Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (Wii U)

[Bluecore]

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. Sega now has no interest in other side characters other than Tails/Amy/Knuckles, nor expanding the universe and the scale of the franchise, nor making deep stories.

 

Which sounded pretty good on paper, but we all knew it was too good to be true. Now Sega is back to its old gimmicks of making a new character just to support one part of the universe. The only thing to do now is to debate on, if the name Sticks is worse than the name Big.

 

 

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points or will we get SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006) 2.

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

[Jovahexeon Jax Joranvexeon]

How many people are going to keep forgetting that SEGA's not the ones directly making this, it's a completely different canon, having other characters isn't automatically bad, and that Boom isn't obligated to focus on only the four?

And this is the first I've heard of this so-called gimmick of SEGA's.

 

And it's not like SEGA themselves really focused on ALL four that much themselves. Yeesh.

[sonfan1984]

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points or will we get SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006) 2.

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

 

Will they ever learn? Are you serious? They've listen to the complaints of the classic/Sonic only crowd and took a break from all the other characters in the main series for 7 freakin' years. Now the other characters except for Sonic and Tails doesn't do jackshit in the series anymore and it's pissing me off. People still have Sonic 06 so far up their ass and loves beating it to the ground so much that it's not SEGA's fault if they've been living under a rock for the last 7 years and are still pretty clueless and ignorant when it comes to the Sonic series or else they would've took notice that SEGA has been listening to them by cutting down the characters and made Sonic the only playable character for so many years. 

 

Why can't people who've been waiting so long to play as other characters and wants more out of the games that they're not getting in the main series anymore look forward to Boom while the people who wants Sega to keep pandering to their nostalgia boner and only cares for the Sonic only stuff and nothing else sticks to the main Sonic Team games?

 

What's the point in making Boom into it's own seperate branch if people can't seem to grasp that it's a different continuity and Sonic Team isn't the ones working on this? They took that privilege away from us in the main series for having characters and doing anything interesting and people expects that other characters shouldn't appear in the other continuities either? You can't have it both ways.

[Dizcrybe]

 

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. 

 

 

IT. IS. A. DIFFERENT. CONTINUITY.

[Wittymations]

 

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. Sega now has no interest in other side characters other than Tails/Amy/Knuckles, nor expanding the universe and the scale of the franchise, nor making deep stories.

 

Which sounded pretty good on paper, but we all knew it was too good to be true. Now Sega is back to its old gimmicks of making a new character just to support one part of the universe. The only thing to do now is to debate on, if the name Sticks is worse than the name Big.

 

 

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points or will we get SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006) 2.

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

 

"Other characters are bad, I say. Bad. Bad. Bad. Bad."

 

Guess you kind forgot that we've had a clusterfuck of years with barebones, nonsensical, asinine forced jokes and a lack of anybody doing anything other than Sonic and Eggman. I'd count Tails, too, but he's kinda just there because, yeah. He's there.

And you know, I actually hated that time. I did. I enjoyed the gameplay, I guess. It wasn't ideal for me, but it worked. But the atmosphere? The world? And god, the story? I couldn't give a rat's ass to come back to it, it bored me to absolute tears. Regardless, you had from Unleashed all the way up to Lost World.

 

You've already got what you wanted. Why don't you let some other people actually get what they want?

 

Now, if this is going to be something I want? Who knows, it fixes some problems. But with every fix, there's always something else broken.

[Splash the Otter]

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. Sega now has no interest in other side characters other than Tails/Amy/Knuckles, nor expanding the universe and the scale of the franchise, nor making deep stories.

Of course they don't. Every time they attempt it these days people complain.

 

Which sounded pretty good on paper, but we all knew it was too good to be true. Now Sega is back to its old gimmicks of making a new character just to support one part of the universe. The only thing to do now is to debate on, if the name Sticks is worse than the name Big.

It's a different world from the main series, it stands to reason that it would have different characters too. And Sticks isn't that bad of a name if you ask me.

 

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points or will we get SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006) 2.

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

We've had a break from them for at least seven years, is that not enough for you? Also, there's a big difference between having more than four characters and being a repeat of Sonic NextGen.

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

I can't be the only person who found this video obnoxious...

