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[Steve]

Link to the story

According to Joystiq, there is a rumor that Sega is making a Sonic Riders entry for the Xbox 360 accessory "Project Natal".

Your thoughts?

[Blue Blood]

Real or not, I can't see it being great. The series is 'okay', but horribly flawed. Natal is probably gonna make it much worse.

[American Ristar]

Reaction to the concept: Good to see the Babylon Rouges not go to waste. Hopefully the game will run smoothly with the new capabilities and be a little more interactive than the original Riders games. It's cool that Sega is always among the first to jump on with these new control styles.

Reaction to the rumor itself: Doubtful. Sega already released All-Stars Racing in February. And is there room for a spinoff on the Sonic Team development plan?

[Diogenes]

I...imagine it would be very gimmicky and not all that fun. Probably just something to get in on this Natal thing early, when people are still impressed by the concept and will forgive mediocre implementation.

And since I don't have a 360 and I'm not really interested in the Riders games, it's "meh" to me no matter how it turns out.

[SykoTech]

I was somewhat fond of the first Riders despite its big flaws, but Zero Gravity killed everything. Can't say I'd expect another Riders with Natal to be very good as new technology usually has some poor execution at first (see Red Steel).

Not sure if I believe the game is real though. Sega usually discontinues mini-series at the 2nd entry if if doesn't meet expectations. It does say XBLA though, so it wouldn't be a full title anyway.

[Shadzter]

Thanks for the heads up Tiranno, news'd it and gave you credit at the bottom of the article -
http://www.sonicstad...-coming-to-xbla

[American Ristar]

Oh wait, it's supposed to be an XBLA game. Maybe they do have room for another small project. Maybe Microsoft will use this as a Natal launch title.

As a Sonic fan an exclusive like this drives me crazy. It's like how I'm never going to play Sonic Rivals. Not planning on buying an Xbox with Natal either.

Edited by Dabnikz, 02 June 2010 - 09:18 PM.

[Phos]

I don't think that Natal Wave (Your arms around) is going to do much what with costing $150. Ultimately, we'll see.

[HunterTSF]

So wait. Lemme get this straight. This is what we've gotten in 2010 so far...

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (360, DS, Mobile, PC, PS3, Wii)
Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (iPhone)
Sonic Golf DX (Mobile)

...in addition to two new games still in development stated for release by the end of the year....

Sonic Colors (DS, Wii)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (360, iPhone, PS3, Wii)

...as well as these other confirmed titles...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode III

...on top of several other games rumoured by Sega...

Mario & Sonic 3
Sega Superstars 4
Sonic Heroes 2
Sonic Riders 3

Holy snap. That's a lot of games to all be in their developmental stages at the same time. Sumo's most probably handling that fourth Superstars title, but that still leaves Sonic Team with a ridiculous amount of games to be working on simultaneously. Just exactly how big is Sonic Team, anyways? I'm stoked for a third Riders game as much as anybody else, but still - how are they going to keep their balance with all of these games?

Edited by HunterTSF, 03 June 2010 - 11:25 AM.

[The Illustrious Q]

Interesting. I don't know what to make of this news yet, since there is next to no information about it and it's still a rumor. Guess we'll find out on June 13th.

[Hero of Legend]

I recently got a 360 (Pro for $100 new, what a deal) so I can buy it if it's not Natal-exclusive.

But I personally hope/expect it to land on the Wii in some form. Like in an Unleashed manner; NOW PRO develops a ground-up version for Wii retail with the same story but with optional Balance Board support. How has this not happened yet?

Which can wait until next year, Colors and 4 are enough for me this year on the Wii.

If it's never going to be on the Wii, I'll probably pick it up like I said as long as it's not Natal-exclusive as I don't want to spend the potential $150 was it(?) for one.

[BlueHedgehog92]

wow, didn't see that coming. personally I don't care about Sonic Riders legacy, I have enjoyed the first one, and Zero Gravity not too much, but now I only care about the game having a great control and a great sense of speed. Try to imagine WipeOut controlled by your own body. Sonic Riders or not, I'm hyped.

anyway, what kind of Sonic game could SEGA give us? there aren't so many choices. An adventure game is quite impossible to create. We can only imagine party game, some-kind-of sport game and a Riders game. The last choice is the most obvious at this point.

