[Emerald Emblem]

For the Genesis/Mega Drive Sonic fan, you may rejoice once more, SEGA's newest Sonic title is a return to those days as SEGA confirm the name of Project Needlemouse.

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Information

• Will only be released on 360/PS3 Update: Wii version confirmed. Update2: I-Phone version confirmed.
  
• Will be Download only, no disk version
• Continues from Sonic & Knuckles
• Will be released in episodic fashion
• 4 stages plus a special zone available in each episode
• Return to Zone and Act Level structure
• Special zones make a comeback
• Super Sonic playthrough when you get the Chaos Emeralds return
• Game will be on a 2D plane but 3D Environment
• Return of the classic Sonic gameplay with the inclusion of the homing attack.
• Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Eggman are confirmed to feature, only Sonic confirmed playable, Eggman is the Antagonist
• Release date given is Summer 2010

Official site:
http://www.sega.com/...4/us/index.html

[Justin Bieber Believer]

Episodes of these hm? I'll have to see these sometime...

[Sammy Starlight]

CrazyScorpion, on 28 June 2010 - 11:51 AM, said:

^^ Huh, I found the older 2D games always the hardest as you would get far then lose all your lives and start from the first zone again.

Sonic 1 has no save utility (at least I think it doesn't), but Sonic 2 and 3 did have save blocks so if you get a game over, you can simply load up that zone again.

But if you get Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, if you play Sonic 1, 2 or 3 remember that you can save anytime, any place anywhere and when you load up the file you continue where you left off.

[CrazyScorpion]

Yeah, maybe it is just the first Sonic I was thinking of. D=
I havent ever completed it for that reason of not being good. =3


Sonamyluver, it's not a TV show if that's what your thinking. http://www.sonamyrev.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/animesweat.gif
It's a game, which is in episode form. Which means you get parts of the game at a time (Instead of all at once)

[Speed™]

Meeh, on 28 June 2010 - 05:38 AM, said:

Speed, if you count S3 & SK (there are the same game bur divided), How many episodes do you count?

Well, there's two. I'm not quite where you're getting at, though...

Sammy Starlight, on 28 June 2010 - 10:57 AM, said:

Sonic 1 has no save utility (at least I think it doesn't), but Sonic 2 and 3 did have save blocks so if you get a game over, you can simply load up that zone again.

But if you get Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, if you play Sonic 1, 2 or 3 remember that you can save anytime, any place anywhere and when you load up the file you continue where you left off.

Sonic 2 never had a save feature until Sonic Jam came out. Sonic 3, though, was the first Sonic game to have the save feature. Just wanted to clear that up.

[Justin Bieber Believer]

@ CS: Ohhh um like Sonic and Knuckles?

[Sammy Starlight]

I wouldn't call Sonic & Knuckles a good example to Sonic 4's episodic format. Have you played Tales of Monkey Island or Sam and Max? It's like that.

[Justin Bieber Believer]

Didn't Sonic Spinball also have a save feature on the PS2 Sonic Mega Collection Plus?

[Sammy Starlight]

Yeah but we are not talking about Sonic Spinball or any other spin-offs. ^^

[Barrylicious Caramel]

If they let you save the game at any point in time and let you resume it at that spot then it will make the game too easy. I mean how many people here abused the save feature before getting a into a bonus stage for a chaos emerald?

[Sammy Starlight]

If people want to abuse it that way then let them. If Sonic 4 has that kind of save feature (which it will not) I will be abusing it a lot. No way I'm starting again from Zone 1 again.

[Justin Bieber Believer]

I hope it is for PS2...STH4...

[Meeh]

Sammy Starlight, on 29 June 2010 - 03:58 PM, said:

If people want to abuse it that way then let them. If Sonic 4 has that kind of save feature (which it will not) I will be abusing it a lot. No way I'm starting again from Zone 1 again.

I think that this game will have a save feature for each zone

Iron Nicole, on 29 June 2010 - 05:11 PM, said:

I hope it is for PS2...STH4...

All the platforms are announced and this platforms are PS3, 360, Wii, Iphone

[Speed™]

Oh, looky here! The JP and US sites have been updated with new screens for Lost Labyrinth! It seems that the tilting gimmick for the minecart act has been removed and that act has more to it (other gimmicks!)!

I love this shot, in particular:

http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicTheHedgehog4/contents-section04/image/pic02_07.jpg

[Meeh]

Finally, a great new if the minecart level has been removed. Well now the game will be look decent (I think)

[Barrylicious Caramel]

Minicarts out. I hope that is good. XD Of course its good.