Sonic Leaks, Rumours & Speculation

[lunar trench]

My problem is that ever since lw/forces sonic games have been plagued with some very dumb things, and i really hope that they go for eu for the next mainline cuz you know those problems are gonna carry over to he3

[smoky summit]

Pretty sure Square did that also with FF7 Crisis Core

I hope if they can't fix up HE then yeah they have already transitioned over

I'm just saying that a lot of skeleton code will be retained

Doesn't mean the game will feel the same

[lunar trench]

Bobnik ik eu has it's problems but as it stands out i'd rather have that than he version 1.2.3

[rugged otter]

this 4ch post reads like if someone wanted to make a fake rumour but tried to pretend to be someone who doesn't follow sonic

[wise chasm]

Bro fucking prepared for me starting to hate on UE

[lunar trench]

Ik ur game

[rugged otter]

like of course wentos and chao egg and
like I wouldn't be opposed to that and I fully believe they're cooking something up but I also don't know if I can trust this
a cyberpunk city would be cool though

[lunar trench]

Btw i'm not saying eu 5.X will be perfect but i'm just sayin' that if sega doesn't pull out the miracle that was he1 for it's time for he3 then i don't see the point

[sick bobcat]

very likely Sonic Team wont move away from HE2 until the next Xbox and PlayStation console release in like, 2030 or something
assuming they haven't decide to switch to unreal engine already

[smoky summit]

Ok ok but if they just call it HEDGEHOG ENGINE X

[rugged otter]

make the term mean something by naming the new level geometry streaming tech Blast Processing™️

[atomic cave]

I know everyone talks about the downsides of UE when it comes to problems and stuff, but considering Hedgehog Engine actively suffers issues that they haven't fixed yet that define sweeping critical failings, I don't think it's that bad an alternative to a pretty bleh engine already

[smoky summit]

It's just sad cause they weren't issues in HE1

😭

[wise chasm]

What issues

[smoky summit]

I will leave it to Deleter

[atomic cave]

No no I have to get food

I will leave it to tobe

[wise chasm]

Killing both of you

[smoky summit]

I have to go play more Unleashed

I leave it to Alex

[atomic cave]

You got this Alex

[rugged otter]

all that comes to mind rn is the level streaming being cut post-Gens but idk if that's an issue with the whole engine
anything else is like idk having less active support compared to ue and needing to get new devs up to speed for this
anyway i'm the last person to ask i just wanted to chime in

[grand cobalt]

sonic analog horror

[wise chasm]

On a serious note - UE5 is just the industry standard unfortunately, so them moving there wouldn't be surprising and there'd be benefits in terms of hiring people.

It just sucks that the industry standard is UE5

[rugged otter]

yea that's understandable

[wise chasm]

Cuz Unity is hella untrustworthy and, while Godot is getting much better, it's still not exactly there yet when it comes to doing AAA stuff

[rugged otter]

still as goofy as it was that BS used Godot (and made it look like they used their own custom engine lmao), it was still sorta impressive to see it used considering it wasn't intended to make anything for consoles

do hope that engine gets farther

[wise chasm]

Capcom are still on their RE Engine, but even that started to show cracks pretty badly

With MH Wilds running and looking generally rough no matter what platform you choose

[smoky summit]

8 million copies say what

[wise chasm]

Yeah, people don't care enough

And it sucks

And it just sucks even more that companies are moving even further from their own proprietary stuff in this case, like CD Projekt Red

They also moved to Unreal because Cyberpunk was a mess, but now it actually looks like an extremely versatile thing that has all the new tech shit being added to it as a benchmark of sorts

[lunar trench]

I'm sure that if square was capable of figuring stuff out to make ue4 look way better, sega can do it

[smoky summit]

Ok but

For the next game

If there's win screens

I'm sorry

But sega gotta go hard and make a custom animation for every rank for each stage

Like 50+ of these things

They gotta reach the next level

[lunar trench]

The fact that in frontiers

Sonic just idles mid air once he touches the goal ring(?)

Still baffles me

[smoky summit]

Shadow gens has 11 result screen animations

Good start

[lunar trench]

True !

