As we reported last week, Sega’s “hidden” title, referred to as “Project Needlemouse” has been revealed to be Sonic TheHedgehog 4: Episode 1 and will be coming to the XBox Live Arcade, PlayStation Store and WiiWare. Included with that announcement was a trailer that showed only a very tiny bit of actual gameplay footage.
Now, a video has surfaced on the internet over at Gamevideos.1up.com with footage of actual game play from a press event. As this footage should not have hit the internet, it is not of the best quality but it does give a great indication of what Sonic 4 will actually play like as it holds true to the series’ original side-scrolling roots.
Notably absent from this game are the cast of Sonic’s best buddies like Tails and Knuckles as well as the entire cast of random extras like Big The Cat and Shadow who piled on to the series as it started to lose quality. While there is still tons of information to be revealed on it, take a peek at just what Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 looks like so far.
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SEGA has really got it done right this time around. And the action chain and the spinning egg are back, along with the blue beam behind Sonic when he jumps from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Unleashed. I’m glad their using the next-gen Sonic, because in the original games, he looked like a little kid, now he looks like who he really should be.
I call bullshit. I’m in the game industry so I’ll tell you why. Games aren’t pieced together like that all at once. Games are created in segments. They’re made in parts, there’s an arm, a leg, a head, and so on just lying on the floor. They aren’t connected until the alpha version which shouldn’t be put together until a short time before the game is SHIPPED.
As we reported last week, Sega’s “hidden” title, referred to as “Project Needlemouse” has been revealed to be Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 and will be coming to the XBox Live Arcade, PlayStation Store and WiiWare. Included with that announcement was a trailer that showed only a very tiny bit of actual gameplay footage.
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SEGA has really got it done right this time around. And the action chain and the spinning egg are back, along with the blue beam behind Sonic when he jumps from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Unleashed. I’m glad their using the next-gen Sonic, because in the original games, he looked like a little kid, now he looks like who he really should be.
And the super emeralds return!
I call bullshit. I’m in the game industry so I’ll tell you why. Games aren’t pieced together like that all at once. Games are created in segments. They’re made in parts, there’s an arm, a leg, a head, and so on just lying on the floor. They aren’t connected until the alpha version which shouldn’t be put together until a short time before the game is SHIPPED.
no that was real footage. i call bullshit on you being in the gaming industry.
Holy crap you guys! SEGA’s doing it right!
The best gameplay I ever seen in my life!!!
Whats with the springs?