The reassuring news keeps on coming regarding Sonic the Hedgehog 4. First of all, we get a bit of gameplay footage that looks terrific, then we get word that Dimps is working on the game, and now it has been revealed that Sonic 3's senior level designer is also involved.
"So, is it just Dimps? Just Sonic Team? The answer is a bit of both," explains Sega. "Yes, Dimps is working on the game. But there’s actually more to it than just that: at the same time, we also have members of Sonic Team, including the original senior level designer from Sonic 3 & Knuckles on the SEGA Genesis working alongside them. It is most definitely a partnership, and the result of this teamwork is something many of us are excited for."
It really is looking like Sonic 4 will be the game that old school fans have been longing to see, and I count myself as one of those fans who waits with nervous excitement. Please please please don't mess this up, Sega!
Sonic 4: Sega & Dimps Developing [Kombo via GoNintendo]
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8:00 AM on 02.20.2010
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I really hope its not going to turn out shitty.
I hope it's good this time
Sonic 3 & Knuckles is the BEST Sonic game. Graphics, music, sound, level design, it's all the best in S3&K.
Now I hear that a senior level designer from S3 is working on S4? Sign me up.
IT SUCKED.
Where have these people been for the last 10 years?
I mean I can play a sonic game in 3D if sonic Just used Momentum for speed, and had a wider open space...
otherwise...this is good news :]
my childhood as most but I am getting nightly tired of reading people post
"don't mess this is sega"......
As if by messing this installment up would be a horrific act akin to taking you to the past in a time machine and forcing you to piss in the face of your younger self.
Seriously, I love sonic as much as the next person but please get a grip, it's a game amongst a list of hundreds of thousands.
If this sonic sucks then there are other games.
The reason people say "Don't mess this up, SEGA!" is because this has the potential to be a great Sonic game. Unlike everything Sonic related released in the last couple of years/decade.
Not like Sonic 1 and 2 where perfect!
And you know what? Sega has gotten so far away from the original formula that even the recent games don't feel like Sonic anymore. All of us would like to see Sonic progress, but before Sega can do that it would seem that they need to go back to the old formula and figure out if it is what the fans want. That more or less seems like one of their primary objectives with Sonic 4.
Slightly looking forward to this now
I do expect sega to go back to making 3D sonic games right after this. I think there's a reason why it's Dimps making this game and not sonic team itself... when it comes to the sonic games, dimps has always been working on what are more like side projects than main sonic titles. Really what dimps is doing with sonic 4 seems like what they have already been doing for handheld games just on a bigger platform; calling it "sonic 4" is really just a marketing ploy. While Dimps make episodes of this game, sonic team will probably be making more 3d sonic
Meh, we'll see.
Annd...profit!
you will when it releases.
Agreed.
I thought Sonic 3 & Knuckles was the best 2D Sonic game EVER. This is going to be awesome. Also, why the hate for Carnival Night Zone?
@Turtlehermit
You're everything that's wrong with the gaming industry on the consumer side of things.
I have played sonic advance 1 and 3 and both sonic rush games, I know they feel different from the older games but then sonic 2 felt different from 1 and sonic 3 felt a little different as well.
I can't see how this won't make it sonic 4.
Shocked by what? A werehog? Let them make a decent game for once, hopefully they'll rediscover what makes the series so great, and then apply that to a new game.
How can he run like a STIFF bouncing up and down moving across the level as seen in the freeaking trailer??
His feet seems to just slip and slide on the ground as he moves right ward. You call that running Sega?
Heck, even the old-but-gold Sonic1 looks and feels speedy as he has logical running dynamics?
How could Sonic stand still @ 45 degrees on his back and not fall down over a ledge?
And why does hefeel "top heavy" is he just like my action figure?
With all the graphical power the present consoles have how can Dimps screw up in this very small details?
Heh, okay, I admit that the barrels sucked. But when I figured them out, it was that much cooler. :P