Sonic Lost World (Wii U, 3DS, PC) Megathread

I always thought that Sonic Channel was the main source for this factoid to begin with. Guess it has earlier roots.

Also, the Hyper Shadow confusion started from an English guide while Chaos' origin was from a Japanese one, though I don't think that's too special of a difference.

So yeah, dem Lost Worlds:



This been posted yet? Lightning Shield in action.

 

I played Lost World at Boom 2013 and they changed it to Reach for the Stars.

 

Lightning Shield doing what it does. Yep. Fascinating.

But no, glad to see it continue sticking around.

 

where did that pic came from? I haven't seen it in the lastest image batch...

 

I wonder if the Lightning Shield grants some kind of ability, or double-jump effect...

 

Huh, after a quick check on VGMdb apparently Sonic Lost World's soundtrack has already been announced for release on November 27. I'm having a hell of a time trying to find a source for it, so for now I'm taking it with a grain of salt.

(Edit: Currently, the only source I can find is from HMV.co.jp with a price and a release date. I guess that's good enough.)

 

But Sonic can already double jump in this game, can't he?

 

Lightning Shield should zap an enemy in proximity, but in doing so, Sonic looses the ability of the lightning shield because all that energy just short-circuted the enemy, so he must be able to use it effectively using his speed to not zap away all of the power. Make the lighning, fire shield have a hp bar would be an interesting challenge indeed.

 

That'd be so obnoxious.

 

The idea is that boost/rush could prevent that issue, but it's not so different as say Sonic 3 when you generally get hurt by the enemy, the shield is gone. What I am suggesting is that when the shield is touched, depending on what it is, it will affect it's surroundings. Like an enemy hits you when you have the lightning shield. Any enemy that touches you in that form gets zapped. You could make it like they get zapped and paralyzed enough for you to attack.

Lightning's new attack should be the path-zapper, that allows Sonic's speed to quickly make a path that he can use to clear enemies. Think of the Sonic Colors Final Boss where Eggman uses the cubes and lazors. Yes, that.

Fire Shield could work in this way that the enemy would be caught on fire and then explode after if it tries to touch you when you aren't spinning or rolling, but at the same time, that fire shield is lost. Not only just the shield mysteriously vanish. Flame Shield's special attack should be the fire explosion where enemies in the vicinity blow up due to the fire explosion, but doing that Sonic looses that element.

The HP Bar is actually obnoxious, now that I have thought about it.

Another proposed idea: Water Shield's new attack is the water-slide one. The Water Shield will allow you to leak water around, and you to be able to trip on it and slide fast when you make the water and then boost, therefore building momentum in hard-to-reach places, because the bouncy bubble is cool but sonic has the stomp and double jump. So making the ability to leak water in-order to slip your way into the level is an interesting mechanic/idea.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypPq4lHSNQ

Here it is.

Watch it before it is taken down.
(Record it, if you will)

 

See I always feel the opposite. Granted surprises are nice but there is so much of the game that I don't know yet. I haven't played it, I've only seen a few acts, I've seen some wisps, some bosses, and I've only heard a few samples of the music. It's a sampling of the game that helps me come to reasonable conclusions about it before I get it. It's not like I'm going to get that much of a mind blowing experience from any Sonic game ever, they're not plot heavy and they generally share the same tropes and what not, but knowing what to expect will make me either more or less excited about the game itself.

After Sonic 06 I became very suspicious of new Sonic titles, particularly when new gameplay is involved. But I've started to lighten up a bit since Generations/Colors.

 

Oh god that ice skating jump twirl is basically Mario Galaxy. Hell that beach/fruit world looks something right out of Galaxy. Sega what are you doing? :v:

It looks like all the bosses use some sort of item or something to attack Sonic with. Though a few new tropes confirmed but I'm suprised at which Zeti got which area in the Hex. Also did Zazz just scream "GO TO HELL" in engrish?

 

Is it just me or do I hear "go to hell" near the end of that video (around 1:20)?

 

I was thinking the exact same thing while watching that video

 

Clear proof that Sega finally realized they had something going with Shadow the Hedgehog.

 

That shield reminds me of this for some reason.

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