Sonic Unleashed?

[Dasher]

A Freak...

[Ngangbius]

All I'm seeing is a "Sonic-fied" version of a Growlithe.

[DackAttac]

I wonder if he'll(?) be this game's Omachao or something. I dunno, after Heroes, I wouldn't mind hints going extinct. Because that thing looks like they could give it a damned annoying voice.

[K2J]

"Chip" confirmed, along with a few new Wii scans.

Manga Translation:

Sonic: “Whaaahh!!”
Eggman: “Sonic, look at you! What kind of state are you in now?”
Sonic: “Uh…Wah…”
Sonic: “Look at what you have done Dr. Eggman…”
Eggman: “All of these years’ hassle…is time for payback!”

Sonic: “Hmph…if you can do it…I’d dare you to try…”
Sonic: “But I will still…”
Sonic: “Keep on fighting with you!”
Eggman: “What!?”

Sonic: “This kind…of power…”
Eggman: “No…not good!”
Eggman: “Don’t…don’t let Sonic get away!”
Sonic: “This power…I’ll keep it with gratitude…Dr. Eggman…”

Chip: “Neh neh, Sonic, Chip is hungry!”
Sonic: “Hm….you are?”
Chip: “And to enquire information about the shrine(Temple?) too!”
Sonic: “Ok, Let’s go and rest at the town in front!”
Chip: “Yay~~~~”
Sonic: “Maybe we can find someone there who knows you.”
Chip: “Ah! A village!”

Chip: “Chip wants to eat ice cream~~!”
Sonic: “Ah!”
Ice cream man: “Welcome!”
Ice cream man: “Get your ice cold and sweet ice cream!”
Chip: “Ice cream! Give me ice cream!”
Ice cream man: “Hai~!”(Is like “ok” in English)
Chip: “ICE CREAM!!!!”
Ice cream man: “Welc….”

Chip: “GIMME ITTTTTT!!!!”
Ice cream man: “Uaaaa!!! MY SHOP!!!!!!”
Sonic: ‘Wha…turned out as a disaster…’
Chip: “…Seems like Chip has done something bad…”
Ice cream man: “My….my shop….”
Chip: “Then, there won’t be any ice cream to be sold!”
Chip: “Sonic! This is bad!! If this keeps up, Chip won’t have any ice cream!”

Sonic: ‘I wonder WHO did it.’
Chip: “Sonic!! Ice cream!! Chip’s ice cream!!!!”
Ice cream man: “My shop!!!!!!”
Sonic: “I KNOW!! WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”
*The background reads “So noisy!”*
Sonic: “We have the responsibility, so just leave the shop repairing job to us!”
*The word under Sonic reads “Confidential pose”*
Ice cream man: ‘Oh oh, I wonder who is the one that destroyed it...’
Chip: “Go Sonic go!”
Sonic: “Not time to waste! Lets’ get started!”
Sonic: “~!@#$%^&*(!?”
Chip: “Of course! Chip will go too!!”

Chip: “How are we suppose to do it Sonic?”
Sonic: “To find materials that we can use.”
Chip: “Oh yeah! To gather the materials those are used for repairing!”
Chip: ‘O~k then! Chip will help and search!”
Chip: “It is easier to find them with the two of us!”
Sonic: “Hehe, all up to you partner!”

Chip: “Found a mushroom in the beginning!”
Sonic: “What are you doing with the mushroom Chip-san?”
Chip: “Ha ya!”
Chip: “Sorry sorry! Chip started to think about how to fill up my stomach first!”
Chip: “Ah! That is delicious yoo!”
Sonic: ‘Delicious…!?’
Chip: “Add apple in ice cream is gonna make it very delicious~!”
Sonic: ‘Dude!’(Something like that. Direct translation is “I say you”XDD)
Sonic: “This is not the time to say ‘Gonna be delicious~!’ isn’t it?”

Chip: “Ah? Sonic hate like apples?”
Sonic: “I don’t hate it.”
Chip: “Uh! Then you don’t like ice cream!?”
Sonic: “Of course not! I like it too!”
Chip: “See~? Ice cream is a delicious food! Chip really~ loves ice cream!”
Chip: “To create delicious ice cream, we’ll need to collect more ingredients~~~!”
Sonic: “Oh! Delicious ice cream!”
Chip: “Yeah~~ Found a strawberry!”
Sonic: “Hey! No wonder you are Chip!”
Sonic: “What are you, an idiot?!!!”

Sonic: “Darn, that gluttony Chip can sometimes be a burden.”
Sonic: “Chi!”

Sonic: “Eggmans’ robots again!”
Sonic: “ I don’t have time to play with you guys!”

Sonic: “This is…the end!!”

