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Hands On With BioWare's Sonic Chronicles (and Sonic's Shitty Friends)

coconutdelight — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:05:54 MDT

sorry to post again but for anyone interested, here is a developer interview.
At the end he says it's a 'fall 2007' release..

coconutdelight

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coconutdelight — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:00:48 MDT

Oh dear, i mean i should be pleased but all the past posts made about this game were followed by 'thousands' of comments, every one saying this will really, really suck.
Now everyone loves it because the mighty king kotaku says it's good.
Obviously it's going to be good but i don't think any of you fools should be allowed to play it

coconutdelight

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terrydwj — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:20:46 MDT

Nice write-up. It should quiet a lot of the tards who forgot the quality that is Bioware.

terrydwj

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rainofwalrus — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:18:18 MDT

"talk to the hand, Amy!"

rainofwalrus

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mcderek3000 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:53:32 MDT

@Samos42: As for "Sonic's shitty friends", I believe there's no such things as a bad story, only a story badly told.

I believe that Bioware has the talent to make these friends into the next Minscs, Kreias, Sir Rodericks, Xans and perhaps even the next Dakkons and Fall-From-Graces.

mcderek3000

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mcderek3000 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:46:15 MDT

@Pietepiet: He discoloured his arm while polishing a Sega turd.

mcderek3000

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zerojad — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:41:23 MDT

- You shalt not past!!
- I'm faster than you!
- My precious!!"

"- I have a bad feeling about this."
lol quote post

zerojad

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Pietepiet — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:37:37 MDT

Why the hell is Sonic's arm BLUE in the dialogue shot with Amy? I never understood how people could make that colour mistake, let alone a big developer like BioWare.

Pietepiet

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A_Knothole_Resident — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:25:58 MDT

@VioletArrows: Yeah! Plus replace Amy Rose with the couragous and intelligent chipmunk princess and I'm immediatly sold.

A_Knothole_Resident

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Tisteldun — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:51:46 MDT

Just logged in to say this look like shit. Pardon the expression.
There are hundreds of such games allready out there (PC and console) and placing sonic in the middle of this aint making this stick out any way.

Tisteldun

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Fireblast — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:00:32 MDT

Wow so the upcoming Sonic game that comes out first is the one were he turns into a werewolf? Lame, I bet everybody cares about this title more than Sonic and the Secret Rings 2.

Fireblast

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Zerbrechen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:54:00 MDT

@Superstar90 UNLEASHED: Hey! I like Sonic Boom.

But yeah, Bioware is basically saddled with Sonic's 6th or so "last chance". The story is actually one of the aspects I'm most interested in, because I just finished watching a pile of cutscenes from Sonic '06... I feel like dying.

Zerbrechen

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:34:12 MDT

I don't care how it plays as long as it plays well.

Sonic has the definition of the unpleasable fanbase.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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reptile168 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:40:21 MDT

With the new console Sonic promising and this DS Sonic being another great Bioware product, we can expect a true revival of the Sonic brand. (Mario and Sonic at olympics was ok too)

reptile168

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thelken — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:32:34 MDT

This sounds like a nice mix between Mario RPG and Phantasy Star IV. I loved being able to combine abilities in Phantasy Star IV to make really devastating attacks. :)

thelken

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Handsome Fat Man — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:02:42 MDT

@V1L3: Except that the spite and cynicism Sega gets stems from neglect on their part. Sonic has earned alot of hatred for a reason.

Handsome Fat Man

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V1L3 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:43:04 MDT

To the people that keep asking: No, Sonic will not go away. Ever. The character is too innately popular to ever not be profitable. So you can whinge about the bad games, and complain about these potentially good ones all you like, but there's never going to be a world without Sonic in it.

Some characters and brands can survive hard times like Sonic has. Look how many crappy games and movies (i.e. the prequels) the Star Wars brand has managed to survive through. But if you weather the storm, occassionally, you'll be rewarded (Lego Star Wars, Force Unleashed... hopefully).

