This will be GOTY, right?

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It's amazing how this game feels like it's built from the mentality of the old, Japanese Sonic Team from the 90s instead of whoever is working on the game now

And it's nothing but a bunch of Western Sonic fans that are replicating that feel

>>382519401
hello nintenbro

GIVE IT TO ME

RIGHT

FUCKING

NOOOOOOOOOOW

It really doesn't have any serious competition.

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>>382519295
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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>>382519295
No.

>>382519510
The fact that all the marketing has stated definitely that these are the three playable characters definitely means Amy is a secret unlockable right?

>>382519762
>3D Mario
>better than quality 2D Sonic
Sit your ass down.

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>>382519768
I wouldn't mind it personally as Amy has gotten little to no attention since 06 and it's kind of depressing, but I find the main trio are fine enough as is

I mean Christ, when's the last time we played as Knuckles?

>>382519832
Both 2D and 3D Mario are better than Sonic games.

>>382519768
She could be DLC I guess.

>>382519987
3D Mario maybe

2D Mario definitely not

>>382519295
Yes

>>382519762
>>382519832
LISTEN YOU FAGGOTS

WE CAN HAVE BOTH

WE CAN HAVE BOTH A GOOD MARIO AND SONIC

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I'm already playing it.

>>382519987
2D Mario, yes. 3D Mario, absolutely not.

>>382520209
Ah, I was wondering about this. I think I saw your other thread, but it archived. I wanted to ask, can he run at vehicular speed or does he have to drive cars still? If the latter they done fucked it up.

Our >/boy/ Cybershell did a video on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYMenKEwpps

Also
Bonus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfMN4d-S5t0

By the way I know for a fact I could BTFO any arguments that SMW is better than S3K, and probably SMW, SM3, and SMB combined.

>>382521847
>and probably SMW, SM3, and SMB combined.

What did he mean by this?

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>>382519987
most games are better than sonic games

>>382519987
Call me when Mario makes a game as good as 3K...which is never

any chance the current steam discount price will drop any lower before it releases

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>barely legible text written in children's crayon, so randum colors in no particular order
>old wood scattered around the periphery, why did nobody clean this junk up?
>1990, 1991... which is it? game doesn't know or care when it was made, must not be very good
>gloomy atmosphere as if it's going to rain (how depressing, I don't want to play this)
>annoying bushes all over the otherwise featureless flat field filled with nothingness, yay!
>Mario's not even there, probably got bored and left, now you have to be the turtle instead
>your only ability is walking forward in one direction, and that happens automatically and there's no way to stop doing it

>Mario Games

>>382519295
Already pre-purchased it on Steam

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>>382521771
>All that whining about the taxman ports being on phones
Nigga it's one button phone works perfectly fine.

>>382522152
>1990, 1991... which is it?
You fucking retard 1990 is the Japanese release date

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Yes.

>>382522273
No it doesn't...playing these games on a phone is atrocious. They should be on Steam/Consoles.

>>382522273
He wants to play it on PC like a grown up.

>>382522273
How to know what tier of excellence you managed to achieve at Sonic games over the course of your life:
Tier 1: Shit: You think 1 jump button is sufficient
Tier 2: Real Gamer: You realize 2 jump buttons come in handy.
Tier 3: Autism Unleashed: You require 3 different jump buttons.

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>>382522273
It sucks you can't play them with a controller. Touch screen offers no form of feedback, makes precision a chore

Only games I play with touch screen controls are RPGs because they don't require that kind of precision most of the time

>>382521771
Cybershell is for sure my favorite Sonic loving autist. I can't wait to see his LP of Sonic Mania which he's obviously gonna do.

>>382519401
This is the saddest attempt at bait I've seen all day. Step it up, faggot.

>>382522379
Works for me. I have all files for each game with all emeralds and time stones. Literally nothing to the controls m8. If I had my way I'd have a Mania mobile port too.
>>382522448
Yeah real grown up whining like a child that understands nothing.
>>382522487
>You think 1 jump button is sufficient
I mean Taxman's definitive ports only offer one button. So...?

