More leakage from the Sonic 4 website, updated until someone locks the assets folder up:
Here’s some concept art (linked to its original URL):
Iizuka’s directing this game. Yay? There will eventually be a podcast where someone interviews him.
Here are the website’s sound effects:
Plus, another animation that’s left on the site. This time, it’s Sonic’s “idle” animation! Click the still image of the animation to be taken to it!
If the assets folder gets shut down, our friends at Sonic Retro have uploaded the SWF file to their site. See the animation here.
Finally, here’s Sonic running animation. Click it for a larger view:
It’s a fuckin’ party at Sonic Stadium. I’ll keep updating this post when more stuff gets leaked.
UPDATE: The assets folder is still alive, but it has been locked down. Fun’s over.
Looks kinda like unleashed sonic
It’s exactly like Unleashed Sonic.
The running animation looks retarded. Otherwise I like the game. And Sega is web-retarded. This is hilarious.
http://www.sonicthehedgehog4.com/assets/featured/sonic_full.png
Don’t know if i’m little too late, but i didn’t see this artwork in the site
http://www.sonicthehedgehog4.com/assets/featured/sonic_full.png
Wow, that is awesome art!
http://www.sonicthehedgehog4.com/assets/videos/us/trailer_02.flv
The Next Trailer.
Did anyone else notice this in the Ken Balough Q&A:
“GS: Is this where the Sonic franchise is moving, or can we still expect to see console and portable titles?
KB: Sonic as a brand is definitely not moving away from our packaged console versions. Making Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I for download is just a new way to offer a great Sonic experience through a different medium. ”
I reckon they’ll release all the episodes as a complete, packaged console game once they’ve all been released digitally.
But, if we already downloaded all the episodes, how is Sega gonna NOT make us spend more for Sonic 4? Do we have to let Sega know that we have all the chapters, so we can get the Disc Version for Free?
If I see one character besides Knuckles or Tails as a side, SEGA HAS FAILED!
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Did anyone else notice this in the Ken Balough Q&A:
“GS: Is this where the Sonic franchise is moving, or can we still expect to see console and portable titles?
KB: Sonic as a brand is definitely not moving away from our packaged console versions. Making Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I for download is just a new way to offer a great Sonic experience through a different medium. ”
I reckon they’ll release all the episodes as a complete, packaged console game once they’ve all been released digitally.”
LOL!!!!! Way to twist things. What he meant is that there will be OTHER GAMES in packaging consoles apart from these downloadable games. Not that they will see in packaging for later on…lol wow
Free? Your business acumen’s a little off~ XD It’s a bit like saying that if we showed SEGA all of our old copies of Genesis games, then we should have gotten Sonic Mega Collection for free. Just… Ain’t gonna happen. It’ll probably be either or, same with things like Grand Theft Auto expansions; if you don’t have access to the online services (or like to wait), you’ll just end up buying the disc version. Having both is a little overkill.
As lovely as it is to see these little bits, I’m still slightly miffed that a few of the SEGA boys are a little fail at website security. (Still…)
This might be a very simple process I’m getting wrong, but how do you open an FLV files?
@YoshiAngemon
Hmmm, dunno. Unless the packaged version comes with something a little extra I’m not quite sure. It just seems like a good strategy to release it packaged for the people that prefer packaged games. It could only be a limited run but it would be nice to have the option.
@Renato
Don’t get me wrong, I know that’s what he implied in the interview but the way that he only mentions that Sonic Episode 1 will be released digitally (at this time) made me think the rest of the series would get a packaged release. I’m just speculating.
@ChaosDazer
Download Riva FLV Player. That should do the trick. Tell me if it works as well cause I can’t check at work.
@Biafra: Ah…I thought that was a new-er trailer…ah well, something to look forward to I guess. 😛
That Sonic artwork is old that`s just his Rivals 2 art with a smile you can see in the DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
He looks good just standing but the running needs work. XD
@KidReny!: If by “side” you mean “partner,” then I can tell you that there aren’t any other playable characters than Sonic.