I have a lot of nieces and nephews, and they all love Mario and Sonic, but Sonic is generally the favourite. It doesn't matter what game they play, or what cartoon they watch... the character always clicks.

I guess when Sega gets unbridled love from kids, and nothing but spite and cynicism from hardcore gamers, that's when they switch their target market (Sonic and Mario at the Olympic Games), and then we wonder why.

V1L3

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Wolfers — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:09:03 MDT

Turn based? There goes my interest.

Wolfers

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fuckshit — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:23:07 MDT

Finally. Looks like some one is going to produce the first good Sonic game since Sonic CD. I've missed me some sonic. *sniff*

fuckshit

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Samos42 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:55:57 MDT

I actually like a majority of Sonic's shitty friends. Even Big the Cat. Anyway, I loved the Chao mechanic in Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 A LOT so I'm hoping that the mechanic will be similar in the RPG.

Samos42

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Superstar90 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:48:41 MDT

Sonic music has always been shitty except for the 2 DS games. Hideki Naganuma ftw. I really hope he does the soundtrack for this game, I would buy it just for the rhythm parts then.

But if they have the shitty butt rock, that plagues the other games... the rhythm element will be terrible.

Superstar90

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VioletArrows — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:38:21 MDT

Replace Big with the southern belle robotic rabbit from the cartoon and we can talk.

VioletArrows

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spiderweb1986 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:18:15 MDT

Anyone who questions Tails has never played Tails Adventure. Yes, it's a Game Gear game, which means that 90% of you probably didn't even know it existed...but it's good, and better almost all of the console titles we've seen in the series in the past few years.

@MickyK: Knuckles and Amy aren't "crappy add-ons," unless you're trying to tell me that Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles, and Sonic CD were bad games.

spiderweb1986

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MickyK — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:06:31 MDT

HEY! I am tired of everyone calling sonic's friends shitty. Tails has been a valued member for a long time and he has held his place in video game history better than knuckles or any of those other crappy add-ons.

MickyK

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Lackshmana — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:05:41 MDT

I am just hopeful that it will accomplish what Sega has utterly failed to .... create a familiar and artistically unified Sonic world.

Sonic has failed to reach the same sense of consistent artistic and musical style that has helped to keep Mario familiar yet creative.

Instead recent Sonic games have mixed and mashed differing levels of generic fantasy, sci fi, and (ugh) realism with terrible generic rock music crap.

If this game features an attractive world full of character and charm that seems like it should be the place Sonic was living in those classic games on the Genesis then I will be happy.

But even then, there really is no reason to think Sega would respect it. They are happy to have Dr Robotnik running around in the same world as the President and modern cities.

Lackshmana

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pastepunkjames — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:02:42 MDT

An RPG, made by Bioware, with an iconic IP?

I'm excited. I might even have to pick up a DS Lite...

pastepunkjames

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Dakobah — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:54:59 MDT

I was hoping that was the name of the game: Sonic Chronicles (and Sonic's Shitty Friends) i would buy it if that was its title on that alone.

Dakobah

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PissedPS3Fan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:48:52 MDT

I don't want to play with Sonic's shitty friends. Give me a Sonic platformer with just him, and I'll be happy.

PissedPS3Fan

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Violet — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:44:16 MDT

with a name like that, Im half expecting the brotherhood of Nod to be in it.

Violet

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ThisCharmingMan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:41:49 MDT

Sounds spectacular. It seems Sega took a note from the Paper Mario franchise and just happened to con the best RPG developer on the planet into making their game. Do want.

ThisCharmingMan

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KM91 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:15:06 MDT

They're not that bad!!! Big may be, but don't drag Knuckles into that group!!

KM91

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InsidiousTuna — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:09:08 MDT

As long as it's got Sonic speed...

InsidiousTuna

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willy626 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:59:05 MDT

@KingKevin:

Shadow the hedgehog begs to differ. A game, one singularity, based entirely on a secondary character. And y'know what? it sucked. big time.

Dont get me wrong, when I first played Sonic Adventure 2 I was extremely happy with his character. And I still feel that in context he wasnt that bad of a character IN THAT GAME. So when he died in the end I was happy.

