Video: These Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Trailers Will Get You Up To Speed

Erm.... Noooooooo!!!! ??

Sonic Dooooom!

So uh....where's Sonic and how will they disgrace him further?

Automatic attacks? No thank you.

Wow, the Japanese release date shares with my Birthday.
One day before Halloween.

Let's be honest here, aside from a couple of Sonic fans, who's gonna buy this?

I'm pretty sure a huge majority of people completely forgot this game even existed.

@YoshiParty Unfortunately yeh this is going to be a bit of a forgotten game. It will be in the bargain bin for sure. Who knows, it might be good!

Looks good

@YoshiParty I think your right.
Also a lot of people still think the wii u is a wii.

I'm excited for this game! Hopefully it'll be as good as Shattered Crystal, if not better! It looks like they got rid of the timer for when Knuckles is underground; I always hated that, so I'm happy it's gone! XD Tails' gameplay looks more fun then in Shattered Crystal as well, in my opinion. Can't wait until the 27th!

@Ikramali
Well, DUH. Wii U is also Wii.

@Grandpa_Pixel True, but at the same time, It looks a bit too similar to Shattered Crystal, which I didn't really like, so I don't exactly high expectations for it, but eh, we'll see.

Heh, nice to see some support for this game Mr. Comment section. Really though, modest sales due to the Sonic mania and other games aside, the mechanics look like they've been fine tuned to a degree. And Amy Rose tho.

@Anti-Matter wow. I think you didn't understand the comment

@Anti-Matter
Now that's scary.
Not your birthday, mind you.

This will surely keep me satisfied until Sonic Mania comes and obliterates expectations.

I tried the demo for the first game, and what I instantly disliked was how the gameplay went like this:

1. A dead end with a blue block--switch to Sonic
2. A dead end with earth--switch to Knuckles
3. A dead end with a locked door--switch to Sticks and launch that boomerang
4. Tails also gets an obligatory spot, where you have to switch and use the mini-submarine thing

The problem with this setup is that it feels like the game is at pains trying to remind you that there're four playable characters, so it frequently forces you to switch instead of letting you play as the one you like. It also kills the momentum. It's like you're hitting a roadblock every now and then. I couldn't get used to such uneven pacing.

The characters each have unique abilities, but instead of teaching the player what they can do and allowing to explore and put those abilities to use in creative ways, the game presents you with trivial obstacles that aren't as hard to overcome as they're tedious.

A good little something. The way Knuckles circles around enemies underground to defeat them is a lot like NiGHTS into Dreams.

@AlexSora89
Well... i'm sure i'll get better birthday present soon.
But not this Sonic games.

@Popful Sanzaru said they listened to feedback, levels are shorter boss fights are in this game and other things. i'm excited to try it out, shattered crystal was a good sonic game, not great but not as bad as other titles. so i'm looking forwards to fire and ice.

@kenrulei
I'd play as Sticks through the whole game, because she's cute. Sonic Advance allowed you to pick your character and go, but you can't have that in Sonic Boom--it's about teamwork. Sonic Heroes also imposed that, and it felt like a restriction, an unwanted tag along kind of thing. You could choose to play as Sonic, Tails or both in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which was fun and added some replay value. If Sonic Boom retained that one aspect, I'd be more interested.

@Anti-Matter
'Twas the joke, man!

I want to like this game, but this is more of a "get during a dry spell of releases" and the back end of the 3DS' lifespan seems loaded up with games that specifically appeal to my interests (I don't normally buy a whole lot of retail releases)...

This looks like a very solid Sonic platformer. If it's better then Shattered Crystal then it should be a great game.