As several of our viewers pointed out recently, SEGA has released a fact sheet from their Gamer Day back in May, complete with promotional buzzwords and other worthless & already known awesome new details!
I really don’t see anything worth highlighting in the document myself, but if you haven’t been keeping up with us, it’s probably worth looking through. You can download it off the SEGA PR FTP server, or simply read the juicy parts below:
Overview
Sonic is on a race against time… as the sun sets, a new adventure awakens!
Sonic Unleashed will launch players on a revolutionary high-speed adventure through a world torn by chaos. Powered by the all-new “Hedgehog Engine,” Sonic Unleashed merges classic Sonic gameplay with the latest in next-generation innovation. It launches players on a journey across the globe and merges blistering 2D action with picturesque 3D environments. Sonic Unleashed delivers an expansive world with seamless 3D to 2D transitions and branching pathways, as well as dynamic viewpoints and a series of enhanced speed mechanics to help Sonic navigate the world.
With an exciting new storyline where day and night play drastically different roles, Sonic Unleashed will send Sonic on an unforgettable quest to save a dying world from the maniacal Dr. Eggman. Players find that Dr. Eggman continues on his mission for domination, but this time he’s upped the stakes by causing a catastrophic event that breaks apart the world and unleashes a slumbering beast that alters Sonic in unexpected ways. It is up to Sonic to use his newfound abilities to connect the remnants of a shattered world by finding the lost chaos emeralds. With the world divided and Sonic facing distinctly complex challenges, including new abilities and powers, the stage is set for a climactic battle for Sonic to save the world… and himself!
Key Features:
Unleashed Engine: A suite of new technologies combine to form the new “Hedgehog Engine” unveiled in Sonic Unleashed. Under development for three years, delivers a revolutionary gameplay experience with realistic graphics and seamless transitions between 3D and classic 2D high-speed action.
Unleashed Gameplay: With scorching 2D gameplay and cutting-edge 3D visuals, the latest Sonic adventure blends the very best of the franchise with a keen eye toward the future. Use a collection of all-new abilities and powers to navigate thrilling courses, while battling the minions of Dr. Eggman.
Unleashed Speed: Avoid obstacles instantly using “Quick Step” without losing speed. Players can also use “Sonic Boost” and accelerate to supersonic speed by quickly collecting rings and increasing “Ring Energy” level. Finally, maintain the high-speed momentum through turns using “Speed Drift”. With more opportunities to maintain or increase speed, the player is challenged to compete with energy and fast-paced action!
Unleashed Environments: The splintered world of Sonic Unleashed delivers a massive playground where players can choose an array of paths when jetting through each stage. Each unique route offers different encounters with varying rewards and obstacles.
Like I said, nothing groundbreaking here, but hey… E3 is just a short ways away!
Hi CampSonic!!! long time no see! I was a bit busy but now Im back
E3 is coming soon and we hope to see new info coming soon! (I hope we also get a new gameplay or trailer video)
lol on your sarcastic reaction.
You do you job well,because of your efforts,all the stuff here is old news.
haha, thanks dragonite =) I find being sarcastic one of the only ways to responsibly handle my feelings when I get frustrated, heh.
@ Ssonic22 – Glad to have you back! Be sure to keep on the lookout for new material with the rest of us!
When is E3?
Yay, Sonic unleashed look and sounds awsome!
about six days on the 15th,I believe.At least very shorty,I am bad at dates.
You can perhaps add the date on the update admin.
This question is asked alot.
I think I’m going to actually make a central page for E3 updates pretty soon to keep everyone on the same page with each other. I’ll have it take the place of where you see Sonic doing his drift up in the top right
Yeah, E3 is next month. That’s likely when we’ll finally learn how WereSonic plays.
Next month?
I thought this month.
O well.I can wait.
And one thing about the drift pic,it looks cool to me,but one of sonic’s head spines crosses with sonic’s arm
This is of course normal going in a video game,but as main page picture it bugs me slightly.
But it’s nothing to bad trough.
All this talk about this “Hedgehog Engine”… Just make a massive Sonic game for the Wii based on the “Rush Engine”. It sounds better, too.
I’ll be staying up all night and day 15th through 17th keeping my eye on all the sonic forums.
I have some attention mongerer trying to convince me that he has the Sonic Unleashed Logo “Prototype” right now. Yeah… the logo “prototype”.
Really… Prototype?
He’s failed at providing a source, so I let it slide, and now he’s emailing me from a different name and address thinking I won’t know it’s him.
Sorry… Just thought I should let you all know.
Now THAT is dumb.
I wonder when the logo will be revealed.
E3 most likely.
Are you going to give the site a suiting revamp to match then?
Revamp? I’m personally very fond of the current look, and that says something about a design in my books. Typically I’m one to modify layouts every few months, but this one seems very appealing and easy on the eyes – - not to mention very easy to navigate.
We might add a few things, and modify others as we see fit. It’s getting to the point where I need to activate the site search since somethings are getting lost in the archives. We’ll also make a point to highlight new features in the right menu when we see fit.
Oh, and I banned the guy who submitted the awful logo. If things get juicy from here on out, I might start a Saga about him or something
Your site,your call as the saying goes.
I am happy with this layout to.
It is so simplistic that it never gets boring.
Can you post a link to that logo?
Now I am curious…
Wait, by logo, you guys mean something like the combined Shadow/Sonic spin-dash image on the Sonic Adventure 2: Battle startup screen?
Something like that..
Heroes has the most noticable logo of all sonic games.
But the logo can also be just a stylished text,like shadow the hedgehog and sonic next gen.
I get it, so I guess the Secret Rings logo… is a ring!
And Rush (Adventure)’s just the stylised text, if I’m not mistaken.
