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Lock up your daughters: New info on Bioware's Sonic RPG photo

The latest issue of Nintendo Power is reportedly chock full of information and pics of the upcoming Sonic RPG for the Nintendo DS, now known to be called Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. Crafted by BioWare, creator of the RPG hits Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, this game has me excited by its pedigree alone. According to the NP article, Sonic Chronicles will feature turn-based combat, "simple" dialog trees, fully animated cut scenes, and the return of everyone's favorite Totoro knock-off Big the Cat. Scans of the issue can be seen at French site Jeux-France.

Admittedly, the whole concept of a BioWare-developed Sonic RPG still has me befuddled. Sonic games are best when they are fast, short on story, and long on "mousetrap" style level designs. BioWare games are best when they are slow, big on story, and filled with alien/human pillow talk. It's like if Square-Enix were announced to be working on GTA puzzle game. I have no idea what to expect.
 
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GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:15
GrayFox
This might be the weirdest idea for a game I have ever heard. But as a former fan of Sonic, I'm pretty intrigued to see what they can make of this.
Video Cognito's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:17
Video Cognito
I was reading this yesterday and it has me excited. If only they were able to tie it in with the Archie comic...
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:18
mix
This could be the NEW Mario RPG!!!!!!


Who knows it might be decent, or it might be Sonic.
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:19
Sam Spectre
It's such a weird combination that it might just work.
Trowble's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:23
Trowble
If it can revive the franchise, then I'm game.
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:23
F Whipple
If mario worked as an RPG then this may work as well. Who knows?
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:24
Gameboi
Bioware will make it clap. History will show that they alone saved Sonic.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:24
Jonathan Holmes
Ok, it's contest time.

The person who makes the best NON-PORNOGRAPHIC photoshop of what this game might be like gets a hand made illustration of Sonic and Mr Destructoid picking up chicks and the Little Debbie snack cake of their choosing.

I'll start.

the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:25
the GAMEGOBLIN
Why have a jump when there's nowhere to go? I essentially jumped into a hole.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:29
Jonathan Holmes
What you talking 'bout Goblin?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:31
mix
once you click on the link, it take you to comments with nothing else to read.
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:40
Brandon Undead
Sonic sucks. He was fun when he was a hedgehog that ran really, really fast. When he got a personality, it was over.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 14:47
Jonathan Holmes
I'm not sure where this jump is that you speak of.

But if I can fix it, I will.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:02
Cheeburga
I saw the screen shots, it looks pretty at least.
ToxinBlackheart's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:04
ToxinBlackheart
Do not want.
B5512's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:11
B5512
Everyone should take a moment to revel in how your past-self would react if you mailed a copy of nintendo power boasting exclusive coverage of a *sonic the hedgehog* *RPG* 10 years or so into the past...
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:21
Jonathan Holmes
C'mon guys! Quit it!

What's this crazy jump thing you're all talking a-boot?
zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:36
zaqu
CHANGE YOUR NAME CALL YOURSELF TRON KNOTTS OR PUT TRON OR KNOTSS IN THE MIDDLE OF NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME
Zeal404's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:37
Zeal404
Maybe Bioware will include Geno the Puppet...

We miss you, Geno!
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:38
mix
Lol

Johnathan Holmes,

On the main page you can read the entire article, the "jump" is the link, or the article itself we click on to get to your story.

Usually on the main page a small % of the article is shown and once the "jump" is clicked we get to read the rest of the article.

Hope this helps!
DJP3DRO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:41
DJP3DRO
Surfer Girl says it's pretty good.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:44
Jonathan Holmes
Thanks Mix! Thing is though, I don't see no stinking jump, nor do I imply there is a jump.

Or do I? (cue Twilight Zone theme)
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:53
Jonathan Holmes
And I'm not ignoring you, Zaq. I'm just laughing to hard to think of anything to say to that.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:04
Im OK
Will this be the game that finally gets me to get off my ass and buy a DS? Probably not, but when I do eventually get a DS (and it will happen one of these days, I swear), this is one of the games I'll probably be getting for it.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:09
Im OK
@B5512

Past-self hell, I still did an ever so slight, involuntary double-take just now at the phrase "The latest issue of Nintendo Power is reportedly chock full of information and pics of the upcoming Sonic RPG," and I'm more or less used to it by now. My past self would have probably either died of a nerdgasm induced heart attack or merely burned the magazine as implausible blasphemy.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:12
mix
*breathes in hardcore like Ace*

The jump is more a term than anything. If you replace jump with the word link, it would make more sense.

