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[grandjedi6]

hey look, its Super Sonic Galaxy.


Thank god its not another Secret Rings/Black Knight subseries.

 

[Kimawolf]

Yeah I hate those goofy bosses, wish they went back to Robotnik and his different contraptions. But all in all it looks really good and should be really fun to play.

 

[AnbaLeumas]

That looks really good. The logo's font looks similar to Super Smash Bros.

 

[SovanJedi]

Yeah, I'm interested now. Looks like an awesome Mario Galaxy-like version of Sonic. Will keep an eye out for this one.

 

[Coolwhip]

Looks cool, never played a Sonic game.

 

[steveovig]

It reminds me a lot of Mario Galaxy and I hope it comes close to being as good as that. I'm a little worried that it'll be more 3D than 2D but we'll see. I am impressed though, looks fun.

 

[Boney]

What age do you think they are targeting with a blue anthro hedgehog?

People in their mid twenties because fuck sonic

 

[Lasdrub]

I'm excited to see the smelly ghost making a come back

 

[Revven]

Also flickies are baaaaaaack! ^_^

 

[Darryl]

It almost seems too apparent what Sonic Team was citing as far as "quirky boss squads" go.

That aside, the game does look nice. Albeit I wish it focused less on boosting. Hope there are at least multiple paths through the levels, like Colors.

koopa kids, world map looks like NSMB:U, galaxy style gameplay

they're copying Mario in just about every way possible so far

 

[cacildo]

Do I hear this in the trailer? Benny Benassi- Cinema or am I hearing things?

ed: beaten by bearcatjosh on last page

Keep this tune, sonic. its good.

(thanks for the link)

 

[jet1911]

Looks way better than I thought it would.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Sonic games usually come out in November, so I'd guess around then.

Fall 2013 was already confirmed. So September to November.

 

[Kokonoe]

Also flickies are baaaaaaack! ^_^

qq more is going to be happy to see that.

 

[MrT-Tar]

Looks amazing imo, hype level increasing

 

[stay gold]

Space Jam vibes from the gang of enemies haha. Lots of potential in the trailer, how it pans out, as always, remains to be seen. I must give Generations a go someday.

 

[Arc Christelle]

I love how it looks, though. I love those models. Reminds me a lot of the original premise of Sonic X-treme, really.

That's another thing too. I'm happy they reworked the idea of Sonic X-treme because the first test stages I saw on Youtube really didn't look fluid enough for a Sonic game.

Another thing that bothers me is the way the art style is moving again. I love bright colors and minimalist styles, but... It's starting not to feel like Sonic anymore. Even the new enemies feel outta place, even boring outside of the fact that they're rocking bright ass colors. As much as I love to see the checkered fields, It's hard to appreciate it after seeing a well done environment. Maybe all the things I liked seeing in Sonic Unleashed is getting to me. Because I keep looking at the video and wondering if it's actually progress. I was excited for new abilities/mechanics however.... but it's all feeling questionable as of now.

Past games despite the hate towards "shitty friends" atleast tried to introduce memorable characters. Now...... we get... "The Deadly Six" and the return of the flickies and tiny animals from the past (damn near made me think it was gonna be a Sonic x Billy Hatcher crossover).

If it's got some style maybe. But I kinda saw newer Sonic games in the sense of old DMC. Fast Paced, intense, and stylish gameplay. So... I just have to hope that Sonic doesn't become as bland as the new Pac-Man (which looks marvelous, but the gameplay doesn't look too attractive.)

 

[Alienous]

This looks like Sonic Xtreme.

Which means that Nintendo has gotten, exclusive to their consoles, the continuation of a game that was intended to kill Mario 64.

 

[Emitan]

Could we be getting this and a 3D Mario the same year? Best year for 3D platformers if so.

 

[R_thanatos]

Its quite possible the wall grab is there to replace just running headfirst into a wall and coming to a dead stop. You forget to jump in time when you come to a wall? Sonic runs up it instead, helping to keep the games pace. This would be especially important as a method to keep momentum if boosting is gone , as the gameplay sections didn't seem to have a boost bar.

I'm all for that . Great if true indeed as a mean to keep the pace even during the level. However watching the vid again that was still boosters in the levels. So unles stated otherwise i'm going on the assumption that boosting is still there even if they could limit it in his usage.
Anyway for the grab to work , it should be either cancellable into a jump or be faster into putting sonic in the right position because it was too slow in this trailer.

 

[Kyzon]

Yup, came to post this.

At the same time I don't trust sonic team to put decent platforming physics. They are even worse than LBP.


And I guess i was right about the shitty friends....

The end of this gif cracked me up so much!

What are the chances we'll get 1-2 tracks by Crush 40? I'd like the music to be mostly a homage to Classic Sonic's style, but with a modern twist. At the same time though, Sonic Adventure 2 has some of my favorite Sonic music of all time.


Who am I kidding though.. Tenderoni will be in every stage.

 

[Mpl90]

 

[bobbychalkers]

So this is the cgi for art direction comparison :

and the game:

I don't know.. It's weird, probably really early or intentional but it looks pretty simple and lame in term of model/shader/light...

