Rumour: Sonic Generations To Be Featured At PlayStation's State Of Play

I've been wanting to replay the game anyway so provided they don't Sega up the port I'm down. Probably won't bother watching the State of Play though, find them a slog.

Hopefully it wouldn’t be as buggy as Sonic Colors Ultimate was.

I want adventure 1 and 2 but I’ll take this

there is one other thing that makes it seem that a remaster is on the way and it's that there is a Sonic sale on Steam right now but Sonic Generations is not discounted even though it was discounted every time Sega did either a Sonic sale or just a general sale
if it is real it would nice of them to also give you access to the original version when you buy it on PC because otherwise it will lock you out of a ton of mods that have been created over the years, iirc the Bioshock remasters on PC do that so it should be no problem

You might want to actually contextualise the reason why you're covering Playstation rumours on your 'Nintendo' site in the article itself.

Which I assume is largely because Sonic Generations came out on 3DS, a Wii version was cancelled, and as remaster of a PS360 era Sonic game, it stands a good chance of being ported to Switch

@Folkloner it's because ever since the Switch launched there wasn't a single Sonic game that released on PC, Xbox and Playstation but didn't on Switch so if the remaster of Sonic Generations exists then it's safe to assume it will be released on multiple platforms, including the Switch

@_Figo_ Another valid point that could've gone towards justifying why this is being covered on a Nintendo site. The connection may be obvious to me and you, but it's a mark of good writing that you frame things properly.

Would be odd appearing in a State of Play rather than a Direct (can't remember the last time Sonic appeared in a Playstation event if at all) but would be cool if it's real. Sonic Generations is one of my favourite Sonic games and it's nice seeing more 7th gen games rescued.

Wonder if mentioning Shadow is a hint for the 3DS content being included given the 3DS SA2 content was Shadow focused.

@Folkloner Yeesh, 99% of all news here is Nintendo. 1% non Nintendo news isnt worth nitpicking about.

Wouldn't be shocked, Sega has been pretty good about porting and remastering Sonic games.
...but the quality is questionable. As is the DLC.

The name would be a letdown if it’s just a Shadow skin but would be on point with how tonedeaf they can be, ideally it’s Act 3 stages with Shadow using Adventure style gameplay.

It will be a remaster of Shadow The Hedgehog. Everyone is latching onto one key word and not the other.

I kid, sort of. I feel Generations is more likely, but with Shadow being part of the 3rd movie, maybe they would want to show some people not that ingrained in the franchise who he is....

@JohnnyMind You never played Generations? Well, I hope you enjoy it, It's got it's problems, but if they are ironed out in the remaster, it's a fun if nonsensical mini tour of Sonic past and present.

Just enjoy it for what is, and try hard to not think about how any of the plot makes sense. Gameplay is the best part.

@_Figo_ Pretty sure Sonic sells best on Switch too?

@Mana_Knight Sega would really be taking a risk reviving the very game that killed all hype for the character.

I was hoping Metal Sonic be the 3rd villain as he came before Shadow. Disappointing for sure, but it is what it is.

@Mana_Knight I know Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania Plus (and I think regular Sonic Mania as well) sold more on Switch than the other platforms, not sure about the other games but I can imagine that Sonic Origins and Team Sonic Racing sold better on Switch as well

Lately, the Sony State of Plays and Nintendo Directs have ended up on the same day or the next day. Hopefully a Direct is imminent, but can never be too sure with Nintendo, they do be weird when it comes to this kind of stuff.

I liked Generations on PS3, the 3DS version was also interesting as was it's own thing. To be honest I'd want a port to be 60fps to improve upon the PS3 experience, so most likely you'd start with PS4 at that framerate if SEGA include previous gen consoles. A Switch port at 60fps would be great, if they could do it.

It will be Shadow Generations, the game that finally introduces Classic Shadow.

Do you think it will be released for the Nintendo switch?

@WaffleRaptor01 Metal Sonic would have been an awesome next step!

@mqg1387 I think there is a very strong chance. Sales would be too good.

Would be nice if it’s a new game. Don’t need a remaster when the original is amazing on Series X.

@HammerGalladeBro Jokes aside, there will never be a classic version of Shadow or anyone introduced post modern Sonic.

Sega for whatever reason decided to create their own timeline that connects every game together, thus barring Shadow and others from appearing in classic style.

