With how fast things were moving in that Sonic Unleashed gameplay footage unveiled by IGN a few days ago, it was pretty easy to miss interesting elements shown in the video. There were a few things that caught the eyes of our fans (including the clock tower’s stunning resemblance to Big Ben in London), but one of the things that really slipped by a lot of our viewers were the balloons.
Yes, the Balloons… I’m no nut… I know I saw them.
To prove it, I’ve taken the time to take screenshots of the 12 I managed to count in the video (you can see them after the jump). As to what there function will be in Unleashed, it’s hard to say for sure, but they do appear to give Sonic a boost when he hits them. Whether they will be used to help guide the player in the right direction, or lead Sonic to secret, otherwise unaccessible areas is anyone’s guess at this point.
Anyways, I wanted to get everyone’s thoughts on how you see them being used. Also, point out anything else you may have noticed that the rest of us missed on our first… or thirty-first viewing.
Looks like you can lock onto the balloons!
This one was hiding from me… but I found it.
A path to an otherwise inaccessible path?
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@John: While SEGA hasn’t confirmed or denied that ability yet, I can say with a bit of certainty that those rings specifically do not allow for a light dash. I found that segment in the video (1:33ish), and Sonic simply performs an ordinary jump.
http://www.campsonic.com/wp-content/gallery/ign-europe-screens/sonic-run-on-roof.jpg
I’m just throwin out Ideas but could that row of strings indicate that a form of light dash will be possible
@Hannah the Echidna:
yeah…thats what I said 5 posts ago -_- xDD too bad a sonic unleashed for the DS wouldve been great
@Hannah the Echidna: OY. I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY, I read it too quickly… SEGA said that there WON’T be a DS version and that it was Nintendo’s slip. Oops… my slip, too.
NEWS UPDATE: If you go to Sonic Stadium, they’re saying that there’s going to ba a DS version of Sonic Unleashed. Investigation?
Well what we all noticed is that they give highet but we can’t see what they might give or not because the HUD is hidden in the video ( you know the HUD right? the time, life indicator and the speed meter XD ). If SEGA took the ballons idea from sonic rush like they did with the sonic boost then these ballonies might give us both rings amf highet. What do you think?
@Espio.VX:
Yes,this was noted,but we are speculating possible other purposes.
ok this is a bit of new info, apparently Nintendo of Europe listed the games for 2008 wich surprised many fans with titles like Sonic UNLEASHED for the DS and Beijing 2008 for the wii, and SEGA came to the rescue confirming there WONT be a Sonic Unleashed for the DS or Beijing 2008 for wii, oh well, I just thought it could b newsd heres the list http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/2008/noe_announces_summer_2008_release_schedule_8775.html so yeah…I personally think they WILL make a DS game but not unleashed, maybe the so called “Sonic Attitude”
Sorry, but are you guys thick or something? On the screenshot 4th down from the top he jumps into one of these balloons and it boosts him into the air (you would know this if you paid attention to the movie). You can also tell by the places that they are are found (especially on the last few screenshots). Just like Sonic 3D Blast.
Would this game get shields again?
they where very usefull in the past,so I would like it.
Mostly sa2 used them because of checkpoints.
And in heroes team rose almost always has a shield because of teamblast and minor danger…
I was recently playing through Sonic 3 today, and got to the carnival level. There are balloons in multiple spots. And in the old game, along with the gameplay video, they are clumped together in twos or threes. And in Sonic 3, when u hit them, they throw you up into the air about one and a half times higher than usual. So it looked like, in the video, if you were to hit one of these balloons, you would be thrown into the next one. In Sonic 3, they were used to get things like Fire Shields, Water Shields, rings, or anything. It looks as if the same thing is going on here.
My guess would be you can doing a homing attack on them and either get extra points or they bounce you up.
maybe each color gives a temporary strength like in the video it seems that when the blue one was popped and blue bubbles came out and give sonic speed and the yellow one seems to make him bounce
NOte: this is my opiniion it is not a fact
Apologies for not being on, working on the pic is…time consuming.
Hmm, well, everybody has said what the balloons should be, and I don’t know what more can be said…maybe hitting the balloons get yourself more points to your score? Collect enough, get an extra life? Hmm…
Yeah, and you got more stuff than Wikipedia does, so this site wins in that regard.
@Maguire the hedgehog:
Why they aren’t all blue…
For the sake of variation?
some are blue some are green some are red maybe they all do something like blue speeds you up red helps you do your ring boost etc.
I only have a opinion so don’t get on me about it its just why aren’t they all blue? So they wouldn’t be the same color so I’m just thinking but I really have no idea oh and I saw something in the last photo
Now that’s a good one. O_o
@Mike:
Mike said “what architecture in their right mind will build spikes…”
Actually, Mike may have a point. I was watching a kung fu movie. And every building, or fight scene seemed to have spikes… waiting for a ninja to get kicked into.
It is possible that Sonic is running through kung fu scenes. No ninja has been kicked into the spikes yet.
A video of a night stage would be ok, but what I really want to see is a video of Wii gameplay. I’m still worried about Wii version’s graphics >_<
i was wondering when SEGA is going to put some videos in night stages.
I am really curious how would it be his werewolf form.
Maybe it will be scary.