New Sonic Racing game announced!
What can we say already aside from the fact this looks pretty fun?
Looks like a mix of all previous Sonic/Sega racing games. I see "transformed" mechanics, extremeboards/overboards, lots of characters, SAGE is here! A few references to the storybooks/Secret Rings stages...
This seems pretty good so far!~
Wait, what is this???
Oh man, what is this...this random surprise!! Sega or Paramount didn't make an entire Christmas Special. But the latest teaser/ad is a fun parody of it:
Aw, this was adorable! And super fun! Very nice little Christmas surprise!
The latest and current Super Monkey Ball - Banana Rumble! - is getting some EPIC DLC. And I'm not even kiddin!
Hatsune Miku!!!
and
GOJIRAAAAA!!!
What!? These games always had some Sonic or NiGHTS crossover. This last one had a ton of other Sega stuff in there. But we're getting crazy fighting game-levels of DLC now!
Check it out:
WOW! I WANT IT!! NOW!!!
Here is the trailer for the only upcoming movie I'm currently looking forward. That's right. There. I said it.
HERE WE GO BOIS AND GURLS!!
The Sonic Movie 3 trailer is finally here!
*insert obligatory Sonic music - Green Hill and Live and Learn this time - as orchestral variants that WONT BE in the movie* Dammit, I wish Live and Learn would stay, but if it's anything like the previous films.... Remember Emerald Hill's music in the film? Me neither.
ANYWAYS
Sonic Movie 3 just dropped! Shadow looks great and epic, and like with Sonic Movie 2's Japanese title (Sonic Vs. Knuckles), Sonic Movie 3 got a pretty darn epic title in Japan again, "Sonic Vs. Shadow: Tokyo Mission! Let's go!!!!
Wow! The bits we get of Shadow's past with Maria seems pretty true to the source material. The rest seems like a truncated simplified Sonic Adventure 2 with odd choices, like Movie 2 was a weird simplified mashup of Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 (a Master Emerald but no Chaos Emeralds, the Death Egg Robo but no Death Egg..). We do seem to have a weird glimpse at the ARK there at the end.
Keanu Reeves fits Shadow like Idris Elba fits Knuckles. It's different, but fitting. Keanu's been voicing stuff since the 80s..
I still wish they did Chaos or Metal Sonic before Shadow, I can't imagine them afterwards. (Maybe a tweaked Sonic CD Metal Sonic+Heroes following the Eggman asked for a quill from Sonic-part in the trailer?)
No idea what they're doing with Gerald Robotnik, we lack context here. Real deal? Hologram/AI thing? Halucinations like Pachacamac? Eggman-Carrey does seem to hint that it isn't right (Are you really here??)
Wait and see!
Oh, and Shadow finally did the Akira bike slide, been wishing for it since the Shadow spinoff and Sonic 06's cutscenes back then...!
Please! Do not ask for these! This was a personal job, not
outsourcing the work to other people. If you want me to work out
something for you, I will do so for money only.
Ha.. The Sega Saturn, the classic beloved underrated Sega console. And what can you even say about the legendary commercials with Segata Sanshiro... Did you know they brought him back for one more ad during the celebration #GOSEGA for Sega's 60th Anniversary?
That's right, one more additional ad for this awesome "icon" of the Sega Saturn, this time starring his actual real life son in this new generation ad... check it out:
Wow! He even gets ejected into Saturn! I got a tear in my eye... let's replay the Segata Sanshiro minigame compilation on the Saturn...
Super cute Shadow costume coming to Sonic Superstars!
It's free, download it!
I gotta admit, I just wanted to write this title for this post.
We made it, SEGA bros, a reveal trailer for a 3rd live action Sonic movie.. followed closely by the first proper for a Knuckles spinoff series.
Let's see...
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Title Treatment Reveal (2024 Movie)
This looks nice. Pretty nice indeed. It's just a tease, but this better confirm we will finally get a Crush40 song in a Sonic movie!!!
I'd like to see them make the characters slightly older, like when the games went from classic era->Sonic Adventure era. I'm still not convinced skipping SA1 was a good choice, even presenting both stories in reverse order seems odd. Sonic is like a shonen manga, there's an escalation in the level of threats and power-ups. Perfect Chaos goes before Shadow and the Biolizard, based on researches on the Echidnas.... and... Wait and see..
Knuckles Series | Official Trailer | Paramount+
Our boy Knux is here! For a long while I hoped it would have been a sort of Archie Comics-style adaptation of Chaotix or Sonic Adventure.. but instead feels more like a filler episode. You know what? This would have been a nice way to introduce Tikal, the Echidnas, Amy or Rouge... Like before, wait and see...
And that's it for now.
W..what?? What the heck?? An official Sega-licenced product called "SONIC X SHADOW"??
So the rumors were true...
Sonic Generations is back, the latest re-release following Sonic Colors Ultimate and Sonic Origins Plus. But instead of an Ultimate remaster we're getting an enhanced port and it's called:
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS!
Apparently it's a brand new experience with Shadow including a lot of stages from SA2 and Shadow the Hedeghog and a new story (I never expected to see Black Doom or the Black Arms return...!). The Biolizard boss fight from Generations 3DS. And "alongside" the classic complete Sonic Generations game.
Kind of like what Nintendo did Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, I'd say. Here's the trailer:
This means this year will really be "The Year of Shadow"! I'm expecting to see IDW do a Shadow one-shot like they did for Tails and Amy.
The game's coming in Autumn 2024!
