Erinaceus

See, this is the thing. This game was never "announced" officially. Since the discussion about the game is taking place on a public messageboard, it was only a matter of time until the news spread by word of mouth. This game isn't being created by a closed group of people, as we're allowing everyone the opportunity to contribute. That is why the discussion is public.

It certainly wasn't our intention for the news of this game to spread like wildfire, as far as I know, especially since we don't have much to show just yet.

SillyJonna

Note to future developers who want to redo games - Keep your mouth shut until its done... I'm really tired of seeing awesome shit like this gettin shutdown.

Kempatsu

Concretepiggy

Well, I only drew Knuckles, but thanks!

SillyJonna

YestinPabsy

NiGHTSSTUDiO

Khalil

Still if fan works step over the line in Japan, they will crack the whip. I know of a good few Japanese fan games that have been shot down.

The whole situation is a very delicate balance that could collapse at any time. It's definitely not legal though.

Odin

Odin

Grinman

.endejas.

ZombiePuppy

btw, the work looks awesome.

globones

The problem comes if sega ever wants to do a HD remix of their own.

mrantimatter

silentbobfan

Superstar90

KirbyMorph

paranoia2mb

If SEGA is smart, they'd allow it.

DONNYchiban

Although Knuckles is not playable in stand-alone Sonic 2, he is if you attach it to Sonic and Knuckles. We are considering adding him to it after the initial project is completed, as an extra, and that is why I drew him.

SillyJonna

SDreamer

Kaizuden

Fenris Wolf

globones

Thank you home theater mag for this quote

"So, whether you output 1080i or 1080p, it is still inherently the same information. If the TV correctly deinterlaces 1080i, then there should be no visible difference between deinterlaced 1080i and direct 1080p"

1080i isn't crap, your tv is.

globones

Demaar

Although there are some good deinterlacing algorithms out there, it's not possible to fully reconstruct progressive frames from interlaced ones. Also, the really good ones (that is, the ones that don't immediately drop your horizontal line count by half) are computationally intensive. Or rather, it's hard enough that my computer can't do it in real time. My wife can't tell telecined video from progressive video, so I guess most people don't care.

shimage

Sonic WILL be good again dammit. Anyone who disagrees DIES.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

Arteen

if 1080i is great, then my old tv must be more HD than i thought, maybe i shouldn't have replaced it, as even on it the 1080i was crap and it made 480p look like a godsend.
its blurred, blocky and just looks as bad as 480i.
on both my 360 and PS3, though admittedly with the PS3 it looks much worse.
even on my new LCD TV, the interlaced modes are all just ugly.
both my systems are non-HDMI (though my TV does of course have support)

you said it yourself though, the interlaced modes are less clean and overall worse, whereas the progressive are cleaned up and easier to look at.

1080i is the old pre-LCD HD, where 1080p is the new and better HD.

GrimCW

Solarman

Silent Predator

Wolfers

Oh yes I would def. pay for this but if it is free even better. Me wanty nows!

Netnavi

TheDoomer

Solarman

Hopefully Sega, just doesn't notice this. Or otherwise contracts these guys to finish the game so they can release it themselves, or SOMETHING.

WolvenOne

Adrock4

thaKingRocka

A-bleeding-memory

I can say that I had big problems with my PS3 when using 1080i - it's why I finally broke down a couple months ago and got a new 1080P set (my old HD only went up to 1080i but is still great for my 360). Maybe you're experiencing similar difficulty because PS3's were rumored to downscale when not in 1080P mode. 480 and 1080 is not a widescreen differentiator.

Smadubaku

bobtheduck

bobtheduck

Anyway, it may be higher resolution, but I'm not necessarily convinced that this'll all look better than the original sprite work.

Grave

shouryuuken

Arklop

PHILOSOPHER541

even 720p looks better than 1080i
interlaced isn't any good, its just basic old low res HD.
Progressive mode is where the HD is.
either that or my TV just hates the interlaced modes, cause they all look the same, 480i being the regular square screen, and 1080i being the same thing, but widescreen instead.

set my PS3 or 360 to 1080i and it looks like crapola, but to p and it clears right up, even at 720p (which is all most HD games are anyways, Movies on the other hand...)

GrimCW

Hmm, with news like this and the possibility of the new sonic game actually being good, is it possible that the blue hedgehog has come back from the brink of death?

Thorax

and glad i can see MOBIUS in hd :)

jkingsowner

However, Kotaku should probably know better than to publish this. Way to potentially force an impassé.

Flippy_D

Care to clarify that one or should I just assume you need a better TV? ;)

Smadubaku

Sonic 2 is probably one of my favorite games of all time (Sonic CD) rules. Sonic 3 kinda sucked but Sonic 2 was the fully realized gameplay of all the Sonics.

globones

Rengenki

as for Sonic.. they should've done that for the games themselves (sega) and made that the XBlive or VC version.
gotta say, i prefer the VC games to the XBlive ones though... most of the XBlive versions may have gotten GFX upgrades, but being the Arcade versions, they suck worse than the console ones, with clunky controls and not even added save... at least my VC games can (Sega/NES/SNES ones anywho) be quit and started back up at EXACTLY where you left off.

GrimCW

Superstar90

[www.sonicretro.org]

Overlord44

StevenRafael

[www.opcoder.com]

sariah

Pombar

D Mitsuki

/tear

Stellarola

Karlott

Reibooi

Sorry, I doubt 108i would look as remarkable.

TheSonicGamer

[info.sonicretro.org]

And here's Robo Blast 2:

[info.sonicretro.org]

PositivelyJosh

The HD Generation is so revolutional.

TheSonicGamer

Atheist Jew

otakucode

eternalplayer2345

Godzilla-Sushi

Atheist Jew

Desgardes

Maldron

Cyanotic