It upsets me to see a quality story wasted on a portable game.

Bioware, just wtf do you think are you doing?

sixonedoesitall

STOP!
If Elise didn't 'kiss' Sonic, he woulda died.
And then Solaris would have killed everyone.
Including Sonic!
INCLUDING SONIC!..

.. So it's just me who played Sonic The Hedgehog for X360?

Thought so. ._.;

Sanjo

@[ZTF]: Indeed. I can't help but be reminded of the the Bad Future portions of Sonic CD.

Arteen

I still remember Shadow the Hedgehog and that's damn sure not a good thing.

Div

Remembering isn´t exactly a good thing.

We all still remember the fiasco of almost every non-Genesis Sonic game. His stupid sidekicks, Shadow, HUMAN KISSING and everything in between.

Hell, we still remember Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, September 11th, the Nazis, everything.

lucasreis

Ah, the love between a hedgehog and a young girl. It is the pures- *vomits*

Donato

Is that sonic kissing robotnic there? and why is knuckles watching...i knew thre was something odd about those 3, is that the darker twist tehy were talking about

SSJ4_Macd

What's not dark about a mad despot bent on recreating the world as an industrial hell?

[ZTF]

BioWare is the only company in the world that can make me excited for a new Sonic game.

KainReborn

Urgh... about half the Sonic games after Sonic Adventure 2 did suck mightily. He has had some great games (Advance series on the Advance, Rush series on the DS) but his 3-D titles have been nothing short of abysmal.

Maybe this is the game that'll change Sonic for the better.

blackadvent

"Sonic fans remember a lot that has happened to that blue hedgehog in the last few years, none of it good."

You're mostly right; Sonic Rush was a great game.

I'm really looking forward to Sonic RPG. Even if it turns out to be a bad Sonic game, I'm expecting it to be a solid RPG.

Do Kesubei

@sixonedoesitall: Um, what's the problem? The way I see it, Sonic needs any good games he can get.

Aethyr

Here's something we can all console ourselves with: by virtue of Sonic '06's ending itself, the game is not part of continuity. It was a lame "time loop is killed and everyone forgot everything" kind of ending, but it means the game never happened.

So from now on, Sonic has a relatively clean slate.

...If you ignore Shadow.

WildKnightblazer

"Sonic fans remember a lot that has happened to that blue hedgehog in the last few years, none of it good. Break the trend, BioWare, do it. Not for your own sake or SEGA's sake, but Sonic's."

Stole the words right outta my mouth. However, Bioware have released some jawdropping games so I can't help but have some sort of allegiance to them. I'm sure we can happily entrust them to make something that doesn't totally blow.

Kapzer

Knuckles is just thinking in that picture "Yeah... I remember the good old days..."

honeymustard

We do what Japan did with the terrible Godzilla remake and just pretend it never happened...

B33

@Aethyr:

Certainly he does, but the last good handheld game I can remember playing was Poke'mon Red, and that was what, 10+ years ago?

Handheld games are the direct to DVD releases of the gaming world... they just never make box office.

Even if it ended up being the best handheld game ever made, it still could never come close to having the same potential as a pc or console game.

sixonedoesitall

@Do Kesubei: The difference between Rush and this Chronicles is that Rush is a true Sonic game, a fast-paced side-scroller in old-school Sonic fashion. This is the same reason the old Sonic Advance series was popular.

Whenever I see anything about this Sonic RPG, I can't help but think, "WHY WOULD YOU MAKE AN RPG WITH SONIC?! THIS ISN'T WHAT WE WANT! WE WANT OLD-SCHOOL STYLE!" But, what I have to keep in mind -- for my sanity -- is that these are certainly the same feelings that Mario fans felt back in '96. I am biased about SMRPG (wuv,) but, the way I see it, if Square can do it, so can Bioware. I'll keep an eye on the reviews and buy (or not) accordingly.

vid3oman64

Sonic needs to ditch his friends. Bust out a solo career, Sonic. You can do it!

Wolfers

@Wolfers: Absolutely. Outside of Tails and Knuckles, the rest of Sonic's "pals" are useless garbage. It's like everyone Sonic knows is some failed Xtreme mascot from the late 90's. Ditch the useless cast members and get back to what works - Sonic, going fast.

AngryEddy

@CloudHiro: It was a good game, excluding the many bugs. I really enjoyed it - achievements were a bit over the top, but it was worth it.

Glad someone else has played it and enjoyed it. Go Sonic! :D

Sanjo

@sixonedoesitall: You're excluding Japan, I assume? Let us not forget about the Pokemon series and, more recently, Monster Hunter.

@CloudHiro: I enjoyed Heroes a lot, but it felt like it should've been a portable game. The Sonic Wii game wasn't either.

@vid3oman64: Yeah, I'm hoping Chronicles draws in people who don't like Sonic games. I despise Mario games and don't understand how people find them fun, but I adore Mario RPG (and the Paper Mario series, up to Super Paper Mario).

Do Kesubei

@Sanjo: your not the only one, I loved the 06 sonic game myself. they just should have ironed out the glitches before releaceing it.

I dont know why recent sonic games have no love, from the rush series on the DS to the 3D ones I'd liked almost every one of them. almost. Heroes is one of the games that I removed from that list <_<

CloudHiro

We have word on the next game in the legendary Sonic canon: Big The Cat Trims The Fat!