>MUH PHONES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ2WHRKWNKk

>>382519832
>>382519987
The best Sonic games are on par with the worst Mario games.

>>382521771
Love this retard.

>>382519295
>$20

lol no. This game will be the 4 zones we've already seen, and maybe 2 more, one of which will be based on a Sonic 3 level. You'll end up beating this game less than 2 hours.

>>382522718
The best Sonic games are better than any 3D Mario game.

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I'm honestly surprised that mobile devices aren't getting Sonic Mania

Then again, I don't think anyone would spring for a $20 game on mobile so that could be the reason.

>Over half the stages are just rehashes of classic Sonic stages
>Only 2 new stages have been shown
>Advertising has been nothing but banking on nostalgia
>No physical release

Yeah, nah. Hope this shit flops.

>>382522645
>definitive ports
Wait are you suggesting a "bug"-fixed PHONE port could possibly ever be, theoretically, let alone actually is, the definitive version?

>>382522765
Nigga the only 3D Mario game that any Sonic tops is Sunshine.

>>382522827
>Physical releases in 2017

Autism

>>382522889
Sunshine is the only tolerable 3D Mario game for the simple fact that it's the only one with full camera controls. It's still not a good game, but all of the other 3D Mario games are worse.

>>382522827
People like you are why /v/ needs to be deleted.

>>382522645
>Yeah real grown up whining like a child that understands nothing.
>being played this hard by Cybershell's 4D Chess-tier acting
top kek

It's only a couple weeks away but I'm so excited. I love what they did with the old zones and I can't wait to see what they did with Flying Battery and Stardust Speedway. Hopefully Hydrocity will be there.

>>382522953
Elaborate on why you think this way, this opinion is interesting.

>>382522827
>>Over half the stages are just rehashes of classic Sonic stages
Even as someone who loves the sonic genesis games more than anything I don't know how to feel about that. I mean I still have those games on various platforms and can go back any time, I like the newer versions of them though.

>>382522981
>All the children that are now in his comments thanks to that Top 10 Sonics video that somehow got over a million views
Must feel like a fever dream to him at this point

>>382522527
He is the OG Sonic youtuber

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You see this man? He's the one that saved Sonic the Hedgehog.

>>382522736
You should check his twitter too. He always posts some hilarious shit in there

>>382523160
Australia's biggest contribution to video games.

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>>382519295

>>382522889
No Mario game will ever come close to 3K

>>382523213
Thanks.

>>382522889
Holy fuck

You need to go back to second grade and learn how to write a sentence

>>382523261
so much detail on the eyelids of all things, christ

>>382523108
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd8JaDcqTcI

>>382523213
It's exactly what I thought it would be. Fantastic.

>>382523160
Literally the lost member of The Ramones
I dub him "Chris Ramone"

>>382519295
More like GOTC. The C is for century.

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>>382523160
Thank you Christian Whitehead
We'd be lost without you

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>>382523281
Based.

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I've always felt like 2D Sonic > 2D Mario, even though I love both, and 3D Mario > 3D Sonic. I couldn't compare 2D Sonic and 3D Mario. I don't know which I'll like more between Super Mario Odyssey and Sonic Mania, but I don't care, I'm just glad both of these series are finally getting another good game.

>>382523086
Mario does not belong in 3D, period. Super Mario 64 was nothing like Mario in gameplay, structure, or scope, it just happens to star the character. The effortless elegance of the 2D games was completely lost. Cakewalk controls that can be picked up and understood instantly by anyone combined with fascinating power-ups and a world of wonderment to visit. The freedom to play the game in your own way, creating your own experience as you decide what blocks you want to break, what enemies you want to kill.

3D Mario is just not fun in any capacity. Being forced to collect things is boring and trash like 3D Land and 3D World completely miss the point of Mario. Further, 2D Mario is what built Nintendo. Moving away from that coincided with their market embarrassments.

I would rather play NSMB2, as bland and uninspired as it is, than any 3D Mario.

>>382523281
I like 3K too, but let's be real here.

>>382523539
Like Cybershell, I personally think that Sonic 3 and Knuckles is basically the best 2D platformer of all time. I put all other platformers I play against it.

