Rumor: Wii and PS2 have 2 fewer levels than 360 and PS3 Sonic Unleashed
Before starting with this one, let me emphasize that this is a rumor. Again, rumor. Unconfirmed. Might not be true.
Not that we have reason to claim that Crispy Gamer is spreading false information, we simply don’t have any reason to believe they are right about what they are reporting at this time. I was actually almost not even going to post about this, and kind of let it sit on the back burner for a while, but it’s causing enough of a stir around TSSZ and TSS that I thought I’d get some of your thoughts about the whole debacle.
Unleashed will ship on four platforms: Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The big difference between them: The 360 and PS3 versions (in addition to their superior graphics) will feature nine levels; the Wii and PS2 will have only a paltry seven, and much crappier graphics.
Among other things, they are claiming that we won’t see ANY playtime from Tails or Amy, something we’re not entirely sure about either
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XD Sega doesn’t think Wii can’t handle more than seven levels.
Wii games are unique and different and harder to make.
Besides, the main focus (I thought this was already present…) is the 360/PS3.
Nobody Knows if it will be in any of the versions for sure
hey let’s hold off of whether this rumor is true or not just look forward towards E3 which is what’s looking like the answer for our questions… they probably wont tell us much about the level count but who really cares i mean from what i’ve read some campsonic fan’s are really excited about hearing news on weresonic especially a certain Echidna named Hannah
i don’t think it’s true. i have both wii and xbox360 so my mom will get it for my b-day on either one. but they did say that the engine that is running the wii and ps2 versions are trying to make every level almost the same as the other versions. so i think there will be the same ammount, and if they took out 2 levels it would totaly mess up the story line. so no it probaly isn’t true
I personally beleive that this is a rumor. Anyone else exited for tomorrow? The winners for the contest will be announced. Woo. I’m not gonna win though . . .
thats a good point allie. I agree, it is very unllikely this is true and if it is segas gon loopy. It would hurt them and they would have hordes of sour fans.
I hope one of these levels include australia
@TailstheHedgehog: Were you the person saying that was your home town? And ya that would be cool, open running space, wildlife. Sounds good.
@WiiFP: No that wasnt me but I do live in aus and i agree i would be awesome to have heaps of running space and wildlife. Perhaps echidnas instead of annoying white spikes. How cool would it be to fight a boss at the sydney opera house!
Wait, I remember reading something that said that there would be 12 levels in the 360/PS3 versions. Where does it say there is 9 now? I was looking forward to 12. Anyways, I’m getting the 360 version.
the wii version could actually look BETTER than ps2, have you seen any ps2 screens probly not, wii can handle awesome grafx look at metroidp3 and smg and ssbb and perhaps nights: jod seriously people the wii is the gaming worlds savior i new a guy who thought the wii was dumb because it was “crappy, made his arms sore” omgosh!! yes im christian , but it made his arms sore, his arms were made of lard!!! he had no muscle, yet only looked normal cause his coat was really big!!! im outraged at his stupidity!!!
his name was garret i hate him. on the bright side he got all d’s and i got all a’s BOOYAH!!
@Xeternalstar: That whole message was like a meter.
Sonic related
Wii related
arm lard
stupidity
what?
How is it that Sonic Adventure 2 can have like 30 something levels, a bunch of playable characters, multiplayer, and chao gardens, but Sonic unleashed now supposedly is going to have 9-7 levels? I really hope theres at least 12. If there is 9 (360/ps3) and 7 (wii/ps2) levels then i already almost know them all.
In no perticular order…
1.Greece
2.Europe
3.Africa
4.China
5.Eygpt
6.New York
and 7.a night time level ive only seen in screen shots. That’s 7 right there.
Also why is this game even being made for the ps2?
@G&E: Hey, maybe each level will have a night level to go along with it. That just popped into my head.
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And i’ll be throwing that comment in the here for a while, so everyone can see it.
Hopefully this isn’t true. Games on the Wii are some of SEGA’s big sellers (M&S at the Olympics is really popular and Secret rings is still on the Wii sales chart, two years later!) Even the PS2 had some great sellers. (Sonic Heroes is in the Platinum collection, which only the most popular PS2 games get into.)