Chip: “Sonic~!”
Chip: “Why don’t you fight in ‘That Form’?”
Sonic: “Ah ah, that’s because can only available during night time.”
Chip: “But we have gathered enough materials already! No wonder you are Sonic!”
Sonic: “Oh oh!”
Sonic: “So…”

Sonic: “This is the new ice cream shop!”
Sonic: “This guy is one of a kind.”
Sonic: “When customers show up, it will automatically sell ice cream to them.”
Ice cream shop: “Get your ice cream.”
Chip: “Chip wants to be the first customer!”
Chip: “Give me an ice~~cream!”

Ice cream shop: “Hai, thank you for coming!”
Ice cream man: “WAAAAA!! MY SHOP!!!!”
Sonic: “Ouch….OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!!”
Ice cream shop: “Welcome welcome. Get your ice cream!”
The Fighting Ice Cream Shop became this village’s specialty…
Maybe….
I think….

...

[DackAttac]

Sonic Unleashed...

...or Russian Roulette...

...Which will be less painful to play?

I'm going with the five in six odds I won't bleed out my ears.

[FlashTHD]

Uhh guys. Guys. This is hardly the first time manga adaptations have invented new garbage for their own benefit...

[DackAttac]

If that's the case... that'd really be just swell.

But goddamn, it has wings. It flies. What the fuck is that?

[Zeta]

Omachao raped Tails and gave birth to Chip.

[RocketPunch]

When I saw him, I got this funny mental image of Uekawa sneaking into other game companies' headquarters at night and rooting through their trash heap of rejected characters.

But... seriously? Werewolves and chihuahuas? I don't think those two things can just be randomly combined into the same video game series. We should all seek to get an amendment added to the Constitution that prohibits this.

[gr4yJ4Y]

The quest for materials to help rebuild the ice cream shop reminds me of Sonic Rush Adventure, where you were given a certain number of "materials" each time you beat a level and had to have X number for material Y to advance onto the next level. I didn't mind it too much, but I'd rather see it left out of the game. Here's hoping it's just manga BS.

[P.P.A.]

The quest for materials to help rebuild the ice cream shop reminds me of Sonic Rush Adventure, where you were given a certain number of "materials" each time you beat a level and had to have X number for material Y to advance onto the next level. I didn't mind it too much, but I'd rather see it left out of the game. Here's hoping it's just manga BS.

I could imagine such things as optional sidequests in the adventure fields.

[Arcade]

Werewolves and chihuahuas?

For some odd reason that triggered made my Earth Worm Jim sence...

[K2J]

You know that "Worst Boxart" poll we had a while back? Well, add another one to the list...



...comes from Amazon, might not be final, but dang, does it look weird.

[G.Silver]

Were Sonic at the Olympics?

[FlashTHD]

Ehh, 's not too terrible...could definitely do with a better backdrop.

[DackAttac]

Ten bucks says they still pretend that the werehog's a well-kept secret.

[Neo]

...But Sega's already revealed the werehog gameplay at E3. Ristar arms, hordes of enemies and stupid simple key-lock puzzles ring a bell?

[DackAttac]

Weren't they still being kind of douchey and mysterious about it, though?

[K2J]

Crazy rumor time! Guy claims he's leaking details about the PS2 version, so into doubt-mode we go!

- Sonic and his werehog self will be the only playable character. You can also unlock a Super Form for both variations of Sonic.

- Eggman is the main villain from start to finish. In a twist, though, he's not totally in control towards the end, but then turns the tables. Unlike other games, where he loses control of the situation at the last moment.

- Tails will pilot the original Tornado for Sonic. One of the funnier scenes involves Sonic turning into a werehog on the Tornado.

- The following characters will definitely not appear in any form - Silver, Eggman Nega, Cream, Big and Omega.

- Team Chaotix will make a cameo, and have a semi-important yet quick role.

- The being that Eggman unleashed from the center of the earth is connected to the Chaos Emeralds. It's called Dark Gaia. It has a unique Super Form.

- There is a new character and a returning character... The new character is a cute yet mysterious helper named that seems to have a relationship with Dark Gaia. The returning character is Fang the Sniper, and he'll be reinvented like the Chaotix were when they were reintroduced in Sonic Heroes. He's basically hired to destroy the Werehog with the promise that he can get the Emeralds from his dead body. He becomes an occasional rival in three or four boss battles. In their final battle, he reaches the last Emerald before Sonic and has an adverse effect.

-The story is not meant to be taken too seriously just like Sonic Heroes, but there are darker undertones toward the end. Eggman is particularly portrayed as more evil and capable than the more recent games.

And he wrote a very good ending for the game...too good for anything Sega could do *massive spoilers?*









Alright, I guess I'll spoil the ending. Actually, it reminds me of something out of the early Crash Bandicoot games. It's entertaining. But first, it might help if I elaborate more of the new characters...

