TheCongressman1
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Hopefully it won't be a trend with the rest of the new levels, but I'm starting to wonder.
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New Sonic Mania Footage, Mirage Saloon Zone + Tails and Knuckles Gameplay
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Hopefully it won't be a trend with the rest of the new levels, but I'm starting to wonder.
theSlacker
Member
It's funny that like the worst things you can do if you don't actually know a lot about what you are talking about is claim you are a long time fan of it since it just brings attention to every little thing you do "wrong".
Also, weird popgun hand thing looked out of place. Whatever, game still looks like what I've wanted forever.
I think there's some Pre-Alpha footage of how the level kind of looked. I guess I thought of that over Dust Hill because this game is giving me serious Sonic CD vibes.
Solid SOAP
Member
As someone who used to be in the Sonic sprite-making community, just seeing new sprites and animations for the characters makes me happy. This game is gonna be so legit
Mr. Smiley
Member
A closer look at Knuck's walk animation
He lowers himself as he picks up speed. oooooooo
If Shovel Knight can get a physical disc, I'm sure a good Sonic game can make a case for being sold on shelves.
Whaaaaat
TheCongressman1
Member
Seems like there's some confusion. The zone is a rework of the concept for Desert Dazzle that got scrapped from the port of Sonic CD.
Azure Phoenix
Member
There was a tiny bit of concept art that came out a few years ago and it wasn't a desert stage (as people theorised for years based on the loading screen map), this also looks virtually nothing like Dust Hill from Sonic 2.
Thought it looked mildly familiar.
Vital Tundra
Member
Hoping to hear the music, and I'm very disappointed.
So who the hell are you? It looks like a big Egg Robo, but instead of a cape it has a big yellow beard with a crown on the front of it. The eyes follow you. The head looks like Metal Sonic: blue, spike on top, black eyes with red irises.
This portrait hangs above the end of the level. I'm guessing this Egg Robo is the main villain of the game ala Knuckle's story in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Okay, so I actually need this game.
Observations -
The most obvious thing is that the desert level takes cues from Desert Dazzle and Dust Hill, scrapped stages from 2 and CD.
There's a picture of a big robot in the saloon background. I wonder who that is? I'd assume the mini-boss, but since it's act 2, maybe it's the stage boss, indicating it's not always Eggman at the end of a zone? I'm likely overthinking it.
Knuckles looks great. He looks somewhere in-between S3K and Chaotix
Observations -
The most obvious thing is that the desert level takes cues from Desert Dazzle and Dust Hill, scrapped stages from 2 and CD.
There's a picture of a big robot in the saloon background. I wonder who that is? I'd assume the mini-boss, but since it's act 2, maybe it's the stage boss, indicating it's not always Eggman at the end of a zone? I'm likely overthinking it.
Knuckles looks great. He looks somewhere in-between S3K and Chaotix
Jonneh3003
Banned
It looks perfect quite honestly. Are people actually complaining about the animations? They look so good!
I chuckled when he said "even the animation on those coins is pretty cool", c'mon man it's like the most basic thing you never mistake with Sonic. I'm just poking fun though doing an interview while playing must be tough.
Game looks good though, really glad to see that Tails animations look right for a change, I don't know what it's been with that character but they've never got it right since the classic games. Thinking of the Advance games especially, they were just so bad compared to this.
valkillmore
Member
A closer look at Knuck's walk animation
Nah I dig it.
purseowner
Member
This looks amazing - the Rayman Origins/Legends of 2D Sonic.
Already thinking that this could be better than the originals.
Already thinking that this could be better than the originals.
Hot Coldman
Banned
So who the hell are you? It looks like a big Egg Robo, but instead of a cape it has a big yellow beard with a crown on the front of it. The eyes follow you. The head looks like Metal Sonic: blue, spike on top, black eyes with red irises.
This portrait hangs above the end of the level. I'm guessing this Egg Robo is the main villain of the game ala Knuckle's story in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
remember when Eggman was a robot in the comics
yeah
Penders baby
So who the hell are you? It looks like a big Egg Robo, but instead of a cape it has a big yellow beard with a crown on the front of it. The eyes follow you. The head looks like Metal Sonic: blue, spike on top, black eyes with red irises.
This portrait hangs above the end of the level. I'm guessing this Egg Robo is the main villain of the game ala Knuckle's story in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Good shout. This is likely the Eggrobo of the game. I wonder if the final game will replace those portraits with Eggman when you're playing as Sonic, or he's just the main villain throughout. Either way he looks way too significant to just be a picture in a desert stage. He's not even cowboy themed
Having the main villain of something like this not be Eggman would be a bit like playing a NSMB game and not fighting Bowser at the end, though.
...Can we not? Behave~!
Yeah that's evident through his play style and not recognizing subtle references.
Enjoyed the footage though.
It looks like Egg Robo and Metal Sonic merged with a pirate.
Thats more for the viewers than him.
VendettaRed07
Member
I can't believe how fucking amazing this game looks. Everything about it is pure sex.
Just watch it on mute.
As someone who only played Sonic Heroes (and I kinda liked it), I´ve got a question.
Isn´t Jump & Run kinda a bad genre for a game, where it is cool to be as fast as you can? I mean jump & run should be sometimes fast paced, but wouldn´t you get easily punished in Sonic, because you would get blocked by an enemie/obstacle etc?
Well I hope someone can tell me what exactly people like about sonic
Also I would like to play one of the newer games? I heard Sonic Generations is good? (I only got a pc)
Isn´t Jump & Run kinda a bad genre for a game, where it is cool to be as fast as you can? I mean jump & run should be sometimes fast paced, but wouldn´t you get easily punished in Sonic, because you would get blocked by an enemie/obstacle etc?
Well I hope someone can tell me what exactly people like about sonic
Also I would like to play one of the newer games? I heard Sonic Generations is good? (I only got a pc)
Piston Hyundai
Member
a little questionable plugging a "producer seducer" shirt on this video in particular
RareFantasy64
Member
Yeah I tried watching the gameplay but stopped because I didn't want my introduction to Tails, Knuckles and the new zone to be while hearing them talk. I'm holding out for a trailer or something
You might try playing Sonic & Knuckles or Sonic 2. There is precedent for this game and an answer to your question.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I can't believe they're adding Lara-Su as a playable character
AcademicSaucer
Member
fuck that filter tho
It's not a cancelled Sonic CD stage. It's a cancelled stage from Chris Whitehead's port of Sonic CD that he completely made up based on rumors that Sonic CD was planned to have a desert stage based entirely on the fact that this image has a couple of cacti in it: http://info.sonicretro.org/images/a/a5/LittlePlanet.png
Solid SOAP
Member
Hope the 2017 game winds up being good. Generations was one of my favorite games last gen and would love for another one. If I can get both games on Switch then that'll be 👌
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