Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!

Sniffnoy · Post by **Sniffnoy** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:35 pm

Double-S- wrote:Purchasable abilities? Sounds not so hot.

Temporary purchasable abilities might work... still a stupid idea, but...

I think better suited to the rings mechanic would be having special abilities that require a certain number of rings, but don't cost anything. Not that I much like that either.

Majestic Joey · Post by **Majestic Joey** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:34 pm

it might be cool if sonic had certain attacks that use up rings. like a super attack that destroys everything on screen for the cost of 100 rings. but then again it seems unnessesary because all the enemies die in one hit, I think.

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:04 pm

The ultimate upgrade, the S Monitor. Sonic pulls it out of his ass in a tough situation and cracks it open and thus Super Sonic is born.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:41 pm

You know, I cant wait for the playable demo...

Tweaker · Post by **Tweaker** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:03 pm

OCB: Who's composing the music this time around? Is it still Jun Senoue, or some new guy? The music sounds like it's done by someone else or something; the quality is far superior to that of Jun's past works, if it does happen to be him.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:46 am

So, uh, the new hedgehog's name is Mephiles.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:01 am

Well, I have to admit that's a cool sounding name.

meh-phil-lees? Is that how it's pronounced?

CM August · Post by **CM August** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:10 am

Makes me think of Crystal Meth.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:16 am

Oh, it also reminds me of the world Tales of Legendia takes place--Melfes.

Post by **G.Silver** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:08 am

I think we should call him "Meffles" or "Meffley."

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:23 am

I think we should call him Shadow v2.0.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:34 am

Ngangbius wrote:Well, I have to admit that's a cool sounding name.

meh-phil-lees? Is that how it's pronounced?

It's a pretty decent name, yes, but it really makes you wonder just what happened when they came up with 'Silver'.

Oh, and I kind of thought it was pronounced meh-files.

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:17 am

Shadow is becoming the Zero of the Sonic universe if you know what I mean.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:33 am

When I read the name "Mephiles", three things come to my mind:
-Greek.
-Fairly original if compared to names of recent Sonic characters.
-STD.

One Classy Bloke · Post by **One Classy Bloke** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:28 pm

I did some research into the name a while back, and uncovered this article on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles

Make what you will, but there are vague similars in the stories between this and Sonic.

Plorpus III · Post by **Plorpus III** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:55 pm

Damn, I was about to post about Mephistopheles earlier but decided not to.

So I assume Eggman basically makes a deal with Iblis or Mephiles an gets fucked over in the end?

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:29 pm

Plorpus III wrote:So I assume Eggman basically makes a deal with Iblis or Mephiles an gets fucked over in the end?

You mean like every other 3D Sonic game ever?

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:11 pm

Ritz wrote:So, uh, the new hedgehog's name is Mephiles.

I like my mock-up better.

Not so sure I'm ready to believe his name is Mephiles yet, though.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:26 pm

Mephiles actually looks like a butchered version of Mephistopheles (Not just storywise, but phonetically and visually as well).

Post by **big_smile** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:53 am

IGN have posted some brief impressions of the build playable at the Leipzig Games Convention.

It seems the demo hasn't changed that much since E3, with the dodgy controls and unavoidable dangers still having a detrimental effect on the experience.

FlashTHD · Post by **FlashTHD** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:33 pm

The controls are still a little stiff

Huh? I thought the complaints were about the controls being too slippery? Other than that, this sounds like the exact same build from E3.

(...) · Post by **(...)** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:46 pm

I did some research into the name a while back, and uncovered this article on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles

Make what you will, but there are vague similars in the stories between this and Sonic.

*strokes chin pensively*

Hmmmmmm...

So Mephistopheles was one of the devil's chief demons, and Iblis is the arabic word for devil, and the story of Sonic and Mephistopheles are vaguely similar...

Are we to assume that Eggman makes a faustian deal with Iblis, and Mephiles (as Iblis' chief minion) comes to collect on Eggman's soul?

Meanwhile, Xboxyde has new gameplay videos.
http://www.xboxyde.com/news_3370_en.html

FlashTHD · Post by **FlashTHD** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:46 pm

Gamestop's got a slick promotion going. Buy the game (preorder doesn't appear to be necessary) and they give you a Sonic plush. The quills are questionable, but it could be a bad pose. Nevertheless, I know I want it, as i've been trying to track down a plush of the post-SA1 Sonic for a while, and this one's free. Also, possible boxart.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:04 am

Huh. That gamestop link is a 404 now.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:12 am

Ew. That the same fugly looking Sonic plush they usually give away at carnival games or found stashed in a corner of some hobby shop.

The last decent Sonic plush were those Sonic X UFO catchers.