I don't know why they went this route, as none of the games make sense when put in order, but that's their firm decision.

Really enjoyed Generations when it was released back. Hard to believe that was over 10 years ago.

sonic generations is one of, if not the best 3d sonic games sonic team has ever put out. If they can re-release it without making us deal with any stupid compromises and maybe, just MAYBE add some new levels that are on par with the original, i will be very happy. For me, generations is my most consistently played game probably EVER. I boot it up about once a week to get my rooftop run fix lol

Why Sega never bother to port this game to Nintendo Wii U at the time is anyone's guest. It's a basic 2D/3D Sonic game that Sega surprisingly didn't screw up (either that or they play it too safe) unlike Sonic Forces so if this could even come to Switch I hope it does well. My hope is that they don't get lazy dev Blind Squirrel to handle it as that studio are known to screw up ports on Switch especially Sonic Colors Ultimate and WWE 2K18.

@Serpenterror I definitely don’t want blind squirrel making it but I think calling them lazy is probably false. My guess is that they’re a dev team who had to deal with sega’s ***** game crunch development cycle for the first time and were inexperienced in dealing with it. Though that’s just my best guess

Would this be the first sonic game released on Playstation? (I don't keep up with Sonic ftr.)

@epicgamner Still no excuse for their awful work on WWE 2K18. Then again maybe Take Two crunch them as well. They need to learn to stop working for companies that kept crunching them.

@Serpenterror Yeah, it's not like they have employees to pay or expenses to keep up. Have some pride and let your small company go bankrupt.

@Tempestryke Far from it, Sonic games have been on PlayStation systems since, I believe, Sonic Heroes on PS2.

@BetaRabbit64 @Tempestryke Yes, Sonic Heroes is the first time Sonic appeared on PlayStation.

After the failure of Dreamcast however, Ironically, Sonic would make his multi-platform debut by appearing on a console from a company Sega competed against in the 90's. I bet you can guess which one I'm talking about.

@Bratwurst35 Sonic Adentures?! Sonic Unleashed?

@Bratwurst35 @BetaRabbit64

Thank you

Just a bit embarrassing if they port or remaster this for modern consoles. Still living on past glories (and it wasn't exactly perfect, just not crap like the previous efforts...but it's a low bar). They need to actually come up with some original games which doesn't recycle old levels.

I hope it comes to switch if it does I will be a sucker and buy it :3 (Sega pisses me off alot with recent sonic games cough origins and superstars cough but i have always wanted to play this game not on 3ds lol)
It also seems like this is the Pyoro of Playstation, nice to see.

@Baker1000 Why? Nintendo, Sony, Xbox, and other companies are doing ports and remasters. Why is it's embarrassing Sega is as well?

No one said, claimed, or pretended Generations is perfect. Even diehard Sonic fans can admit it's shortcomings. However the game got decent reviews and it was meant to be a celebration of Sega's mascot. So, yeah Sonic Generations is a mix of levels from past games by design.

Lastly, Sonic Superstars features all original new levels. And Sonic Dream Team released for Apple, is an entirely new game with original levels as well.

Expect the same stuff as in the 2011 original. I don't expect much efforts.

It's Sonic. It will sell, it will be promising... but they'll rush it. Meh

@Serpenterror I mean, they didn't even bother porting Sonic 4 Episode 2 to Wii U. As bad as they are, I can accept having the sub-HD version of Sonic 4 Episode 1 in Wii, but not not having Sonic 4 Episode 2 on Wii U and leaving Nintendo players out of the "full" game.

At the very least for this new version of Generations, I'd like it if it had levels from games released after Generations such as Lava Mountain from Sonic Lost World, Mirage Saloon Zone from Sonic Mania (though it probably would be Studiopolis Zone), Cyber Station Zone from Sonic Superstars, Mystic Jungle from Sonic Forces and maybe a stage based on one of the Cyberspace levels of Sonic Frontiers.

But of course if Sonic Colors Ultimate is anything to go by, I'm not hopeful that'll be the case.

@DripDropCop146 Sega can't make original 3D Sonic's anymore. Generations was a nostalgia trip. The other companies you mentioned might do ports, but also do new games very well. And Superstars might have "original" levels, but much of it still borrows heavily from classic levels. The casino stage, for example.

From the trailer Sega released, looks like this one will be on Switch too. I really liked Sonic Generations, so I'll be looking forward to this one as well.