Leaked Video and Screens Reveal Levels in Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Just a few weeks ago Sega surprised plenty of people when they announced Sonic 4, the first numbered title in the series since 1994's Sonic 3, would be coming to PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360 in episodic form starting this summer. That announcement left plenty of questions in the minds of Sonic's many rabid fans. How much will it cost? How many levels will be included? What does he look like when he runs?

[qface64]

lol leaks

[Smacktard]

The game looks kind of stupid... it looks like the transition from Mega Man 6 to Mega Man 7. Sonic looks too big for the screen, and the gameplay looks floaty. I wasn't really interested to begin with, because "lol, Sonic cycle" but I'm even less interested now. I'll see how reviews treat it, but I'm not expecting much.

[Hisiru]

The problem isn't the game, the problem is the person playing it.

[Dark_Vendetta]

Yeah something just doesnt feel right. Well I'll give it a try, maby it's good (at least I really hope it is). It's been a long time I played a good Sonic game ...

Edit: gotta love the "Seeegaaaa" sound

[Shadow Flare]

I think Sega are finally getting it right, Sonic 4 looks great. The only thing i would like them to change is make sonics animations faster. Make his legs blur round when he runs fast and make him spin really fast when he jumps. Just like the original games. Other then that it looks great

[SoapShoes]

You can see a segment where he runs at full speed and his legs do blur into a circle like on the old games.

[Redempteur]

Let's see

-graphics ..ok
-Number of zones ? So far 3 act by zone ( 4 zones in total ) +bonnus stage ..more than enough for it to be a good game
-sense of gravity : ok

look like sonic 1 ( MD ) first stage with more colors .. ( alright i guess )
animation need work but since this is a alpha this not a problem yet .

SO far so good ( no mention of any story related events ) [excellent]

Well done sega this path , and these design choices will lead you to my money ..

[Shadow Flare]

You're right, his legs do blur. Somethings still off with the way he moves though. Its a little more floaty then it should be

OT:

Some of you might like this if your sonic fans

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Smacktard]

Well okay, I'll get disagrees now but let's see how right I am when the game gets released.

But then I'm sure you'll have a ton of Sonic fans that embrace mediocrity and argue that a game with a metacritic score of 60 is "STILL A GOOD GAME!"

[Geriatric Hero]

I don't know guys... Sure this is just an alpha build, but I have to say I'm more than slightly disappointed by it. The physics engine is strange and doesn't resemble the classic 2D games. The animation looks slow and still needs a lot of work. Also, Sonic's artwork should consist of hand drawn high resolution 2D sprites (right now he reminds more of Donkey Kong on the SNES than Sonic on the Genesis).

If Sega can fix these issues, I'll be first in line to buy the episodes.

[PlainOldGamer]

What is SEGA doing right so far this year?

-Sonic4 Announced.

-Bringing Yakuza3 to the States (Thank God)

Keep it up SEGA. I'll be looking forward to more great announcements.

[MEsoJD]

too floaty when he jumps. I'm assuming this is alpha build. A game like this needs to be fluid.

[xskipperx82]

holy crap

[vhero]

Indeed looks fantastic cannot wait for this game!

[FunAndGun]

yeah, but does it have blast processing?

[Nightblade]

Lmao, Blast Processing....classic, gotta love the old days...I miss them dearly

[PlainOldGamer]

Ha ha ha ha! That's great!

[NYC_Gamer]

Sonic is back!!!!

[gtamike123]

I still think animations could be better.

[ProjectVulcan]

Is there any reason this shouldnt run 1080/60 frames? I liked it though. However I felt it still looked a little less detailed than it could...Im realistic, Im hardly expecting uncharted 2 from a 2D sonic game, but all the textures and backgrounds should be hyper detailed

[multipayer]

Considering it is coming out on the wii, I think we are lucky it is even 16:9. Megaman 9 wasn't... This 3D model of sonic is also way to fugly. I wish it was more like Street Fighter Turbo HD.

[gtamike123]

still really don't like the walk/run animations, don't look right :/

[condorstrike]

that's the point, keep it as close to the genesis versions as possible, my only beef with this video is that the guys sucks at it...LOL

[Trevorthenerd]

I think I will pass...

[Gr81]

Really dropped the ball here. They really could have taken Sonic back to his glory days if instead of going the D/Lable game route and went with a full fledged Retail backing.

NSMB Wii Shows the huge demand for high quality well known 2-d platformers. Sega could have bought back the local battle mode from Sonic 2 (that was classic) even threw online battle/co-op. And do things that couldn't be done before on the genesis hardware.

Instead, it looks like they are going to basically go the half assed route. Which is unfortunate. I know many old school gamers who've been waiting to a real sequel to Sonic 2 (3 disappointed big time) But alas, that won't happen.

That's too bad.

[Whitefox789]

Huh tell me!

[Gr81]

It wasn't as good as 2 ; )

[xskipperx82]

Sonic 3 is absolutly amazing. I don't know what it is about Sonic 2 but I always get about half way through it and get bored. Sonic 3 though...oh boy! I can't get enough! Add Sonic and Knuckles on top of that and you have an epic adventure!

