Video: Japanese Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Trailer Shows Off Speedy New Footage

Stay frosty

by Damien McFerran Tue 28th Jun 2016

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice might not have fans quite as excited as it should, but it would appear that Sega and developer Sanzaru Games appear committed to making up for previous Sonic Boom offerings and producing a quality 3DS outing - and new footage seen in the Japanese trailer for the game should give plenty of reasons to be optimistic.

Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice - or Sonic Toon: Fire & Ice as it is known in Japan - is based on the TV show of the same name. The Wii U is missing out this time around, which is probably for the best as 2014's Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was universally panned by critics. Thankfully, its partner 3DS outing - Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal - fared better, which bodes well for this new handheld release.

Sonic Team has confirmed that it is working on an entirely new Sonic outing for 2017.

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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Haruki_NLI
Tue 28th Jun 2016

Looks good. But I'm not allowed to say that

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ZanderShepherd
Tue 28th Jun 2016

This looks pretty decent. I won't talk until the game is out (because Rise of Lyric looked decent too), but who knows. I don't think this'll be a great turnaround like Colours or Generations were considered to be, but who knows, it could turn out as a pretty good game.

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RantingThespian
Tue 28th Jun 2016

Is it just me, or is anyone else sick of Sonic characters looking like plastic?

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Spin
Tue 28th Jun 2016

This music sounds really awesome. I wonder if it's from the game?

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John_Enigma
Tue 28th Jun 2016

@RantingThespian I know, right? Everything Sonic has been CGI'd, and for what?

Whatever happened to the 2D art from Sonic Advance 1, 2, & 3?

The closest thing we'll get to a Sonic Boom 2D art style is this: Untitled
and this was made by the artist commonly known as Sssonic2 (or Ss2sonic in other sites).

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abbyhitter
Tue 28th Jun 2016

So no playable Sticks in this game?

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Blue_Blur
Tue 28th Jun 2016

Looks very promising! I'm happy to have Amy playable this time! I want that 3DS theme, too.

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TheBlackKnight
Tue 28th Jun 2016

It might be great, but it looks like it will still retain its problem of having too many on-scripted events. Whats the big idea of Sonic games having the level design to do the work for you like boost pads and dash rings?