It's just how we readers get from the main page over to your written article, by the link "jump" and basically your entire article can be read from the main page. Hence, before the jump (or link) so unless someone is posting a comment there would be no need to click on your link (jump) to read the "rest" of the story.

*gasps for air*

Hope this helps even moar!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:16
Jonathan Holmes
Thanks again, Mix. My problem is, I don't see a "View Story" tag on my post, but it sounds like you guys are seeing one.

Do you still see one now? Maybe if I open explorer I'll see one in that.
Phoenix Gamma's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:28
Phoenix Gamma
Oh hey I've seen this story before
braulio09's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:30
braulio09
no jump for me....
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:37
Jonathan Holmes
Oh Phoenix, you big silly.

Your C-blog was good, but it did not have the Jeux-France pics or the GoNintendo info. That's what makes our two blogs different.

But it's true, you did a blog about the game yesterday.

Everyone go read it right now.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:44
grrza
Sad thing, I've always thought the Sonic universe could have been interesting had they actually not gone retarded with it so early on.

The chaos crystals intrigued me as an 11 year when I played through the first sonic. None of the games had decent stories back then, so you had to use whatever the developers decided to toss in, plus your imagination. There was enough weirdness in Sonic 1 for something interesting to come out of it, but no, they had to bring sonic into the human world. wtf.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:50
mix
Hopefully this willhelp you out some more, as I am pretty sure what I have done here is mostly correct...lol

The picture below, is exactly what we readers see on the main page about your article, and the X's represent what we can click on to "jump" on over to your actual page for comments and such. As far as i know this is what the "jump" is being reffered to.

It's not necessarily a view story icon or tab we see, it's the hyper links. and as it is now your entire article can be read with out clicking on the links, to get to where we are now, posting comments.

Epic Image Shooping:
[img=http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4774/jumphx2.th.jpg]
epoch's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:51
epoch
i didn't care about this yesterday but i didn't realize it was on the ds, i'm in
vp360's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:18
vp360
ah fuck!
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:49
Arugala9
I trust Bioware so it should be interesting. They can't do any worse than Sega.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:05
Jonathan Holmes
Mix, you deserve some sort of award. Maybe a Little Debbie snack cake or something.

Thing is though, when I click the title, the comments, or the pic, I get the story. Did you check it again? Maybe right when the story went live, there was some glitch that corrected itself or something.

Anyway, you want a snack cake?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:35
mix
Jonathan,

No mutha fu**** snacks on this mutha fu**** plane!

Glad I could (sort) of help, but who really knows, the internet is a finicky thing; however, my friends list is a little low if you catch my drift...lol
Roflcopter Pilot's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:36
Roflcopter Pilot
I'm definetly not going to have Tails in my party.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:42
Jonathan Holmes
I noticed that, Mix. But you have to add people to your list.

I already added you to mine. :)
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:49
mix
I didn't want to be some creeper that just adds cool people (and writers..lol) to their list without them adding you back.

"No seriously I know all the Destructoid editors/writers AND the creator"

"Dude stfu"

"Want proof? Check out my friends list"

"Man you ARE cool"

I think that drives some points home with some people, you know who you all are...lol
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 19:06
mix
Oh, and I added you*
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 20:43
Necros
Please, Bioware, kill off almost everyone but Sonic...
Zeal404's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 03:08
Zeal404
And Geno...the Puppet
ThelolDranger's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 03:54
ThelolDranger
Bioware and RPG= good... Bioware-helmed RPG on DS= iffy.... Bioware-helmed RPG about a retarded idiot character=shit. But I have a DS... I'll probably have this a few weeks after it comes out. I've been wrong before! ..........Once.
Fanatism's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 04:57
Fanatism
wtfblakegtfo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 07:28
wtfblakegtfo
rofl
Zelnor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 08:38
Zelnor
Welcome, currently unnamed red-haired girl, in the wet dreams and rabid hate and self-insertion fantasies of Sonic Passion.com.

I almost pity her.
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 08:47
catsithx
well it cant get anyworse right?!?!?
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 11:57
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask
I'll buy it, provided there is NO voice acting.
Bulrog's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 12:24
Bulrog
That pic made me shiver.
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