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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#65702: Jun 28th 2022 at 10:09:54 AM

Whelp, I guess the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase is easily the best look we got at Sonic Frontiers so far.

If you listen to the music, you can hear some legit electric guitar-ing alongside the orchestral bits. Great news for the crowd who thought Sega was ditching Sonic's penchant for kick-ass rock music! grin

Thanks to Tails Channel, we have deep threads on what we got so far for Frontiers:

Finally, if you think that'll be it, think again! Game Informer magazine announced the game will be the cover story on their 347th print issue! Check out the covers! Plus, not only are the covers done by IDW Sonic artist Evan Stanley, but the Gold Variant (the one in white) is actually based on the cover of the very first issue of Game Informer, which featured Sonic!

EDIT: [up]Ye gods, imagine if Sage ends up like that in the obligatory villainous breakdown... surprised

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jun 28th 2022 at 1:12:24 PM

IvanovTroping97 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#65703: Jun 28th 2022 at 10:38:15 AM

It's just fucking bizarre that the area that looks like an Unreal Engine tech demo with springs and rails randomly floating everywhere is the real world and the zones that look like the regular Sonic world are virtual.

What if the cyberspace and the zones are an actual simulation, and Sage is actually Infinite in disguise?

It may sound incredibly ridiculous, but it's not out of the realm of possibility in the Sonic world. Even though I don't want that to happen, I fear they're gonna shove in Infinite for the sake of a "plot twist bad guy", like how Zavok suddenly appeared in Sonic Forces and Team Sonic Racing without the rest of the Deadly Six.

Edited by IvanovTroping97 on Jun 28th 2022 at 8:41:10 PM

Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#65704: Jun 28th 2022 at 10:52:14 AM

The weakling ruining the plot once more.

Wheepee...

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VapourSoulOS Herald of Lunar Tierce from You really expect me to know that? Since: Jun, 2017 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#65705: Jun 28th 2022 at 12:30:30 PM

So Infinite and 2B had a daughter, whose now going to fight Sonic. Though I doubt it, I kinda hope that Sage has multiple forms like Chaos because I can't really see the executives at SEGA being like "We approve of Sonic hitting children".

Unless of course Sage isn't the final boss and hopefully it's not another Eggman final boss (unless they make it far better than the last few we've gotten).

"Punishment is not the answer. Punishment is easy. It's lazy. Redemption is hard. Redemption makes you work."-Skulduggery Pleasant
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#65706: Jun 28th 2022 at 12:33:38 PM

I thought SAGE was this game's resident helper character, like Chip.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#65707: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:09:43 PM

SAGE instantly gives me Merlina vibes.

Cibryll Lilia (Hero Without a Class) from Lightning Crest (she/her) Since: Feb, 2022 Relationship Status: Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Lilia (Hero Without a Class)
#65708: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:15:45 PM

wait

what's Knuckles up to then?

Title's supposed to link to Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! but that just breaks the title instead. -_-
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#65709: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:19:54 PM

Presumably guarding the ME like he's supposed to.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#65710: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:23:22 PM

Flexing his muscles, and not chuckling, naturally.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#65711: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:33:14 PM

He is likely gonna show up as someone Sonic has to rescue given the prologue is seemingly showing how he ends up on the Star Fall islands.

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mstorzil Crimson Helios Since: Nov, 2019
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#65712: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:35:17 PM

Eh, I still hope this game's soundtrack will be more atmospheric than anything else. This series has only done it once in a spinoff (albeit, a spinoff I love) and to this day I question why they've never done it again. I wanna get a similar feeling as when I'm playing Legend of Spyro Dawn of the Dragon flying around in the Valley of Avalar.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#65713: Jun 28th 2022 at 2:52:49 PM

Why would they do it "again"...

Platformers aren't typically known for their atmospheric OST.

Sonic also doesn't venture into genres where that sound would be fitting.

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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#65714: Jun 28th 2022 at 3:03:28 PM

Seconding the desire for an atmospheric OST.

I love me some City Escape and Knight of the Wind though.

I don't want Eggman to show up and mess up any pretense of seriousness this game might have. I feel like the second he shows up he and Sonic will go back to their usual tired dynamic.

If he does show up I hope he's equally befuddled by Starfall Island. I really hope this isn't just another Eggman plot.

Edited by FOFD on Jun 28th 2022 at 6:06:00 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#65715: Jun 28th 2022 at 3:23:20 PM

What dynamic is that?

Sonic & Eggman's longest string of interactions was in Sonic Lost World.

They don't get to do that much.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#65716: Jun 28th 2022 at 3:26:56 PM

Id imagine they're tired of Eggman being the villain in general since it been quite since someone else took center stage.

Remember, there's a good chunk of Sonic fans who came up on games where Eggman isn't the center of everything.

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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#65717: Jun 28th 2022 at 3:40:24 PM

Likewise there are also fans that became such through Archie's comics (which had its own rouges gallery with Scourge, Ixis, Fintivius, Mammoth Mogul, etc) and I expect history to repeat with IDW (Starline, Rough and Tumble, and Mimic being the starting point, as well as having the Zeti get more of a role in general)

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#65718: Jun 28th 2022 at 3:46:29 PM

[up][up]My ignorance of that fact is only bolstered by my coming into the fanbase around the same time and not feeling the same way.

Only because it's handled badly whether or not Eggman is in control.

If Eggman is not the villain, that would be neat...but if he was, then I can only hope this new character is at least fun.

Doesn't look fun, but dialogue can be.

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#65719: Jun 28th 2022 at 7:39:19 PM

Just a reminder that in the many polls done by the Japanese crowd, Eggman is not in them.

This, in hindsight, makes me think the 2000's were just...using new villains because the folks at home think Eggman is kind of dull.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#65721: Jun 28th 2022 at 7:55:48 PM

Many a echo...

It still sounds like an ice level.

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#65722: Jun 28th 2022 at 10:01:30 PM

I much enjoyed the trailer. Twas pretty nice looking. I'm looking forward to the game overall. smile

Shadow?
VapourSoulOS Herald of Lunar Tierce from You really expect me to know that? Since: Jun, 2017 Relationship Status: Abstaining
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#65723: Jun 29th 2022 at 2:25:09 AM

So Issue #50 of the IDW Sonic is apparently out now, though sadly I can't find it on any free comic sites at the moment. Shame too because I really want to read it.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#65724: Jun 29th 2022 at 3:59:05 AM

I feel like Eggman is at his best when he is Affably Evil and competent but not vile. He IS an asshole, but a fun asshole.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#65725: Jun 29th 2022 at 4:08:11 AM

So is the Joker and he's as vile as they come.

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