[thick tinsel]

That bullet dash ablity lines up with the Sonic Blitz trademark

maybe it's real idk

[smoky summit]

The person who wrote this is well aware of the trademark and usually fake leakers cater their leaks to recent news

Lining up with something we already know means nothing

[lunar trench]

Most probably

[thick tinsel]

it's sounds cool, we'll see I guess

[coarse ferry]

Maybe tho

[raw osprey]

Eh sounds like your typical 4chan leak

But cyberpunk city does sound cool

[cunning echo]

honestly, I doubt they will change to UE

not rn at least

cuz if so, I feel like yakuza games would've been the first ones to be in a new engine and it seems they still rocking that dragon engine

as of now the only games that has been using UE are just spinoffs or remakes

like a dragon used dragon engine same as pirates in hawaii

metaphor still using the same engine as persona 5 and catherine

only yakuza ishin and persona 3 reload has used unreal and both are remakes

as for sonic, only crossworld seems to be using it too

[wise chasm]

To be fair, Crossworlds is also kind of a weird one due to it being worked on by the Initial D team

Which worked on Unreal for some time now

[dawn pumice]

Yo hold on

Sonic Liberty kinda sounds fire

😭

And a cyberpunk-esque city would be absolutely insane too

[rugged otter]

can't say it doesn't sound cool but feeling strong vibes of "lemme recreate how bizarre the sonic ranger leak felt like + totally things I don't want wdym what's a sonic"

[dawn pumice]

Eh it kinda does

But at the same time we really can’t take this stuff without a blind eye

Rn sadly to say it’s prob fake cuz they don’t get instantly reported on like that

It’s usually like really tucked away in 4chan

[rugged otter]

would of course be really cool with the setting if it was real tho'

[dawn pumice]

But fr tho

A game called Sonic Liberty and it takes place in a cyberpunk esque city would be insanely cool

And it’s def a sega thing to do

[rugged otter]

I like the idea of going outside the city and the music dynamically adjusting to the theme, would like something like that in a sonic game

[dawn pumice]

When was this posted again?

O

Ya it def fake then 💀

[raw osprey]

nah but like if we actually gonna get cyberpunk city with the same amount of details as metropolis from forces i already gonna glaze this game till my death

[thick tinsel]

Okay so that Sonic Jiyu leak might be real

[untold kayak]

why?

[still epoch]

why?

[untold kayak]

[thick tinsel]

Can't embed images ugh

https://x.com/PlushSonicGold/status/1898005948741951976

[atomic cave]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-family-guy-meg-griffin-meg-peter-gif-8385530600948332720

[thick tinsel]

Some Sega footage got posted 6 hours ago but got taken down

[forest fractal]

Lmao what

[atomic cave]

LETS GOOOOOOO

Ruins ruins ruins ruins

Pink hair lady REAL

[thick tinsel]

someone DMed about this and tbh it's probably fake but it's funny so

[still epoch]

what is this

[forest fractal]

CAN YOU SAY GREEN HILL

[still epoch]

the tarzan font im dytiing

so did people saw what it was

[still epoch]

why you said it looked real then lol

[thick tinsel]

I thought it was real for like a solid 30 seconds 😭

[forest fractal]

Idrc too much if it’s real or not

Explorers is too funny

Time to go for Dora allegations

[still epoch]

IS THE LOGO THE IMAGE

[forest fractal]

Mickey memes are so two years ago

[still epoch]

COME ON GIVE ME CONTEXT

UGGHHHHHH

[thick tinsel]

honestly speaking of Sonic I think Crossworlds is a June release

[still epoch]

stop avoiding the question

[smoky summit]

Do you have the footage Tuski?

[still epoch]

what even WAS the footage

[thick tinsel]

basically what APPRENTLY happened was 6 hours ago footage got out there of an unreleased Sonic game and it got taken down frame one

[still epoch]

uhuh

[wise chasm]

are you seriously basing this on what fucking grok said?

[smoky summit]

Grok?

[still epoch]

whos grok

[smoky summit]

Am I missing context

It's elon's AI

[thick tinsel]

wtf is grok

[forest fractal]

Naaah we got AI telling us rumors 😭😭😭

[smoky summit]

Elon Musk Chatgpt

[forest fractal]

Take me back to the 4chan days

[still epoch]

oh the one that flagged the thing

[still epoch]

where the hell is this from tho

[wise chasm]

also what 128bot posted is just the "disabled by request" image

not the actual thing taken down

[still epoch]

pfffffft

so what even is there

[wise chasm]

this is how it actually looks

[still epoch]

where the hell did soni get that stupid logo

[wise chasm]

That I have no idea, probably someone made a fan logo or whatever

[forest fractal]

https://x.com/128bot_/status/1898021683627270539?s=46

128bot (@128bot_) on X

👀👀👀👀👀👀

X · Mar 7, 2025, 2:43 PM

[still epoch]

lmfao

what a fucking bitch lol

[smoky summit]

What happened to Sonic Jiyu

[thick tinsel]

I really hope the Jiyu leak is real because the idea of combat being more speed based/ramming into enemies feels like it would work better

[still epoch]

and why did you say "sonic jiyu might be real"

is that it

[smoky summit]

Ok can we pause for a sec

Yes

[wise chasm]

because tuski fell for the bait

[smoky summit]

Please explain why you said that

[still epoch]

oh ffs what a waste of time

[smoky summit]

This bait doesn't say anything about Sonic Jiyu

And it's 2 different people posting on twitter

[forest fractal]

What’s the Jiyu rumor?