But lets get one thing straight. Sonic is about Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik. And just so its not a complete sausage fest, Amy, but only in her pre-sonic adventure character, a one-dimensional love interest.

Its not even that the character designs are really that BAD, I mean, they arent that great, but there are worse. More importantly there implementation as gimmicky furry bait are just so blatant it makes those of us old enough to have enjoyed the series from its insurgence want to throw up.

Just in our mouths, then swallow it back down so as not to make a scene.

willy626

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Moonshadow101 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:54:55 MDT

Alas, it will be undermined by the fact that all of them (even sonic) are fundamentally unlikable characters.

At least mario keeps his mouth shut most of the time, I'd hate to have to endure whatever idiotic piss he has to spit.

Moonshadow101

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swift_tiger — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:53:09 MDT

so is sonic cool now?
he's had such a bad rap for some time now, and i personally liked most of his games.

swift_tiger

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Handsome Fat Man — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:47:20 MDT

A Sonic RPG with Mario RPG-esque battle mechanics, not made by Sonic Team but by BioWare, on the DS. I still keep expecting somebody to tell me that this is a protracted April Fools joke.

I am very much looking forward to this game.

Handsome Fat Man

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bigman88zz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:38:59 MDT

also, big the cat......why wont you die?!

bigman88zz

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Stormrider — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:38:17 MDT

Is 2009 an estimate, or did they actually say that at the event? That would be disappointing.

@Derigor: From what I read in a different preview, apparently you can 'equip' Chaos to various characters like accessories. Breeding them determines what stats they boost and all that. It didn't say anything about racing them, but who knows.

@Krytha: To be fair, almost any game with resolution meant for the DS screen blown up to computer resolution looks like crap. I'm sure that it looks much better when running on the DS itself.

Stormrider

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Krytha — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:36:56 MDT

@linkura: Well, you could've been more clear on that I suppose. Sonic has always had terrible dialogue? Anyone who goes around saying "Sonic's the name, speed's my game" is not likely to be brilliantly eloquent.

@Surfninja: Big the Cat is visually compelling? Were you also a fan of Rufus? All kidding aside, I do think they need to cut down on the number of extraneous pals Sonic has accumulated over the year, with additions to the collection for reasons like "I found out there's a kind of mammal we didn't have in the game before" and each possessing the same depth of personality as a bowl of soggy cornflakes. I mean, sure, they aren't ALL bad, but I think more time needs to be spent developing older characters instead of adding "cool" new characters. I know Big the Cat isn't particularly new either, but even Sonic's personal stories aren't well documented or explored which is one of the reasons why I think Sonic has continued to fail in making new games - i.e. his character is just a blue thing that goes fast - and then where do you go from there?

Sorry if I rambled and made no sense. My gripe is that Sonic CAN accurately and totally be summed up in "Sonics the name - speed yadda yadda" and I think that is hugely problematic in terms of development, and if your main protagonist isn't well developed, why are we adding more characters that have as little or less depth?

Krytha

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bigman88zz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:35:47 MDT

@armchairnixon: wishes he had Xbox Live...: yeah it was amy, she just had a different hairstyle and dress.

bigman88zz

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KingKevin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:33:28 MDT

@willy626:

good sonic games!? but i love sonic 1-3 and knuckes!!!
a few bad character designs dont ruin a game, a bad game ruins a game. Sonic Heroes may suck, but the characters arent that bad.

KingKevin

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Majorasblaze — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:31:40 MDT

Still find it hard to wrap my head around the turn based idea, but if they can bring such good stories in as Sonic the Comic I will love it.

Also Chaotix!

Majorasblaze

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My name changed for an unknown reason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:28:01 MDT

The title is absolutely awful.

My name changed for an unknown reason

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GhaleonUnlimited — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:27:13 MDT

Sonic def needs more breaks from SEGA's current developers.