[RockmanII7]

@ xskipperx82

That's funny, I always get about half way through Sonic 3 and get bored while I can beat Sonic 2 without a dull moment. That said Sonic 2 is (for me) a tad too easy but I like the level and art design more in 2. (As a side note, Sonic 2 was the first game I ever played so that could attribute to why I like it more)

[Whitefox789]

I'm not going to say anyone of them is superior to the other they all hold a special place in my heart I will admit Sonic 2 takes up a lot of it since it was the first Sega Genesis game me and my brother could play together in which we still play a lot of games together (right now we are going through Resident Evil 5 again for about the third time). I will say I must of liked Sonic 2 a lot when I was a kid cause I some how managed to have two copies of the game that both work (nahh someone I knew also had a Genesis and left her games with me). I digress however the one main advantage I loved about Sonic 3 was being the first Sonic game with a save system. I swear to god I took my Sonic Collection over to my friends house because he only played the first game. We went through Sonic The Hedgehog 2 up until Metropolis Zone 1 I then had some things I needed to do so to not go through the game again we just kept the Genesis on and prayed to god nobody kicked it :D.

[ChickeyCantor]

It doesn't really feel like the older games just by looking at it.
Sonic should have been hand drawn.

[ChickeyCantor]

I hope the 3 who disagreed get disappointed LMAO.

[bacrec1]

It just leaves somewhat of a bittersweet taste in my mouth, that they are splitting it up into episodes. If your going to sell us the game, sell it to us in full.

[Shadow Flare]

wow, this must have been said a thousand times now. It is a FULL sonic game. Like a sega rep said before, sega considered Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles part of the same story, Sonic 3 being episode 1 and Sonic & Knuckles being Episode 2. Do you really think Sega would release sonic 4 with only 1 zone, then make us wait to play the second zone?

[IHateYouFanboys]

like shadow flare said, but expanding on it even further - sega didnt just 'consider' sonic 3 and sonic and knuckles part of the same game, they literally were part of the same game.

it was all one big game, but the bosses demanded that they release the game on a certain date. there was no way that they were going to be able to finish the entire game, so they split it up into 2 parts - sonic 3, and sonic and knuckles.

[Sikct9a]

Welcome back Sonic!

[SKUD]

LOW EXPECTATIONS.

[Noob]

Something about it just doesn't look right. It looks like he's floating when he jumps.

[ThatArtGuy]

He used to spin faster when he jumped, but with him spinning slower with the same jump power, it looks "floaty." The jump arc looks the same though. Speed up the spin and it would be fine.

[washingmachine]

not wot i was hoping for and could have used a new level. people will be buying the old sonic but more pixels for hd screens

[NJShadow]

I was SO hopeful that this was going to be good and... well... based on Sonic's animation and movement, it looks like Sega muffed an almost guaranteed success. >.< I seriously hope they change some things up before release.

[KillerPwned]

This game is going to be epic hands down!

[swice]

Huzzah! :-)

Expectations are low, however satisfaction is reached.
Maybe I should just wait until I play it.

Wii or 360?

To the people complaining: Really? We asked for an older-style gameplay and you bicker? Amazing

[R_A_LEE20]

After taking a closer look at the footage, I stopped to take a closer look at the stages screen:

I have to say am slightly disappointed that all the stages shown all look similar to those it Sonic 1 & 2:

Splash Hill Zone - Its a closely remade version of Green Hill Zone with all the same robots included.

Casino Street Zone - The one below SH Zone looks again like a remade version of Casino Nights Zone from Sonic 2.

Lost Labyrinth Zone - The one in the top right, again a look-a-like remake version of Labyrinth Zone from Sonic 1.

Mad Gear - Unsure about Mad Gear weather its a remade version of ether Spring Yard Zone or Scrap Brain Zone, both from Sonic 1 respectively.

Special Stage - This one is the most definite looking remake of all the the stages. To put it simple: its the Special Stage from Sonic 1.

By the looks of the Act Selection scene, all the stages will have 3 act and 1 Boss level. BTW it says on the Boss level description: Showdown with Dr Eggman. So it looks like he will be called Dr Eggman again and not Dr Robotnik.

And finally, Sega should get a Alpha tester that has played a 2D Sonic before cos its clear that this person hasn't.

[dkgshiz]

Its kind of sad.

[Solid_Malone]

i have to agree with you there man, i played sonic the hedgehog on my dreamcast and i really miss those days :(.

[silent noise]

guys we have been FOOLED with SEGA and CRAPCOM in this generation of consoles with their bad games , PLEASE DONT BUY THEIR GAMES !!!!

[RockmanII7]

I'm not liking the way it looks. Looks more like Sonic Rush 2 rather than Sonic 4.

[Justin_bristoe]

this is sonic part two

[Whitefox789]

This will be a refreshing change of pace then playing Sonic The Hedgehog 2006.

[galgor]

the animation on run & jump both totally suck. He's jogging!! & when he jumps it looks like he's spinning in an oval or something..it's not right. Sort it out whoever the hell is making this. Oh, and what's up with a metal gear zone?! This is sonic...stop selling out ¬_¬

[G4drake]

although its a alpha stage, i liked.

now...i hope the bonus stages become challenging this time

[deno]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttt tttt. I'm blown away guys, have been waiting for this for a very long time. Game looks great, just needs some minor fixes.

[MaximusPrime]

finally found the leak video.

Im half impressed and half disappointed.

Im impressed by clear graphic and back to retro gaming.

Im disappointed that Sonic looks slower than Sonic 2. I hope they will improve.

If not, i'll get it anyway.

[splinter cell fan 58]

I love sonic franchise but I have to agree w/gameinformer magizeen. It will edventually die out! I mean look at the last game! they turned sonic into a werehog! next thing u no it Will be blood and gutts! I liked shadow the hedgehog the most out of all the games that one and sonic the hedgehog for 360! but other wise good bye sonic! I also hate the fact that its going back to the oldies!