[Diablohead]

From the NL website: http://www.segaonline.nl/blog/2009/04/28/s...teit-naar-xbla/


So S&K is coming to XBLA (who woulda thunk) and if you own xbla Sonic 1,2 or 3 you can lock them onto S&K.

Damn sega, you know how to make me buy your game's. I have to rebuy S1 because it was on an old account which MS locked because of my credit card, faggots.

This post has been edited by Diablohead: 28 April 2009 - 08:49 AM

[Mystical Ninja]

I guess this definitely explains why the lock-on games weren't included in the so-called "Ultimate" Genesis Collection.

[Noxfaratos]

Fucking genius marketing scheme, and one that's not meant to rip you off.

This post has been edited by Noxfaratos: 28 April 2009 - 10:29 AM

[GeneHF]

So... how 'bout that lock-on on the Virtual Console? No dice? Rats.

[Graxer]

Finally, Sega realised how important lock on technology is to us fans. I hope they have S3&K achievements as well. Hell, I even want blue sphere achievements, that would be awesome as I love the Sonic 3 Special Stages. I think that on top of the 200G they should add 50G extra for each lock on game for a total of 350G. That way we could have achievements like "Get to level X in Blue Sphere". (Does anyone know the maximum allowed gamerscore for an XBLA game as opposed to a Retail game? [which I gather is 1750])

This post has been edited by Graxer: 28 April 2009 - 09:39 AM

[GeneHF]

Clear a level 13 difficulty Special Stage with a perfect.

It's not as hard as it sounds, and the victory screen is pretty neat looking.

[Diablohead]

It would be nice if a few of the 12 S&K achievements were dedicated to lock on's with sonic 2 and 3, like complete S2 with knuckles, complete S3&k, maybe with all emeralds too but that might be too hard core after seeing the S3 achievement list.

[muteKi]

GeneHF, on Apr 28 2009, 10:11 AM, said:

So... how 'bout that lock-on on the Virtual Console? No dice? Rats.

How do the prices on the Virtual Console compare to that of Mega Collection? Seems to me since the thing's fully backward-compatible with the GC that would have been the choice to take.

[GeneHF]

Oh, certainly. Mega Collection may not have as good emulation (the audio sucks) but it's MUCH more reasonable to spend $20 on 10 games than $32 on four games. However, it's not as easy to find the Gamecube games in brick-and-mortar stores. Amazon and eBay are another story.

[Enzo Aquarius]

GeneHF, on Apr 28 2009, 02:55 PM, said:

Oh, certainly. Mega Collection may not have as good emulation (the audio sucks) but it's MUCH more reasonable to spend $20 on 10 games than $32 on four games. However, it's not as easy to find the Gamecube games in brick-and-mortar stores. Amazon and eBay are another story.

You would be amazed. I found Mega Collection Plus at a Future Shop a few months ago.

Well, it's darn nice to hear they're decided to finally implement the lock-on feature on something lately. Now, as mentioned above, all they need to do is do it for the Virtual Console.

[SMTP]

Graxer, on Apr 28 2009, 10:25 AM, said:

(Does anyone know the maximum allowed gamerscore for an XBLA game as opposed to a Retail game? [which I gather is 1750])

Wrong. Retail games are 2000 (more with download content) and XBLA games are a maximum of 200.

[Tenniru]

Now, what REALLY would've been intense would be if they actually made Sonic 1 & Knuckles. Like, actual Sonic 1 with Knuckles in it.

But this is nice too,

[Enzo Aquarius]

Tenniru, on Apr 28 2009, 03:49 PM, said:

Now, what REALLY would've been intense would be if they actually made Sonic 1 & Knuckles. Like, actual Sonic 1 with Knuckles in it.

But this is nice too,

Well, until then, we have Stealth to thank: http://info.sonicretro.org/Knuckles_the_Ec...ic_the_Hedgehog

[Noxfaratos]

When did the Sonic games hit virtual console?

[Afti]

Enzo Aquarius, on Apr 28 2009, 11:56 AM, said:

Tenniru, on Apr 28 2009, 03:49 PM, said:

Now, what REALLY would've been intense would be if they actually made Sonic 1 & Knuckles. Like, actual Sonic 1 with Knuckles in it.

But this is nice too,

Well, until then, we have Stealth to thank: http://info.sonicretro.org/Knuckles_the_Ec...ic_the_Hedgehog

They probably could have got away with sticking that in a wrapper; since making it required "pirating" Sonic 1, Stealth wouldn't have any room to sue for the theft.

It'd be kind of scummy, but this is Sega here.