Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Wii, PS3, 360, iPhone)

[Police Girl]

I see.

Anywho, after beating the first stage (and first special stage). And frustratingly leaving the second stage. I noticed a nice little Stage Select Map. I think you can choose what stage you want to go to at any time. Which is pretty neat.

[Satoryu]

That would make sense, as Sonic 3 had that too. Sonic 3 didn't let you choose the act, though. Does 4 do that too?

[Mirby]

Sonic 3 let you choose the act if you've beat it before. I think.

I know I went back to Angel Island Zone on the same save without starting over.

[Satoryu]

No it didn't. When you picked a stage, it always put you at Act 1.

About 4, I may reconsider waiting for every episode to come out. I would like to play it as I played 3; all at once. But who's to say how long it'll take Episode 2 etc. to come out? And there's also a deal going on on Xbox Live where if you spend $30 on XBLA games and DLC this month, you get $10 back, or something like that. I may want to take advantage of that, so long as Valkenhayn and more Castlevania DLC come out in a timely fashion.

[VixyNyan]

I'm wad'ing the version and waiting to pay for the one which should be out in 6 hours from now. ^^;

[Mirby]

Ah, misinterpreted. Still, you could choose the zone.

Never said you could choose the act, now did I?

[Hypershell]

Got other Wii games on my radar right now.  But I guess I'll have to file STH4 away in the back of my head for future reference.  Even if $15 per part is ridiculous, it's still the first playable Super Sonic in stages since forever.

[Police Girl]

Had lots of problems with the 5th Special Stage...

Then I learned you could retry them...

[STM]

The four parts statement is estimation that Sega will aim to release all four parts at $15, meaning the game will cost $60 to play entirely. It's very likely it will also only be three parts. Five is an overshot and two is the bare minimum.

The only official word is multiple parts.

[Satoryu]

Ah. So you're just pessimistic. Come on, give Sega an iota of credit.

[Police Girl]

I heard off of Sonic Retro it was a total of 3 Episodes at 4 stages each.

If they keep up the $15 price, then it will be $45.

[Ephidiel]

actually its suppossed to be 4 Episodes at a total of 60$

[STM]

Ah. So you're just pessimistic. Come on, give Sega an iota of credit.

Actually, if what I played of Sonic 4 right now is any indication, I'd be fine with four parts so long as they explore new level ideas and not sticking close to older tropes.

I still stand that there's never been a Western American styled Desert level in Sonic. We've only gotten an Egyptian styled one.

[Satoryu]

Pessimistic concerning the price, I meant. But then again, if they did release all four episodes on a 360 disc, I wouldn't mind paying $60 for that.

16 levels would be really awesome, but I don't think they'd do that much. That's 64 Acts. That's friggin huge.

[STM]

But, assuming four standalone levels per pack, that's pretty good.

It's no secret Tails and Knuckles will be joining in as soon as Episode 2. What I'm curious about is if we'll see those two retroactively added to Episode 1.

[Satoryu]

I think it's safe to say the episodes will Lock On to each other.

[VixyNyan]

Wait, since when did it cost 1500 points? o.o;

Japan Shop Channel sells it for 1000 points each episode.

[Satoryu]

Wait, since when did it cost 1500 points? o.o;

Japan Shop Channel sells it for 1000 points each episode.

Hmm, that's weird. It's definitely 1500 stateside.

[VixyNyan]

Oh that's right, if you have a homebrew loader that can run Wii Ware games, you can change the language too.

Because the thing is, the game locks the default language to whatever region/language of the Wii system you have. ^^;

[Ephidiel]

ok i just started playing the game an hour ago
stopping every now and then.
I like the game even though i expected the physics to be a bit better than they are
and the game heavily builds on the homing attack to gain momentum
making you slower when you roll down instead of running but other than that its a nice game
50 Rings for Special Zone are easy to gain too, and you can kinda cheat in the special zone
just "Retry" before the time runs out
i'm on the Labyrinth Zone Act 2 with 5 Chaos Emeralds now

~Update~
Mad Gear Zone with all Emeralds now
Super Sonic is badass imo

[Police Girl]

Lost Labyrinth Act 2, 7 Chaos Emeralds.

EDIT: Beat Mad Gear, in the Final Zone.

EDIT 2: Beat the Game, all Emeralds. Final boss is easy at times, but can be frustrating if you mess up on the final hit.

[Helada Quemadura]

Q: Thanks to Casino Street Act 2, there is no such thing as Game Over in Sonic 4

[Ephidiel]

Q: Thanks to Casino Street Act 2, there is no such thing as Game Over in Sonic 4

i already had 20+ lives prior to Casion Act 2
the games throws them at you

[STM]

Platformers these days seem to do that a lot.

New Super Mario Bros., both DS and Wii, are especially guilty of this.

[CephiYumi]

I enjoyed this even more on my second playthrough