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Sega detail new Wii Sonic game, coming 2009

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DarkZero: In the recent issue of Nintendo Power - a long running US based Nintendo centric magazine - a new Sonic game for the Wii was revealed called Sonic and the Black Knight. On the front page of the mag Sonic was shown holding a sword, and this image made the whole Internet cry. Thankfully, Sega has now taken time out to issue a press release to explain a bit about the game and stop wild speculation.

They also reveaed that Sonic Team in Japan will be the developers of the game, and it is currently planned for release in Spring 2009.
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kesvalk - 521 days 20 hours ago
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secret rings was a good game, not a espetacular game, but not bad either...

i just don't know, this seems to strange...

first a arrow, now a sword, what is next? a spear? maybe tonfas?
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american_ninja - 521 days 20 hours ago
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2 - Another additional source
http://blogs.sega.com/sonic...

The official Sonic Blognik has more on this new title.
Sounds promising.

King Arthur and the Legend of Camelot is certainly an unexplored scenario in the Sonic universe.
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LeShin - 521 days 20 hours ago
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Sonic + a Sword = Goodbye Sega of yesteryear

Why can't they just leave him alone and just rely on what made Sonic games incredibly fun i.e. SPEED.

<sigh>
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RecSpec - 521 days 19 hours ago
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The problem is that unlike Mario, transferring Sonic's gameplay to a 3d environment is very difficult. It eventually breaks down into being a platformer with a few high speed sections that usually come with a few cheap deaths. Instead of taking time and working on it, they would rather go the easier route and add a bunch of other unneeded stuff to it.

Think of Sonic as a silent film actor with a horrible voice, great when there is no sound. But once you include sound, he is a joke.
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lewis - 521 days 20 hours ago
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you got a straight point and sega treats him like he has problems.
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Rute - 521 days 19 hours ago
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5 - Consistent with my prediction
From the article: "the game will be played using a unique Wii control system"

As I have previously predicted, this game will probably be played with Wiimote + ControlPlus + Nunchuk, making 1:1 sword fighting possible.
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GuardianEarth - 521 days 17 hours ago
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6 - Well, my excitement offically died.
What am I supposed to think about this?

First they use the Werehog concept and now a sword? What is this? The Legend of Zelda or Sonic?
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jay2 - 521 days 15 hours ago
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Sega, get you're act together, make ONE Sonic and get it RIGHT first.
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razorbladelight - 521 days 12 hours ago
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8 - @RecSpec
Are you flipping serious??? You claim that brining Mario into 3D was a simple feat??? That's ridiculous. Miyamoto is a genius (before) and it took him a lot of thought to come up with a seemless transition for the mario universe. The difference between sonic and Mario 3D is that the Sonic Team doesn't wanna get off their lazy butts and think of a plausible way from doing that same transition. I know that Sonic Adventure was a helluva start... then they just didn't wanna try and improve on that. By no way is it simple, it just takes a creative mind, not a bunch of noobs making vgs
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