New Game Announced for Gamecube, Possibly PS2

Gamerguy · Mar 9, 2005

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/08/news_6120012.html

SAN FRANCISCO—The Metreon unveiled its Walk of Game tonight in a ceremony that saw Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog among the 2005 inductees, but the real news is that Sega used the opportunity to unveil a new platform game called Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow is Sonic's nemesis, first appearing on Sonic Adventure 2. The new game appears to be a Sonic-style adventure with some bold new twists.

The short clip showed off a variety of gameplay from the upcoming platformer that featured familiar Sonic mechanics along with some new additions to the time-tested formula. Among the segments showing Shadow's rail sliding, homing jump, and speed burst abilities, it was hard to miss Shadow packing some heat. Yes, the dark hedgehog rolls strapped with a pistol of some kind, and he appears to have no qualms about using to take out fools in his way.

The environments shown appear to be in the same tribal vein from Sonic's recent console adventures, although as evidenced by the text interspersed among the gameplay, Shadow will be taking players on a tear through the darker side of Sonic's universe. The graphics in the game appear to be along the same lines as those seen in Sonic Heroes.

Although no platforms were given for the game's release, PlayStation 2 and GameCube releases seem like a given, taking into account the Sonic series' past history. The game is scheduled to be released this fall. Expect to see some official details on the game in May at E3 2005, if not sooner.
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It's coming this fall. Well, looks like the OMGLIEKSHADOW fans have won the war.

Rika Chou · Mar 9, 2005

X_X

Now lets all go join Lost, as he is now much smarted than the entire Sonic Team.

Mustapha · Mar 9, 2005

This is why more intellegent people should've taken that poll that SEGA released a while back.

Gamerguy · Mar 9, 2005

The video will be on Sonic World within 30 minutes. Sorry for the delay, I'll link to it from here.

Edit: The video is 86 MB. Can anyone offer me a mirror server so it doesn't kill my bandwidth? I have three servers already, but I think I need at least five.

Aurochs · Mar 9, 2005

And this is what BitTorrent is for. :P Probably not the best option for this, though...

Molotok · Mar 9, 2005

Yes, they should have chose Eggman, the traditional nemesis of Sonic instead of Shadow.

the spindash · Mar 9, 2005

If there were any way for me to chose, then I'd say knuckles. A lot of more action than you could ever get with a Robotnik game, and a lot more charisma than Shadow.

He's a classic character and diserve more attention than this newbie Shadow :P

voice · Mar 9, 2005

Dr Eggman said:

Yes, they should have chose Eggman, the traditional nemesis of Sonic instead of Shadow.
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I already had an idea for a blantant rip off game: Eggman Commandos, ripping off StarWars Republic Commandos, which in turn is a rip off halo, just with a diffrent theme :P

Aurochs · Mar 9, 2005

Dr Eggman said:

Yes, they should have chose Eggman, the traditional nemesis of Sonic instead of Shadow.
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Fuck that, they should have chosen Sonic! A dark game will be good for him!

Of course, this is from someone who has Sonic flipping the bird as his avatar... :P

Gamerguy · Mar 9, 2005

http://www.sonicworld.net/forums/index.php...ndpost&p=116129

Please mirror them yourself if you wish to redistribute them on your own site. If you don't mind, credit to Sonic World (http://www.sonicworld.net) would be appreciated. Sorry for the slow download speeds, these are residental broadband lines.

Tweaker · Mar 9, 2005

;_;

Rika Chou · Mar 9, 2005

Some shots, to those who don't have high speed connections:

Gamerguy · Mar 9, 2005

Edit: Nevermind. It was corrupted. Xx;;

Muffin man · Mar 9, 2005

It seems... Wierd. If Knuckles Choatix and Tail's Adventure is any indication though, this could be good if handled properly. This game could be a prequel, which would be cool. My only real complaint though is WHY THE FUCK DOES SHADOW HAVE A GUN? I hope Nintendo doesn't pull something like this with a character like Mario or Kirby.

Vangar · Mar 9, 2005

This is the most, stupidist, crapped up, unthought through garbage I've ever seen. You can't give a charater like that a gun. Geeze!

LOst, lets all join together and kick some ass.

Megane · Mar 9, 2005

The gun thing looks like something that might put a little more umph into the game. I would be excited if Heroes hadn't let me down so much.

I don't know what to think right now.

Sonic Hachelle-Bee · Mar 9, 2005

Ouch... X_X

I has never liked Shadow at all. With a gun, that's even worse!
BTW, what's the goal of this game, kick Sonic ass?
I don't really want to see the storyline and the final boss...

Looks like we have to make Sonic games ourselves now.

magraimon · Mar 9, 2005

That looks so funny if it was a hoax it would have been called by now.
Shame it isn't.

Galvatron · Mar 9, 2005

....

What's next? One of those Japanese dating games with Amy?

Muffin man · Mar 9, 2005

I has never liked Shadow at all. With a gun, that's even worse!
BTW, what's the goal of this game, kick Sonic ass?
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I really liked Shadow, and I really cared when he died in Sonic Adventure 2, despite only being in one game. Yet than Sega caved in for the nooby fans and brought him back, time and time again. The novelty of having a dead popular character (other than Gamma) had washed away.
I think this may be some sort of prequel thing, like an insight on Shadow's past or something. Of course, I am only guessing, but still...

What's next? One of those Japanese dating games with Amy?
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Funny that you should say that... :P

New Game Announced for Gamecube, Possibly PS2

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