Today brought us the first ever 'Sonic Central', with the big news arguably being the reveal of Sonic Colors: Ultimate. Right at the end of the broadcast, however, we were given a very brief tease of a new title from Sonic Team.
We weren't given a title or any firm details beyond the fact it arrives in 2022, and is also confirmed for Nintendo Switch.
The tease started at around the 11:20 mark of the broadcast, below:
Not much to go on, but let us know how excited you are for an all-new Sonic game, and the fact it'll be on Switch! In the meantime, feel free to speculate below what on earth this means:
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"We have one more thing to show you"
Proceeds to not actually show anything
Kinda a odd way to try and get people interested.
Its probably Sonic rift, its been leaked for a long time so idk why they would just say the name, whatever the case, I better not end up like another forces, bc forces was pure crap on top of unfurled promises, And no sonic forces would be compleat without a little baiting.
From the studio that hasn’t released a quality video game in a decade.
I guess it's called Sonic Zap?
But seriously SEGA are pretty bad at announcing announcements. I don't feel like this Sonic Central presentation actually revealed any real surprises, mostly everything was known to some capacity because of badly kept secrets.
I dislike Sonic Origins for the fact that Sonic 3 looks like a ripped Mega Drive rom while the others clearly resemble Whitehead's mobile remasters. At least that would mean we get MJ's tracks, but 3 would have looked great if remastered by Whitehead, like in his proof-of-concept for iOS from 2013 or so
I watched a little of this...I must say. Not every company needs a showcase style video.
@mariomaster96
Their tone deaf Nintendo Direct knockoff was running on all cylinders but what do you expect when they refuse to admit what happened in 2017?
Continuing in the tradition of Sonic announcement teasers of "looks pretty, I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to get excited over"
this could literally be any sonic game. way to "get people excited"
@Kaori-chan hopefully with super sonic racing in background
I actually enjoyed the presentation. But I must admit this reveal was disappointing.
Assuming this is indeed another 3D entry, I'm keeping my expectations as low as they can possibly go.
They almost pulled off a direct...but then the final item showed nothing. Sort of toppled their own efforts.
This is not how you build hype for a Sonic game...😒
Looks intriguing. The trailer gave us less information about the game than the BotW 2 trailer gave us about that game, but hey.
Sonic too fast for his own good!
Needs to slow down and tell people what his new game is
@Kaiffe123 It almost matches the Metroid Prime 4 reveal.
@Flashlink99
Exactly my sentiments, Sonic 1/2/CD were clearly running the Taxman remasters whilst Sonic 3 & Knuckles appeared to be the original Genesis ROM.
I am extremely fearful that it will suffer from the horrendous input delays that plague the Sega Mega Drive Classics release on the Switch.
@Flashlink99 @RupeeClock The Sonic Origins collection trailer has the words "Original gameplay" on it so it's likely that Sega are remastering the games, at least the ones that have not been.
Yeah...this reveal literally showed nothing. It's just Sonic running through a forest. Nice job teasing us, Sega!
@mariomaster96 True dat. lol
Between the crap Sega has barfed out the last few years and the actual nothingness shown I don't know who actually cares
@RupeeClock Not to mention horrible scaling to widescreen (if the option would be included)
I get a bit of a Sonic Movie-wipe from this trailer. I think that Sega takes the Movie now as a basic structure for future Sonic games.
@BlueOcean If thats the case then bring it on, I loved sonic CD.
@BlueOcean
It feels like a half-hearted effort when Sonic 3 A.I.R. exists.
In fact, fans already ported the Taxman remasters to Switch through decompilation efforts!
@BlueOcean Pretty sure that they won't plan to do extra work to remaster Sonic 3, otherwise they would have shown it now. It's SEGA after all. Or they would have shown the Sega Ages versions for 1 & 2 and the original low res Sega CD version of Sonic CD
@Flashlink99 @RupeeClock The fact that the trailer says "original gameplay" and that the collection releases in 2022 makes me think that they're not re-releasing the Mega Drive/Genesis ROMs.
@DomGC Would be fun to compare with Bellend Blunderworld
Way to short Teaser for this long waiting time and bad stream.
But I hope It'll be good. My PS5 is ready
@BlueOcean I hope you are right, Sonic 3 & Knuckles is the best game in the original series and deserves wholeheartedly a remaster by Taxman
@Flashlink99 I fully agree with you and I'd add that it's the best Sonic game in my opinion. Sonic Generations is my favourite Sonic 3D game but Colours in HD will be interesting.
The environment looks very realistic, so for me, it looks like they are going to for a more realistic-looking game, similar to SA, SA2, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic 06.
@BlueOcean At least the Metroid Prime games have a reputation of being high quality games and the series has been dormant for 15 years. We're much less confident this Sonic game is going to be good.
just what sonic needed: an open world game
@RareFan It's Sonic Team so I wouldn't be so excited if I were you. Besides, Switch will probably be stripped of any realistic foliage and still be 720p and 30 fps like Forces was
What if this is an open world game? Y'know, like one of those crappy "WhAt WoUlD sOnIc LoOk LiKe In UnReAl EnGiNe? videos where they chuck a sonic model into a field with some hyper-realistic deer
Sonic Zap looks like the title, based on that symbol. It does look kind of like it says zap.
