Sonic the Werehog Suit
Big thanks to Das Gamer for sharing this. During their sit-down with SEGA, one of the team members got into a Sonic the Werehog costume and posed for a few shots.
The next-gen graphics look good. Sega even threw in a proprietary engine they have been working on since 2005 optimized for rendering textures at high speed. But the overall feel of the game looked a little flat despite all the speed. As a 2-D sidescroller you could at least appreciate the full size of the levels as you navigated them. There didn’t seem to be any real evolution in the game that have kept Mario fresh through the decades. In the scenes that I saw the landscape shoots past at a pace that makes the key to gameplay seem more like muscle memory than reflexes. Hats off to the Sega associate producer who put on the furry suit for a few shots. It was hot as hell in that booth.
And hats off to you Das Gamer. I know what I’ll dress up as to scare the neighborhood children come Halloween!
Note: a bigger photo can be found over at Das Gamer. Also, we’ll likely have a nice glance at the gameplay ourselves later tonight, so be sure to check back with us later!
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*lol*
Could there be anything more funny and entertaining?
It actually looks more like him, unlike past sonic suits.
@Lamb84: Probably because Were-Sonic actually IS a big burly character, and therefore a big burly suit doesn’t skew his proportions as much ^^;
>< There couldn’t be anything more awesome, could there?
By the way, we’ve now seen alot of pictures of Sonic and Were-Sonic, but what about the other charecters? It would be interesting to see the designs of the humans, and to see the designs of Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Shadow ( if any of their designs changed in any way, even though I highly doubt they did).
er…………….
right *sweatdrop*
@Lamb84: I agree. Normally Sega has a habit of releasing character renders wayyyy before the game’s actual release. I’m surprised to have only seen Sonic’s (and the few small Were-Sonic images we’ve managed to scrape up)
@ChaoticFox: But… Sega has also said that this game is ALL about Sonic, and HIS adventure around the world. That’s probably a good way of saying that while other characters will make appearances, they’ll be subtle, and less important this time round.
I think someone should wear the werehog suit on the game’s release
chao garden plz
@ gabeking54, I hope the game has chao garden too. maybe it will be for wiiware, or a channel like mario kart wii
@gabeking54: Yes, we know you want to know about chao gardens. We’ll be sure to post it if we find out about those.
@David Leggett: Touche!
lol thx
o and maybe the online part is chao trading :D
Wow. Very cool design. I bet it must have been really really hard for Sega creating that suit, and I respect that. Plus, I feel sorry for the person wearing it, because they often feel boiling inside a suit look that.
OMG, I want to be THAT for Halloween! Maybe get a tape recorder and record that roar in the first teaser trailer…I’d be good to go!
You can trade chaos on Sonic Chronicles:The Dark Brotherhood.(DS)
Hehe. I like the suit. The best ever. The others are sooo ugly.
P.S.Were Sonic is COOL!
That suit is half the most awesome thing and half the most interesting Sonic suit I’ve seen ever.
Hm, I’m not sure that I agree with them on that. There IS a lot of depth to behold.
Wait…they said that they’ve been working on the Hedgehog Engine for…three years? Ack, either they started late in 2005, or they started early and they’ve been working at it for four years.
FOUR YEARS~
Haha! That is so cool! I wonder if he tried to eat somebody! :D
i really hate to admit it but i agree the weresonic looks alot more realistic that the sonic suits.now if only that mouth and eyes would move around and a loud roar would come out of this suit then it would be like the best weresonic suit.heck people could even belive that weresonic is really …and proof that sonic is really too….were can i buy 1?i need to prove my friends wrong
Does anybody know why SEGA is only showing off the 360 version of SU?
@BanoX93: They haven’t said, but I’d imagine they are using the Xbox 360 / PS3 version because of it’s visuals. To be short, they are more impressive than the Wii or PS2’s visuals.
the quote about the game being flat and all
from who did that come cuz i dont understand the link between the title and the text displayed
@JAOUADDDD: It came from the original article the picture was taken from @ Das Gamer
i wanna see the wii version or the ps2 version of sonic unleashed
Hey David Leggett, have you seen this?
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/890/890787p1.html
IGN says that the Wii and PS2 versions will be using the Hedgehog Engine.
@BanoX93: Yup, saw that, but I have a feeling they made a mistake. Sega’s been pretty clear that the Wii and PS2 will not be using the Hedgehog Engine.
i think they are kinda right
he was just running straight forward in the gamespot preview sometimes jumping killing enemies without getting touched even once. once when he was standing still by that 1 rocket, but what the hell is that
from what ive seen now i think the werewolf gameplay is more appealing to me even though i was really negative
it gives me a jak and daxter feeling and that game kicked ass
That werehog suit, looks scary!! ^_^
Maybe they did make a mistake. I hope they didn’t though. I want to see them push the Wii to it’s limits.
@daniel: Hmm, I kinda want to see some werehog images for the PS2 and Wii myself. I have a nagging suspicion that the werehog is going to not be very impressive in those versions. I mean the game systems do have nice graphics, but fur never displayed very nicely on the PS2 games I have. Of course compression technology is much better now and so maybe they can pull it off. I am personally going to pick up the PS3 version since I have a PS3, of course I have the Wii too, but I think the differences are not going to be good enough excuse to get two copies and I want to see this game in HD.
I also want that werehog costume. That is one of the best costumes I have ever seen a person wear as a not so human like creature. That is pretty darn impressive.
so whens the demo release guys plz i must know!!!
This has gotta be for Halloween! ( I wish )
If I had that suit I would run around in a neighborhood. No one would know who I was!
But the overall feel of the game looked a little flat despite all the speed. As a 2-D sidescroller you could at least appreciate the full size of the levels as you navigated them. There didn’t seem to be any real evolution in the game that have kept Mario fresh through the decades.
^ *piss off* >:(
i was thinking this for a long time….
will it just have cinematics and gameplay with sonic and eggman or…
will it have their friends and rivals(shadow for example) on the game too?
@Nano: I’m pretty sure there are other characters in the cinematics, especially after that Weresonic and Amy cutscene thing a while back.
@wiinterfang:
In other words, the guy complained that Sonic “remains the same” and doesn’t “change” like Mario?
Meaning… Sonic Unleashed looks too “familiar” to other Sonic games?
I want to get that costume, wait for every full moon, then terrorize the people of my town. or to prevent being arrested, just on Halloween. I really want it though, just to have it!
Also, when do we find out about Chao?????
I bet this can be on ebay or more of those costume on ebay cause i want his costume!
@dog@bird.net:
Sonic already goes to space on daily basis what more can he do?
(besides turn into a werehog)
run faster in every game?
I’m getting slightly worried about the lack of Wii/PS2 promotion, screens, gameplay, ect. It’s like there’s something wrong with the Wii/PS2 version and Sega don’t want to show it. And I really want the Wii/PS2 version to be just as good as the Xbox/PS3 version(gameplay wise, I know the graphics won’t be as good) , because some of us aren’t lucky enough to own an Xbox or a PS3.
HaHa! Cool suit! I agree with above. If the PS2 version is bad I’m going to axe murder someone at SEGA. I’m one of those many unfortunate souls who got stuck with a PS2.
I would love to have that costume to scare all the neighbors away XD I think its cute though ^.^ *huggles the werehog but gets growled at then runs away*
I really dig this costume, looks awsome!
I want one!! I really do! T T
:P
hahahaha that suit is freakin funny xD i wish i had one xD
Oh my gosh! Thats funny! LOL
Can I get one?
(halloween, LOL)