And so the cycle starts anew. Sonic Generations lets players play as a classic, sidescrolling Genesis Sonic or as modern, control-him-from-behind-in-3D Sonic. As Kotaku previously pointed out, there are no special powers and no playable friends.
Never mind that Sega’s crack legal team already confirmed Sonic Unleashed, Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) has a world exclusive! The Wii game will be out this winter, use the Wii-mote and Nunchuk, but won’t have online, it seems. Fair enough, the game seems like an old school Sega platformer — a good thing. Says the game’s lead designer, Yoshihisa Hashimoto:
