IGN Talks with SEGA
IGN had the opportunity to sit down with someone from SEGA this morning at E3, where they had the pleasure to discuss 3 games being developed, including one you may have heard of, Sonic Unleashed.
Here’s a quick run down of what was discussed (Sonic Unleashed related) during the interview:
- Sonic the Werehog is not as fast as Sonic the Hedgehog.
- There are no space or pinball levels in Sonic Unleashed.
- The whole story is about the earth, so they’re sticking to the whole feel of our world.
- New moves… Sonic drift… blah, blah blah – you know, the second point here is the only thing we really didn’t already know, so I’m just going to cut things off now.
I have a feeling that we were supposed to learn more during the interview, but things got changed last minute, as IGN’s own schedule is wrong, and they definitely were not speaking with Sean Ratcliffe as they indicate on their live wire…
UPDATE: They were speaking with Tali Fischer , a PR manager from Sega of America (I think). They just updated the name… so, guess they had a problem finding Sean.
Thanks to Chaoscontrol for the heads up!
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so david, where is the actual time on this site based on, im in seattle, actually bainbridge but same basic area, USA evergreen state is still green(wish it was blue *wink wink* ) id go out to sea but sonic hates water (im obsessive) =P ò_ó ÷D
DEMO INFO DAVID PLEASE!!!!!!! 8( im dying here!!
@Xeternalstar:
relax a bit,david is resting from the e3 :P
@David Leggett: I’m dying for new info, actually xD
Especially about the Wii version. It’s the version I’ll be getting when it reaches Europe.
Thank you for all the updates and this site, you’re the best!
Keep up to good work!
the japanese site for unleashed is up
http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicWorldAdventure/#/index
but we know this stuff already
but what is good is that the trailers we already saw move a whole lot better
@ David:
Sweet! I’ll be waiting for it!
Also, E3 trailer downloaded for endless viewing pleasure!!
GRIFFITH! Will or will not Jason Griffith be voicing Sonic for Sonic Unleashed?
Judging by how clear his sinuses sound, that’s Jason’s voice, so yep.
I’m so sad, I can recognise his voice from grunts… XD I’ve been playing too much SatSR.
The japanese site looks prettier D=
the videos.. so well flowing. :D
@EnzeruAnimeFan: I think he will be. Because he was assigned to games straight from Sonic X. And he has been the voice recently, and personally, i thought he was a great Sonic the Hedgehog voice. But Sonic is a unique video game character. Because he actually TALKS. So SEGA needs to be careful on who they place here. But i think Jason would be a great voice for him. I wonder how he’ll talk in Werehog form in the cutscenes . . .
I personally think that the wherehog can’t talk at all.
Only growling and such.
@dragonite: That would be the best for him. It could be really wierd when he talked.
I personally don’t want anybody to talk.. the footage seems to show that there is no time to talk for Sonic :P
Kotaku and 1-UP have given their opinion about Sonic Unleashed…surprise, surprise, they don’t like the Werehog.
Okay, that’s a bit of a stretch, more like Kotaku, who got to play through it, thought the game was 50% marshmellows, 50% crap (but still, 50% crap) and 1UP, who didn’t get the playthrough, was skeptical about the Werehog experience, but wasn’t going to count it out.
Kotaku
1UP
Knowing that Kotaku has an obvious bias towards the franchise, and I suppose that 1UP’s opinions of the recent installments probably aren’t solid, I’m not expecting them to change their stance, even when they get a chance to play the whole game. o__o;;
It makes me wonder if the ability to set back the clock will be available in EVERY level. Have they said anything about that, David?
@Pirpuu:
there will be talking later on.
sonic is seen walking with amy for example.
The opening movie will most likely have an eggman monologue when he traps sonic.
@Pirpuu: The Japanese sites always come off as better looking…I think the only times the US sites even came close were the site for ‘06 and for Chronicles…
Shame that I can’t make any sense of Japanese! They have so much interesting stuff on SONIC CHANNEL. ;___;
I saw the trailer on the japanese site.
