Tara McPherson's Black Heart Of Gold Dunny coming May 24 on tomopop

WTF is Destructoid? Read this first! Got news? email us

create an account | login

Home Buy & Sell Wii U PS Vita 360 PS3 Wii PC 3DS PSP Reviews Videos Blogs Forums Fight

Genki-JAM's blog

RSS

Contact

About Me

edit

My calling card

My Crappy Artz

AIM: GenkiKatchum100

Gamer Profile

edit

3DS friend code:
Steam: Genki_JAM
Battle:
PSN: GenkiJAM
Mii:
Gamertag: GenkiJAM

Following (19)

edit

Around the community:

Bloggers Wanted: Hype

Your complete guide to Destructoid

Sonic 4: Episode 1 To Hit THIS JULY and also Will BE ON THE IPHONE!
Genki-JAM \| 3:22 AM on 02.04.2010	20 comments

Holy crap guys. This super-cool dude over at damnlag.com just found out that, if you dig into the flash code for the new Sonic 4 website, you'll find a picture that reveals the game's eventual month of release and what the mystery boxes and "???" things mean! July and iPhone O DANG!

So this...

is eventually going to show this...

Also, the people that first discovered this also said they found info that says the game will have 5 zones. Aw snap!

OH! And the website has an extra character screen that is still hidden, but it will probably either be Tails or Knuckles since they weren't on that list of characters not in the game. Craaaaaazy!!!

Is this post awesome? Vote it up!

Those who have fapped: phantomile

Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:

Comment with Facebook

Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid

New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

20 comments | showing # 1 to 20

Monodi

lol, SEGA got ninja'd they should spill that bean now for once

phantomile

Regardless of what platforms it's on, I'm still incredibly disappointed by the fact that it's 3-D (or 2.5-D, rather).
Sonic Rush was more of a revival of the series than this.

Monodi

I actually think Sonic Advance was more towards that, but the stupid children will pretend both don't exist.

Guncannon

Yo, don't be spamming this site with your own articles from another site...a "super-cool dude" indeed...

(P.S. I'm not being MK-serious about this.)

Guncannon

Oh, and I also thought that with Sonic Advance and Sonic Rush, Sonic 4 isn't particularly "retro-new". Sega, did you notice what made Megaman 9 so popular?

Xzyliac

Man on the frontpage there's a party. Here's there's downers. :/

I for one am excited much for good love make Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and iPhone version make joy happen in pants.

P-Dude

Why the FUCK would it not be in "2.5D"? Jesus Christ everyone is retarded

Genki-JAM

lol @Guncannon I's just citin' my sources, dawg! :P

Yeah, I think the 2.5D crap is a bad idea. The running looks freaking terrible just like in Sonic Rush. Mainly because you don't get the same sense of speed that you get from the spinning wheel legs. Hell, Sonic Unleashed did it better than this. So hopefully they fix it or we complain enough that they go and fix it. I mean, they did it with NiGHTS for Sonic All-Stars Racing, right?

Genki-JAM

@P-Dude

It would've been better in just 2D with hand-drawn everything. Not everything has to be in 2.5D.

P-Dude

I think Megaman Powered Up and New Super Mario Bros Wii make a strong case in favor of 2.5D.

Guncannon

@P-Dude:

Megaman 9 & 10 make an equally strong case in favour of full retro 2D. I'm not denying that NSMB Wii is a great game, but if they had made an 8-bit "Super Mario 3: 2" or 16-bit "Super Mario World 3" on Wiiware, I would have been equally excited, if not more so.

Pencoin

Sweet. Looks like each episode is a full game. I want Tails and Knuckles and Amy though as well.

Genki-JAM

Aaaahahahaha! They removed the image from the link finally. Hahaha silly Sega. YOU'RE TOO SLOOOOOOOW!

Fat Ryu

??? Is way too good a tease to just mean app store. Well done sega, your abilities to constantly disappoint those who love you are astounding as always.

In sega's head:

us: what is ??? ?

Sega: iPhone

us: fuck me, that's fucking revolutionary! Thankyou sega, wow!

In reality:

us: what is ??? ?

Sega: iPhone

us: oh...

flabzilla

They really need to sort out the interface, on screen dpads and buttons just don't work that well.

I have played Sonic 1 so many times and yet I could barley get past the first level in the iphone port.

Xzyliac

@flabzilla
I can see it using whatever motion controls the PS3 and Wii will have so hopefully that'll minimize some of it. After playing an actually very good FPS on the iPhone I'm convinced anything is possible.

Also, I second the Tails, Knuckles, and Amy request. Not neccesarily as playable (maybe unlockable) but at least cameos. I'm not against the main crew up to about Sonic Adventure 2 (minus Big). And I quite like Knuckles since Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was my favorite of all the 2D Sonics.

Genki-JAM

Ehhhh. I don't think anyone from Sonic Adventure 1/2 will be showing up in this game. The game's storyline is right after Sonic 3 & Knuckles, according to the website for the game. This would also mean no Amy as I'm sure Sonic CD takes place later anyway. So Knuckles and Tails are the only possible choices, and it'll probably be Knuckles since he has a greater difference in gameplay style than Tails.

njsykora

No, they've said that Sonic will be the only PLAYABLE character. That leads me to think the second character will be Tails along for the ride ala Sonic 2.

Genki-JAM

@njsykora
No, they haven't.

"In Project Needlemouse, there will be no new characters � playable or otherwise. The focus will remain solely on one blue hedgehog." Notice how they didn't come right out and say "Sonic is the only playable character." They said it would focus on Sonic and there would be no new characters.

They gave a list of possible characters for the game that did NOT include Tails or Knuckles and basically said Sonic was the only one on that list that would be playable. If you go to the website and look in the character section you can see that there is an extra character slot there. It could end up being just Robotnik and a Bio for him, or it could be Tails or Knuckles. Everyone else has been saying "Sonic is the only playable character." Not Sega.

Genki-JAM

Also, they've already confirmed that this game takes place after Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Though the story says Sonic goes by himself, so it isn't absolutely certain, but when it comes to this industry, wording is everything. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion just yet.

Comment with Facebook

Click connect and comment instantly!

Comment with Dtoid

New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds

Comments policy

Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?

Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!

All editorial content, including blogs, comments, and forums written by our community, are protected by a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing requiring attribution. Destructoid aka ModernMethod is an independently-run company forged by our childhood love of video games and adulthood hatred mainstream video game press.

Living the dream since March 16, 2006