First Screenshots of Sonic Unleashed?

Looks like they're trying to focus on a 2D framework, which can only be a good thing. But I still feel doubtful about the whole thing - I don't see the possible Sonic wolf thing panning out very well and although the enviroments looked very nice, they didn't seem very "Sonic" to me.

Sonic built into Master System ftw. I had a Snes with Mario all-stars as my introduction the Mario. I had an N64 but not a Saturn, but I got a Dreamcast with Sonic Adventure. Now I have the Wii with both Secret Rings and Galaxy. Sonic seems to do better on Nintendo Consoles/Handheld.

A brief Press release from SEGA, via Xbox 360 Fanboy.

"Become Wolf Sonic, using rapid attacks, combos and ring energy.
Play as Sonic, Tails and Knuckles in 12 packed stages.
2D Style gameplay brings Sonic back home, to the good old days".

Set in a world called Mobus.

64 screens available on Gamersyde.com

Did you 17/18/19 guys all have megadrives and shit when they were quite old? Because I\'m 19 and that stuff was before my time tbh. It was always older brother\'s mates/mates\'older brothers who had them.

( Edited 23.03.2008 17:05 by Crumbley )

knighty said:
I'm 18 (19 in June) Oni, and yes I was a SNES kid. Seems everyone else has a Megadrive

Call me Martin, damnit. Actually, can someone just change my name to Martin? 'Oni-NInja' is fucking gay. Anyway, yeah. In Europe, the Megadrive killed the SNES, so that's why most of your mates would have been MD players.

Yeah my friends bro had one for quite a while before I got one my self, I actually don\'t remember what year I got it probably 1993 or 1994?
I never had a SNES when I had a megadrive I got one after I bought a playstation, my dad just bought it off his friend one day.
Edit: i\'m 21 in May, I think I just caught the tail end of the 16bit days it.

( Edited 23.03.2008 20:46 by Blade2t3 )

Mega Drive sales:
29million Worldwide
15.4million United States
2million Brazil

Super NES/Famicom
20million Worldwide
29million elsewhere (probably somewhere like China or Korea I dunno)

Source: Wikipedia

Simez said:
Mega Drive sales:
29million Worldwide
15.4million United States
2million Brazil

Super NES/Famicom
20million Worldwide
29million elsewhere (probably somewhere like China or Korea I dunno)

Source: Wikipedia

Wikipedia is messed up, Worldwide sales of the snes were 49 million, it out sold the megadrive everywhere else except the uk(true fact) I had a megadrive(well it was my dads)

Anyway the gameplay looks t=like a mix between the PSP sonics and S&tSR.

I read the Megadrive won hands down in Europe as a territory. But yeah similar story either way. SNES won everywhere else, and the battle in general.

Well Stulaw if you add those numbers together you get 49million, but yeah you're right Europe favoured Megadrive.
@ Oni

What's wrong with Oni-ninja (demon Ninja) I think (?)v(?)

It\'s a throwback to my days as one of them stupid little 16 year old cyber fags who have to have a \'cool\' and \'edgy\' sounding name, as opposed to just using their real one.

Crumbley said:

Did you 17/18/19 guys all have megadrives and shit when they were quite old? Because I\'m 19 and that stuff was before my time tbh. It was always older brother\'s mates/mates\'older brothers who had them.

Erm, I\'ve not long been 22, and it had been around for a few years when I got it. Consoles seemed to have a longer life back then, though. The Megadrive was released in what, 1989? There was still new games coming out for it in 96/97. Even into 1998. Everyone had a PlayStation by then, though.

( Edited 23.03.2008 20:29 by Oni-Ninja )

why is this news? Its a sonic game... we already now what's going to happen.

Crumbley said:
Did you 17/18/19 guys all have megadrives and shit when they were quite old? Because I\'m 19 and that stuff was before my time tbh. It was always older brother\'s mates/mates\'older brothers who had them.

