All-new 2D Sonic rolling out in 2010

[Esrever]

The dust clouds constantly trailing behind him look a little goofy, too.

[Kogen]

I did not like the grass either. It looks like something DIMPS made.

Uh oh.

[Xyton]

DREAMCAST2 CONFIRMED

Man, it would be hilarious if this whole thing was an elaborate misdirection for a new Sega console. :P

[Kogen]

GameSpot already said it was PC in September.

But let us pretend they never.

[Segaholic2]

GameSpot already said it was PC in September.

I know it is most likely PC, but why the hell would you tease a PC port? Why is that significant in any way.

Also, click "Featured" under Characters on the sidebar. Welp,

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[Esrever]

I guess part of me feels like, if they were going to give the game a rendered 3D look anyway, why not actually make the game 2 1/2 D? I was rooting for 2D graphics, but I guess I was thinking of something that looked a little more like Warioland Shake It or, I don't know, Megaman ZX.

[Kogen]

That fat red guy in the space ship must be a new character.

[j-man]

I'm boycotting this because Sonic doesn't have black eyes. Why didn't Mister SEGA listen to me personally when I said I wanted classic design? No, the environments and enemies don't count!

50p says the new character is Tails. People will still find a way to complain about this. Christ Almighty, people, it's Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Just say it out loud to yourselves. Sonic the Hedgehog 4. If you don't feel even the tiniest gleeful twinge in your stomach, you're dead to the world. If you do, grasp that shit like an eagle's talon and forget any reservations.

I mean, there was parallax scrolling. In a modern videogame. Even that shit puts a smile on my face.

[Xyton]

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SONIC CYCLE?!

(Look, someone had to say it.)

[j-man]

Irrelevant. This isn't some forgettable spin-off (puns lol) or a storybook adventure or some other tosh. This is the sequel to Sonic 3.

[Segaholic2]

The cycle has nothing to do with content. It simply has to do with Anticipation Disappointment Agony and back again. Welcome to stage 1.

[Esrever]

Dude, it's just a name. They could have attached it to anything. I mean, sure, it's "Sonic the Hedgehog 4"! And Sonic 2006 was "Sonic the Hedgehog", and it was the worst Sonic game ever made.

[G.Silver]

I would hope it's Tails, just for your standard Sonic 2 "1.5" player mode. That's a ton of value for not a lot of work.

[Crazy Penguin]

All the re-used badniks* and palmtrees mean jack shit if they're going to fundamentally alter the gameplay by adding a fucking homing attack. Even the Advance and Rush games were smart enough to avoid that. Sonic was only given a homing attack in the first place to make him control easily in 3D, and even then it wasn't an ideal solution. What meaningful purpose could it possibly serve in a 2D game without completely undermining the alleged return to physics based gameplay?

*And still no Flickies in the robots?

[Segaholic2]

The animation of Sonic jumping on the badniks leading up to the "gameplay footage" is obviously mocked up and I have my doubts whether the gameplay footage is actually running on any kind of game engine at all. It looks like it could all be potentially artificial, hence the lack of Sonic doing anything in the gameplay other than moving from left to right. He doesn't jump or interact with anything.

[G.Silver]

It is worrying--what are they gonna do with it, have us chain enemy hits together over bottomless pits? Or maybe just spinning around missed enemies, endlessly hovering in the air? If the focus were on Sonic Rush-like speed then I could see it fitting in (in order to make enemies even more worthless) but it can't serve any purpose that would encourage a more old-school design style.

[Kogen]

[Esrever]

I was thinking that too, 'holic. They probably just mocked up some footage for the trailer. If the thing was playable now I think they'd have shown a lot more of it.

[j-man]

Stage Zero of the Sonic Cycle, apparently, is assuming the Sonic Cycle has any merit, or is applicable at all times regardless of content. Forget the fucking cycle, man. Forget the last sixteen years if you have to. Sonic 4's coming out.

It's never going to be the same. Like Murtaugh, we're all too old for this shit. People are tearing this thing to bits over table scraps, desperately trying to prove to themselves that "they won't be fooled again!!!". Jesus, man. Play some other games. Forget all about the blue guy for a bit. I never bought that Black Knight shit, I was too busy hiding in my protective Sonic 2 cocoon until the world made sense again.

It started to today. Sonic 4's coming out. It's no way the same as the 2006 debacle. They're not reinventing anything, they're continuing from where we all want them to.

[Esrever]

I hope so, dude! It's 2D, and it's got checkerboards in it, but I mean... so did Sonic Advance. We'll see, anyway!

Did anyone else notice that, in the trailer, the Sonic 2 running sprite is the beta version? (With the blue spiral legs.)

[Kogen]

Do not forget it is coming in July for the iPhone!

[j-man]

First hipster I see playing it on the Tube is getting a slap in the nuts.

[Dash]

Huh. I'm not sure if I should even bother with an opinion since all of that trailer might be faked.

Wow, he looks... exactly like the modern Sonic. I could have sworn there was the promise of a redesign.

No kidding. That model looks like it was ripped straight from the Mario & Sonic games. I actually like Uekawa Sonic, but that model is kinda awkward.

[Locit]

I noticed the beta sprite as well. I'm pretty sure they put it in there so people like us would notice and say, "Hey, that is from an obscure early version of the game we love this one will be as good as that!"

Or something.

[Radrappy]

It looks. Like a fucking flash game.