Sonic General Discussion Thread v1

[Megalan]

[QUOTE=redBadger;52670854]It's been cracked so I'm going to assume they may remove it. Not entirely sure though[/QUOTE]

It's still there afaik.

Also [URL="http://ebten.jp/sega/p/7015017082301"]ebten store page[/URL] says that storywise Sonic Forces will be close to Sonic Adventure

Google translate warning:
[QUOTE]- Syriac characters total appearance Serious & authentic story!
It is up to the Eggman army who dominated 99% of the whole world, Sonic's companions - Resistance Army! Tales of buddies, knuckles of the battalion team, fellows of silver, vector, espion etc. gather together! In contrast to the Eggman army, enemies like the mysterious character "Infinite", Shadow, Metal Sonic, Chaos and the like stand out! A serious and magnificent story that draws on the flow of "Sonic Adventure" will develop. [/QUOTE]

[Bathacker]

[QUOTE=redBadger;52670854]It's been cracked so I'm going to assume they may remove it. Not entirely sure though[/QUOTE]

Eh, as much as I'd like an unlocked PC version for mods I don't feel like waiting for something that might not even come. I'll buy it for Switch. I need games for it anyway.

[Durrsly]

IIRC Denuvo's TOS requires the DRM to be removed when it's cracked

[subenji]

[QUOTE=Bathacker;52671859]Eh, as much as I'd like an unlocked PC version for mods I don't feel like waiting for something that might not even come. I'll buy it for Switch. I need games for it anyway.[/QUOTE]

Mania modding has been happening since Day 1, even exe modification. A [url=https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sonic+mania+mod]youtube search[/url] will give you plenty of results and there's plenty of documentation on [url=http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=37127]Sonic Retro[/url] and [url=https://tcrf.net/Sonic_Mania]The Cutting Room Floor Wiki.[/url]

[BuffaloHops]

Somebody on Sonic Retro has uploaded the level maps onto imgur

[url]http://imgur.com/a/ZiVoQ?grid[/url]

...and also, here is a video with (actually interesting) cut content from Sonic Mania as opposed to just clickbait:

[video=youtube;82qYQiZtbxc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82qYQiZtbxc[/video]

[KnightRider25]

So it seems there was update for Sonic Mania on Switch. Anyone knows what they did?

[redBadger]

[QUOTE=KnightRider25;52674080]So it seems there was aupsate for Sonic Mania on Switch. Anyone knows what they did?[/QUOTE]

A what?

[KnightRider25]

[QUOTE=redBadger;52674359]A what?[/QUOTE]

Fuck, meant to say Update.

[Poke]

[QUOTE=KnightRider25;52674080]So it seems there was update for Sonic Mania on Switch. Anyone knows what they did?[/QUOTE]

Probably pushing forward the fixes from PC version and the Super Button.

[KnightRider25]

[QUOTE=Pokepunch;52674393]Probably pushing forward the fixes from PC version and the Super Button.[/QUOTE]

I gave it a try and the Home and Power Button is still laggy.

[Megalan]

New mobile game: [URL="https://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/sonic-forces-speed-battle/id1262362476?mt=8"]Sonic Forces: Speed Battle[/URL]

[Rummy.SM]

[QUOTE=Megalan;52674705]New mobile game: [URL="https://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/sonic-forces-speed-battle/id1262362476?mt=8"]Sonic Forces: Speed Battle[/URL][/QUOTE]

Maybe i'm too harsh on mobile games but this seriously looks like it was barely baked, it has no reason to get a soft launch.

[Megalan]

Some content has been ripped from this game
[t]https://pp.userapi.com/c836425/v836425707/64074/163QtDfMnUY.jpg[/t][t]https://pp.userapi.com/c836425/v836425707/6407d/Z52WnQS3dTk.jpg[/t]

+ gameplay video:

[video]https://youtu.be/xvak7OPLEbE[/video]

[Sweater]

[QUOTE=Megalan;52675230]Some content has been ripped from this game
[t]https://pp.userapi.com/c836425/v836425707/64074/163QtDfMnUY.jpg[/t][t]https://pp.userapi.com/c836425/v836425707/6407d/Z52WnQS3dTk.jpg[/t]

+ gameplay video:

[video]https://youtu.be/xvak7OPLEbE[/video][/QUOTE]

They took mostly from Sonic Dash and turned it into a racing\runner game, that's smart.

[Lord Exor]

[QUOTE=Megalan;52670922]It's still there afaik.

Also [URL="http://ebten.jp/sega/p/7015017082301"]ebten store page[/URL] says that storywise Sonic Forces will be close to Sonic Adventure

Google translate warning:[/QUOTE]
I wish I could be excited to see the official game canon adopt my favorite plot archetype (evil dictator controls the entirety of the story's setting, only opposed by a small, mostly ineffectual band of dissidents struggling to both survive and usurp the despot). However, this isn't [I]Star Wars[/I], [I]Beast Machines[/I], or even SatAM--this is SEGA, so it's bound to be mangled beyond recognition.