Sonic faces his greatest threat yet in this new adventure: Athlete's Foot
As a fan of Sonic, I have to say that the stuff presented didn't feel like a celebration.
As for this announcement, my expectations with the series have been at zero since the Sonic Storybook series. That way when I finally play the game I might get some enjoyment out of them. That's probably what made me think I prefer Sonic Lost World over something like Colors or Generations.
@Bolt_Strike As good as the Prime games are, I can't help but look in retrospect on how they have a bit more methodical combat style compared to most FPS games. I don't even think the original 2D Metroid games where that slow at times. Maybe it's Nintendo's hand-holdy game design philosophy creeping in, it was produced by the same guy that made those newer Paper Mario games so that's kind of telling.
I honestly hope Prime 4 is way more fast paced with combat and platforming just like Super Metroid. The producer better not mess this up somehow.
@Toy_Link Crippling depression*
At least the Metroid Prime 4 reveal gave us a name 😐
This game should be ready for release this year. Nintendo probably developed BotW in less time than Sonic Team has had to work on this game already. They've had 4 years since Forces wrapped up, and can't even show us gameplay today. Disappointing.
Did no one else find it weird that this is basically a "SEGA" Direct. It copies the Nintendo formula exactly.
Nintendo once again setting trends for all others to follow.
Sonic the Movie the Game?
@Orpheus79V or ZAO. Zeti Art Online
Seen some people speculate that the logo reads SAO = Sonic Adventure Origins
@SalvorHardin What about Sonic Mania?
I would pay $59.99 for them to not release another Sonic game. They should keep their disappointing games to themselves.
Or Perhaps this one will be good? 1,848,593th time is the charm right? 🙄
Never mind got to go fast, I think I got to remain positive. Hmmm, well, I suppose they's some sort of Sonic jewellery merch/crap to look forward too I guess. That's a big bonus right... Eh, right??
Hm... looks interesting. Will keep an eye on it.
Looks like Zao to me. Reminds me of the metalcore band
Sonic is going back to his roots. Hedgehog with attitude. 😜
this is similar to the Bayonetta 3 teaser trailer
Sigh. I was hoping for more than just a few announcements but it's good to know that the next Sonic game is on the way. I came with low expectations, but still managed to leave disappointed. At least I know that all these games will release on Switch but I was kind of hoping that there would be more than just that, since the majority of them were leaked or were rumours.
Sonic Adventure 3 confirmed
Meh, it will either be forces "utter garbage" or generations/colors "pretty good, FOR a 3D sonic game". I'm more curious to see what the mania team has been up to.
Let's be real here, this "SEGA Direct" would have probably benefited from a surprise reveal of Dr.Eggman as the next Smash Ultimate DLC
All we got shown was a smaller Sonic Mega Collection, the not so different looking Sonic Colors with the name "Ultimate" that is clearly trying to hard, and a fancy remake of the Sonic Adventure 1 opening vodeo scene of Sonic running across the jungle... but hey, at least Roger Craig Smith and Tails' voice actress (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) are still keeping their roles (as seen on Sonic Colors short) so that's neat.
And thus the Sonic Cycle begins. How will it end this time?...
“It's good! Sonic's good again! See mum! I was right to paint my chest blue and wriggle around on the Chesterfield!" <Weeks pass> "Well, I guess it wasn't perfect. Room for some improvement. Quite a lot of improvement, actually. Still better than Sonic 2006-- Actually, you know what? Let's just stop talking about it. Holy Moly! They announced another Sonic game! Mum, buy more blue paint! This'll be the one!”
Credit: B. Croshaw
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The metadata of the trailer's MP4 states the name "Sonic Rangers" in it... so not Adventure 3 sadly, which is what people really wanted...
Welp time to add this to the "upcoming games that we know nothing about besides a brief teaser and a logo", alongside Dragon Quest 12, Metroid Prime 4, and Bayonetta 3
@Kriven "The fact that it's advertising that it plays the way it originally did".
The teaser literally says "Experience the non-stop Sonic action like never before (...) now with added content and features", the opposite of your understanding.
@Flashlink99 watch it again, across the snippets of Sonic 1,2 CD and 3&K there is a caption on the bottom right saying "original gameplay",
Plus it has been confirmed that 3&K will be in wide-screen. This will not be just a ROM dump but they are reworking them.
@Kaiffe123 At first I thought it was the same but thinking about it more, we got more out of BoTW 2. At least Breath's sequel gave us some story footage and Arceaus gave us some gameplay footage. Here its just sonic running with an aztec symbol.
@GinMiguel Agreed, the trailer told us little more than “look, Sonic can run”. And everyone knows that.
@Kaori-chan One of many Arkham Knight moments of his, that's for sure
@Kriven That just don't make any sense. I have mentioned all the other clues already. If you still don't understand, sorry 😂.
They were close to having a 'Nintendo direct' feel to it but what was lacking was actual surprises. for example Sonic Colours Ultimate was known to happen long before sonic central. And with the new sonic game teased at the end I guess that was the only new thing shown during the whole thing
@Kriven You are funny.
@Alemates Not even that, there were circulating rumors for a few months about the game under the "Project Sonic 2022" nickname, much like Sonic Forces ("Project Sonic 2017"), so there was almost nothing out of common during the stream as everything has been leaked before it.
The only surprise would be if Sonic Rangers will perform slightly above mediocre
They forgot to put the "not actual gameplay footage."
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