Sonic Generations Megathread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAGN6OwkUjY

Only one I could find so far. Sorry about the quality if I find a better one I'll edit.

 

I noticed too, which is pretty cool and interesting at the same time. Dunno if anyone else said this (because I only read the page the image was on really) but it also reminds me a bit of Haunter, like Gen 1 style.

 

Not necessarily.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/KnucklesChao/slide_04.png > http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1486/179718-alpha_sonic.jpg

No doubt that it took features from it though.

Though I didn't think they'd make an enemy like that so cartoony these days, to be honest.

 

Does anybody think that the "Classic Eggman" guess from the front page holds any credibility? I think that it kind of makes sense, seeing that we haven't seen any thing regarding Classic Eggman in the game yet, and that he's not listed as a major character on the site. It would be hilarious if they lampshaded/used the "Monster overthrows Robotnik and goes out of control in the end" trope, but with Robotnik overthrowing himself and becoming the dreaded "Monster of the Week".

 

Big Arm boss, Death Egg Robo (which he's most likely in), and the end of level sign say that he's very much in this game.

I like to think of Time Eater as not Classic, not a Modern, generic monster, but a look at what might have been if Sonic had taken a different direction back in the day.

 

I'd like if they took the Sonic Colors approach to the final boss, as in a total accident. Even though the true final boss in that game was not, the idea of running away from the ball of energy was, just a freak mistake. I would find it hilarious if they employed it here, like some random Motobug or something got sucked into the time vortex and went crazy.

 

...That Time Eater doesn't look so much like the bad guy in the pre-production art, to me.

But that could be just its "modern" form, of course. :v:

 

That's kinda what I thought after my post. We'll have to see whether it has arms or not I guess.

 

From what I've seen so far, my theory for the story is...

Spoiler

• Generations apparently takes 5 years after Colours where the Robotnik hasn't been seen at all.
• When we left him, he was randomly floating around in space. I'm guessing he found somewhere and stayed in quiet?
• In that time, he found concept art of Time Eater (evil looking white dude in the back) and decided to develop it in order to be rid of Sonic for good by messing up his timeline.
• Since he has no real "power" for it, he uses left over Nega Wisp Energy to power it up - hence the sinister similarity to Sonic Colours Final Boss.
• Then Robotnik storms the picnic birthdays scene, where the monster goes out of control and sends Sonic and co. back in time. Sonic must defeat Time Eater before he erases all of Sonic's timeline (or possibly, all of Sonic's universe).

That's the general vibe I'm getting from this story so far. Sounds like fanfic material. :specialed:

 

I didn't get that. They're either in the game, or they're not. Sonic's character roster has grown over the years, and some games (Sonic 2006) might have been heavy with the amount of new characters they put in, but they're not in every game. SEGA seem to be quite careful in switching around characters nowadays. It's been ages since we've properly seen Knuckles, for example.

Also, I'm guessing this final boss could even be Eggman Nega. he's not dead, though he's been defeated no less than four times. The fact that Blaze's stories always have something major to do with time travel, and the fact that she's in the opening sequence to this game is a bit odd. Also, every major Sonic title (Ie, Adventure 2, 2006 and now Generations) has shared some similar plot points. The fact that the Blaze/Silver/Nega/Future thing was never cleared up in the mainstream series shows that it could possibly be settled with this game.

Well, I don't know.

It would be cool if they brought a real threat in to Sonic again, one which really makes you feel like you're in danger or creeped out- like Gygas from Mother

 

That thing screams Eggman + Nega Wisp.

 

It's going to end up being Future Sonic after Sonic Team finally ruins all that was him.

I'd also be cool if it was just a cover to some other characters that were forgotten (e.g. wizard of oz giant head front, but only a mere man hiding behind it)

Also just read that there is evidence of perhaps a homing attack for classic sonic. Thanks Dimps, you love trolling.

 

Ah, you can't be like that, from what I've heard, the homing attack thing was either an unsolved issue, or an add-on which you can attach to classic Sonic at will once achieved.

Sonic Team's been doing a decent job recently, and DIMPS are fucking awesome. They've been there when Sonic Team hasn't. Shadow The Hedgehog? Sonic 2006? Sonic Riders? Sod that, give me Sonic Advance 3 and Sonic Rush. They messed up the physics in Sonic 4, but was that really DIMPS? They take orders and input from Sonic Team/SEGA, as they're basically the contractors. They're the spotty McDonalds worker, and Sonic Team is the inebriated 40-something on the end of the speaker trying to order his stuff and relive his days gone by.

 

oh shit son





Apparently, some people are seeing some screens on the xbox game Marketplace that shouldn't be there. For most folks it's showing Green Hill pictures. Link to thread.


A Planet Wisp picture was supposedly there as well, but no one has seems to have it. EDIT: THERE WE GO


sweet jesus

 

Thanks to the SSMB Skype Chat, we nabbed them before they were taken down.

 

Shadow boosting? We better have a future game including him now, that's just tight. The Death Egg boss looks even better since it's apparently not a Sonic 4 repeat.

 

Death Egg mech as a puzzle boss looks kickass.

 

Oh my god, want.
The S2 final boss was really unexpected, I was expecting something too similar to S2 it seems. =P

 

Ahh, that mirror shot looks amazing