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Sonic 4: Episode 2 Discussion

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  1. Jimmy Hedgehog

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    What I'm wondering is what'll happen to the Chaos Emeralds between episodes. Will he keep them? Will they get knocked out of him? Would seem a bit messed for him to lose the emeralds at several points in the SAME game (at the start of each episode basically).
     
  2. That's why I'm really hoping for Super Emeralds, or something like that. But they're probably doing what you said, which is pretty cheap. Then again, I can't think of any other way to make it work without drastically changing the game format. (Which Sonic 4 is trying to avoid)
     
  3. Namo

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    Maybe they'll do a repeat of Sonic 3's intro - have Sonic get them knocked out of him and stolen.
     
  4. Jimmy Hedgehog

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    Yeah but, multiple times in Sonic 4 as a whole? Over seperate games makes more sense but at different points of the same one seems a bit over the top to me.
     
  5. GeneHF

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    Episode 1 - Sonic obtains the chaos emeralds
    Episode 2 - Winds up losing them to Metal Sonic, gets them back
    Episode 3 - Eggman hijacks all seven, leaving you emeraldless the whole game.
    Episode 4 - ...um... Master Emerald...? Screw it.
     
  6. SonicGenesis89

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    Lol just visualizing that in either a animated form or as the actual game makes me laugh. That would be so horrible XD I hope they come up with a good idea to accommodate the emeralds so its not like that or just collecting them again for no reason each episode. This never crossed my mind until now, I wonder if Sega have it all planned out already.
     
  7. LockOnRommy11

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    Someone bookmark this. I'll bet that Metal Sonic ends up taking them.
     
  8. GeneHF

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    Actually, I'd laugh if they pull a Sonic 2 MS/GG and have Tails in the opening, then remove him from the rest of the game until you save his worthless behind at the end.
     
  9. Overlord

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    Man, they find new an interesting ways for Samus to lose all her powerups in Metroid every time, I'm sure they can dream some up for Sonic 4. =P



    And I'd like to pre-emptively emphasise Gene's statement earlier about not turning this topic into a shitfest - I DO have a banhammer and it will be wielded where necessary.
     
  10. Jimmy Hedgehog

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    I'm not very in the know of Metroid (despite my last name being Ridley, lawl XD), but isn't that again between games and not in the same one?
     
  11. Overlord

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    The point does stand, though.
     
  12. TheBalishChannel

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    In all honesty, I'm expecting the physics to stay the same because I remember reading a post on SEGA forums that stated a perfectly logical explanation as to why the physics were completely wrong in the first place. Forgive me, I don't remember the fellow's name, but I believe this is what he said, "Due to the harsh reviews regarding the port of Sonic 2 on the iPhone, (critics agreed it was hard to control.) SEGA made the physics more stiff so it felt you had more control over him. After all, the iPhone has NO joystick/buttons." What this means is, in order for Episode II to be released, they would have to kill off the iPhone version, or give the console version fixed physics while retaining the same for the iPhone. This would most likely stir up some hatin' from the fanboys over on iPhone though right? I don't know. It'll be interesting to see how this all turns out.
     
  13. Skyler

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    Ken Balough himself said that Sonic 4 was not initially developed with the iPhone in mind.
     
  14. TheKazeblade

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    It's been pretty much confirmed Sonic 4 was built for consoles first and that the iPhone version is a port of that. The physics don't suck because of the iPhone version.
     
  15. TheBalishChannel

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    Huh... Well then scrap what I just said then :specialed:! I hope SEGA listens to the fans a little more carefully with this one.
     
  16. ICEknight

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    Aren't they already? I thought that part of the problem was precisely that they were too similar to the physics in the DS games.
     
  17. Skyler

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    It all depends on SEGA of Japan. America and Europe have been awesome with taking in feedback, but it's the stubborn higher-ups at Japan who haven't been listening. Hopefully SOA and SOE can talk some sense into SOJ. To me, that's the breakthrough that Sonic 4 needs the most.
     
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    Anywho, I'm looking forward to Episode 2 as Episode 1 was a fun day (That means I got the 200/200 in a day and never looked back).
     
  19. Tiranno

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    Metal Sonic uses the time stones throwing him and Sonic back in time. Sonic returns to his classic state.....

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  20. Namo

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    Alright, here's an idea -

    Episode 1 - Start with no emeralds, get all of them
    Episode 2 - You lose your emeralds, have to get them back
    Episode 3 - Start with all your emeralds, super emeralds are introduced in this game, you have to get the super emeralds
    Episode 4 - ?????? + - inb4 "profit"  

    So for at least the first 3 episodes, emerald problem solved, if you can look past losing them at the start of Episode 2.
     
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