Topic: [sonic slicer] about Sonic

[Rayl]

Oh hey there Death Egg.

[Flame]

Metal Sonic

alliance with Eggman

what

[Rayl]

Metal Sonic has apparently been his own villain since Sonic Heroes. Don't know how or why that happened though.

[Gaia]

His toy bio states that he was re-institated into Eggman's ranks by subsiquent reprogramming and capture. He (more or less, as Rayl said) was a villan in his own right, that he had three theme songs to boot (Look-A-Like as it plays on his duplicate nature, What I'm Made Of for his single goal to kill sonic, and the third one that quite a few people know exist, Metal Sonic).

[Police Girl]

Metal Sonic has apparently been his own villain since Sonic Heroes. Don't know how or why that happened though.

This takes place before Heroes.

Also, they consider "Dolby Digital" a feature? I would think that is more of a given considering the fact that its on an HD console.

also.



...[tornado fang].

[Gaia]

Oh hey there Death Egg.

That's Little Planet from CD. I guess Sonic 4 merges the Sonic CD and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 stories together, in episodic format..

.. Aww damnit, why the halfpipe cliche' again?

[Phi]

I'm glad they ditched the annoying shininess.



I've always dreaded these arrow-shooting heads, and so does Tails apparently.

[Rayl]

This takes place before Heroes.

That's true but whose to say Metal Sonic didn't consider himself his own villain prior to Heroes?

That's Little Planet from CD. I guess Sonic 4 merges the Sonic CD and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 stories together, in episodic format..

The only way it's not the Death Egg is if he's transformed the Little Planet into a new Death Egg, the eyes are there afterall.

[Kieran]

Yeah, but if you look closely at the screenshot, the "Death Egg" is just framework.  The sphere itself has continents, oceans and cloud cover.

[irgpie]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCTtLHLKO4k[/youtube]

STILL RUINED FOREVER, etc etc.

Well I'm slightly hyped I guess. I dunno.

[Rayl]

I have surprisingly little issue with what i am seeing here... especially if that music somehow makes it's way into the game.

[Flame]

That's true but whose to say Metal Sonic didn't consider himself his own villain prior to Heroes?

Because he only ever revealed it to the world when he replaced Eggman in Heroes. Prior to that he was just another Eggman robot. And supposedly has been out of commission since Knuckles Chaotix.


That said, the game does look great.

[Phi]

That said, the game does look great.

I concur, but I honestly think this looks more like "Sonic Advance 4" then Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Springs and bouncers everywhere, and the Sonic/Tails tag-team moves reminds me a lot of Sonic Advance 3.

[Flame]

As long as they improve the physics, Im sold. if not, ill pass. It looks pretty as hell, but you just cant sugarcoat how horrible Episode 1's physics were.

[irgpie]

They're baaaaaaaack!



Also, achievements have been revealed. Spoilers, etc.

[spoiler]
The Adventure Begins – 5G
Clear SYLVANIA CASTLE ZONE, Act 1.

Rolling Combo! – 5G
Activate the Rolling Combo with Sonic and Tails.

Metal Sonic Falls – 5G
Defeat Metal Sonic in SKY FORTRESS ZONE, Act 1.

A Golden Wave – 10G
Defeat all bosses as Super Sonic.

All Stages Cleared! – 10G
Defeat the final foe and watch the ending.

Tag Partner – 10G
Upload a Multiplayer score or time.

I Love Tails – 10G
Play as Tails 50 times.

Ring Collector – 15G
Beat Special Stage 1 after collecting every Ring.

Endurance Race – 25G
Clear all stages without returning to the World Map.

All Chaos Emeralds Found! – 30G
Collect all seven Chaos Emeralds.

Proof of Speed – 35G
Clear SYLVANIA CASTLE ZONE, Act 1 in one minute or less.

All Red Star Rings Found! – 40G
Defeat the final foe after collecting every Red Star Ring.[/spoiler]

[VixyNyan]

Looks easier than Episode 1.

[Gaia]

Red rings huh? Sounds like an improved Hedgehog Engine and Generations Engine love child.

[Police Girl]

Red rings huh? Sounds like an improved Hedgehog Engine and Generations Engine love child.

You know the Hedgehog Engine is a graphics/lighting engine, right?

Posted on: February 24, 2012, 10:15:32 PMI feel this is worth showing off.

[youtube]CiJeFkEfuCo[/youtube]

[irgpie]

Some decent-ish footage finally.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od_00nFyK9U[/youtube]

There's also some new screenshots, including a Boss Battle with some plant thing and Metal Sonic.

[Police Girl]

So the combo spin is like Drill from Sonic Colors.

WAY TO GO DIMPS ORIGINALITY TEAM.

[irgpie]

Needs moar hardstyle power-up music then.

[Reaperoid]

All the WiiWare players got shafted again, since Episode 2 apparently has an Episode 1 "Lock-on" feature for a Metal Sonic mode featuring four new levels (source)

[Hypershell]

Yeah, if you're gonna do a "own multiple games" bonus, which I'd normally be psyched for, it would help a LOT of the latter game was available on the same platforms as the first.

Dick move, Sega.

[irgpie]

I suppose this is worth posting.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-mS3tiWeCM[/youtube]

Skyscraper Scamper: Now with bearable drift segments!

[Police Girl]

I suppose this is worth posting.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-mS3tiWeCM[/youtube]

Skyscraper Scamper: Now with bearable drift segments!

Man, it looks almost indistinguishable from unleashed in terms of lighting and such.