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Sonic Boom screenshots/art – Shadow, Metal Sonic, and more

Check out a bunch of screenshots and art from the Sonic Boom games.

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ritsuka6663571d ago

Day 1 for me.I think Sonic Boom have a potential for revive Sonic franchise.

dcj05243571d ago (Edited 3571d ago )

Franchise got revived back in 2010 with sonic colors. Even then it died in 2006 then got half-alive with day time stages in 2008

SoapShoes3571d ago

Colors and Generations were awesome. Lost World was a misstep, hopefully the last...

dcj05243571d ago

Lost world was a step sideways. It was too Nintendo-ish which is not what I buy sonic for.

thezeldadoth3571d ago

same. people need to realize that this is more in the genre of ratchet and clank, jak and daxter but with a sonic skin. thats why its not in the main series. if this was the same game with different characters people would understand more what it is. plus, its made by ex-naughty dog people who were responsible for crash bandicoot and jak and daxter. its gonna be a good game

SegaGamer3570d ago

Sonic games have always been great to me, they are my favourite games. But this game shouldn't be seen as a serious Sonic game, it's just a spin off to tie in with the new Sonic tv series.

Dannycr3570d ago (Edited 3570d ago )

If you are talking about Rise Of Lyric (the WiiU one) you are looking at the wrong Sonic game for that. That can barely even be called a Sonic game. It's more like Spyro, Ratchet & Clank, etc, but boring.

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MSBAUSTX3571d ago

I actually feel that Sonic Unleashed was the first step towards reviving Sonic. After that we had another two games in a row that were good in Colors and Generations. Lost world was fun but it lacked sonic elements. Felt more like sonic meets Mario Galaxy. This game seems to be going a different direction and given the people developing it, it can be amazing or a disaster. I am keeping an open mind but will probably pick up the 3ds copy first. Have plenty to play on my Wii U this year already but need something to pass the time on my 3DS until Monster Hinter 4 Ultimate is released. I dont think this game will be terrible. But generations was amazing. I do not expect the same thing but i am ok with more action as long as I dont have those completely stopped in your tracks moments from generations.

SegaGamer3570d ago

Shadow basically looks the same as he usually does. Why couldn't they have done that with Sonic and Knuckles ? Giving Sonic a stupid scarf and gloves was stupid, and making Knuckles huge was even worse.

ChickeyCantor3570d ago

You know what's stupid? Shadow. You know what else is stupid? Every other damn character beside Knuckles and Tails. And yet sonic fans are crying about a scarf and "gloves" ( it's just white banding, he always had gloves ) which look both completely fine.

If anything you should be complaining about is the complete and utter lack of creativity when it comes to Sonic Team designing characters.

Sonic fans are the worst.

DarkHeroZX3570d ago

Well knuckles was basically Sonic with spikes on his fist and dreadlocks. Its hard to stay super original with these sort of games. But in all honesty out of all the characters Shadow is the least generic out of them all. Similar design but deeper background story. Every other character is generic.

SegaGamer3570d ago (Edited 3570d ago )

That is the only time i have ever complained about a Sonic game. I'm a huge Sonic fan and not one of those fans that moans at everything. I'm one of those rare Sonic fans that prefers the newer games to the older games.

I'm just saying that if they were going to change nothing about Shadow then i don't see the point changing the design of Sonic and Knuckles.

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Top 10 Worst Sonic Games

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "I’m a huge fan of the series and love to talk about its best games… but its hard to argue that it’s all been great for the blue blur. From games that were loaded with glitches, slow-paced gameplay, and visuals that look more like a blue blur of… pixels and polygons. So, take this as a warning to avoid these 10 worst Sonic games of all time."

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Fntastic1001d ago

Never played any of these on this list, surprised Sonic R isn't there, but then i played that on my first PC and didn't think it was that bad, got some mild enjoyment out of it at least.

-Hermit-1001d ago

Lost World, Black Knight, Forces and Chronicles should not be on that list, I can easily think of worse.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Eraser, Sonic R, these are all way worse than the games on this list. Knuckles Chaotix was terrible as well, I hated the way you had to control the players, it was a pain in the ass. Even games like Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball and Rivals 1 and 2 which I thought were decent were worse than some of the games on this list.

To be brutally honest, most of the Game Gear and Master System Sonic games are pretty awful too. Sonic Chaos on the Game Gear for example, you can't even see what you are doing because the field of view is so bad.

I would rather play Sonic 06 than any of the games I listed above, and that game is classed as the worst Sonic game of the lot.

People have nostalgia glasses on when they think about old 2D Sonic games. Outside of the mainline games on the Mega Drive, most of them were worse than the modern day 3D games.

Rebel_Scum1000d ago

Sonic 1 & 2 on the MS2 and GG were great games. Perfect blend of speed, secrets and challenge.

Sonic Chaos was shite. Too easy and gross looking sprites and backgrounds.

imo 1-10 for worst Sonic games would just be all the 3D one's and Sonic Fighters.

lellkay1000d ago (Edited 1000d ago )

There is definitely some worse games than Lost World,

The guy who wrote this definitely didn't dig enough into the franchise history haha

Pyrofire951000d ago

General question.
Is your favorite Sonic game the first one you played?
If not, is you favorite the same style as your first? (3D, 2D, some other distinction?)

lellkay1000d ago

My favorite game is not the first one I played. (First one I played was Sonic The Hedgehog on Megadrive/Genesis)

My favorite one is probably 3&K or Mania, so yes it is in the same style as the first game I played.

-Hermit-1000d ago

My favourite Sonic game is not the first one I played or same style.

The first Sonic game I played was Sonic 1 on the Mega Drive, my favourite is Sonic Adventure 2.

DFresh1000d ago

I disagree with Sonic Forces on that list but the others are correct.
Sonic Forces is hella under rated.

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Top 10 Worst Third Party Nintendo Wii U Games

With Nintendo Switch doing better by the day, Screen Critics looks back at the absolute worst of third party games from Wii U.

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PhoenixUp2453d ago

Article says it's about third party Wii U games, yet Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival & Pokemon Rumble U are on this list.

lptmg2453d ago

maybe they were made by third parties? I dunno much about those games

PhoenixUp2453d ago

Doesn't matter who they were made by, they're still first party titles

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lptmg2453d ago

one of the worst Wii U games I've ever played was Deus Ex. It's not by any means a terrible game, but the Wii U port was a massive disappointment with a weird control scheme and an abysmal framerate of like 20fps at best.

derkasan2453d ago

It's crazy how hard Devil's Third tanked. Don't think Itagaki's going to really recover from that one.

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Top 10 Worst Villains In Video Games

These villains are so bad…and not in a good way. Join WatchMojo as they countdown their picks for the Top 10 Worst Villains In Video Games.

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