[smoky summit]

128bot person is an obvious fraud

But they don't say Jiyu

[wise chasm]

but again, all this is bait

[atomic cave]

lmao

[smoky summit]

And then there's the Dandori guy that says Sonic Jiyu

[still epoch]

grrr

[wise chasm]

made by annoying people

[smoky summit]

Which is unrelated to this

Seemingly

[wise chasm]

Dandori could just be guessing, I don't fucking know

[smoky summit]

But ofc the Dandori guy has that pfp that Jon Cartwright used when he was trolling with fake Direct leaks

[smoky summit]

Bruh

[still epoch]

weird.

[thick tinsel]

that's so specfic wtf

[still epoch]

fuck

id love that

[smoky summit]

Ok I get the picture now

But sadly

[wise chasm]

essentially this makes me think that 4chan rumor is even more fake than it was before because it's just this random dude's opinion

[smoky summit]

None of this means anything

Yeah

It doesn't add any credibility

[wise chasm]

And maybe someone found it and decided to use that word cuz "that word looks smart, I'll use that for my bullshit"

[smoky summit]

Basically

The person who made the 4chan leak seems quite neck deep

As we discussed last time

They know what a Wentos is but choose to describe him in an oblivious way to seem inconspicuous

Among many other things

[thick tinsel]

Actually

[smoky summit]

And they could have easily seen this Jiyu post or are one of this person's friend and just used that name

[thick tinsel]

there was that image posted of the Sega CEO and the image behind him showed a unused concept art of Sonic running towards a city

[still epoch]

....

yes

we know that

[atomic cave]

Sonic Fencetiers

[thick tinsel]

https://x.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/1854823353456202016?t=NnROY2BSRtWlehFvK72VJA&s=19 the background here could be a city idk

[dawn pumice]

Sonic explorers is a nasty name

[still epoch]

you are a few months late to the party lol

[dawn pumice]

Sonic Liberty tho

Kinda fire ngl

[thick tinsel]

if that concept art is of a city in the BG the Jiyu leak could have some legitmacy? idk

[smoky summit]

Triplejaz moment

I would really like the next game to not have an S at the end of the name

[dawn pumice]

Idk

Kinda like that vibe

But idk explorers sounds very boring

[smoky summit]

Imagine if Sonic Adventure was called Sonic Adventures

Disgusting

[dawn pumice]

Honestly ya ur right

Kinda want a new name not ending with S

[forest fractal]

My favorite game is Sonic Adventures 2

[dawn pumice]

EWWWWWWWWWWWW

Sonic Metroidvania EWWWWW

[forest fractal]

Thas crazy

We had like 3 Sonic Metroidvanias already

[smoky summit]

Tails moment

[dawn pumice]

Idk but I do not mess with metroidvanias like that

[still epoch]

thats a shame

[dawn pumice]

Backtracking way too much is a chore for me

[still epoch]

i love metroidvanias

metroidvanias are the game where the second playthorugh is so much better than the first

[smoky summit]

We all know a metroidvania Sonic would be called

Sonic Vulnerable

[forest fractal]

I loved the prequel, Sonic Submissive

[still epoch]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[forest fractal]

Yeah

That’s the prequel

It’s another multimedia project

[smoky summit]

Did you guys see the movie leak

Sonic: 50 Shades of Blue?

[smoky summit]

This could make for a great template

[torn trench]

Almost punched my monitor

[forest fractal]

Damn and I thought I hated Prime

[torn trench]

So you know those very specific images that people use as reactions like that one evan stanley art of Sonic?

It gets on my nerves after a while😭

[wise chasm]

whenever I see that artwork where sonic eats shit from the "mediocrity" bowl, I want to punt them real hard

[forest fractal]

damn i dont think i got enough hate in my heart to want to punch someone

[safe hull]

You can change that

[verbal tundra]

Wanna trade hate levels

[atomic cave]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-nose-butterfly-dog-puppy-peaceful-gif-14700589898488542320

Soni rn

[grand cobalt]

ok

someone give me a brief summary of whatever tf happened here

[raw ether]

Fake leak from a suspicious account caused this ruckus

[forest fractal]

dont pull up my logs.

