The release date for Sonic Colors isn’t far off now and Sega is pushing Sonic Colors like… Well, like a Sonic game. Check out this brand new Sonic Colors commercial to be aired in the USA.
Note; I’ve dropped the ‘u’ in ‘Colours’ for this update as it’s an American commercial. Now excuse me while I go scrub myself in the shower with bleach and a wire brush.
Check out these two new game play videos of the up coming Wii FPS, The Conduit 2. The original Conduit game boasted an impressive engine for the Wii, some very cool featured HUD customization features and control schemes but ultimately didn’t live up to the hype.
The Conduit 2 actually looks a lot better then the original, fixing many of the complaints and has a brand new art style.
Hit the jump to watch the second, multiplayer video.
Here is the announcement trailer for Valkyria Chronicles 3, now with English subtitles provided by fans.
Not a lot more to say about this, but it is nice to know what they are blabbering about for a change, isn’t it?
The Japanese website for Yakuza: Of The End has been updated with a new
screenshots detailing brawling game play. Fantastic news because there is nothing more satisfying than punching a zombie square in the face. Fact.
While the new 3rd person shooting element of this Yakuza spin off could have easily been the main focus of the game on its own. I’m happy to report the return of what made Yakuza so popular in the first place; Streets of Rage style street brawling.
Only this time you get to break objects over the rotting faces of zombies instead of the faces of punk kids and rival Yakuza families.
Hit the jump for the screens!
[HAPPY HALLOWEEN!]
It’s that time of the year again folks! The night that all kinds of hideous ghouls, creeps and basement dwellers come out to play… And that’s just the Sega fans.
With Halloween come pumpkins and what kind of self respecting Sega fan would we be if we didn’t do a Sega related pumpkin!? This year we decided to base our pumpkin on Puyo Pop. We got some Puyos on there and classic character Carbuncle.
(Note; we even got him a small ruby for his forehead! Now that’s commitment… Even if it’s plastic.)
Hit the jump for more pictures plus a reminder of last years Pumpkin!
‘Sega doesn’t want to make any more bad Sonic games.’
-Mike Hayes
I like Mike Hayes, he’s a pretty level headed guy and knows all the right words to make my tum-tum all fuzzy.
Recently he has been saying some more happy words. When talking to IGN Mike Hayes spilled the beans on Sega’s new strategy with the Sonic brand.
Hit the jump to find out what he had to say and more importantly, what I had to say… About what he had to say.
The long running Shining Force fansite known as Shining Force Central run by the biggest Shining Force fan there is ‘Moogie’ has sprung into action with a new campaign to convince Sega and/or Camelot to give us a new Shining FORCE game in the classic style for next years Shining Forces 20th anniversary.
Who better to introduce the idea then Moogie herself?
Hit the jump for what she had to say on the matter!
So the long and the short of it is this, last year some random guy turned up on a site full of random people known as ‘4chan’. Calling himself ‘Wentos the Traveling Salesman’ he claimed to be an insider from Sega with a lot of beans to spill.
Like some online Mystic Meg he then dispenses some rather vague predictions and info on upcoming Sonic games. For reasons unknown to me people took stock in what this anonymous tipster had to say. Apparently many of his predictions did come true, albeit pretty vague ones I think anyone could have taken a stab in the dark at.
I’m not telling you this for the good of my health, so you have probably guessed it. He’s at it again… This time regarding Sonic Colours and Mario & Sonic.
Hit the jump to see what this guy is on about.
The third trailer for Sonic Colours is here! This time showing off a brand new level set in an outer-space level.
The trailer also shows three wisps in action including the brand new Purple Frenzy wisp, Blue Cube wisp and the already announced Green Hover wisp and Pink Spikes wisp.
I’m not sure what to make of the purple one yet. Looks like the least interesting of the lot so far. The blue on the other hand seems to work like a Mario Power (P) item changing blocks into blue rings you can collect. I see a lot of potential for platforming and puzzles in the blue wisp.
Also worth noting is the pink wisps ability to Spin Dash, pretty cool but something Sonic should have by default in my opinion.
“Out this Friday 22nd in Europe, Shinji Mikami’s latest offering from the Platinum Games studio. Without provocation the Earth plunges into a new and ferocious war. A war that will only be won by those with the technological edge – an edge like the A.R.S battlesuit.
Fight, survive and claim vengence for the lost.
War has accelerated. This is VANQUISH.”
-SEGA
This trailer looks awesome, the game looks awesome.
Go now… Buy Vanquish.
I’ll finish this post with a quote from the Euro gamer review;
“Vanquish is a trailblazer. It is a game of astounding creativity and polish, exhilarating on the ground in the moment-to-moment thrills of high-speed-to-slow-motion combat, as well as in its wider, twisting trajectory. Doubtless the best third-person shooter ever to come out of Japan, Vanquish builds on Western developers’ triumphs to push the genre in new, interesting directions, shifting the balance of power, and cementing Shinji Mikami’s position as one of the best directors working in videogames today.”
[Eurogamer review]
I’m not going too write a second, conventional review for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1. We already have a good review by Barry covering the iPad version of the game. His review touches upon most what you need to know about all versions of the game and I feel I’d just be echoing most of what he has already written.
Instead I want to make a list of all of the things that, after finishing Sonic 4 (and getting almost all of the achievements) I feel could be fixed or improved for Sonic 4 Episode 2.
So, hit the jump for my Sonic 4 Episode 2 improvment rundown!
I know what you are thinking; ‘A.R.S’ wasn’t the best name for the suit. However let’s not make this the ‘butt’ of some crude joke… Sorry couldn’t help myself.
But make no mistake, this trailer is awesome and I simply cannot wait for Vanquish to come out.
Vanquish looks totally ‘bad A.R.S‘…
Colour me excited… Get it, colour? I’ll stop.
Yes, Sega have released yet another Sonic Colours trailer. This one focuses on the Hover and Rocket power ups. Boy does it look sweet!
What I see in Sonic Colours that I did not see in Sonic Unleasheds ‘day levels’ is more verity. Instead of just running though levels as fast as possibly, which is not what I enjoy or look for in a Sonic game at all. There is genuine platforming, little mini games, new paths to find and puzzles mid level. This makes the game far more interesting and something I hope becomes a staple of all new Sonic games.
Sonic Colours looks better and better with every trailer I see. I haven’t been as excited for a Sonic game since I was swayed to buy Phantasy Star Online before Skies of Arcadia even when my original plan was to buy Skies of Arcadia first. Simply because PSO came with a Sonic Adventure 2 demo.
Note: I bought Skies of Arcadia a week later. Loved both.
“Your enemies are many, your weapons are too. Take them out with flair, guile, skill, with no mercy!”
Boy, does this game look really good or what?!
I don’t think there is much left to say about this game other than ‘day one!’
I really love the outcome of the Sega and Platinum deal. So far Platinum has made the kind of games that got me into Sega in the first place. Fast paces, different, addictive and unashamed to acknowledge they are games not ’Interactive movies’. I hope the deal continues.
Release Date: 10/19/2010
Those dirty Ninjas are back!
Hire a single ninja to assassinate an approaching enemy general from the Imagawa clan. Watch the cinematic and hope he gets the job done! This particular scene is a bit of a comical one, can’t be that great of a Ninja.
I simply can’t wait for this game to come out in 2011.