[Septimus01]

This just came up on the official Japanese Sonic Youtube channel. It's unlisted.
[video]https://youtu.be/7LfN_d-HFF8?t=1s[/video]

The voice is Knuckle's Japanese voice.

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=Septimus01;52675731]This just came up on the official Japanese Sonic Youtube channel. It's unlisted.
[video]https://youtu.be/7LfN_d-HFF8?t=1s[/video]

The voice is Knuckle's Japanese voice.[/QUOTE]
Translations generally agree that he's proclaiming himself the Resistance leader and that he's calling for help.
Meanwhile tracks from Speed Battle on the level select seem to show that [sp]Sky Sanctuary[/sp] is among them, which may mean that zone returns for Forces too.

Also have a low-quality rip of the world map theme from Forces as its heard in Speed Battle.
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3RB1a0c-B0[/media]

[BuffaloHops]

[QUOTE=RikohZX;52675789]
Meanwhile tracks from Speed Battle on the level select seem to show that [sp]Sky Sanctuary[/sp] is among them, which may mean that zone returns for Forces too.
[/QUOTE]

:speechless:

Again with the [sp]nostalgia pandering[/sp]?

[RaikohZX]

[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52675808]:speechless:

Again with the [sp]nostalgia pandering[/sp]?[/QUOTE]
Honestly, i'm not even surprised anymore. Sonic Team and Sega alike seem to have this firm idea since '06's failure that [sp]nostalgia[/sp] is the key to the fan's attention.

[Mio Akiyama]

[QUOTE=KnightRider25;52674080]So it seems there was update for Sonic Mania on Switch. Anyone knows what they did?[/QUOTE]

No there isn't

[KnightRider25]

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;52675849]No there isn't[/QUOTE]

Weird, it kept pestering me that there was a new update for it everytime I tried to run the game.

[Mio Akiyama]

[QUOTE=KnightRider25;52675973]Weird, it kept pestering me that there was a new update for it everytime I tried to run the game.[/QUOTE]

Did you do the system update because it does that if you haven't updated the switch

[alpha00zero]

[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52675808]:speechless:

Again with the [sp]nostalgia pandering[/sp]?[/QUOTE]

[sp]Classic Sonic should have been a dead giveaway from the start, bud. I still believe he doesn't belong in Forces at all and should have been Modern and Avatar stage + their tag team stages.[/sp]

[KnightRider25]

[QUOTE=Mio Akiyama;52675982]Did you do the system update because it does that if you haven't updated the switch[/QUOTE]

Didn't even know it did that for system updates. Guess it was just that.

[redBadger]

[QUOTE=alpha00zero;52675988][sp]Classic Sonic should have been a dead giveaway from the start, bud. I still believe he doesn't belong in Forces at all and should have been Modern and Avatar stage + their tag team stages.[/sp][/QUOTE]

I know it's been said a million times, but Sonic Team just isn't confident enough in having a single idea and sticking with it the entire game.

Unleashed had Werehog, Colors had a TON of 2D platforming acts, Generations had Classic Sonic, and now this.

[KnightRider25]

Slightly off-topic, but I really enjoyed Shinobi III that I ended buying the 3D version in 3DS.

I'm still trying to find out which is the sound that the Heavy Shinobi uses in Mania. Is it the Kunai throwing sound?

[Lord Exor]

[QUOTE=BlindSniper17;52675808]:speechless:

Again with the [sp]nostalgia pandering[/sp]?[/QUOTE]
Where's my Robotropolis zone?

[Metalcastr]

I could listen to Studiopolis Act 1 all day.

Also I figured out how to beat Metal Sonic, I just stood in one place to the side, missed Metal Sonic's plasma farts, and spin-dash the replisonics when they spin towards me.

Robotnikopus is frustrating, but just boop the farters over and over, then bash the machine itself. I spent the previous two acts gathering lives.

[Rellow]

[QUOTE=alpha00zero;52675988][sp]Classic Sonic should have been a dead giveaway from the start, bud. I still believe he doesn't belong in Forces at all and should have been Modern and Avatar stage + their tag team stages.[/sp][/QUOTE]

[sp]Not to mention, with Mania having come out to rave reviews and having amazing controls and physics, "Classic" Sonic is gonna feel janky as fuck in Forces if he still feels like he did in generations. I honestly don't like playing him at all, to the point where everytime a Classic Sonic stage came up I'd just figure out the fastest way to get past it by abusing the hilariously broken spindash. What the hell is the point of nostalgia pandering now when a whole game dedicated to it came out and did it far better than Sonic Team can?[/sp]

[Eriorguez]

Continuity nods are fine. Having Green Hill in every game is not that good, nor is failing to understand why 06 was panned and Mania praised (hint: It is the gameplay and its polish).