[Salamander]

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. Sega now has no interest in other side characters other than Tails/Amy/Knuckles, nor expanding the universe and the scale of the franchise, nor making deep stories.

 

Have you not been paying attention to anything to do with Boom until today, or are you simply a troll?  I apologise if this question goes beyond the pale, but it is a genuine one.  You give the impression that you had no idea until today that Boom was meant to be a separate continuity, when actually that fact was established on day one.  Furthermore, how does the introduction of a completely new character in a completely different context prove that Sega isn't interested in side characters or expanding the universe?

 

It's almost as if you do actually recognise that Boom is a separate continuity, and you just think Sega's offloading all side-characters / universe expansion / deep stories to Boom.  So, which is it?  Is it a reboot, or a separate continuity?  Please clarify.  Because Sonic Boom is, in fact, all about other side-characters, expanding the universe, expanding the scale of the franchise, and in all likelihood, making deep stories.  And Boom's use of more characters and a wider universe and deeper stories, by the way, doesn't in any way prevent the Modern Sonic canon from also doing so.

 

Which sounded pretty good on paper, but we all knew it was too good to be true. Now Sega is back to its old gimmicks of making a new character just to support one part of the universe.

 

I'm not sure I understand this criticism.  Oh, no, a new part of the universe has new characters associated with it?  Excuse me?  Do you in fact want new parts of the universe to have no new characters, only the main four?  That doesn't sound much like you want them to be interested in side-characters or in expanding the universe.

 

The only thing to do now is to debate on, if the name Sticks is worse than the name Big.

 

Yeah, because neither Sonic, Tails, nor Knuckles are named after their defining attribute the way Big and Sticks are (to say nothing of, I don't know, Metal Sonic, Shadow, Chaos, Eggman...).

 

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points

 

They did.

 

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

 

As you yourself point out, they did that, too.

 

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

 

I do recognise that for a period there was not necessarily a great balance struck between Sonic's playability and other characters', but he never stopped being a major playable character and has been the only playable character for about seven years now.  I can think of exactly two Sonic games in the history of Sonic where you never played as Sonic, next to, what, dozens of games where you do?  Most of the time?

 

Sonic Boom is, like nearly all iterations of the Sonic franchise, named after Sonic.  It's also named after his trademark ability, speed.  In the most recent cast picture, Sonic is displayed prominently and at about twice the size of the other characters.  What about this suggests that Sonic is not going to be a big deal?

[Tsukine]

 

This further proves the franchise has been rebooted. Sega now has no interest in other side characters other than Tails/Amy/Knuckles, nor expanding the universe and the scale of the franchise, nor making deep stories.

 

Which sounded pretty good on paper, but we all knew it was too good to be true. Now Sega is back to its old gimmicks of making a new character just to support one part of the universe. The only thing to do now is to debate on, if the name Sticks is worse than the name Big.

 

 

Will Sega ever learn just to keep Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr.Eggman as focus points or will we get SONIC THE HEDGEHOG (2006) 2.

Heck, even a break from all characters except Sonic, and Robotnik would be appreciated.

After all I play Sonic The Hedgehog for....well...Sonic.

 

 

Are you even for real man.

7 years of Sonic as only playable character and you still complain? You classic fans sure do get on my nerves sometimes.

And the franchise hasn't been rebooted, stop living under a rock and do some research before posting this stuff will you. thanks.

[Bluecore]

Alright can we have like a poll or something, because let's be honest. Who here would Actually want to play as any character other than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Yeah I know it is fun to pretend like we want to play as Big, Omochao, and Chris Thorndyke but at the end of the day, really all we want to play as, is Sonic. Don't believe me? Turn on your one of your copies of Sonic Adventure 2. Now when you go to the stage select, compare the number of times you played City Escape to any other level. If you are like me, City Escape has Three hundred sixty nine replays when every other level has less than twelve. Don't even think of blaming the Chao Garden for that many plays  . As for the sonic boom show, as long as Sonic runs I'm happy. If they can even pull that off well enough...

 

After all I'll watch "Sonic Boom" for...well...Sonic.

[----]

I'm sure Sonic Team listens to you....