Tick - While he seems to help Sonic out of nowhere (he's basically this game's Omochao, except way more useful and he occasionally helps fight enemies if you go out of your way to find him), you find out he's connected with the Dark Gaia. In truth, he is the judgment of the Dark Gaia, which was separated from his mind when Eggman started using him for evil (yes, appearances are that deceiving).

Dark Gaia - While Eggman knows him only as a legendary beast that sleeps under the planet, he's actually related to Chaos - He was once a God and defender of the Echidnas rather than the Chao. Back then, he was known as the Light Gaia, their Holy Protector. However, when the Echidnas started exhibiting warlike behavior, he didn't want to fight his "brother" Chaos, and instead chose to forsake his chosen people by putting himself to sleep. Tick slowly reveals all of the story.

Fang - He's just hired with the promise from Eggman that Sonic is collecting the Chaos Emeralds, and he's willing to pay a lot of money for them. He basically goes around trying to track Sonic the whole game. After he's transformed, there's a boss battle and Sonic collects the final Emerald, reverting him to normal and knocking him unconscious. Ironically, after the Eggman fight in Center of the Earth, it's he who gathers all of Sonic's friends to the place and has a lucky shot destroying Eggman's beam device, realizing at last that the Emeralds are more than simple money-making ploys... But in the process, the device goes out of control and transforms Sonic into a Werehog "permanently" (until he absorbs the positive energies of the Emeralds).


Alright. After the final boss fight with the Dark Gaia (and yes, it is Dark Gaia, not the Chaos Golem, he was thinking of another boss that shows up after you place the last Emerald in the final shrine and I see that the story characters do indeed say the Dark Gaia), the Emeralds become neutralized... Or do they? Tails notices that it was Eggman that tampered with the Chaos Emeralds, and the Emeralds reject that power. He goes on to state a basic scientific principle about how energy is never totally destroyed, and you see the energy that created the Werehog start to flow into Eggman!

Everyone looks in fear as Eggman grows absolutely HUGE. He has this epic speech about how he's finally going to get rid of Sonic with his newfound powers and how he'll now build a GIANT Eggman Land to suit his giant throne, finishing with "I am the Eggman!", but then, suddenly, he stops growing and you hear a popping sound. He quickly regresses into a manageable size and transforms into a harmless, playful walrus (yes, it's a bad joke). Then Sonic winks at the camera and breaks the forth wall, saying something like "Heh, I knew we wouldn't have to go through a fourth boss!"

Then you see Dark Gaia, on the ground and writhing in pain. Knuckles approaches it, pulling out the Master Emerald and putting his hand over its forehead to sense its thoughts. Then you see some Shadow the Hedgehog-like flashbacks and Knuckles gets angry and realizes that this is the God that the Echidnas came to loathe, but then Tick shows up and stops him from his harsh judgment, telling the whole story that could be pieced together by now. Tick, it weak, too, and it doesn't look good.

Dark Gaia then sees a vision of Chaos, who did not forget about him after all. He "cleanses him for his sins" (as Knuckles puts it), and even Tick is surprised. Dark Gaia's light then returns to him and he's the Light Gaia again, and both Chaos and Tikal come down to take him to a better place. Tick doesn't want to go, though, and holds onto Sonic's hand as he fades off from their existence. Tikal doesn't say a word, but is last seen smiling down at Sonic as they ascend and fade away.

Everyone remains silent. Then they turn at Eggman (the walrus). Sonic does the goofiest thing to his altered enemy and whistles, breaking the ice and saying "C'mon, Eggy, let's go home!" The walrus moves over to Sonic, climbs on top, and licks him. Everyone laughs.


Yep. That's the ending. Eggman becomes Were-Eggman (sort of). Personally, I think this ending sets it up for Sonic Chronicles, in which Eggman's activity dwindles. This is probably the reason why.

[FlashTHD]

If "Guy" goes by "Blackarms" then ask a mod to delete your post. He does these things every fucking time there's a ramp up to a big release.

[K2J]

I know of him, and no, this isn't he.

[DackAttac]

- There is a new character and a returning character... The new character is a cute yet mysterious helper named that seems to have a relationship with Dark Gaia.

I'm going to blow my fucking brains out.

The returning character is Fang the Sniper

I'm going to blow my fucking load.

and he'll be reinvented like the Chaotix were when they were reintroduced in Sonic Heroes.

OK... two brains, one load.

EDIT - Should have read the follow-up. My bad.

EDIT 2 - SHould have read BOTH follow-ups. Still, I see wayyy too many religious references for that ending to be real.

[FlashTHD]

I know of him, and no, this isn't he.

Phew. He usually doesn't start on that this early, but it all still sounds as temptingly fake as his lies, or close to it. (I did not read the ending parts anyway)

[Shadow Hog]

What I want to know is why the ending never once mentions putting the Earth back together.

Unless Sega WANTS the game to take place on a broken planet with half a moon for the rest of time.

[Zeta]

Ew. I don't ever want to see Eggman lick Sonic. JUST NO.