Sonic Colors

Definitely not a Chao. It has the droplet-shaped head, but Chao have pudgy bodies, and (their defining trait) a floating ball over their head that displays their mood.

It also looks way too pissed off. Clearly that little alien there will be revealed to be the villain and bring Cerebus Syndrome into play midway through the game and turn the whole thing dark and hardcore.

Edit: Oh my god how long have I been calling "Cerebus" "Cerberus"

edited 28th May '10 12:58:36 AM by StarkMaximum

But it's the only one with two eyes! I still think it could be a mutant Chao. Maybe the missing link between the two species!

I dunno; I had some pretty angry-looking Chao. Evil Chao + frowny face = adorable Virtual Pet that looks like it seriously wants to FYSU.

I know how to spell it, and I still tend to say Cerberus. That's the name of the dog, not the trope (and I don't like the trope's name, anyway)

@Louie - huh? you issued a blank response to me.

For some reason I alway read Cerberus as Ceberus. I can't go back now, the unreal name just sounds way more astheticly pleasing to me.

Ceberus, or Cerebus?

Ceberus. It just sounds "right" to me.

Cerebus is an aardvark. Cerberus is a three headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades. Ceberus is what happens when you have trouble pronouncing an "erb."

Oh, so I was right all along, because whenever I say it I'm referring to the three-headed dog. Good to know.

In other, more on-topic, news: here's a bit more information concerning this game:

Nintendo Power, ONM UK to Preview Sonic Colors Next Month.

Sonic Colors Developers: Sonic Team For Wii, Dimps for DS.

Sonic Colors Developed by Storybook Division, Meant for Young Crowd.

Also:

Clean Sonic Colors Artwork Released from Japan.

Dimps and the Storybook Series division. So it's got a pretty decent chance of turning out good, I think.

those middle two make it clear to me: the DS version will be the good one.

^ Will I win the lottery next week?

Can't say I'm surprised the storybook series got trashed.

Our source compared the marketing strategy of Colors to Jambo! Safari: Animal Rescue, which Sega released last year with hints of education components to the Nintendo Wii and DS

Is this going to be an edugame?

edited 28th May '10 6:36:41 PM by newtonthenewt

LET'S LEARN COLORS WITH SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

HEY KIDS

CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT'S BLUE?

WHOA! IT'S ME! YOU GUYS ARE WAY PAST COOL!

so what do you do?

First, you drink liquor.

Then, you touch a police officer!

Is this going to be an edugame?

Probably not.

edited 28th May '10 6:46:53 PM by Komodin

Oh god, now I have mental images of a Sonic edutainment game going Cerebus on us.

"What's that damn fourth food group?!"

"What's that damn fourth food group?!"

I WANT THIS SO BADLY YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW

PHONIC THE HEDGEHOG!

On another note, Vector will not make an appearance. The mathematics will be too advanced.

Oh lawdy I want Phonic the Hedgehog bad.

BTW. To me this seems like a fusion between Super Mario Galaxy (It must be the aliens and the fact that they're ditching GRIMDARK in place of colorful Theme Parks just remind me of Galaxy) and Sonic Unleashed.

That makes me thing good thoughts (No, not of a Mario/Sonic crossover. Just in the sence of taking the good parts about 3D Sonic, tweaking them and making the best 3D Sonic game. Like what happened in Super Mario Galaxy 2.)

An excellent game plus a decent game? That sounds like a recipe I can get behind.

Ionno. from what I'd read in the articles, the wii version is going to be baaaaaaaaaaaaad out of my interests.

Nice save.