>>382519295
No. But it will be better than the disaster that is Sonic Forces.

>>382523392
This is one of my favorite tweets from years ago https://twitter.com/Cybershell/status/45417927981285376?p=v

Also he had a hilarious Interactive Let's Play of Sonic 1 back in the day which is in one of his many youtube accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jco6ojXLAKM

He had some other youtube account dedicated to his dog and had some other videos scattered throughout the internet

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Nope

crash remake is better value proposition for 40$

>>382523923
I'm just happy that Sonic Mania basically made him rise from the dead.

>>382523541
>Different is inherently bad.
>3D games somehow less elegant than 2D ones.
>The 2D games give you more "freedom" than the 3D games.
>Collectathons are inherently bad meme.
>Trashing 3D Land and World even though they are basically 2D Marios with an extra dimension.
>NSMB2 being better than any of the 3D games.
Points for having a fairly unique perspective at least.

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>>382523325
:)

>>382524021
Well he did make some uploads here and there. And I think you might have missed his Sonic Adventure stream on twitch a few years back(if you did go watch it now it's fucking hilarious...sadly he never finished SA2)

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>>382520209
TOMMY VERCETTI'S ARMS ARE NOT BLUE!!

>>382524232
I mean mostly on his main channel.
Like, Sonic Mania basically got him to make the Sonic 2 Bonus Video, which is like some kind of holy grail.

>>382524391
No I mean he did uploads on his channels just not Sonic-related. He posted some Metal Gear shit and he did some weird joke videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_dIxDYi2Qs
The Vegetaman1997 joke always cracks me up

>>382519295
No.
But at least it should be what everybody waited from a Sonic game.

>>382524645
This man's sarcasm is so thick you can cut it with a bread knife.

>>382522827
>no physical release
Excuse me?

>>382522827
>No physical release
This is what gets me. What is the point of selling a version with a statue, if it only comes with a download code? I had to read the fine print, months ago, before dropping this.

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>>382521771
Why did I watch that whole "fuck you Sega" video what am I doing with my life

>>382521771
I prefer TheStolken.

>>382521771
god fucking damn
I remember watching his LPs back in 09

>>382522510
You can, you just need a otg cable which means you can't play them while charging.
You can play them using bluetooth controllers if your phone is rooted, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52UGIIIp9WE

Chemical Plant Act 1 looks bland. I hope they change some of the level design before the game releases.

>>382527351
Act 1 is just the original Chemical Plant

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Imagine making a sequel to SMW, now think of what you know about the game, about what those ugly japanese men were thinking in their 80's board room. All those concepts, betas and whatnot lost forever to time. That's what I'm worried about here unless Taxman can literally insert themselves into the mindset of some japanese SEGA salaryman from the 90's with no knowledge of how shit Sonic would become (Lizuka doesn't count because he's clearly lost it)

To tell the truth I'm just afraid I'll hate it because I'm a jaded fuck and everyone else will be saying it's better than Sonic 3. It took ages for me to warm up to Sonic 3 and I'll lose it in an instant.

>>382527632
Original Chemical Plant have tubes you can go in and out. Mania's version only bring back the boring booster sections.

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>>382528798
Honestly I think some Sonic fans on a leash are just as likely to make a successful work of art like the Classic games than anybody else these days

I'm going in with the mentality it's gonna be the real Sonic 4 in the first place, not better than 3&K cause that's gonna require a miracle

>>382528798
>It took ages for me to warm up to Sonic 3
How jaded are you to the point that you have to "warm up" to Sonic 3?

>>382521978
This

>>382521771
>>382528798
>>382529167
It's not Sonic 4, all it can be is itself, Sonic Mania. It's not a direct sequel, it's not wholly new, it's love letter to classic Sonic, an anniversary game celebrating its history. It cares enough to have new ideas that fit in with the series' highs, it spins old ideas in a totally different things, and brink back what they liked about the original and expands upon it. They try to make revisiting a location makes it feel like just that, experiencing something familiar after time has passed, experiencing new areas of it you hadn't been to last time, it doesn't just feel like an attempt to recapture the same experience. Visually the interesting hues they use set it apart from the original Sonic games, and that's probably intentional.
"Sonic 4" isn't Sonic 4 either, it's Sonic Mobile. Slapped onto consoles, hyped up, and renamed just to make easy money. There can never be a true Sonic 4, but I don't think we really need one anymore.