I am also thinking each level will have a ”night act”
And what about extra missions and bosses?
with levels it they could mean the ”worlds”
You know,like in sonic heroes.
Which had 7 real ”worlds” devided in 2 normal stages and one boss.
@G&E: 1st of all, everyone try to remember this is ONLY A RUMOR lol
2nd of all, I don’t know if anyone noticed, but games nowadays are using slo-mo animation
(it’s hard to explain, but if u watch a Burst Limit Trailer, then watch Sonic U Trailer, you’ll see that the animation slows down)
That takes up ALOT of the game, PLUS THE DETAIL OF THE LEVELS means that games these days can’t have alot of gameplay.
I mean SA2 for GC had alot of levels and DBZ Tenkaichi had, like 60 people
Now Burst Limit for 360/PS3 has, like, 20 people!
3rd of all, maybe the 9 or 7 levels will be split into acts or something………………….lol?
Also, remember Sonic will be able to walk around and interact with people, so that could count as a level in itself
I’m just trying to say that games these days are all about graphics.
The Wii is all about game quality. That’s why I don’t know which Sonic to buy: Wii or 360!
Someone HELP ME! lol
@KC Cross: 360, its better. But thats just me.
No offence to anyone who disagrees.
@TailstheHedgehog: No yur right, in fact i’m 99% gunna buy it for the 360
I just don’t wanna reserve it for the 360 then the Wii version ends up having MORE LEVELS or sumthing lol
I’m a Wii fan all the way :)
But if I had to choose one I’d have to go with 360, despite the XBOX Sonic 06 fiasco lol
Let’s all just hope & pray that the fellas over at SEGA learned from their mistakes
yeah hopefully guys it’s only 4 days till E3! bring on the chao’s and weresonic and new gameplay!!
xbox and ps3 will have the ”real” version featuring the hedgehog engine.Which is made to finally let sonic have good 3-d games.
And it looks awesome.
So I am betting on that one now,I think the wii version will end up slightly better than secret rings.
SEGA! i have faith in you ( no matter what i saw in the high Europe trailer ). Please SEGA impress us!
hey guys check out this image that i found from the PS2 UK scans for unleashed http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/2640/sonicops20045xq7.jpg
Dragonite is right! I will definately get the XBOX360
I was gonna get the p23 anyway so cool, it really doesnt matter to me…
I hope this isn’t true, can’t afford a 360, don’t want a PS3. :/
Either way the Wii version is going to be pretty awesome, it will just be two levels less of awesome.
@ Kev, Nice find! Im sure David will put it as news..once he gets back of course.
Anyway, this is interesting. But I’m not going to buy another console just to get an extra 2 levels. That’s what my friend with a 360 is for…
I still plan to get the next gen version and a Wii version…the level designs and structure have been confirmed to be radically different. Why not buy both? If I didn’t have a Wii, I’d get PS3 and PS2 and play it on the same system haha.
I know this is a rumor.
But…I would like to point out. Wii does have a double layer disk technology. Brawl had to use it. So if Sonic Unleashed had to use it, that’s the optional route.
Just in case people forgot about that already.
@Kev: there’s another character/echidna named Hannah?
@ShadoHejjihoggu: I wouldn’t be surprised, considering the massive levels.
@blu_7: uh no it’s just one of the campsonic fans cause she said she was like in love weresonic and stuff @RGamer: oh and here’s another link for the PS2 UK scan here ya go: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8066/sonicops20050ej5.jpg
Just finished my (daily) hike to the top of the valley to touch base with everyone. Want to wickly restate that yes, the contest is delayed until I get back. Deadline is the same, but I won’t be picking or announcing any more winners until the 13th or afterwards.
Glad to see that PS2 magazine scans have been found. Ill check them out soon! From what ice heard, there is nothing new in it.
Keep your eyes peeled for any new happenings folks!
@David Leggett: there’s a little new pics but in terms of info not really considering from what i tried too i cant even read it but i sent all 8 pages to you it has like 2 new screenshots one of sonic running on a wall and the other of him in mykonos sorrounded in beautiful scenery quite nice actually
This is a rumor? Good.
I hope it is not true. I would be pretty sad >.>
Aww till the 13th for the contest winners? Poopie.
