I agree. The whole werewolf thing just seems so gimmicky. If Sega would just realize that there doesn't have to be something flashy added to the original formula then they'd be in a much better position right now.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user ... 30783.html

This game looks amazing. Sonic acutally looks..fast.. and badass. I'm shocked, hopefully this won't suck, if it does i'll lose all my faith in Sega and the Blue guy with Uber White gloves.

Not to mention,the werewolf thing is getting generic. And its getting annoying...

Lol, I don't know about that. Sega are responsible for a fair amount of rip offs. Very high quality ones though.

This new Sonic does look exciting, and I really, really hope it can make the grade this time.

They're still trying to cater to the Shadow the Hedgehog crowd. Didn't the abysmal failure of that game teach them anything?

I havent been this excited for a new sonic game since sonic adventure for the dreamcast.

Sega has ripped off other stuff too? Please tell me!

Okay, ignoring my better judgment...

HOLY SHIT ITS A 3D SONIC GAME THAT DOESN'T JUST LOOK PLAYABLE, IT LOOKS LIKE FUN!

I'm crying manly tears right now...

Well for one, the Streets of Rage series was a total knock off of Capcom's Final Fight. As it happened though it was much better than the SNES Final Fight so it sold by the bucket load. By the time Capcom had corrected things with Final Fight 2, it felt more like a FF 1.5 whereas SoR2 was a full blown sequel, so Sega stayed one step ahead even if both games were very similar. Also their Fantasy Zone series is just defender with lots of cute stuff, which wasn't a bad thing either. Oh, and they had a fighter called Eternal Champions on the Genesis, which was kind of their version of Mortal Kombat.

Sega have done a lot of very original games, but they created a lot of games intended to rival popular series which were sometimes almost exactly the same but sometimes managed to improve the original formula.

Yeah, thats pretty much how I feel too!

This does look damn awesome! I want to see some werewolf footage soon!

To Myollnir:

Nice information. I guess they still continue it today, dont you think?

By this logic, you can say that Final Fight was technically a ripoff of Double Dragon, just with better graphics, and the inclusion of power bars. Oh, and a little game called Golden Axe, was released the very same year as Final Fight in the arcade. Every game has a genre that was created by a game before it. If anything, Sega has been one forefront leader in innovative and different games, especially if you look at their arcade games in the 80's and 90's. However, I do agree, many of their games on the Genesis were specifically created to duel with games on other platforms often times with better results.

On a side note, the transformation into a wolf thing was created long before Link was a pixel on the screen. It has been used ad nauseam in movies, games (Altered Beast), etc. I've had enough of that shit.

Oh yeah, they've been immensely innovative, I won't contend that. But the similarities between SoR and Final Fight are very plain (and certainly intended!), Golden Axe and Final Fight, not so much. Most of the rival games series' they made were very good though, and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

I keep watching the gameplay and it actually makes me smile and it looks like SEGA has got their Blast Processing working again

I hope sonic can become super sonic if/when all chaos emeralds are collected like in the old days in Sonic 2 and 3 . Also I hope the wrewolf thingy is done in a nice way or it could ruin the game.

Well today is Sonic's birthday, and I don't really feel like posting anything else. So happy birthday fastest thing alive.

Today's his birthday? Awesome. Happy 17th birthday Sonic. You were kick ass in the Genesis era.

Happy Birthday bblue dude

Has anyone seen the gameplay for the new sonic game on the DS?

Sonic on the DS?

Is it 2-d?

I think they were talking about the sonic rpg...the dark brotherhood i think its called