Let's do a simple analyses: SEGA is trying to be at the top, and is trying to put Sonic in every places, obviously for making money. that's a good thing I think, as long as they develop a GOOD gameplay without ruining the Sonic Franchise that we all know and love. With Sonic 4 and Sonic Colors they're kinda trying to take a look at the old days and put the main Sonic Series in the right direction, but in the other side Sonic is a certain money maker, and I won't be surprised If I see him everywhere.

I know you old fans always want the old Sonic back (I'd like it too), but times have changed, the game marketing has changed, I mean, we see Hello Kitty skating on Wii, what do you expect SEGA to do for making money??

the important thing now is their hard work on Sonic 4 and Colours, for bringing back some respect for our favourite blue running hedgehog

Edited by BlueHedgehog92, 02 June 2010 - 10:22 PM.

[Chooch]

I loved the first Riders game, the second one was disappointing.

If this is true, hopefully they can bring back what made the original one so great. Kinda doubt it with it supposedly being a Natal/Wave game though.

Edited by Chooch, 02 June 2010 - 10:19 PM.

[xyv]

Just seen this on on the front page of TSS, I really didn't expect a XBLA Sonic Riders to ever be made (if true) and I always thought if another one of these was made it would been for Nintendo Wii but i'm doubting it's just a XBLA exclusive only but you never know though and the Natal (Wave) motion controls for it makes me put off a tiny bit about it(like Tony Hawk Ride put me off buying it due that crappy skateboard thing) but I guess Sega will give us optional play with Natal or Xbox 360 pad. If true and please be I do enjoy these spin off's games makes a change from normal Sonic games it will be a first day buy the minute it up on XBLA =).

I do have the first two games (first one on PS2 & second one on Wii) and liked both of them but a brand new XBLA sounds just awesome, if the gameplay if 10 tens better than the first and second then i'm game =D.

Edited by Crash, 02 June 2010 - 10:50 PM.

[EXshad]

Oh dear god Sega, just stop.... things were looking so good with Sonic Colors and Sonic 4, just let that shitty series die quietly.

I mean, we all know that Project Natal CAN'T make it any better.

[The Stiv™]

All I'm imagining here is a slightly different version of that PS2 Eyetoy game =/.

[Spark]

Most likely just a port of one of the Riders game without the cutscenes and new controls. The easy way to make money!

[JaidynReiman]

I actually quite like the Riders games. I don't think ZG "killed it," but I was a bit underwhelmed by some of the things in it... while I thought other things in the game were much better than the prior. The problem mainly is that they focused too much on adding additional gameplay features that just confuse people. Its not a "simple" gameplay to learn, which then ruins the experience for people who CAN play the game because once the single-player stuff is over, there's no one else to play with and really get a good multiplayer gameplay experience.

As far as Natal goes... not sure how that would work out. I honestly don't even thing Natal is going to hit it off, especially based on this price tag I'm hearing about it.

Either way, I would seriously LOVE to see a new Sonic Riders game that actually gets the control scheme right, and includes more characters without Sonic Team characters or generic robots. Exploring more of the story is something else I'd like to see, too. But yeah... they really got to get that control scheme right or it isn't going to work. And as far as Natal goes, I still don't think its going to hit it off that well.

[gato]

YO DAWG, We heard you like Sonic and Natal, so we put Riders in your XBLA so you can play as Wave while you play with the Wave...

*banned*

EDIT: ahem.... Maybe I should give my opinion....

I don't have any plans to buy Wave (nor an XBOX360) but I really liked the first Riders (never played ZG).

Myabe this is a remake of the first one and the term "free" was made just so people knows there are some differences between the original and this (lIke Sonic Adventure DX/Sonic Adventure 2: Battle)

Edited by imarafan, 03 June 2010 - 02:52 AM.

[spiny blue]

What i expect is either a new Sonic Riders With Online and no story mode (with the features other than story mode that were in the other riders series) or sonic riders 3
but i expect sonic riders 3 to be for wii and ps2.

i think sega (and sonic team) trying to get the attention for microsoft at e3.
i don't think its a big game , i think its simply an online game with all the features of the other rider series except story mode.

Edited by spiny blue, 03 June 2010 - 07:46 AM.