The FAKE logo
Everything about it is perfect, stunning, and idiotic all at once. The fact that Sonic and Shadow use different Compression rates… The horrific type, which has been made more horrific by being streched… The clearly visible trace of a cutout along most of Shadow’s body…
I mean… there is an art to being terrible at Photoshop, and whoever put this together nearly mastered it.
Even I could pull up something better than that. And it’s quite obvious that you shouldn’t put Shadow in the logo to make it convincing, since it’s -SONIC Unleashed- and not -SONIC and SHADOW Unleashed-…
Heheh…
This had me chuckling.
A bland logo with a oblivously cutted in sonic and shadow(who has’t a main role at all..hopefully.)
We know the term for this right?
FAIL :p
The kid who claims it was real also is posting tons of our articles on his site. He’s playing dumb now like I’m making some sort of mistake, when I have two identical IP address sitting in front of me.
The curse of being a top news site isn’t it?
Well,don’t mind them TO much.
This place will have the news in most cases early,and this site has a reputation now.
About the release..
Are you going to write a full guide yourself,or are you asking somebody on gamefaqish sites if you may host their guide?
No, I’ll be writing everything myself, unless some other talented writers step up and help contribute. I’m not especially keen on writing a complete walkthough actually, since there are lots of sites that can do that just fine, but I will do everything in my power to have a complete guide for all the secrets, rewards, achievements, unlockables, etc, here first. I have quite a bit of experience at those sorts of guides.
It also largely depends on how the game plays. It’s hard to say exactly what I’m going to write about before we know what the game is entirely about.
GOOD!we have some more details about the game.Keep up the work SEGA!!!!!!
Hey, admin. The whole “Sonic World Adventure” thing is starting to seem like the real deal. Take a look at this.
http://seganerdsforums.com/index.php/topic,1415.msg27341.html#msg27341
The person is a writer from SegaOn, and he says the name is real, it wasn’t supposed to be leaked since Sega of Japan had an embargo on it.
It isn’t a 100% confirmation, but the evidence so far strongly suggests Sonic World Adventure is the final name.
Sonic World Adventure?! I could live with it, but Sonic Adventure 3: Unleashed sounds way better!
If the game is about to put another title i think sonic unleashed will sound better because that THE BEAST WAS UNLEASHED TO THE WORLD AND IT WAS UNLEASHED SOMETHING ON SONIC ´S BODY SOMETHING LIKE WEREWOLF.Well that ´s the reason and sonic adventure 3 will sound really good because(like you said BLAKE):
Sonic Adventure 1: Eggman wakes up Chaos a creature intent on destroying the world.
Sonic Adventure 2: Eggman wakes up Shadow a hedgehog intent on blowing up the world.
Sonic Adventure 3: Eggman wakes up some sort of evil monster thing a creature intent on shattering the world.I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO COMMENT THIS IF HIS RIGHT OR NOT!maybe i can understand your reasons!!!!!!!!
it shoud be called
sonic:eggman awakens something bad 3
i think that Emerl should appear in this game
eh yeah…
I am not angry at your opinion but..
How many times are you going to state it?
It is almost like a catchprase for you now…
Sonic World Adventure?! heck no! UNLEASHED sounds Way better! and lol to “Sonic: Eggman awakens something bad 3″ thats the best title eva! xD
dragonite@:
i have sonic battle and i feel kind of sad that Emerl died in there.he was a good character and i like to play with him in another game that ´s why, doesnt mather anymore…..i will not talk about that again…….
*FALSE ALARM*
Sonic Unleashed is still the name. Sorry for the confusion!
http://blogs.sega.com/sonic/2008/06/10/sonic-world-adventure/
Don’t feel bad about it,but you can better save it until it becomes relevant again.
And I am glad about the name.
Perhaps there can be another name in the future?
yeah dont feel bad for that.Well if they are going change the title someday i would like it was sonic adventure 3
thanks for telling
I am thinking of a SR like tiltle as a possibility.
Sonic and the …
You know what I mean
But that type of title I would dislike for this game.
That “Sonic World Adventure” rumor was squished pretty quickly
Just posted about it for the masses:
http://www.campsonic.com/2008/06/10/sonic-is-indeed-unleashed
I’d appreciate it if we move all Renaming, Name Speculation, and Name Calling over to that post
@ admin;
even when sonic unleashed is out on store shelves will you still keep ths site up to other sonic games
just want to know
@… (interesting name choice) – This is a site about Sonic Unleashed because I really am of the opinion that SEGA is back to doing Sonic right again. The fact that they’re taking a few steps back before continuing to walk forward makes me believe that they’ve finally realized they were going in the wrong direction with Sonic as of late.
If Sonic Unleashed is as fun as I hope it will be, I’ll probably expand the scope of the site to encompass future titles as well as other Sonic related news.
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does anyone know how to get tickets to E3? rumor is u can get em on ebay? but i heard they can be $3000 to $5000 even though they the event is invitation only pleassssssssse! someone reply! igotta see unleashed for myself! not on G4.
Oh, yeah does anyone know if sega is going to do anything for sonics birthtday on the 23rd? me and sonic share the same birthday.
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Hi, It’s Me again. I just wanted to know why Camp Sonic never updates. Ever. Sonic Unleashed, aka Sonic World Adventure in Japan, has been out nearly a year. You guys promised you’d update when it came out, add gameplay videos, and add a guide. Before Unleashed was released (Rhyme, hehe) on November 25 or 24, 2008, I was totally relying on you guys. But sadly, Camp Sonic right now is a complete and utter fail.
Anyways, I know how you all hate new characters and all, but Chip was one of the best. Hee…hence my name.
@Chip: It’s just David who is way too lazy…
I like Chip! Actually, he’s my favourite Sonic character.