New Sonic in '03

[sggg]

Originally posted by TracerBullet
Dude, NiGHTS should be playable in the game... make it part of the story. That would be much cooler.

Sonic and NiGHTS are among my favourite games ever so I would surely love that.... but it seems... strange..... How would it work? Would you just put a NiGHTS level or two into the Sonic game? I am not sure if NiGHTS would work in a more traditional Sonic level and in 3D. Why would NiGHTS be there? I guess that could easily be explained....

Maybe the entire game could take place in Nightopia. It makes more sense for Sonic to be in Nightopia than on Earth. You could have blazing fast 2.5D Sonic levels.. or just keep them in 3D.. then you could mix NiGHTS levels in like how the other character were mixed in in the Sonic Adventures.

The more score-based circular levels of NiGHTS would seem to be an odd match with more traditional level based Sonic fare. Maybe a simple NiGHTS cameo would be better.

[Regus]

Ah yes, Sonic Adventure 2 hate makes me so happy, and I agree with just about every word that came out of Tracer Bullet's mouth.

What I want:
- NO MORE EXTRA CHARACTERS. This is "Sonic" Adventure after all.
- Bring back the overworld.
- Kill that level to level shit.
- Bring back the jump cancel.
- Bring back the old spin dash.
- Kill that devil/angel chao concept.
- Add a kennel or something in the chao area, so I can store extra animals.
- Bring back the world rankings.

[Jeremy]

The Knuckles/Rogue levels in SA 2 were, at best, an annoyance. At worst, which was sadly common, they were unbearably boring. Wow, I collect fucking jewel things, how exciting. The "sonic" name didn't came from doing treasure hunts there Sega.

[Tracer]

Originally posted by sggg
Sonic and NiGHTS are among my favourite games ever so I would surely love that.... but it seems... strange..... How would it work? Would you just put a NiGHTS level or two into the Sonic game? I am not sure if NiGHTS would work in a more traditional Sonic level and in 3D. Why would NiGHTS be there? I guess that could easily be explained....

Maybe the entire game could take place in Nightopia. It makes more sense for Sonic to be in Nightopia than on Earth. You could have blazing fast 2.5D Sonic levels.. or just keep them in 3D.. then you could mix NiGHTS levels in like how the other character were mixed in in the Sonic Adventures.

The more score-based circular levels of NiGHTS would seem to be an odd match with more traditional level based Sonic fare. Maybe a simple NiGHTS cameo would be better.

It could work with NiGHTS, but I'm not Sonic Team so I can't really say :P It doesn't have to be cut and paste Nights from Saturn. SA1 and Nights had a bit in common.. they were both fairly easy to control and manuver and SA2's "trick system" (half-assed as it was) could be more refined. NiGHTS could borrow from Sonic and Sonic from NiGHTS. It's not hard to imagine if you think about it for awhile and Sonic being in a Dreamscape is not too far fetched.

And absolutely, The overworld needs to be brought back, of all the things I hated about SA2 I hated it's lack of that the most. SA1 was really cool and that was a big part if it.

[Taito]

I don't care for the overworld hub either way. In the end, it didn't make a whole lot of sense, having ancient civilization ruins, boiling lava, a cyberpunk city, etc., with an American-like urban settung connecting them all. Cutscenes can carry the game just as well as an overworld, and stays more true to the Genesis originals.

Since everyone's making lists, here's what I'd like to see in the Sonic sequels:


-BETTER MUSIC (SA2's sdtk sucked harrrd)

-Rouge dead and forgotten

-Pure Sonic, or the SA1 style of character arrangement

-NO Chao raising

-Keep the minigames to a, well, minimum

-NO human contact except for Robotnik

-Keep Sonic Adv. 2's grading system in the game. Adds fresh gameplay and replay value to the Sonic series

-Keep the Metroid-like items that open up new levels in the game, for the same reason mentioned above

-Bring back the Chaos Emerald bonus stage from the Genesis Sonics

[Will]

SA and SA2 looks awesome in VGA. I might still rebuy SA2 on GC if it's at 20 now.

[Jeremy]

The music in SA 2 was awesome. ESPECIALLY those swank Knuckles rap songs.

[sggg]

Well, turns out that the new Sonic game may indeed be announced soon... at least according to Magic-Box:

« Yugi Naka of Sonic Team announced they will reveal a new installment of Sonic at E3 2003 in US. »





ps. I loathed the music in Sonic Adventure 2... and what's worse is that there was no goddamn option to turn the music off!

[Cowdisease]

Originally posted by Jeremy
The music in SA 2 was awesome. ESPECIALLY those swank Knuckles rap songs.

I'm pretty sure you would be shot in ANY neighborhood if you openly admit to that.

But seriously, the Knuckles rap songs (especially those with a lot of lyrics) were horrendously horrible. In fact, now that I think about it, pretty much 90% of the soundtrack was awful. The boss music was the only thing that pleased my ears, although the Rouge jazz music was passable.

I am a little surprised about the Rouge hate though. Do you guys hate her because she was based off Knuckles, whose SA2 levels are the worst designed for any Sonic game? Or is it because of her English voice actress?

[sggg]

Originally posted by Cowdisease
I am a little surprised about the Rouge hate though. Do you guys hate her because she was based off Knuckles, whose SA2 levels are the worst designed for any Sonic game? Or is it because of her English voice actress?

I would not go so far as to say I hate her... but I think she's definitely the least likable main character in a Sonic game.

Anyway, the main reason I dislike her is the character design. She just looked stupid.. especially the hearts on her feet and whatnot. I also didn't like the Knux/Rouge levels... but I still like Knux in spite of that so it's mainly the character design for me.

Tikal, Cream, and Amy can all kick her arse.