Rumors: Sonic Unleashed Details [Update]

by Terrence Stasse { Mar 23rd 2008 at 11:30AM }

[Update: It seems Sega magazine has removed the "press info" from its site. Be warned, the information contained within this post just shifted from official back to rumor]

Wow. Within less than 24 hours, we have rumors, a leak, a video, and now an ~~Official Confirmation~~. It seems that Sega Europe noticed the internet exploding yesterday when all this happened, and decided to put an end to all the rumors by confirming the existence of the game and giving the news outlets a brief press release detailing the new entry in the franchise. And so far, with a single exception, things are looking good. The information released is as follows.

"Sonic the Hedgehog returns for a full-blown, action-packed adventure through the desolate and unpredictable World of Mubuz, a world dictated by an evil Dragon Lord, Immarius. Upon entering Muboz, Sonic fights an evil power which turns all the inhabitants into dangerous beasts.

Become Wolf Sonic and fight enemies like never before using rapid combo maneuvers and Ring Energy
Play as Sonic, Knuckles or Tails through 12 packed stages
Extensive 2D gameplay brings the old Sonic back home"

Even with that limited amount of info at hand, we can say it is good to hear that there will be no extraneous characters. Now remember that the only reason we have this info is due to a leak, so it's likely we won't hear anything more about this until nearly E3. And while we would have liked to have a more "old-fashioned" Sonic story (Robotnik should be bad guy #1) and don't really care for Wolf Sonic, we're willing to give it a try as long as it is blissfully free of anything like this.

Tags: sega, sonic-unleashed

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

B1gg Randall @ Mar 23rd 2008 11:41AM

Wow..man This looks good man...The last 360 Sonic game sucks but I

B1gg Randall @ Mar 23rd 2008 11:42AM

opps lol..Wow..man This looks good man...The last 360 Sonic game sucks but I hope this one is good...

zourskittles @ Mar 23rd 2008 11:49AM

wolf sonic? odd, but im willing to try it.

and what the hell was that video at the end under "anything like this" since when did sonic like human people?

Roto13 @ Mar 23rd 2008 11:51AM

The platform(s) it's for hasn't been announced yet, right?

Terrence Stasse @ Mar 23rd 2008 11:54AM

@ zourskittles

that youtube link at the end is a compilation of cutscenes from this game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(2006_game)

@Roto

It's coming for 360, confirmed.

Haohmaru @ Mar 23rd 2008 12:44PM

Maybe Sega has actually learned from the dud that was Sonic 2006. I refuse to get my hopes up, but I'm keeping an eye on this one. Do we have an actual source that says it's coming for the 360, though? I may have to jump off of a very tall building if the first GOOD high-def Sonic game ends up a PS3 exclusive.

Zachary Hinchliffe @ Mar 23rd 2008 12:47PM

good GOD, 360 fanboy! don't expose us to that crap!

[.sm0ke.] @ Mar 23rd 2008 12:50PM

It's going to suck.

SadisticHam @ Mar 23rd 2008 1:00PM

Guessing it'll suck ass as well but this gives at least some hope:

"Extensive 2D gameplay brings the old Sonic back home"

Drago Dracini @ Mar 23rd 2008 1:44PM

... Wolf sonic... T.T That makes me scared for this game. But I guess as long as Sonic isn't kissed by a human woman it's ok. Cause that's just weird. The 2D gameplay makes me want to squeal with joy though.

Mr.ESC @ Mar 23rd 2008 2:48PM

Do want.

Sky Shark X2 @ Mar 23rd 2008 4:46PM

Sounds good, I've been folowing this on the Sonicstadium, I just hope by stages they mean 12, 2 act stages or 12 stages for each character with diffrent paths for each. I worry about that because in Sonic Rush they say 14 stages and you only get 7 stages for Sonic and Blaze, both the same but with 2 acts each. I pray and doubt this is 6 stages with 2 acts each. Either way this game should be a lot less complex to build so hopefully more time for bug testing will be there.