The Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Megathread

I'm sure it wouldn't either, but Sega is pretty cheap nowadays, aren't they? :v:

 

Then again I doubt they would put money into the music department to make something sound old when they can do it without the need to buy stuff. I mean it is a download title - not that it is bad but I still belive that they would have put it onto a console had they not want to spend loads of money on it.

 

Hey, you're making money selling video games over the internet? We want some of that internet money!





+ - Let's see if anyone gets the reference.  

 

Back on Sonic 4 discussion... Think Sega/Dimps should keep the standard Sonic & Tails gameplay for Episode 2 or should they let people play as Sonic & Knuckles, Tails & Knuckles, etc?

 

I think Vector should be playable

 

Episode 1 should have started with Sonic and Tails gameplay though really. I mean, S3&K did end with Sonic and Tails flying over the ocean with dolpins and birdys? Not disimilar to the end of Sonic 2 :/

 

I'm guessing South Park or Lik-Sang.com

On-topic: I don't like the way partners worked in Advance 3, so I'd prefer if they just kept Sonic & Tails.

 

I actually liked how partners worked in Advance 3 to a degree, but probably because the only 3 characters I would bother to play as were the favorable. However, tossing the ability thing and just giving a co-op mode where some characters could do things others couldn't (similar to Heroes, except more freestyle) seems like an ideal setup to me.

Edit: I think this is a good idea because it would be an evolution of the co-op mode without the balance problems Advance 3 had - every character would essentially play the same way, but second player could do things like grab first player and home-attack with them, carry them on their back when gliding or climbing, and Tails' co-op is already set up. (Air lifting.)
+ - And seeing Sonic follow Tails amuses me. :specialed:  

 

In my opinion, Tails was always sonic's little straggling along sidekick(bitch). I would find it weird with knuckles following sonic around. a tails and knuckles option would probably be pretty cool. but something tickles my fanny the wrong way with the idea of sonic leading knuckles.

 

On topic: Sure, yeah, I'd take the S3K style "They're like Sonic with an extra move." I enjoyed Advance 3's partner system for what it was (It's a bit fuzzy to me now) but the S3K style was so effective with such a simple expansion (Sonic + Flying/Gliding).

 

Yeah, definitely old-school Sonic and Tails. It would be incredibly nostalgic. I guess they didn't have Tails in Episode 1 since they considered it 'risky' or just wanted to save it.

It has been said that the new saga (whatever it is) actually begins in Episode 2, I wonder how big a role Tails and Knuckles will play in the story. We keep being told that we're going to see a lot of new things, I don't know whether to be scared or excited!

 

I think if the original Sonic Team made the real Sonic 4 back in 95-96, it quite likely that the game would have featured Amy, Espio, Fang and Metal Sonic. I get this from looking at Sonic the Fighters. It seems logical that these were in vogue with the dev team.

 

Well of course a fighting game would include all those characters. That doesn't mean the next platforming game would. The next platforming game would probably include one new character.

 

Episode 1 makes sense to me, because, if I was Sonic, I would've already taken Tails out back somewhere and shot him.

 

Since when could Tails/Knuckles do the Insta-Shield?

 

Flying / Gliding, respectively.

 

But only Tails' tails and Knuckles' knuckles are protected then, and only against projectiles.

 

But notice how he said "Sonic with an extra move." Insta-shield's an extra move, Flying's an extra move and Gliding's an extra move.

 

But "Sonic with an extra move" implies all of Sonic's abilities and an extra one. Tails and Knuckles don't have an Insta-Shield, so it's actually "Sonic with a different special ability".

 

I didn't mind it in Sonic Advance 3 but wouldn't want it to work like that in Sonic 4.

Though I will say playing link cable co-op mode in Sonic Advance 3 was quite fun. Especially during bosses. IF anything I can say for Advance 3, it's that Advance 3 I think had the best bosses out of the three Advance games, and were made more fun, easier, but crazier with co-op (though screwing around with your friend about to get a hit and then you Tag Assist them and pull them into your arms never gets old).

EDIT: Fix'd typo. Strange how one typo can completely change the meaning of your post.