GhaleonUnlimited

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unicronband — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:57 MDT

It's like Chrono Trigger battle mechanics + Mass Effect dialog trees + shitty Sonic Characters = I can't even begin to fathom. Fuck it. It's Bioware. I'll buy it.

unicronband

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frank0127 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:28 MDT

"Tag-team moves may require both Sonic and Amy, with some special attacks that can only be done via threesome."

oh ho, let the fan fiction cometh.

frank0127

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linkura — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:23:24 MDT

@Krytha: I'm talking about the terrible dialogue, not the graphics.

linkura

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Gadzooks149 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:22:25 MDT

"Chao breeding mechanic that will let players tailor how Knuckles or Tails evolve"

wat?

Gadzooks149

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Surfninja — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:21:21 MDT

Everyone seems to be quick to stomp on SEGA for the creation of Sonic's "lame" newer characters. Say what you will, but I think Big the Cat is a visually compelling character. For me, he's just cool to look at. His gameplay segments might've been the weakest in Sonic Adventure, but I wouldn't call him a lame character necessarily. In the right hands, he could be cool.

Surfninja

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Krytha — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:20:30 MDT

@linkura: Maybe they're talking about gameplay or something? It's on a portable system so it doesn't HAVE to look absolutely mind blowing. At this point, most of our expectations for Sonic games are so low that NOT TOTAL BALL SUCKING is like a victory.

In other news, please don't have the usual shitty music. This kind of setting feels so off for a Sonic game just because it's never been done before. It just makes me feel weird, but change is probably the best thing that can happen for Sonic right now. He was always so linear before...

Oh yeah, go Knuckles. He needs his own game without the shitty friends...

Krytha

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Kaizuden — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:18:57 MDT

Ooh... It's looking good so far, if this takes off well they should branch it out into consoles...

Kaizuden

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jamosthefifth — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:15:47 MDT

I am surprised by the amount of positive responses to this story... I believe the last time they released screenshots everyone could only rant and rave about how much they thought it would suck. I wonder what changed?

jamosthefifth

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willy626 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:15:41 MDT

@KingKevin:

Heres the lowdown, sonic's shitty freinds include, but are not limited to:

1. Everyone introduced during/after Sonic Adventure.

2. Minus the possibility of E-102 considering hes really just a redesign of the Egg bots in Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles.

Keep in mind you may feel free to disregard that list and go ahead thinking that Cheese is "so cute!" when in all reality that makes you the kind of person that wont allow us to go back to good sonic games.

willy626

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WildKnightblazer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:15:32 MDT

@linkura: Yes, and they look rather good, even the whole "Amy suddenly getting a boyfriend other than Sonic so hey, maybe she won't be UTTERLY DEFINED by her crush on Sonic anymore" thing. What's your point?

WildKnightblazer

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linkura — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:11:28 MDT

http://kotaku.com/photogallery/sonicrpgnms/1001166023 WTF is this screenshot? Did anyone posting about how this looks good even look at the pictures?

linkura

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dynendal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:32 MDT

My friend Gaspur is a designer on this! Gooo Gaspur!

dynendal

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KingKevin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:15 MDT

Im really excited about this game. I havent baught a DS game in forever, so I hope to pic this one up.

but why does everyone think Sonic has such "shitty" friends?? I must of missed that game where they pissed everyone off.

is Cheese in this game? shes SO cute!

KingKevin

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Zaos — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:14 MDT

Sonic X : Command Mission

m i rite?

Zaos

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0x15e — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:01 MDT

Threesome, eh? Oh, the furries will loooove this one.

0x15e

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El Patricko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:06:47 MDT

I just don't understand why the Sonic franchise continues to be relevant. I mean, they keep banging out Sonic games so it must be, right? Are people buying these games? The one on 360 and PS3 looked like an absolute abomination and is he really even that appealing of a character anymore?
Sorry, I've been thinking all of this for a long time and just decided that I needed to let it out.

El Patricko

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SpishackCola — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:06:44 MDT

Do want. Can't really go wrong with BioWare and RPGs. Maybe it's just me, but I like it when long standing characters are used in genres other than their usual ones. I also call BS on Amy getting over Sonic and getting a boyfriend.You can't mess up her over decade long crush on Sonic damnit!

