the PS3 shop, Let's see if it's good…. well it looks pretty on the LED Tv, definitely bright…. so let's run to the right….. now what? run…. jump… run…. 2 levels…. 3rd Level maybe?….. BORED AS FU€K

Retr0gamer · 30-05-2014 11:49AM

Cormac... wrote: »

she liked Sonia when she was young

Damn I thought I was the only one!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmFD8_0q9U

Generic Dreadhead · 30-05-2014 02:06PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Damn I thought I was the only one!

Whats funny is that was a typo (instead of Sonic) but funny thing is her name is actually Sonia :pac:

Them coincidences

BlitzKrieg · 02-06-2014 09:28PM

So lots of info out today on Sonic Boom: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/06/02/explanation-behind-sonics-new-look

including a good video breaking down the game design on both versions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUfAPTv1LgeEWevG8X_6PUOQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR1YSt26O1E

there was a lot of footage but turns out they didnt have permission to show it so they pulled it down

luckily I saw it. Sonic's model looks really weird in movement which can be sort of seen in some screens, his head looks like it doesnt connect to his neck. So sonic cycle continues

Overall it sounds like they are taken a cue from sonic adventure with different level types may have broken things up a lot which could work but also just as much make the game feel very unfocused and just messy. Overall I am not excited (dont own a wii u and I know the sonic cycle too well) but nothing so far has been headslammingly stupid as some previous titles (shadow & gun, everything about sonic 06)

cloud493 · 13-08-2014 07:28PM

This looks absolutely abysmal to be frank. I'm expecting a dud.

CiDeRmAn · 13-08-2014 09:32PM

cloud493 wrote: »

This looks absolutely abysmal to be frank. I'm expecting a dud.

Don't you have to wait for the abysmal reviews before saying that?
The Sonic Cycle demands it!
But, you're probably right, it's going to be more like Shadow than Sonic.

richymcdermott · 13-08-2014 09:41PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Don't you have to wait for the abysmal reviews before saying that?
The Sonic Cycle demands it!
But, you're probably right, it's going to be more like Shadow than Sonic.

the cycle will end one day................................................................................................................................................AND.........I.......WILL...........................BE.....WAITING

Star Lord · 13-08-2014 09:56PM

richymcdermott wrote: »

the cycle will end one day................................................................................................................................................AND.........I.......WILL...........................BE.....WAITING

Yeah, they'll give up on making sonic games!

Or at least quit making 3d ones.

moonlighting · 13-08-2014 11:03PM

NSFW!!

cloud493 · 05-10-2014 09:21AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlBLeRuXXk

Oh Sega. Just let him go.

richymcdermott · 05-10-2014 09:27AM

Next Sonic game will be better ...........I hope

Sonic boom (another sonic game)

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