Sonic Unleashed: "no relation" to latest Sonic titles

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 9th 2008 at 4:30PM }

Well, thank God. In a recent interview with Official Nintendo Magazine (what, you don't subscribe?), Sonic Team's Yoshihisa Hashimoto noted that Sonic's latest outing, Sonic Unleashed, "has no relation" to his previous next-gen effort Sonic the Hedgehog (or the Wii's Sonic and the Secret Rings for that matter). For those of you who missed out on Sonic the Hedgehog, you should know that Sonic Unleashed having no relation to it is a very, very good thing. Giving us more reason to hope (and thus greater hopes to be dashed), Hashimoto says that Sonic Unleashed began as Sonic Adventure 3, adding that "this game will have more in common with the older Sonic Adventure series." While many would argue that Sonic Team should look back even further for inspiration (oh sweet, sweet Sonic 3), it's still a damned sight better than the 360 Sonic the Hedgehog.

So, potentially good news then. Dare we have the audacity to hope that Sonic Unleashed might actually be good?

Tags: sega, sonic-team, sonic-the-hedgehog, sonic-unleashed

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Gemini Ace @ Apr 9th 2008 4:39PM

So just because he says it's not the same we're supposed to believe it? There will have to be some damn good reviews for me to put another Sonic disc into my 360.

itsburnsie @ Apr 9th 2008 4:39PM

"So, potentially good news then. Dare we have the audacity to hope that Sonic Unleashed might actually be good?"

If you read between the lines, yup, I think that's what they were trying to say without saying it.

I'm sure they'd get in a wee bit of trouble for saying "this one doesn't suck like all of the Sonic games in recent memory."

Kholdstare @ Apr 9th 2008 7:48PM

If they haven't been able to do a good 3d Sonic game since Sonic Adventure after this long, then there is no reason to get excited for a new game. This will not be the "return to form".

PhoenixHawk @ Apr 10th 2008 2:10AM

I hope that it is 2-d most of the time... that would really save the franchise because the 3-d was definitely ruining the experience with mistimed jumps and the fact that the speed would probably just make you fall of a 3d island instead of keeping you on track.