The Sonic storybook series that began with Sonic and the Secret Rings continues with this latest announcement for Sonic and the Black Knight. This Wii-exclusive title brings Sonic back to medieval times, giving the hedgehog the chance to become a knight. How Arthurian!
Sonic actually takes up a sword in this new title by Sega Japan's Sonic Team. The Wii Remote and Nunchuck will both be used in some fashion to provide an "interactive experience." What do you want to bet that Sonic will swing his sword with your Wiimote movements?
Wait, spiky hair and a big sword? Sounds like something else I've played before.
"Sonic and the Black Knight is a stunning adventure into an epic land and story that no gamer can resist," said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc. "Gamers will experience all the excitement of mastering a sword and true knighthood, as well as the classic, speedy, 2D/3D gaming action that Sonic is famous for."
Sonic and the Black Knight will hit the Wii in Spring of 2009.
I don't know what to think of this yet, and Sega has provided us with nothing in the way of pictures. Will it just be Sonic and his sword? That's silly. How can you run fast with a sword? If he is not running fast, then how is he still Sonic? Does it even seem right to you that Sonic would wield a sword? Is this a good idea, or are they slowly killing our favorite blue hedgehog?
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1:38 PM on 07.21.2008
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Being a HUGE Sonic fan, I think it's weird that I don't necessarily care what they do with him. I've grown to accept the fact that Sonic won't ever be as good as he used to be, at least on a console; the Sonic Rush and Sonic Advance games were amazing, and I have good faith that Sonic Chronicles will be amazing, too.
I guess we'll have to wait for one of Sega's "Sonic Trailer Bots" to put out an awesome looking trailer of gameplay you could only dream of achieving
Sonic Megamix Sonic 1 Hack? Reinvention? Remasterd? Awesome 16bit gaming.
And the upcoming Fangame Retro Sonic, built in C++ The Demo for that is Awesome, these are the people SEGA Should be employing to make new games.
Sean Ratcliffe can kiss my epic ass, what next Sonic and the big pair of Sharp Scissors. :o
Not that I'm some fanfic writing lunatic Sonic fan, no, I enjoyed the original games, but just ... it's so sad seeing a (in my eyes) fledgeling studio doing bad games that just go nowhere, while the money would be so much better spent trying to come up with something original. Remember Samba The Amigo? Or Jet Grind Radio? Or Crazy Taxi? Yeah, you had it in you Sega, now please try to find it again.
Any Sonic games that deviates from running fast and collecting rings is pointless. Stop trying to make him a deep character.
they killed him quite a few games back. this is just another dance on his grave. another dump taken on his tombstone.
You think Sega would've learned by now. We don't WANT epic storylines or locales in our Sonic games. We just want the addictivly fast platforming that the series used to stand for. I can't believe they haven't figured that out yet. Seriously.
eh, someone liked secret rings, so i'm sure they'll like this.
No, they did that previously, now they're sodomising his decomposing corpse.
I'm sorry. That game was just not good.
OH I KNOW!