>>382529167
>The then-hardware juggernaut Sega's crack team of a hundred highly paid elite veteran pioneering Japanese game design super-experts working 24 hours a day for years refining the franchise they invented
Or
>two ROM hackers jerking off in their parents basement on /b/
Now I know I may be exaggerating SLIGHTLY but let's be realistic. It's not a matter of divine intervention; it's simply... not. It's just not.

Full stop. Period.

Not.

>>382530176
I feel like that's undermining their efforts. Sega gave them 3 games to recreate from scratch and this one plays it safe with over a quarter of the game having levels pretty much already designed for them

Plus Sega's hired them for a reason. If Mania were to crash and burned that would probably end Taxman in an instant

>>382530176
>>two ROM hackers jerking off in their parents basement on /b/

Pagodawest has more than two people in it you know

Someone fill me in on the classic levels. Are they entirely or mostly one for one remakes of the original levels? Or are they reimaginings that just look the same aesthetically?

>>382530623
Act 1 is a fusion of Acts 1 and 2 of the original Zones, Act 2 is a brand new level with new gimmicks

>>382519295
Probably. I can't really think of much that could go wrong at this point unless the level design is trash or it's filled with bugs that I hope got cleaned up after the delay.

I'm sad because Forces will sell more.

>>382519295

It repeats all the mistakes of the previous Sonic games though, you'd think they'd actually improve the formula rather than copy it to a T.

>>382530623
Act 1 is mostly an ugly HDified version of the original two/three acts (Though Flying Battery had some trash compactor shit that wasn;t in the original)

Act two has a completely new background and gimmicks (At least in Chemical Plant).

>>382519510
sonic 2 was made by a bunch of americans

>>382519295
Super forms when

>>382530714

That sounds excellent to me. Seeing how the zones you already know so well fused together will be fun all on its own, and then getting a brand new act is exciting to play through. I understand why some people are still bothered though. Hopefully Sonic Mania does well enough that SEGA lets these guys just make their own Sonic game entirely next.

>>382530975
Green Hill Act 2 also have a new background.

>>382519768
was amy playable in the early 90's?

>>382530920
Those aren't mistakes, anon. they are features

>>382531081
It was made by Yuji Naka's team. Americans or not, it was headed by a Japanese man

>>382531094
I understand why people are bothered by that, but it's a new, real 2D Sonic game after so long that genuinely feels like what jumpstarted the success of the series to begin with

>>382531081

Sonic Spinball was made by a bunch of Americans, but I don't think Sonic 2 was. Is this really true?

>>382531137
She was introduced in CD, but was playable in many racing spinoffs and became a mainstay Adventure onward

If she's playable in Mania it should probably be like Advance, which is similar to her Adventure playstyle

>>382522768
Taxman said it's an upgraded version of his engine designed for consoles and PC with way more going on than a current mobile can handle, so it's probably not coming to mobile for a long while.

>>382531580
I don't really have much of an idea of what mobile specs are for phones these days, but I have a hard time believing Sonic Mania couldn't run on a good chunk of them given what games are currently on mobile.

>>382531250
Sanic 2 was made by a japanese team in America while the japanese team was working on CD. They said alot of the game was inspired by shit they saw in America (Like Vegas)

I forget who made Sonic 3. I think Sega Technical Institute MIGHT have been involved in Knuckles at least.

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>>382530975
>ugly HDified version
People sure are trying their damnedest to shit on the game in the final 1+ month.

>>382532320
they are just bitter sanic haters who are mad a good sanic is coming out

>>382531203
directors don't do much

>>382532707
Yuji Naka was the programmer for early Sonic

He's the reason the physics worked

>>382519295
I sense more that it's going to be a flop that will be known for being incredibly overhyped beforehand.
I don't sense anything special from this game at least. Maybe some desperate Nintendo fanboys are going to laud it as such but we've got Odyssey coming out this year so I doubt even many of them will claim this GOTY.