[Chaos Incarnate]

 

Alright can we have like a poll or something, because let's be honest. Who here would Actually want to play as any character other than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Yeah I know it is fun to pretend like we want to play as Big, Omochao, and Chris Thorndyke but at the end of the day, really all we want to play as, is Sonic. Don't believe me? Turn on your one of your copies of Sonic Adventure 2. Now when you go to the stage select, compare the number of times you played City Escape to any other level. If you are like me, City Escape has Three hundred sixty nine replays when every other level has less than twelve. Don't even think of blaming the Chao Garden for that many plays  . As for the sonic boom show, as long as Sonic runs I'm happy. If they can even pull that off well enough...

 

After all I'll watch "Sonic Boom" for...well...Sonic.

 

Um... good for you I suppose???

 

I mean really, more power to you if you like playing as Sonic most, and while you surely aren't wrong in that, you can't simply hand-wave the fact that we like some spice to the formula too with some alternate playables.

 

Dear god, nothing along the lines of the Adventure series' handling of alternate characters, shuffling them off to different gameplay genres altogether, but remember, you don't really HAVE to play as the others. It's like Advance 3's set up in a sense, mixing and matching character combinations. I guess that isn't really your preferred cup of tea, but I welcome the change. We've had to put up with characters fading into the background over the years anyway, it's about time we finally get to play as them again.

 

(And by the way, this is the topic for the TV series after all.....)

[Enesephus]

 

Alright can we have like a poll or something, because let's be honest. Who here would Actually want to play as any character other than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. Yeah I know it is fun to pretend like we want to play as Big, Omochao, and Chris Thorndyke but at the end of the day, really all we want to play as, is Sonic. Don't believe me? Turn on your one of your copies of Sonic Adventure 2. Now when you go to the stage select, compare the number of times you played City Escape to any other level. If you are like me, City Escape has Three hundred sixty nine replays when every other level has less than twelve. Don't even think of blaming the Chao Garden for that many plays  . As for the sonic boom show, as long as Sonic runs I'm happy. If they can even pull that off well enough...

 

After all I'll watch "Sonic Boom" for...well...Sonic.

1) No one said they wanted to play as Big, Omochao or Chris.

2) Yes, while we (or at least many of us) do want to play as Sonic, we do also want to play as other characters.

3) Sonic Boom will likely be more like Sonic 3 than Adventure 2 in the way the multiple play styles will work (still speedy, get to the goal, mostly optional).

4) You just go ahead and watch the cartoon for Sonic. I'll be watching for Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Sticks and Eggman.

5) Shouldn't this talk of gameplay be in the Sonic Boom game topic?

[Splash the Otter]

Alright can we have like a poll or something, because let's be honest. Who here would Actually want to play as any character other than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy.

I certainly would, provided they didn't play too differently from the four you just mentioned.

 

Yeah I know it is fun to pretend like we want to play as Big, Omochao, and Chris Thorndyke

I've never heard of anyone wanting to play as Omochao, and Chris was never part of the games.

 

but at the end of the day, really all we want to play as, is Sonic. Don't believe me? Turn on your one of your copies of Sonic Adventure 2. Now when you go to the stage select, compare the number of times you played City Escape to any other level. If you are like me, City Escape has Three hundred sixty nine replays when every other level has less than twelve.

That's mainly because Sonic and Shadow are the ones with the most "Sonic-like" gameplay. If the other characters played like those two, you would likely have just as many replays in their levels.

 

Don't even think of blaming the Chao Garden for that many plays  . As for the sonic boom show, as long as Sonic runs I'm happy. If they can even pull that off well enough...

What makes you think they can't? Didn't you see the trailer for the show?

 

After all I'll watch "Sonic Boom" for...well...Sonic.

And like ChaosIncarnate said, there's nothing wrong with that.

[Wittymations]

 

Alright can we have like a poll or something, because let's be honest. Who here would Actually want to play as any character other than Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy.

 

I'd also enjoy playing as Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Eggman -- mostly Eggman, Rouge, Gamma (if there was a good way to bring him back, Chaos, or anybody else -- so long as it fit within the game's story and didn't cost extra development time, so the gameplay is actually enjoyable.

You're acting like the characters, themselves, make the game bad. You realize characters are just models (or sprites), right? It's the programming that plays the real part of it all.

