Loads of Sonic 4: Episode 1 details hit

The latest issue of Game Informer has more information on Sonic 4: Episode 1 than one could possible want, with screens and an interview that should please plenty of old school fans. At least, the old school fans who aren’t busy whining about Sonic’s legs being too long. 

Here’s all the important stuff gleaned from the interview with Takashi Iizuka:

• Episode 1 is a prologue to the main story
• Tails and Knuckles are teased to return in Episode 2
• Moves include: Spin Dash, Rolling Attack, Homing Attack and a fourth mystery one
• Classic special stages will be returning
• The graphics aren’t 3D, but CG pre-renders
• If you don’t get all the Chaos Emeralds, you’ll receive a classic “Try Again” ending. Getting all the emeralds results in a cliffhanger tease for Episode 2

Of the controversial Homing Attack, Iizuka says he wanted Sonic 4 to have an easy-to-play feeling, as well the ability to find “fun routes in the air.” He also says that this is the return to form that “you have been waiting sixteen years for.” Some bold words indeed. Very, very bold. 

Sonic 4 interview in latest Nintendo Power and Game Informer [The Sonic Stadium]