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Sonic Is Ready To Take 2018 By Storm at SXSW 2018

Rychu

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https://schedule.sxsw.com/2018/events/PP99104

Sonic is back, and ready to take 2018 by storm. Join the official team from SEGA who are building Sonic's future as they give you an update on last year's strong performance of Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces, as well as the world-exclusive first look at what comes next for the fastest blue hedgehog.
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I saw a video on a gaming related YouTube channel that SEGA confirmed that Sonic would have an official panel at SXSW announcing a new Sonic game and looked it up myself on SXSW's schedule to verify, official SXSW link including the above description and everyone attending the panel above. It will presumably be live-streamed because last year's Sonic Forces SXSW panel was.

March 16 BTW.

EDIT: For people who keep wondering why Sonic would reveal a new game this year when there was a 3 year break between Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Mania/Forces:
Sonic used to be an annual franchise before it took a few years off for Sonic Mania and Forces. Considering they said they'd announce the sales for both of thegames at the panel as well as a first look at the next game, it's safe to say that both games did well enoughto warrant going back to the annual schedule.
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LinkStrikesBack

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Oh no... Sonic boom 2? Can't be an internal game by either team that released last year, given how long the Dev cycles for both mania and forces were.
 
Kinsei

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Seems pretty soon for a big new game. So I'm guessing it's either a spin off or Mania DLC.
 
VeePs

VeePs

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Sonic 4 by Christian Whitehead and the other teams who made Sonic Mania please.

It really bugs me that the "sequel" to Sonic 1-3K is... that.
 
PlanetSmasher

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Sonic Mania 2 sounds like a great thing. Loved the first one.

Zero interest in anything with cutscenes or talking or 3D graphics.
 
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Rychu

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BlandrewYT

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If it's ANOTHER boost game, I just won't buy it. It's getting old at this point, and they always have some other gameplay that completely takes away from it. Mania 2 or something is welcome. Sonic All Stars Racing 3 would be my dream. Even a different take on 3D Sonic I'll take. Just for the love of God, NO BOOST!
 
Samanosuke Akechi

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Sonic extreme finally getting released?
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Zalman

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Always looking forward to seeing what's next, even if it doesn't always turn out great.
 
Zippo

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Sonic Mania 2, let's go.

Could not care less about whatever garbage Sonic Team is making, though.
 
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Rychu

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Zippo said:
Sonic Mania 2, let's go.

Could not care less about whatever garbage Sonic Team is making, though.
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Sonic Team isn't completely bad. They are a hit-or-miss studio, they've made some good sonic games, some mediocre ones and some really horrible ones. You never know what you'll get with them. Sonic Forces I think would've been a good game if it weren't for the terrible level design and the fact levels take 1 minute to complete and AI doesn't attack you.

Also SEGA had surveys for what fans did or didn't like about Mania and Forces so if they listen to us, a sequel could be good.
 
Jon Carter

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- Sonink, a Splatoon clone
- Sonic Battle Royale
- Sonic + Rabbids: Green Hill Battle
- Sonic Boom 2: Electric Boomgaloo
- Sonic Egg-cellent Trilogy
- Sonic League, like soccer but with edge

I think there's a lot of potential for a 2018 Sonic game.
 
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Rychu

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CQC said:
Strap in folks.

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This really only applies to 3D Sonic. Considering Sonic Forces was in Development for four years, the only way a new 3D Sonic happens is if Sonic Team was working on another Sonic game in addition to Forces for years. Sonic Mania 2 I could actually see release in over a year of development time.
 
Zippo

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Rychu said:
Sonic Team isn't completely bad. They are a hit-or-miss studio, they've made some good sonic games, some mediocre ones and some really horrible ones. You never know what you'll get with them. Sonic Forces I think would've been a good game if it weren't for the terrible level design and the fact levels take 1 minute to complete and AI doesn't attack you.