 

 

Yeah I know it is fun to pretend like we want to play as Big, Omochao, and Chris Thorndyke

I like how you chose some of the most renown hated characters to try to prove a point, though Big was mostly hated for his fishing stages in SA1. How many people hated Big in Sonic Heroes? Granted, I hated his excuse plot, but I hated everyone's excuse plot in that game. In Heroes, Big was moving around at the speed of sound like everyone else.

 

 

but at the end of the day, really all we want to play as, is Sonic.

At this point, I almost rather be playing as Omochao.

 

 

Don't believe me? Turn on your one of your copies of Sonic Adventure 2. Now when you go to the stage select, compare the number of times you played City Escape to any other level.

Funny, for me it's actually Iron Gate. But I'm an Eggman fan, so go figure. Here's the thing, that's because Sonic plays like Sonic, only other one who does is Shadow. So, guess what? Those guys will be played more than the others. Big surprise, right?

 

If Knuckles, Tails, Eggman, Rouge, and all them had a simply "Get to the goal ring" at a fast pace, guess what would happen? Wait, wait, I think I'm on a shocking revelation... people... would... would... would... GASP! People would like playing them?! No way!

 

The problem is Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 had a very short development time and wanted to stuff a lot of awesome stuff in a short time. So, these other play styles became fluff to make the game seem longer. This is also true for Sonic Heroes, Sonic 06, and even Shadow. While Shadow and Heroes didn't really have too much alternate playstyles, they did do a lot of mission rehashing.

 

 

If you are like me, City Escape has Three hundred sixty nine replays when every other level has less than twelve.

God, that sounds so boring. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy City Escape, but replaying that over three-hundred time? lol wow.

 

So, what about all of Sanic's other levels? He did have the most, you didn't play those other Sonic level three hundred times? So, we could just drop Shadow in City Escape and it'd be the bee's knees for you? Or does it have to be blue Mickey Mouse to hold any weight for you?

 

 

After all I'll watch "Sonic Boom" for...well...Sonic.

That's great, big yippie for you. Here's the thing, I think there's more to Sonic than Sonic himself. There's Sonic's world, Sonic's enemies, Sonic friends. And then there's Sonic's friends enemies, Sonic's friends friends.

 

When there's a whole world full of other interesting characters, I think it's pretty nice to get off Sonic's dick for a little while.

[Carbo]

The last topic is getting incredibly cluttered. For future notice, try to make new topics for new news.

http://blogs.sega.com/2014/06/02/sonic-boom-games-at-e3-2014/

 

Sonic Boom Games at E3 2014

We’re excited to unleash an all-new Sonic the Hedgehog at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles with the debut of playable versions of new titles exclusively for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. The new games Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for the Wii U system, developed by Los Angeles-based Big Red Button, and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system, from San Francisco-based Sanzaru Games, will introduce new gameplay and the most vile and formidable villain in Sonic history — Lyric.

In both games, Sonic and friends – Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and the newest member of the team, Sticks, will work together as they face their most powerful enemy yet. Lyric is a giant and monstrous snake-like creature from an ancient race. An extremely tech-savvy mastermind who uses a sophisticated robotic body of armor to carry out his own nefarious deeds, he is a formidable enemy and a force to be reckoned with. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, the roles of Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Sticks, will be elevated in gameplay that capitalizes on each character’s unique talents and abilities. The goal is to prevent Lyric from powering his army of robots and carrying out his plan to destroy the world. The stakes have never been higher, and the only chance to overcome Lyric is to band together and work as a team.

“This is a new Sonic, with gameplay built on action-adventure and collaborative play. They are unlike any previous games featuring the iconic blue blur,” said Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Chief Content Officer for the Sonic Bran, SEGA of America. “We are looking forward to our first hands-on showcase at E3 for fans old and new alike to experience the exploration, combat and new moves for the entire team.”

Both Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal are crafted to take full advantage of the unique gameplay mechanics of their respective consoles. Each version is a new chapter in the Sonic Boom universe and will each have their own unique immersive storylines. Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric will also feature CRYENGINE®, the cutting-edge 3D game technology from Crytek, one of the leading innovators in the industry. As the very first Wii U game to incorporate this technology, the lush environments and landscapes within the game will be visually enhanced like never before.