There's been a surge of new Sega announcements lately making me believe we might be actually seeing a Sega revival play out, considering the last few remasters and indie sequels they also produced.
I've updated this bingo card with the 5 new announced titles, but not the licenced renewed, let's wait to see some concrete announcements first.
This is the Sega revival I hoped after the post-Dreamcast era when Sega was pumping out a ton of titles on Gamecube, Xbox and PS2 (and GBA), but which kinda didn't take...
And we almost got it around the 2010s with a bunch of compilations and 3DS remakes, but that died as well..
Here's my Bingo card. I make a clear distinction between remakes/remasters, which is nice but doesn't bring anything new I couldn't play on my classic Sega consoles, and actual new game installments. For example, I still hope to see a proper new Alex Kidd with brand new worlds and stages to explore. And Shenmue got both (but you can still bring us Shenmue 4!).
Let's see if we can complete a line or column!
Also none of the series that keep Sega alive, like Sonic, Yakuza.. There's always some new Shining in Japan.. not counting the Phantasy Star Online games which took over the classic Phantasy Star series. It's my selection of favorite Sega franchises.
Listen SEGA fans... we're gon be eating good pretty soon..........!!
Just now, in a new "obscure" trailer, SEGA randomly announced new titles for several legacy franchises...!!!
You want new SEGA games?? Here's a new Jet Set Radio, a new beautiful 2D Shinobi, a 3D Streets of Rage with SoR4's art style, AND MORE!!!
HOLY SH..T!! This was packed!!!
Another attempt at a modern Golden Axe (with hints of Beast Rider, I feel)!
A beautiful new Crazy Taxi!!
"New Era, New Energy! New games from Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Crazy Taxi - now in development!"
Awwww, yessss bois! We do be eating good pretty soon...
Not only is this Sonic Dream Team a (timed?) exclusive to Apple Arcade, and a return to 3D platform for Sonic, and it has several playable characters.. but the game also has another lovely animated opening + kickass music from Tee Lopes?
Come on Sega, last time you did exclusives it was the awful Sonic Boom game or that generic Sonic Lost World (which this seems a tiny bit inspired by).
Wow! Rouge! And Cream with a key role in the store? And I don't trust the new sheep girl...
New 3D Sonic game announced!
Yeah!!!
Playable Rouge! Playable Cream! Yes, multiple characters with their own styles!
Heck yeah, bring it on!
Lots of new stages inspired by "dreams and nightmares". No Green Hill Zone!
Let's go!!! LESSGO!!!
Exclusive to AppleArcade!
...waitWHAT?!?
Alright, we'll see if this or something similar comes out of the AppleArcade dmz. Either like Sonic Team Racing/Sonic Racing. Or stuck on it like other (good) games...
So far they released a trailer:
And we can have a look at the new villain "manipulating Eggman's dreams, a ram? A goat? A sheep? Let's call her Ram the Sheep for now. (or The GoatTM):
Time for a new Sonic youtube cartoon! This time to promote Superstars!
While escorting Dr. Eggman and his hapless new helper Trip through a perilous ruin, Fang the Hunter will need to muster all his cunning to overcome past mistakes and escape the coils of a fierce new enemy. Meanwhile, Eggman discovers what may be the key to his next dastardly scheme.
I was expecting several episodes, but I guess this is better than nothing. Including the return of Fang! And that new bad guy dude!
Can't wait for Sonic Superstars!
Sonic goes SSJ2 in new Sonic Frontiers free DLC! YES!! FRIGGIN YEAH!!!
This doesn't retcon Hyper Sonic in my eyes, that's like either a SSJ3 form or a God mode. Yes, Sonic is totally riffin' on Dragon Ball, and it always has been. Nothing new.
Sonic Frontiers: The Final Horizon Update arrives on September 28th!
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie...
How difficult is it to release a new Jet Set Radio or re-release the two (and I said TWO) previous games????!
Big news, Sonic and Sega fans, while waiting for the Frontiers story DLC and Sonic Origins Plus, Sega just announced a brand new Sonic sidescroller! But not another Mania with lovely 2D artstyle, not even a Sonic 4-situation. Instead we have a modern sidescroller with Sonic Generation-style visuals!
Looking gorgeous! I like how Amy is being incorporated into "Team Sonic" lately. I feel like a modern Sonic Heroes would had Amy part of Sonic's team now. (Which also makes you wonder for the upcoming Sonic Movie 3...).
Retro designs! New powerups with the Emeralds! New animated cutscenes! And Fang the Sniper is back, finally! Also Sonic fans rejoice, Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima is back with Sega and Sonic Team and he will be designing a brand new character for the adventure (rumored to be some sort of armored pangolin people have seen in leaked material).
Can you believe this game's already coming this fall????
So apparently the Knuckles spinoff for Paramount+ just started production.
Thoughts?
Wait and see...
I like these "live action" Sonic films well enough, but after stuff like the new Mario Bros. Movie, I kinda want to see them reboot Sonic as a pure CGi animated film as well, humans in the plot or not. Think cutscenes from the Sega games.
Oh, and slightly base it off the IDW comics for some nice exploration and characterisation.
(Sorry SATAM and Archie fans, but I'm not asking for an adaptation of the French comics, the UK comics or the manga, so let's go with a broader appeal closer to the games - and avoid a certain Ken P. as well..)
The best April's Fools are the ones that aren't just "trolls".
Case in point, Sega did this whole murder-mystery thing:
Check it out while you still can!
