Sonic the Hedgehog's Way Past Cool Panel (Comic-Con '18)

Back from the Mania thread, here I am :v:/>

Like everyone here, I'd love a Mania 2 but I don't think they'll announce it here: Sonic Mania Plus will only be out for 3 days when the panel will take place(is this grammatically correct? English is difficult /> ) , and a lot of people working on Mania announced they were looking for work on Twitter. I really hope Mania is not a one and done kinda deal, but this is Sega we're talking about, so who know ?

As for the next 3d Sonic game : we know it exist (I think Sega said Sonic Team was working on a Sonic game a while ago), so now would be a good time to announce it.
Gameplay wise, I'd love for them to go back to the adventure formula, but it's been 12 years now so I think I should come to term with the fact that the boost style is the norm now. Oh well..

What I'd really like for them to improve is the communication around the game : Forces had so little gameplay showed and it was just sad, I think they revealed only like 4 stages before the game released. Of course, Generation revealed all of its main stages in trailers and that sucked too, but I think we can find a middle ground here. A middle ground that doesn't make us wait four months before the game even has a title.

It also seem like they're on a roll with merchandising lately, I wonder if they're gonna show any new collab or cool goodies.

In any case, I'm looking forward to it! It's not even that far away, which is great.

 

It might just be Team Sonic Racer, but it would be great if Team Mania were working on a new 2D project.

 

The surprise announcement will be the availability of a Sonic frying pan. I'll assume the worst until proven otherwise. However, they need to continue to energize the brand. Maybe something completely out of left field: a Sonic Spinball/Sonic Pinball Party 2?

 

Sonic Forces 2 baby!

 

No,no, no. Sonic Forces Plus, with an Encore Mode that takes place after Mania Plus, so they can release Sonic Mania Plus Plus, etc. :v:

 

^ yup, these will be the only 2 Sonic games now and forever.

Sega hasn't done a true Sonic sequel since SA2 (ok Sonic 4 but.... yea). I doubt we'll see a Forces 2.

 

Since it's a bit early to announce Mania 2 or the next Sonic Team game, they could always capitalise on Mania's success by releasing a Sonic 1/2/CD collection.

I mean please SEGA? I'm not even asking for S3K at this point, just don't leave the best versions of two of the greatest games ever to die on mobile phones.

 

Gotta say, I approve of the name.

Realistically though, they aren't gonna announce anything. I mean, come one. They've announced their racing game which is the Sonic game for the year. Mania plus will be out soon meaning everyone will be too busy playing it to get hyped for any announcement (unless its Shadow the Hedgehog 2 cause that would be so fucking out of left field). I don't foresee anything on the Sonic movie game (assuming it exists) or even details on the movie. It's comic con so maybe a comic announcement?

Still, porting Sonic 1 & 2 mobile remakes to Steam/PS4/Switch would be a nice announcement.

 

Since the panel mainly has IDW folks, it's probably best to expect that this will mainly be about the comics with maybe a bit about Team Sonic Racing or something.

 

Where did you hear that, if you don't mind me asking? I'm usually pretty good about catching those kind of rumors but I personally haven't heard a peep about any Sonic 3D platformer being in development. And to be honest, I've suspected (based on things they said in media inteviews) for a few years that Sonic Team probably has some fully 3D concept in their back pocket that they want to try but is not fully fleshed out yet, so if they announce a new game or new style sometime over the next year it wouldn't shock me.

I swear, being a Sonic fan for me is like the end of the film Carlito's Way. I'm trying to escape from this miserable existence of not having a true 3D successor to the classic games...and yet I keep getting sucked by in by every glitter of hope that surrounds possible announcements. Just let me live!!! For crying out loud, I've accepted Sonic's Zombie-like transformation into this Modern disaster that I can't have much fun with. I've come to terms with it. Y U KEEP BRING ME BACK SEGA?!....

(I kid )

I have learned my lesson though. I will get my hopes up when SEGA actually shows something interesting (i.e., NOT a Sonic Forces 2. I'd skip that like the first one).
Mania Plus will be good fun and when I'm done with it I'll go back to playing Borderlands and wait for BL3.

To be honest, I really could not care less about this upcoming racing game. Its not what I play Sonic for. I like actual racing games, so it does nothing for me. I sincerely hope you all have fun with it, but me, I can't be bothered to play that just like I can't play a Sonic RPG or Sonic fighting game. Sonic the platformer, is what I patron for.

 

I feel like I've read somewhere that they already confirmed there wouldn't be movie news. Either way since they make no mention of movie stuff in the panel's description I wouldn't expect anything. And I definitely wouldn't expect them to officially show anything from the movie since they only just started filming. And again, it's really best not to get your hopes up for anything other than comic stuff since this panel mostly has IDW folks.

 

The name makes me cringe.

Regarding whether or not they'll be announcing anything new, "discuss comics and upcoming games, make some surprise announcements, and more!" does heavily imply that they will.

 

Should we not expect a game announcement of some sort though? Unless someone made a typo, the panel references upcoming games. And isn't Team Sonic Racing the only currently announced game?

 

They probably used plural cause they'll be going "hey Sonic Mania Plus is out now". It's also possible that whoever wrote the description just messed up.

Again, it's mainly IDW folks, it's best not to expect this to be a place for new game announcements. It could happen, sure, but going in expecting them to announce any big new video game thing is likely just setting yourself up for disappointment. And really it'd be weird if they'd spend much time talking about stuff most of the panellists aren't involved with.