Hm...I\'m 19 in a couple of weeks...got a MegaDrive for my 7th Birthday...so that was...1996...so I got a MegaDrive when it was 5 years old, I guess. Never really realised that before, kind of seemed new to me at the time. But then, I only had an NES before that, so I guess it would have seemed newer. Then I got a Sega Saturn...not sure when...then I traded that in for an N64...again, not sure when. Then I got a \'Cube on release...I\'m kind of glad I started out with the older consoles instead of jumping straight to the N64. Shame I missed out on the awesomness that is the SNES, but that was remedied by a car boot sale a few years ago.

Wow, reminiscing is awesome. :3 Off topic though.

Were-Sonic? Oh dear.

Actually, can someone just change my name to Martin? \'Oni-NInja\' is fucking gay.

You can change it yourself I think...I changed from Celebi3000 to Ikana in the profile settings somewhere...

( Edited 23.03.2008 20:41 by Ikana )

It's a throwback to my days as one of them stupid little 16 year old cyber fags who have to have a 'cool' and 'edgy' sounding name, as opposed to just using their real one.

NTSC is the only way to go for retro consoles. Most of the PAL versions are shit.

On the whole Mega-Drive and SNES thing, I remember having a MD and my twin having a SNES so I was playing both Mario and Sonic. I liked Sonic more for a while but then I played Mario 64 and never looked back.

I think I was around 4 or 5 when I got my MD with Sonic built in oh yes! Kinda strange, that young playing video games.

Sonic was built in to your megadrive? Or do you mean bundled?

Kinda off topic but I think I still prefer 2D mario\'s, as much as I like Mario 64 and Galaxy I don\'t think I would want to replay them, at least not for a along while after, I think it\'s to do with the fact you play each world about 5 times...so it feels like you have played the game about 5 times already. Bit like watching ground hog day.

( Edited 24.03.2008 00:05 by Blade2t3 )

Simez said:
Well Stulaw if you add those numbers together you get 49million, but yeah you\'re right Europe favoured Megadrive.
@ Oni

What\'s wrong with Oni-ninja (demon Ninja) I think (?)v(?)

No i meant the whole china thing, it wouldn\'t have sold 29 million in china alone.

( Edited 24.03.2008 00:10 by Stulaw90 )

Crumbley said:
Did you 17/18/19 guys all have megadrives and shit when they were quite old? Because I'm 19 and that stuff was before my time tbh. It was always older brother's mates/mates'older brothers who had them.

I turned 19 last month. The MD was my sisters, although she hardly ever played it and so I ended up with it. Same thing happened with the NES, which they got very late anyway (we're talking around 92 here). I was in year 1 (aged 5-6) when I got a SNES.

Blade2t3 said:
Sonic was built in to your megadrive? Or do you mean bundled?

It was actually built in to the system, if you turned the machine on without a game then Sonic started up, at least thats how I remember it.

I will have to dig it out i\'ve still got the same MD from when I was younger, hopefully it will still work.

( Edited 24.03.2008 03:43 by Tman!! )

Tman!! said:

Blade2t3 said:
Sonic was built in to your megadrive? Or do you mean bundled?

It was actually built in to the system, if you turned the machine on without a game then Sonic started up, at least thats how I remember it.

I will have to dig it out i've still got the same MD from when I was younger, hopefully it will still work.

Really? You sure it wasn't a Master System?

Were-Sonic ftl. He's not a human, he's a hedgehog, and can't be a werewolf no matter what way you look at it.

Looks quite SatSR-ish, actually. Which can only be a good thing whether you hated it or not.

It must have been a master system lol!

To be fair I can barely remember last week never ming 15 years ago OMG that seems so strange to say!

This game would really good on the Wii. I hope this game is better than the past sonic games.

Sprite said:
Were-Sonic ftl. He's not a human, he's a hedgehog, and can't be a werewolf no matter what way you look at it.

Looks quite SatSR-ish, actually. Which can only be a good thing whether you hated it or not.