>>382532792
>m-muh yuji naka-san!!!!

why was adventure so shit if he's so great?

>>382520205
Iconic Mario characters with nobody Sonic characters? I don't think so. I've seen the Olympic Games series.

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>>382533031
Why are you comparing 2D to 3D?

>>382522152
>Everything Wrong With attempts to integrate with /v/

>>382533031
Well, that's after he got dragged back into making Sonic and became a producer.

I get the feeling he was done after S3&K and just wanted to fuck around. Hence Nights, Burning Rangers, etc.

>>382522152
>>1990, 1991... which is it? game doesn't know or care when it was made, must not be very good
>>gloomy atmosphere as if it's going to rain (how depressing, I don't want to play this)
>>Mario's not even there, probably got bored and left, now you have to be the turtle instead
>>your only ability is walking forward in one direction, and that happens automatically and there's no way to stop doing it
gave me a chuckle

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Why is Mania sonic more blue?

>>382522339
holy shit, is this all new artwork?
they absolutely nailed the look of the old artwork.

>>382522152
What are you trying to convey here?

>>382533360
To homogenize the design and make it consistent with the Classic Sonic used in Generations

To Sega: Light Blue = Classic, Dark Blue = Modern

>>382530176
This sounds like that one time /v/ had a match with reddit.

>>382533031
It actually wasn't. It had issues but core Sonic gameplay was fine. I'm positive that if Sonic Team sticked to their vision instead of wasting time and resources on multiple styles, minigames, chao gardens, cinematics, open world etc. the game would be widely considered much superior to any other 3D platformer of that era.

>>382533229
Not that guy but I also dislike Mario games. There is something about characters and setting that just puts me off. I don't necessaries hate them, I just can't get into them.

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>>382534481
Sonic Team was really weird, yet also a little too ahead of the time when designing games. They knew they needed to up the presentation otherwise they risk making something too basic, but the game ended up way too complex for its own good as a result

SA2 was worse though. SA1 gave sonic 10 levels and everyone else 5 or less. SA2 gave the Speed characters 10 levels, and the other two gameplay styles 20 (10 each). It's obnoxious

>>382534543
Mario is basic as fuck. It's almost sacred cow levels when people talk about it these days since it's usually most people's first game and since he's the face of video games it's hard to criticize the series without being seen as just some autistic little /v/ troll

Mario also fluctuates in quality really hard, but it never dips to mediocre

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>>382533480
Original sonic artist

>>382535085
Ohshima is really hyped for Mania.

>>382522339
>>382535085
Fuck it, I'm buying 2 copies just for that guy

>>382535085
>Ohshima drew this

I think I'm teary-eyed

>>382535085
The thumbs a bit fucked up but other than that it is perfect

>>382535452
Dude's like 54

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>>382522339
>all old artwork is sonics original dark blue
>ingame sprite is light blue

TRIGGERED.

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DAILY reminder that the Mania side wasn't even finished by the anon, because it was too much hard work and was before we had full footage of all of GH

god I want my fav zones to be MANIA'D so hard.

marble zone

>>382535875
Why didn't they copy the superior S3&K Sonic Sprite for Mania?

>>382536139
It's not as iconic.

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>>382536139
>S3&K Sprite
>Superior

>>382533506
>homo

hehe anon say fuuunny : )

if crash hd sells well

expect a full remaster of adventure 1 and 2, no matter how terribly the first has aged.

>>382536185
Delete this. faggot.


I always felt it was better as a kid, it looks like it has more depth and has better details put into it.

>>382519879
Does Heroes count?

>>382536372
Sonic Adventure 2 aged worse

>>382536509
I appreciate the details, but it just made Sonic look super obese and the face just looks pretty funky looking. S1/CD/2 just proved simplicity was all the sprite needed

>>382536580
Sort of, but 06 was the last time off the top of my head. I'd say Tails too, but Sonic 4: The Memepire Strikes Back brought him back for the first time in years

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>a good sonic, mario and crash game are all coming out in the same year
where did everything go so right lads

>>382519295
Zelda will win all the awards. Automata will deserve them. I have no doubt Mania will be great but I have doubts about the ratio of recycled areas versus new ones. I'm also not sold on the level design just yet. What we've seen looks great but this is Sonic we're talking about. It pays to be cautious here.