Also SEGA had surveys for what fans did or didn't like about Mania and Forces so if they listen to us, a sequel could be good.
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They have way more misses than hits, in my opinion. I've been more lenient on them than most, but Lost World and Forces were the last straws for me. I've given them more than enough chances. It sucks because there are tiny sparks of brilliance in all of their games, but for me, they're now guilty until proven innocent. Mario gets it right, Crash gets it right, why can't Sonic?
 
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Rychu said:
Also SEGA had surveys for what fans did or didn't like about Mania and Forces so if they listen to us, a sequel could be good.
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This has been the song and dance for the past decade and a half. "We've taken fan feedback into consideration, and this year is going to be the best year for Sonic ever, blah blah."
 
dlauv

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More Mania please. Let's get the ratio 60/40 in favor of new stages this time. I do like the revisited stages, but they took too much prominence.
 
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Rychu

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Zippo said:
They have way more misses than hits, in my opinion. I've been more lenient on them than most, but Lost World and Forces were the last straws for me. I've given them more than enough chances. It sucks because there are tiny sparks of brilliance in all of their games, but for me, they're now guilty until proven innocent. Mario gets it right, Crash gets it right, why can't Sonic?
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To me I think Sonic has gotten it right, not everytime sure but they do sometimes. I'd like to mention a few things:
- Sonic Lost World was a response to Super Mario Galaxy's success and Sonic Team didn't realize Sonic doesn't fit that environment because well... he's too fast.

- Sonic Forces to me got the gameplay right, the gameplay was enjoyable. I didn't like the Classic Sonic game mode because the controls felt really bad and it felt unnecessary since we got Mania. The thing that made Sonic Forces mediocre to me was the level design, repetitiveness (how many times can they tell you to go through one stage?), enemies are static and don't attack, QTEs still activate if you miss them so there's no penalty and the fact levels take like 1 minute to complete. For me at least, there were no gameplay related problems where people have always complained about 3D Sonic gameplay changes.
 
PeakPointMatrix

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I'm almost certain the reason Sonic Forces had half the staff, budget, resources and relied primarily on recycled assests was due in part to work underway on a new Sonic game. My guess is a tie-in title for the feature film.

I fucking pray it's not a damn boost game again. So done with boost garbage.
 
CQC

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Rychu said:
This really only applies to 3D Sonic. Considering Sonic Forces was in Development for four years, the only way a new 3D Sonic happens is if Sonic Team was working on another Sonic game in addition to Forces for years. Sonic Mania 2 I could actually see release in over a year of development time.
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Fair points, but I can't help being jaded lol

Sonic Mania is great though.
 
ShinobiBk

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Zippo said:
They have way more misses than hits, in my opinion. I've been more lenient on them than most, but Lost World and Forces were the last straws for me. I've given them more than enough chances. It sucks because there are tiny sparks of brilliance in all of their games, but for me, they're now guilty until proven innocent. Mario gets it right, Crash gets it right, why can't Sonic?
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Crash hasn't had a good new game in ages.
A trio of remakes is not a new game. It's not even Sonic Mania
 
Unknownlight

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I'm very happy that the official press release mentions Sonic Mania first, treating it as the more important game of the two. That's a good sign going forward.
 
PeakPointMatrix

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Rychu said:
This really only applies to 3D Sonic. Considering Sonic Forces was in Development for four years, the only way a new 3D Sonic happens is if Sonic Team was working on another Sonic game in addition to Forces for years. Sonic Mania 2 I could actually see release in over a year of development time.
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Forces was in development for two years.
 
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Rychu

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PeakPointMatrix said:
I'm almost certain the reason Sonic Forces had half the staff, budget, resources and relied primarily on recycled assests was due in part to work underway on a new Sonic game. My guess is a tie-in title for the feature film.

I fucking pray it's not a damn boost game again. So done with boost garbage.
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99% sure that the movie was delayed to 2019.
 
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