One of the main sore points about Sonic Unleashed was The Werehog, a new alter ego for Sonic that helped to represent everything that is wrong with Sonic Team's continued abuse of Sega's once-loved mascot. Naturally, since most people hated it, Sonic Team has suggested that The Werehog could return, continuing the studio's commitment to making everybody sad.
"In principle, I think that the users are always right," states Sonic and the Black Knight director Tetsu Katano. "They're the ones paying the money and playing the games. If they don't enjoy it, they're not going to buy it. I don't think that producing the Werehog was a mistake per se, but there were a lot of things we could have done better if we had more time and resources.
"If I think of any ideas then Sonic Unleashed 2 will be the time for that, so I don't really have an answer for that. But you will see the Werehog again."
No announcement has been made regarding a Sonic Unleashed 2, so this is all hypothetical. Of course, it was never the Werehog that was the trouble with Sonic Unleashed. It was the piss-poor level design and unforgivable forced replay of stages. Don't worry though kids, I'm sure Sonic Team will make sure we see plenty of that as well.
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1:20 PM on 03.03.2009
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Please, please, PLEASE don't waste our time and energy with this bullshit.
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Seriously?
Did they just take a bunch of random people off the street to create the latest Sonic Team? Sonic fans don't want him turning into a beast, or falling in love with a little girl.
Here's a tip guys: see all the fans cheering Capcom? Wanna know why? It's because they gave us Mega Man 9, 1942 Joint Strike, and Bionic Commando Rearmed. Old-school 2D games given a fresh coat of paint. Give us a new 2D game, release it as DLC on XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare. Or hell, take another page from Capcom and release Sonic in 3D but keep the gameplay fun, like it was back in the day. Then you'll get blowjobs from us as well.
Why do good video game companies have to struggle while Sega keeps pumping out shit-tacular crap.
WHY!
FUUUUUUUUCK =[!
Well have Yakuza 3 and a 2D remake, I'll add to "things want Sega to work on instead"... an English version of Typing of the Dead 2. You already made the damn thing, how hard is it to change "hisktikiokichio" to "cat", set it up on something like Steam and make some extra bucks?
Although I might end up playing it, because I will never lose hope, that there might be a good Sonic game again someday.
But there was real fun in elements of Sonic for a whole lot of people. If you can't give them a new Sonic experience - and it looks like Sega absolutely cannot - then at least give him the Mega Man 9 treatment. Hell, bring his furry friends. Invent 12 new friends. Just move them out of the way for 25-30 levels of actual Sonic levels and the sales will come pouring in.
FUCK YOU
Put your resources to good games.
GUESS WHO'S THE BITCH NOW?!
Please just come to my house and shaft me to death with a rusty pipe. Anything but more of your shity gimmicks.
Luv 'N' Hugs
Shakey1245
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JaW_f45xnY
srsly, SEGA? :(
@Tet: harder than you think, but it helps to actually know *some* japanese... I wouldn't mind seeing TOTD2 myself.
Seriously, Shawn Elliot gets righter every day.
THAT'S NOT HOW YOU MILK SOMETHING, SEGA. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE TOO MUCH OF THE STUFF WE LIKE UNTIL IT GETS STALE AND BORING.
No, it sold poorly because it had Sega's name on it, and Sega is associated with crap like this.
Seriously, I want to love Sega again, I do. But Sega needs to love me back.
And not, you know, make a game where Sonic's core mechanic, his speed, is thrown out for most of the game to somehow appease furries. By making him furrier. And slow. And he has stretchy powers. Because that's really what's fun about being a werething. Stretchy arms.
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I made myself sad.
sigh. I wouldn't mind a third Sonic Rush though, that series has been consistently awesome.
My faith in Sonic is now gone.
I just dislike the thought that we're going to get to see more of those fun 2.5d levels again.