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric will deliver a different experience than past titles. The detailed levels and emphasis on each character’s unique abilities will showcase the distinctive feel of an action- adventure game, giving players more choice in exploration as they work as a team to stop the deadly snake-like ancient villain, Lyric, before he can power up his army. The gameplay will challenge players with over-the-top speed runs, but the heart of the game will focus on intense combat and brand-new abilities including the Enerbeam. This new feature in the game gives players an energy-charged cord that can be used by characters to navigate the world like never before. Players will be able to swing or zip-line across gaps, explore alternate paths, grab and throw enemies and take away their shields in combat.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal is a standalone adventure that shares key characters, events and lore of the Sonic Boom universe with exclusive environments and characters. For the first time ever, gamers will be able to take on the role of Sticks, the newest member of the team who will play an integral role in the story after her best friend Amy gets kidnapped by the ancient villain Lyric. While the Wii U version is focused on action-adventure and exploration, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal will place a bigger emphasis on platforming and puzzles. Additionally, unique collectibles featured in the Nintendo 3DS version will unlock special content on Wii U via Wi-Fi connectivity.

About Sonic Boom

Announced earlier this year, Sonic Boom is a new branch of the Sonic Universe that, in addition to gaming, will include a first-ever CG-animated TV series on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and Canal J and Gulli in France as well as a robust merchandising program anchored by master toy partner TOMY. Unlike previous Sonic adventures, the Sonic Boom video games will operate in harmony with the TV series, with many feature storylines and characters appearing in both formats.

Sonic the Hedgehog first appeared as a videogame character in June 1991 and instantly became an icon for a generation of gamers. Defined by his super-fast speed and cool attitude, in the years since he first raced on to videogame consoles Sonic has become a true global phenomenon with over 140 million videogames sold or downloaded worldwide across consoles, PC’s, mobile phones and tablets. SEGA’s iconic blue blur has also gone on to enjoy incredible success in many licensed areas, such as toys, apparel, comics and animation.

The Sonic Boom TV series is a co-production between SEGA of America, Inc. and OuiDO! Productions. Executive producers on the Sonic Boom TV series are Evan Baily, Donna Friedman Meir and Jane McGregor on behalf of SEGA, and Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog from OuiDO!. Bill Freiberger is Co-Executive Producer. Other partners involved in the TV series include Lagardère Entertainment Rights for distribution and Lagardère Active TV Licensing & New Business for licensing and merchandise in France.

Sonic Boom™: Rise of Lyric for Wii U™ and Sonic Boom™: Shattered Crystal for Nintendo 3DS™ will release in November 2014 for North America.

[SuperLink]

So is Sticks not in the Wii U version then or..?

Sounds like she isn't, since the synopsis for the 3DS version says she's playable "for the first time ever". I'm guessing she's an important NPC in the Wii U version.

[Blue Wisp]

I have to say, I'm really liking Lyric's design. Not really liking the "Rise of Lyric" subtitle though.

[Kuzu]

A reptilian themed villain? I can dig it.

[Soniman]

The gameplay will challenge players with over-the-top speed runs, but the heart of the game will focus on intense combat and brand-new abilities including the Enerbeam.

 

Though it was already stated I suppose this confirms that the speed sections of the game are indeed confined to sectios

[Crash]

Well all my expectations for the 3DS versions have gone from those screens. I wasn't expecting too much but it looks just like another Rush game. I really hope I'm proven wrong on this one.

[SuperLink]

Posting the new gameplay/info videos here too;

 

Sonic Boom 3DS (Shattered Crystal)

http://youtu.be/DrOUSgBkVzM

 

Sonic Boom Wii U (Rise of Lyric)

http://youtu.be/5YWdDO5jVeA

[JaidynReiman]

A snake villain? That actually sounds kinda cool. The subtitle "Rise of Lyric" sounds lame, though.

[MykonosFan]

The most important announcement from this blog post is the confirmation of Sonic Bran. Delicious.

 

EDIT: Tails totally used the Homing Attack at the end of the 3DS footage. Interesting.

[Diogenes]

Wow, it's shit.

Like, literally nothing in this appealed to me at all, in either version.

[iDEATH]

Loving Lyric's design...but...surely I can't be the only one who seen it and automatically thought...CRIMSON COBRA!!!