Right, ladles and gentlespoons, remember, this is still a rumor. If the supposed November release date for Unleashed holds true, then it means all versions of the game still have more or less five months of development time, which means that the Wii/PS2 version still can (and probably will, but that’s just my opinion…) all the levels that the XBOX 360/PS3 version has, but with differences in layout and design.
@G&E: The game is being made for the PS2 due to SEGA’s company commitment to continue to make titles for the console. Unlike Gamecube and XBOX, who have essentially reached the end of their life cycle, the PS2, for whatever reason, still has games being made for it. Sort of like the Dreamcast; in America and most every other country, it was essentially dead, but third-party developers continued to make new games for it in Japan until 2007…and developers of original “homebrewed” games make them for the console to this very day~
…and it’s worth noting that some people don’t have the means to afford a next gen console like the Wii/XBOX 360/Playstation 3, so they have to settle with the older consoles until they can get one. So, as long as you’re a PS2 owner, you can join in the fun, eh~
@ShadoHejjihoggu: You win the internet. <3
@Kev: She didn’t say that she was in love with Weresonic, although it is plenty obvious that she likes the character. Where did you find the awesome scans from the PS2 magazine?
(I find it funny that they consider it OUR Earth. Riiiiiiiiight…)
@Sonic The Hedgehog: What…you…saw? …Other than the lag when you enter the tube, I didn’t see much wrong.
Something interesting I saw in the High Europe trailer, ITEM BOXES. When Sonic, after the dodging barrel boxes, homing attacks those floating enemies, if you look to the left, you can see a Shield powerup that’s in a container that looks like a mix between the classic Sonic TV boxes and the Sonic Adventure item capsules.
@iNAUDiBLE: i found it on http://www.sonicstadium.org it took awhile though u can wait till later i’ll post more scans for everyone tonight 7-ish and i sent all the pics to David L/ Admin so he might post it on here when he get’s back
this is really bad for me.
because i have ps2.
why it cant be 9 than 7levels because of the graphics?
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@ Kev:
So you just found these off the net? Darn! I just wanted to hear what was in the article. But when I zoom in on the pics, the words get too blurry to read. :(
If anyone can write down what was in the article, many people would appreciate it.
I only got a wii and ps2, and I was gonna get both because I thought only the wii version was different and the ps2 was gonna be the same as ps3/360.
sweet i can get sonic unleashed because i got a 360
@ john:
lucky
Omigosh. I JUST found out about this game like… half an hour ago xD lame huh? I don’t do much Sonic surfing anymore…
I am REALLY hoping there won’t be any ‘interspecies romance’ in this game, if that’s true. (it better be!) Amy’s ok, but I wish she’d stop kissing the ground Sonic tears up. =)
I’m NOT against the werewolf idea (I really like it, kind of drifting towards ‘dark sonic’ as some call it) but I’m just curious on opinions; if anyone else here has played Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess… can you see a kind of small likeness? I’m just a bit suspicious…
the wii can handle virtually ps3 grafx i mean have you seen sonic in smash bros he looks awesome, much betr than the satsr sonic geez, his fur looked like clay with scratches in it AND didnt glow or really react to light in satsr but it did in smash bros. sega should wake up and use 1. normal maping 2. a better light engine 3. a better homing attack engine. seriously have u guys seen mario galaxy and dewy’s adventure, AWESOME GAME ENGINES!!!!
if they would look at what the wii can do instead of asume it can only put up with gcn level graphics, they might realize how idiotic the idea of the wii having “crappy” graphics is!!! another example is an M rated game i saw at bestbuy called no more heros, ps3 level graphics, honest. look it up david look up no more heros and see the engine on that baby!!!!!!!!!*calms down* ok you guys probably get my point now. but sega does need to become aware of other games from other companies. ok, im done.
i applaud myself for my previous comment. plz tell me what u guys think. plz.
@KT Sparkster:
Hedgehog + Human = ???????????? :P
This game is getting pretty exciting! I can’t wait when it gets out even if they have 2 extra levels on ps3 & 360. That makes it more fun to buy!
P.S. I’m getting it for Wii!! :)
……………more proof that sega did and NINTENdont.????