1 why does the american version of the have to be so much worse?
2 h-d trailer blows my mind.
@dragonite: They made that site at a time where there was nearly no information about the game. So, I suppose it’d be lamer when more information came out. With Sonic Unleashed as the name, they have to focus more on the Werehog, with Sonic World Adventure as the name, they have to focus on THE WORLD.
And yes, it does.
@dragonite sorry *wimpers*
@dragonite: Ya, probably. Like the Hulk.
@dragonite: And welcome back, it was weird seeing you not on the Comments.
@iNAUDiBLE:
Inaudible, remember… after Sonic Adventure 2… many people seem to assume that extra characters/features mean little Sonic. The Dark story had like… 4 speed levels… and the rest dominated by treasure hunting, and shooting.
Sonic Unleashed, has more than 6.. or 4… directly after the Werehog… you’ll be back as Sonic… it’s not like… werehog… werehog… werehog… then Sonic. Its… Werehog… Sonic… Werehog… Sonic… Werehog… Sonic.
And by the way… they didn’t actually TELL SEGA they hated it, right? That’s be mean.
I don’t think modern journalists will ever have a positive reaction to Sonic games unless it’s in 2D. They’ve even retroactively decided that SA and SA2 are as “bad” as the newer ones, not taking into account they came out so long ago and were top-grade for their time.
@WiiFP:
was in france,marseille with some classmates. I love flying,and got a sunburn, and flat out missed the e3.
wow finally there gonna bring sonic only to earth and enough of the annoying pinball levels i really hated that llevel in sonic heros.i guess sega was telling the truth about go old school on this game i really think that this is sonic big chace to go even bigger.well my guess that this game is gonna be better that sonic the hedgehog 2006
@dragonite: There was nothing good except for the press conferences anyway. Ya i got sunburn too. I couldnt move for 3 days. It sucks
@Crazee: I was thinking the same. I guess it’s because when Sonic 1 came out, modern reviewers were little kids and got soooo excited. And now they expect every new Sonic game to bring that feeling again.
Ahh…nostalgia :)
@maryt793:
sonic heroes pinball was annoying for me as well.
I always got lost when I was younger.
@Crazee:
Crazee, most of the complaints about Sonic Adventure 2 concern that less than 1/3 of the game is Sonic… there are like 30 levels, and 10 of those are Sonic/Shadow. A big concern is the DARK story… and that is completely dominated by Rouge and Robotnik levels.
Sonic Unleashed… the Werehog already has negative reception… I understand that without these “extras,” Sonic would be very short… I mean cut the treasurehunting/shooting from Sonic Adventure 2… it’s like a 45 minute game, right?
I mean, since Sonic just runs through the levels, it may be difficult to make that game long.
So Sega adds… extras.
The thing is, everyone has their own idea of a perfect sonic game. I don’t see why this game is getting a lot of negative feedback (along with a lot of good feedback too) when this game is a monumental improvement for the franchise (may be mispelled)
I’m so excited with this game, I know I’ll be more than happy with it.
@G&E:
It’s pretty obvious, really. According to most critics, the last few console games for Sonic haven’t been very good at all. It makes sense for them to still be critical, especially because of the Werehog, which very well could turn out to be pretty mediocre if not designed well.
And besides, regardless of what they have to say about the game, I know I’m going to end up loving it, much the same as I did the Sonic game that actually drew me in to the series years ago, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
@maryt793:
Same here. I’m trying to get all A Ranks on Heroes, but I refuse to do the pinball stages again. X(
I just did the first Pinball stage. 18 minutes. XP
I shoulda used Action Replay.
I wasn’t too surprised when they confirmed that there would be no space level, because what would determine if it were night or day time? It would probably always be considered night time and that’s probably why sonic turned into the werehog right when Eggman used his macine on sonic and the emeralds.
@G&E:
It could’ve taken place in the 8th or 9th levels, after Sonic fixed his Werehog problem (assuming that’s what happens).