Using your WiiFitness Board, help Big The Cat lose his unsightly bulge in time for the Chaos Emerald Ball! Sonic appears as Big's fitness coach; Knuckles is his sparring partner, toughening him up for his inevitable fight with the bully who's dating the marmaset he loves; Amy teaches him about the importance of a proper diet!

And Dr. Robotnik appears to tempt him with various cakes of increasing deliciousness, threatening to derail his entire mission. Oh noes!

Join Sonic and his gang in this newest adventure, surely to turn around the fortunes of this once glorious franchise! Brought to you by Ubisoft.

therage33

DO WANT.

I trust Bioware with the holy grail of all licenses, the Star Wars license. So I have no qualms whatsoever with letting them have a go with the Sonic license. They couldn't be any worse than Team Sonic or whoever the hell claims to be in charge of these recent Sonic "games."

In fact, I'm pretty sure this game is going to be really fun. And it's going to be a perfect handheld game for my DS. PLUS Super Mario RPG came out for the VC yesterday... I need to get on that.

dj_fantastica

I think it's been established that this is the best thing to ever happen to Sonic in 3D...

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twinturbo2

They need to have a few changes:

1) Dr. Eggman: ...Guys, I'm changing my name back to Robotnik. Less lame.

2) Shadow: I've decided to go hiking in the mountains and NEVER come back.

3) Big, Rouge, Chaos, Vanilla, other random characters die in a horrible accident involving three darts, an electric wire, and a bag of lima beans. .... ...Tails, Knuckles, Cream/Cheese, and Amy...can stay, as long as they take their 75 foot restraining order Sonic got on them seriously.

4) The human population in Sonic's World die of an epidemic plague, possibly making them zombies- or...just killing them.

5) The gang eats this new gum that they realize has raspberryX in it, their biggest allergy, which swells up their voicebox to where they can NEVER talk again, opting to communicate through smiles and angry eyes.

6) The band that plays new Sonic songs realize that their songs aren't all that jazzy and quit, opting to finally fulfill getting those Accounting degrees they've always wanted.

Mesren_Makai

It'll be good as long as the company WANTS it to be good. Sonic is a good character, it's just that (Sammy)SEGA doesn't know how to use him right. Look at Nintendo with Brawl and Dimps with the Advance and Rush Series. Golden, return to form. Now look at everything after Heroes. Shadow, fail. '06, even buggier fail. Secret Rings, less of a fail than the last two, but not by much. Notice a trend there? All those games were made in-house by SEGA. I wouldn't be surprised if Bioware could validate all the characters that SEGA has churrned out, because guess what - they're not stupid SEGA is.

Karisu-Zero

This game is tearing me into Two-Face. On one hand: Bioware game. On the other: Sonic game. Bioware, get the game out so we can decide and be whole again!

hagridore

@Mesren_Makai:

7) Cream dies of Aids

jkingsowner

This will be the best and only Sonic game worth buying this year or next. Believe it.

Foxstar Sixtail

@Foxstar Sixtail: Maybe, but I'm with the once burned twice shy crowd. I think I'll hold out until after release and see what the general population feels about it.

EmeraldDragon

is she the redhead girl with huge and enormous ears from sonic the hedgehog???

What is Amy thinking about this pic?

Orochikain

Remember kids, always recycle...to the extreme!

superbabyproject

@Do Kesubei: @blackadvent: Mechanics in SR were broken and level design was just awfull.Hadnt played the whole thing, but from what i saw i can tell music wasnt its best fort either.
To sum it up, i didnt liked SR, not one bit.

SA on the other hand keeps the remiscense of the last that was good of sonic. SA2 and 3 sucked (2 much more than 3)

Marduk

No, I won't. Even if it's the most brilliant story ever told, it's still going to be ruined by the characters. You don't cast teletubbies in the roles of actors.

Moonshadow101

@Mesren_Makai: I lol'd at 6.
I like their songs myself.

Tcata

Sonic just doesn't strike me as the type of character to patiently wait for the other guy to hit first, then politely return to a starting position, rinse, repeat. Mario, maybe.

MeanMillz

@Mesren_Makai: I'm only going to respong to #6. What band, pray tell, are you talking about? A lot of bands have performed songs for recent Sonic games. If you're referring specifically to the tandum of Jun Senoue and Johnny Gioeli, then do yourself a favor: If you have any taste for 90's metal, listen to the album "Double Eclipse" from Hardline. If you still think Mr. Gioeli should "get an accountants degree", then you're clearly biased towards those overrated Genesis MIDIs ang are beyond hope.

Erinaceus

And another thing that should help move on: The story of Sonic 2006 was kind enought to retcon itself out of existence, so in terms of the series continuity, "The kiss" never happened...and Bioware won't even reference it. Like I said, let it go people.

Erinaceus

Okay! I fuckin' get it! You don't like Sonic having a JRPG relationship with an anime princess! You don't have to keep hammering it home so hard home so hard, Kotaku! It's been two years since that game and that horse is really starting to stink...so can we move on now? This game looks too good, and if you keep pining over the series' past missteps you risk missing out on this potential gem.

Erinaceus

@Sanjo: I played up until the point they made me play as Silver. I hated him so much it spoiled my entire opinion about the game.

Yofu

the only good game was sonic 2 and that is all god sega whore sonic more than nintendo with mario and at least them re hases are slightly ok

I just cannot imagine the sonic rpg

holybarbie