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

[Klavier Gavin]

Recommended, but for $15? Hmm... I guess I'll get it.

[Hypershell]

You know, call me stingy if you must, but the fact that this game is taking an episodic approach makes $15 sound pretty damn expensive.  Even only three episodes will put them just five bucks shy of typical new-release Wii disc.  Which makes the whole "side-scrollers aren't valuable enough for discs" thing even more obvious bull than it already is.

[HokutoNoBen]

No reason to say stingy. 15 bucks is basically high-way robbery for a game that really should only be 8-10 bucks at the most.

But hey! Once again, we get another example of "Sega does what Nintendon't"!

[Protoman Blues]

  Well.......that's kinda ballsy.

I mean, if you're gonna charge $45 bucks, you might as well release the whole damn thing as one game on a disc for that much, rather than make people wait Episode by Episode right when they're getting into the game.

I dunno, this seems pretty stupid.

[Flame]

Well.......that's kinda ballsy.

I mean, if you're gonna charge $45 bucks, you might as well release the whole damn thing as one game on a disc for that much, rather than make people wait Episode by Episode right when they're getting into the game.

I dunno, this seems pretty stupid.

thank you!
yes, I think Hyper agrees with this sentiment.
I know I do. the idea of doing this [parasitic bomb] just because popular culture defines games valuable enough to put on discs as needing to be full next gen particle effects OMG looooong OMG Deeeeep or an FPS or pretty much all the stuff you see in most "next gen disc games" nowadays- is retarded.

back in my day, 2D games came on discs/cartridges/whatever
And we LOVED it.

[Satoryu]

But hey! Once again, we get another example of "Sega does what Nintendon't"!

What are you talking about? Nintendo ain't good with prices at all. No first party Wii or DS titles go down in price, and some of the DS games go $5 higher than the standard $30 price point. They also don't have a Player's Choice line this generation, now that I think about it. Conversely, it didn't take long for Sega to drop House of the Dead Overkill and Madworld to $20.

But yeah, $15 for a part of a game does not sound like a good idea. I intended to wait until all of Sonic 4 was released and just play it all at once anyway. By then there should be a discount for the whole package. XBLA and PSN sometimes have sales too, so that's another reason not to get the Wii version I guess.

[STM]

You're all now aware Sonic 4 will come in four parts, the whole thing totaling $60.

You're all also now aware that Sega will not do a physical release once all four parts are out.

You are now considering Sonic 4 Retro Remix, a hack of Sonic 1 being developed alongside Sonic 4, will be much better.

[Satoryu]

Four parts? That actually would justify the $15 price point if this is only a quarter of the game. I wasn't expecting more than three parts.

And another talking point than can be seen as defending the price: Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles were full price when they came out, right?

[Gaia]

Four parts? That actually would justify the $15 price point if this is only a quarter of the game. I wasn't expecting more than three parts.

And another talking point than can be seen as defending the price: Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles were full price when they came out, right?

I think so. Just remember they were half of what they were, and you needed both to get the full game, (Sonic and Knuckles was a top-loader Genesis cart if I recall). Apparently what Sega's trying to do is re-live the S3&K experince by doing so in "episodes".

[Mirby]

I think so. Just remember they were half of what they were, and you needed both to get the full game, (Sonic and Knuckles was a top-loader Genesis cart if I recall). Apparently what Sega's trying to do is re-live the S3&K experince by doing so in "episodes".

I have both games. Sonic and Knuckles has the lock-on part on top. Sonic 3 (and any other Genesis game) could be inserted on top of S&K.

[Protoman Blues]

You're all now aware Sonic 4 will come in four parts, the whole thing totaling $60.

You're all also now aware that Sega will not do a physical release once all four parts are out.

Honestly, it's still kinda stupid. If you're going to charge full disc price, then I don't see why they don't just release a physical disc of it. I mean, it's nice for gamers, for if they don't like it they can just not buy all of it. However, in terms of business, it's kinda stupid for the exact same reason.

[Hypershell]

I think that, since very little of Episode 2 is currently finished (story, lol), Sega is doing this mainly to gather input between episodes, similar to how they delayed Ep1.

It's still a sucky value proposition, though.  No Wii game costs 60 bucks, and for lack of the need to actually manufacture anything, a DLC title is expected to be cheaper.  The fact that Nintendo almost never adjusts pricing on their servers doesn't help any for the Wii owners.

[Klavier Gavin]

iPhone on October 7th ( Across all territories. No price mentioned as of yet.)

Wii Shop Channel on October 11th (15th in EMEA countries) for 1500 points.

PlayStation Network on October 12th (13th in EMEA countries) for $14.99 / £9.99 / €12.99 / AU$19.95

XBOX Live Arcade on October 13th (across all territories) for 1200 points.

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[Police Girl]

Same price all around then, thats just awful.

Iphone version will be the cheapest, most likely.

[STM]

I'll just leave this here:

[Satoryu]

That was really cool. What was the gimmick in the old build? Cause I'm sure it wasn't as good as this. Riding the decks of cards around like Ice Man was awesome.

[Mirby]

That... was... AWESOME!!! ^.^

[STM]

That was really cool. What was the gimmick in the old build? Cause I'm sure it wasn't as good as this. Riding the decks of cards around like Ice Man was awesome.

Play a pinball machine to amass 100,000 points to clear the level. Here it is in the leaked 360 build:

This is the gimmick that stayed in place for the iPhone. It can actually be beaten in less than 30 seconds if you pause spam during the reels and manage to line up Jackpots twice.

[Police Girl]

So, who's getting this tomorrow?

I am, but thats because I'm a dedicated fan. 

[Satoryu]

As ready as I am to defend the game, I'm waiting for the entire Sonic 4 package to be released.

Play a pinball machine to amass 100,000 points to clear the level. Here it is in the leaked 360 build:

Oh yeah, I remember that now. This change was for the better. Pinball hasn't been fun since Adventure 1, and even then I don't think it was all that cool.

[Police Girl]

I would wait, but I have no [tornado fang]ing clue how long it will be between parts. And there are supposed to be four, correct? They could get the Second and Third done really quick but take ages on the fourth. That would drive me nuts.

[Satoryu]

Yeah, about that four parter business, sauce please?

[Deadpool]

I got Sonic 4 on the Wii about an hour ago

It is really great and i am now stuck on Casino Street Act 3

 

[Police Girl]

Yeah, about that four parter business, sauce please?

Hey, I got that from here when STM said it. I'm equally as unsure about the validity of this statement.

[Satoryu]

I know. I'm kinda directing that at him.