>>382536786
>Zelda will win all the awards
Mario Odyssey says otherwise.

>>382519879
>I mean Christ, when's the last time we played as Knuckles?
We've been able to play as Knuckles a good amount recently, just not the main titles. He was playable in the last Olympics game, Sonic Runners + Runners Adventure, Sonic 1 and 2 remaster, the Boom games

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playing the fuck outta crash waiting for mania, mascots are back

just took them 20 years to realise it

>>382537298
Crash on PC W H E N ?

>>382537712
eventually, just gotta wait

>>382537712
you can play it right now on espxe

>>382537298
B U B S Y

>>382536868
Odyssey looks fantastic but I expect something (whether it be difficulty, length, camera, etc.) to keep it from being as well received as Zelda. The game is still sitting at a 97 Metacritic score, and whether you buy into it or not (I personally don't) a lot of people think it revolutionized open world games, especially the critics. It's going to be getting the GOTY awards whether we like it or not.

>>382538052
The true heir commeth.

If sonic games are about going fast, then what's with the antfarm level design?

>>382540048
They're about momentum, not necessarily just speed. You get fast once you learn the levels and develop the skill needed to pull it off. They also have exploration, hence the level designs

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It will be if they add this as a skin.

Endless Mine > Chrome Gadget > Azure Lake > Desert Palace > Balloon Park

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>>382540620
>Mario Oddesey made me want mania to have sprite based level specific outfits

>new magic level, sonic gets a top hat and cute red bowtie

shut up and let me live my little fantasies

>>382538084
>Odyssey looks fantastic but I expect something (whether it be difficulty, length, camera, etc.) to keep it from being as well received as Zelda
I have a feeling the levels are going to be a lot smaller than we are being led to believe. Either that, or there won't be very many of them.

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>>382519295

ARE GUY
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>>382540308
>You get fast once you learn the levels and develop the skill needed to pull it off.
You could say that about pretty much any platformer though.

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>>382519295
It won't win actual GOTY at an award show, but it will likely be the best game of 2017 if that's what you're asking.

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>>382541193
top hat? no.
bow tie? already proven he looks damn good

>>382522152
Fuck you you are so stupid. Must be a /reddit/or nobody else on /v/ is this dumb. Delete your ugly post from this board or I will ask my mod friend to delete it.

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Hey guys what's going on in here.

>>382541829
Yeah but other platformers don't have the Spindash

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>>382542076
>that water
>those lackluster colored mountains
they didn't even try.

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>>382542154

SONIC NO

>>382542076
Don't ever post on here again.

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>>382542950

We must remember it so that it can never happen again.

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I wish they would have made a physical copy with some cool box art that is a callback to the old genesis boxes. That would have been cool.

>>382535085
Someone else draw that poster

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>>382519295
Maybe.

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>>382543191
dear fucking god it just looks so ugly

it just looks so, so ugly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRs1BqezP-I

>>382543343
it sucks that the collectors edition sonic mania box it comes in, as the greatest fucking image on it, that shit on a case would of been golden

>>382532320
It's better to discuss this on the Sonic general in /vg/

>/v/

>>382519295
Probably not. There are two possibilities, it'll be decent and Sonic fans will cream their jeans because mediocre is the best we can hope for from this franchise anymore. Or, it'll be hot garbage like the majority of Sonic games and watching the fans reach new levels of denial will be the best entertainment we get out of the game.