SpishackCola

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willy626 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:06:36 MDT

I look forward to this pensively...I have no doubt that bioware can make a fully fleshed out turn based adventure rpg out of my childhood hero (floundering though he may be), but Im worried that somehow, someway, a SEGA rep will burst into their programming cubicles screaming,

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO your doing it wrong! Shadow doesnt have enough guns! There arent 1200 new characters being introduced! WHERE ARE THE FISHING STAGES?!"

,and then bioware just turns its back...shrugs its shoulders, ponders why SEGA thinks they cant save a franchise after they already did twice with KOTOR, and just backs off.

willy626

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RBecho — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:03:01 MDT

I can honestly say I am interested in a sonic game for the first time since the Dreamcast launched. Holy crap.

RBecho

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Naif — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:48 MDT

ironic that it takes the game to be something totally different to not suck harder than a dyson anymore

Naif

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Dr.Chocobo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:16 MDT

2009? Come on, it's a handheld game!

/doesn't know the usual time it takes to develop a well made hand held game by a company known for making good games

/reliazes that the last "/" was really long

Dr.Chocobo

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razorangelwings — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:58:58 MDT

I always liked Knuckles more than Sonic : ( Of course, I think I was about 10 the last time I played a Sonic game...but no more! Way to suck me back in, BioWare.

razorangelwings

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jp182 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:58:18 MDT

Sonic as a slow strategy game?? I didn't know the Sonic Universe was that deep.

jp182

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Derigor — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:57:10 MDT

Wait... did you say chao breeding? or just a mechanic similar to that that would apply to tails/knuckles.

'Cause I want me some Chao action. Chao racing via nintendo wifi please.

Derigor

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Krytha — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:54:15 MDT

No doubt there are special attacks that can only be done via threesome. There's a reason his friends are the shitty kind.

uh..

Actually, I'm feeling faint glimmers of hope.

Krytha

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(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:53:30 MDT

i salute Bioware for making a (probably) good game of that franchise

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

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armchairnixon sees you doing that thing there... — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:52:32 MDT

Ooh, threesomes in a Sonic game.

Wasn't Amy in Sonic CD? Didn't she get stolen by Metal Sonic and you have to rescue her or something? I know there was a chick hedgehog, but I'm not sure if it was Amy or not.

armchairnixon sees you doing that thing there...

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jayntampa — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:48:41 MDT

Amy has a boyfriend now? Sonic must be relieved :P

I'm looking forward to this -- I'm cool with cute RPGs. Angsty-teen RPGs are starting to get to me.

jayntampa

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Ichidou — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:48:08 MDT

It's looking good so far.

How often do sonic games make me go "Man, THIS might be the first 3D sonic game to not suck! :D" before I actually play it?

Far too often.

Ichidou

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Bauske — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:51 MDT

This sounds like a nice mix between Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger. I loved being able to combine abilities in Chrono Trigger to make really devastating attacks.

Bauske

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silenthill4vid — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:35 MDT

Little disappointed at turn-based, but what ever.

silenthill4vid

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rkalajian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:09 MDT

Looks pretty cool. I hope it holds up.

We need a good Sonic game.

rkalajian

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Batousi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:45:02 MDT

Sonic seems to be coming back with a vengeance.

This game looks good so far..can't imagine Bioware screwing this up no matter how shitty Sonic's friends are.

Batousi

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FightingChance — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:44:30 MDT

I always thought the checkerboard pattern ground was a very Sonic theme that seems to have disappeared. Why are they trying so hard (at least in Sonic for 360 and Sonic Unleashed) to create these very photo-realistic landscapes for Sonic to run around in, when Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 had such lush environments?

FightingChance

Hands On With BioWare's Sonic Chronicles (and Sonic's Shitty Friends)

Dragonzigg — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:44:01 MDT

2009? I was under the impression it was due out in the autumn. Regardless, I'll wait as long as necessary.

Dragonzigg