New SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4 Details Revealed
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Mar 8 2010, 1:03 PM
"If Sonic 4's return to form is the Sonic experience you have been waiting 16 years for, then we strongly encourage you to try this." - Takashi Iizuka, Sonic Team
So if this is the long return fans have been waiting for then what exactly should we expect?
Notes taken from Game Informer's exclusive interview:
Episode 1 is a prologue
What about Tails and Knuckles you ask? “Fans will be very pleased with the cast in episode 2.”
Moves include: Spin Dash, Rolling Attack, homing attack and a new move yet unknown.
About homing attack: “I wanted the user to enjoy an easy-to-play feeling by the attack sequence that this [homing attack] allows, and find the fun routes in the air.”
Classic special stages make a return.
No floaty LBP physics. Classic Sonic Gameplay, classic Sonic speed. Says Izuka.
Not 3-D, but all CG pre-render.
Gamers will get classic “try again” ending if not successful at getting all emeralds. If you get all emeralds, you get cliffhanger ending for episode 2.
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 also made a point to say as to why they decided to release the game in episodic waves; he explained that some people with smaller hard drives, like iPhone and Wii users, may have trouble fitting all the content at once. Also, he added that he didn't think people would want to pay up to $60 bucks for a 2-D Sonic game (ala NSMB Wii).
I find it interesting that they bothered to mention that Sonic's jump wouldn't have that floaty jump thing that both Sackboy/ Mario's games have. But when you look at the video again, Sonic's jump DOES look quite different than his original leap. Hmmm, I'm guessing it'll be a wait and see type thing.
No release date announced yet.
"If Sonic 4's return to form is the Sonic experience you have been waiting 16 years for, then we strongly encourage you to try this." - Takashi Iizuka, Sonic Team
So if this is the long return fans have been waiting for then what exactly should we expect?
Notes taken from Game Informer's exclusive interview:
Episode 1 is a prologue
What about Tails and Knuckles you ask? “Fans will be very pleased with the cast in episode 2.”
Moves include: Spin Dash, Rolling Attack, homing attack and a new move yet unknown.
About homing attack: “I wanted the user to enjoy an easy-to-play feeling by the attack sequence that this [homing attack] allows, and find the fun routes in the air.”
Classic special stages make a return.
No floaty LBP physics. Classic Sonic Gameplay, classic Sonic speed. Says Izuka.
Not 3-D, but all CG pre-render.
Gamers will get classic “try again” ending if not successful at getting all emeralds. If you get all emeralds, you get cliffhanger ending for episode 2.
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 also made a point to say as to why they decided to release the game in episodic waves; he explained that some people with smaller hard drives, like iPhone and Wii users, may have trouble fitting all the content at once. Also, he added that he didn't think people would want to pay up to $60 bucks for a 2-D Sonic game (ala NSMB Wii).
I find it interesting that they bothered to mention that Sonic's jump wouldn't have that floaty jump thing that both Sackboy/ Mario's games have. But when you look at the video again, Sonic's jump DOES look quite different than his original leap. Hmmm, I'm guessing it'll be a wait and see type thing.
No release date announced yet.
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