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>>382543527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxT_2VYtHfE

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>>382522152
>UNBE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE: THERE'S A HUUUUGE AIRSHIP!
>AND IT'S BOMBING ME?! OH GOD WHAT THE FUCK
>IS THIS THE POWER OF BLAST PROCESSING?! IT MUST BE, 'CAUSE I'M HAVIN' A BLAST!
>WHOA... SONIC'S GOING SO FAST, HE JUST BURSTED INTO FLAMES! THAT'S AMAZING!!!
>AND THERE'S TAILS! DROP-IN, DROP-OUT 2-PLAYER COUCH CO-OP MULTIPLAYER HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER NOW THAT HE CAN FLY!!!
>THAT BURNING BACKGROUND LITERALLY IS A GREAT PAINTING. IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOD DAMNED THING I'VE EVER FUCKING WELL LAID EYES UPON SO HELP ME GOD.
>ONLY 4:23 INTO ACT 2, AND MARIO HASN'T EVEN MADE IT PAST HIS OWN TITLE SCREEN YET. LMFAO!!! BITCH, STEP IT UP, WHAT A FAT DISGRACE
>ALREADY HAVE 41,310 POINTS, 326 RINGS. 30 LIVES. THAT'S MORE THAN NINTENDONT'S WHOLE FUCKING COMPANY WILL EVER GET.

WOW, WHAT AN EPIC CLIMACTIC NOTE IN WHICH TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRST STAGE ON THIS GRAND ADVENTURE. I CAN'T WAIT TO PUT MY SKILLS TO THE TEST AGAINST THE BOSS SO I CAN CONTINUE PLAYING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IN THE ENVELOPING MYSTORY!

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>>382543527
Pretty much what I was thinking about when I made the post.
Even better is if they made a physical version that when you open it up there would be the cartridge from the CE with the code on it.

>>382544161
That movie. That should have been the fate of 3D Sonic games. And they should have looked like cartoons, too.

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>>382544385
The closest you'll get.

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>>382542154
>>382542241

>>382544161
>running over water makes rainbows
Thats a nice touch

>>382519295
>A shitty fan game that relies on recycled assets will by GoTY, right? RIGHT?!

No. It might achieve the same popularity as that Sonic CD revival. Then it will just fester in some forgotten corner of the PSN store and never be mentioned again.

Stop shilling this garbage. You're fooling approximately no one.

>>382544574
It may be a shitty fan game, but that shitty fan game looks infinitely better than everything else coming out this year.

>>382544574
fuck off retard

>>382544574
>stop shilling
stop ANTI shilling, ha

>>382542076
>>382543191
>>382543462
Sonic 4 was a huge disappointment but it's not as horrible as you guys like to claim. It's better than most of the handheld games and even with the busted physics it plays better than the 2D portions of Unleashed, Colors and Modern Sonic in Generations. Had it been called anything other than Sonic 4 it would have been much better received.

>>382522087
>before
Go to Bundle Stars

>>382536742
Every company out there besides Capcom stepped it up this year. So my money is Capcom fucking up = good for everyone else.

>>382546084
Yeah, this.
I found both episodes entertaining enough to complete and get all the steam achievements for, even if neither can compare to any of the Mega Drive games.

>>382536675
3's sprite's body language is more mature. The rest are all cocky, annoyed, passive-aggressive...

I generally prefer 3's but I have to admit, looking at them side by side like this, I see the appeal of the others in a way I strangely... am not sure I can say I have seen before.

That said, I like that 3 is mature because it makes sense. I mean, it was his 3rd game by then. He grew up a little. Is that lore? That count...?

Bump for interest in the potential lore-related ramifications of the body language of the idle animations of 25 year old sprites.

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>>382547867
there is no lore to it, sonic 3 sprite just looks worse, the awkward run is horrible, sonic 2 isn't much better but it's just more iconic

knuckles sprite has been perfected in mania, though.

>>382548130
My, my... that is sexy.

You're objectively mistaken about Sonic, though. Notice the way 3 merely shifts his eyes towards you. He waits patiently for your inputs to resume. The others silently nag you to hurry the hell up, slightly reorienting their bodies to face the camera, adopting a deliberately slouchy, considerably more bored posture.

>>382546084
Episode II is okay but I still stand firm that Episode I is a travesty. Even just judging it on its own as a platformer, it controls like ass. It's the Sonic Rush engine without the boost that the Rush engine was designed for. The engine wasn't made for a normal designed Sonic platformer at all and it's painfully obvious.