Even compared to Mario Galaxy actually.

Its not a technical showpiece or anything but everything looks fine in motion. Gameplay wise it might be the best 3D Sonic I've seen yet.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Looks lovely, please have a good camera.

 

[Dice]

Will probably get for 3DS.

 

[StickSoldier]

The similarities between this and Galaxy really are crazy. Looks awesome.

 

[Canadian Psycho]

Color (lol) me impressed. Looks fun!

P.S. How were Sonic Colors and Generations? I haven't tried Sonic since the two Dreamcast games (which were pretty fun, especially the second one).

 

[Byronic Hero]

Wow. I'm impressed. Looks great.

 

[Heyt]

Does every title need to be a technical showcase these days?

For a new console that's suposedly better but has proved nothing in 6 months? Yes.

 

[seady]

Looking good and I am not a Sonic fan.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Guys, I'm calling it now: Yasuhara is heavily involved, this reminds me of Pac-Man Party, Jak & Daxter, and the classic Sonic games, all of which he worked on (directed and did level design IIRC), there's just something about the aesthetic that rings Yasuhara.

And the visuals and such could indicate 60fps, which if so, FUCKING GOD DAMN, we've been without 60fps Sonic for too long.

 

[Kokonoe]

Its not a technical showpiece or anything but everything looks fine in motion.

nice gif, you did a better job than me.

Honestly, that does look like an aesthetic showcase at least. It honestly looks better aesthetically than any 3D Sonic.

 

[DragonKnight]

Not sure how i feel about it

 

[Danneee]

Looks really awesome, hopefully the 3ds version looks similarly good.

 

[RM8]

People complaining about the graphics are making me nervous about this being a 3DS up-port. Not because it'll be bad, but because I want a strictly 2D game on 3DS

 

[ffdgh]

...you're too slow!

 

[Kai Dracon]

Looks really intriguing and I like the in-engine art style a lot.

Sonic Colors was better than Generations IMO because it balanced 2D and 3D sections well. Generations suffered from separate stages that were mostly 3D and Sonic Team still hasn't figured out a way to make Sonic control in a fluid manner in 3D. Colors minimized the damage by only using 3D for a few places where it worked well.

The gameplay here almost looks as if they've further re-thought how Sonic moves during 3D segments. If they can finally solve that problem they may have struck gold.

 

[Katzii]

Looks great, will buy.

Although the animals in the beginning of the trailer were pretty ugly. Should be replaced with chaos.

Hahahah, no.

I welcome the throwback to the original games, myself.

 

[nintendors]

My sound hound came up with "Cinema by Benny Benasi"



Looks amazing and hopefully not as forgettable as Colors .

 

[orioto]

Its not a technical showpiece or anything but everything looks fine in motion.

Indeed.
But every last Sonic game has actually been a graphical showcase. It's a little unlucky that the first new gen WiiU exclusive one is not.

 

[SparkTR]

And the visuals and such could indicate 60fps, which if so, FUCKING GOD DAMN, we've been without 60fps Sonic for too long.

Generations was 60fps on PC, it looked damn near CGI at times.

 

[DaBoss]

I love watching it in motion.

 

[Caffeine]

the 3ds versions are usually half assed haha i might have to get a wii u

 

[jj984jj]

Guys, I'm calling it now: Yasuhara is heavily involved, this reminds me of Pac-Man Party, Jak & Daxter, and the classic Sonic games, all of which he worked on (directed and did level design IIRC), there's just something about the aesthetic that rings Yasuhara.

And the visuals and such could indicate 60fps, which if so, FUCKING GOD DAMN, we've been without 60fps Sonic for too long.

My copy of Sonic Generations does. And looks far better graphically.

 

[BY2K]

Its not a technical showpiece or anything but everything looks fine in motion. Gameplay wise it might be the best 3D Sonic I've seen yet.

That can't be gameplay, can it?

 

[Sacul64]

I am wondering is this is going to be some kind of 3D remake of Sonic 1 or if the Green Hill level is just being used as an intro stage then Sonic and Tails follow the enemies to the Lost World, and Knuckles is there because the Guardians tricked him. I would like that.

 

[Shion]

I'm curious to see if this is just an HD port of the 3DS version or an actual Wii U game.

 

[bobbychalkers]

nice gif, you did a better job than me.

Honestly, that does look like an aesthetic showcase at least. It honestly looks better aesthetically than any 3D Sonic.

I really like the blocky patches of grass sticking out. It keeps the whole patchwork motif of Green Hill Zone.

 

[guek]

Can't really judge well on my phone but I wouldn't be surprised if this actually started development on wii. Dem last gen graffixx

Otherwise, I love the art style and am definitely intrigued. Mario + Sonic ftw in 2013

 

[jwhit28]

I like the simpler presentation. My biggest problem with the 3D sections of Colors and Generations was that there is so much clutter going by so fast that it just made me not want to bother with looking for hidden paths or anything like that.