[safe hull]

What is hiding in the lumbermill

[forest fractal]

wouldnt u like to know

[rugged otter]

so gang

sonic leaks

[forest fractal]

no such thing

[rugged otter]

https://tenor.com/view/maçavras1-gif-16101498646883457546

wake me up when sonic harmonics is revealed

[alpine wasp]

what's the current state of leaked/rumored projects?

i mean what do we have

Chao Guardians
Football game
Heroes Remake

that Sonic jiyu thing is sooooo fake

I feel like Heroes Remake ain't happening, idk why

[grand cobalt]

i hope not 😁😁

[smoky summit]

I feel like there's just not a sensible time to release it

Unless they push the next mainline game to 2027

Imo unlikely

[alpine wasp]

exactly

We're getting CW this year

Mario Kart will release before July I'd say

So I'd give CW a few more months

Like late october

even early november

2026 is most likely Frontiers 2

Soooo yeah maybe 2027 idk

also last year Ryan/Midori said the game hadn't really started dev

like in early 2024

so I guess 2027 isn't a crazy guess

[toxic vapor]

Did ya'll see this

[untold kayak]

[smoky summit]

Fake

3rd line already using the Sonic CD gimmick

[cunning echo]

the fucking picture lmfao

[cunning echo]

perhaps that time stones mention in sonic gens rewrite was a hint...

[smoky summit]

Stop it

[cunning echo]

now that I remember

wasnt there also a fake leak that mentioned something similar?

I swear I've seen the gain speed to access some cyberspace level before

way before the one this one is mentioning

[grand cobalt]

loud incorrect buzzer noise

[smoky summit]

Tbh i wouldn't be surprised if Freeze himself wrote this lmao

They are all using meme images associated with old leaks

Very in-the-know kind of thing

[toxic vapor]

What???

I would not use the Knuckles hospital bed and I would defo not say Sonic Chaos

[cunning echo]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-looking-away-gif-26704349

[toxic vapor]

That's a crazy ass accusation

[cunning echo]

so true bestie

where did you got it from anyways

reddit?

[toxic vapor]

I literally fell asleep at 2:30 AM

The leak was posted at 4 AM

[toxic vapor]

I was looking for the OG 4chan archive post to show to friends in a call and I found someone posted another

[cunning echo]

ah

[smoky summit]

My bad for assuming you'd stoop so low as to mention Sonic Chaos

I apologize

[cunning echo]

I dont think is just the sonic chaos mention

[atomic cave]

Davih did you do it

[cunning echo]

I dont use 4chan

if I had to do a fake leak is reddit

[atomic cave]

Then how do you know who did?!?

Checkmate

[cunning echo]

You little...

[atomic cave]

[atomic cave]

MOOOOOM

Pokes

[wide portal]

This definitely isn’t real but I’m gonna pretend that it is because the story of the leaker getting caught is so fucking funny

[sick bobcat]

are we about to enter the Sonic Frontiers 2 4chan era? haha

[raw ether]

Sonic anything 4chan era is more like it

[raw osprey]

i mean if its actually real it does sounds cool

i like that you need a speed to enter levels frontiers already has a flow but it looks like they may lean into it more

and open world design being similar to odyssey is nothing crazy we already saw that in FH

[toxic vapor]

2026 Frontiers 2 release date or 2027 Frontiers 2 release date??

[raw osprey]

probably 2027

they release mainline game every 5 years

[alpine wasp]

2026

it's the 35th birthday

[sick bobcat]

this "bullet dash/bullet blitz" mechanic sounds like an evolved version of that Revving boost mechanic in final horizan cyberspace

[still epoch]

why would they remember each name in the survey

[raw osprey]

anniversarys dont mean shit they skip them with forces,mania and frontiers

[wise chasm]

End of 2026 at the absolute earliest

[grand cobalt]

It’ll be November 2026

[sick bobcat]

could see it being released in 2027 to have it on the next gen consoles and for current gen

[wise chasm]

Oh my god I actually forgot Sony wants a next-gen console in 2027

[grand cobalt]

what even is next gen anymore

[coarse ferry]

yes

[hybrid hill]

i cant believe what i just read

[coarse ferry]

but yeah I can see next Kishi sonic game at near the end of 2026

[still epoch]

maybe a teaser this year

hopefully a better one

[coarse ferry]

probably yeah

[tawny talon]

I can guarantee a teaser at The Game Awards this year if the next mainline game is slated to come out in 2026

I thought about Sonic Central maybe, but nah

That is way too small now that the franchise is doing much better compared to 2021

[forest fractal]

yeah game awards is where its at now

[coarse ferry]

I am still thinking TGA wise they'll may probably reveal both new kishi sonic game and Persona 6 if SEGA wanted to go something bigger

[raw osprey]

persona 6 and frontiers 2 in one year will be big for them

considering they expect persona 6 to sold 5M ina first year

[coarse ferry]

It'll honestly be the best timing for SEGA if they wanted to go much bigger

It'll essentially be like with Nintendo's 2017 over with both BOTW and Odyssey

[raw osprey]

yea especially if frontiers 2 is gonna score really good

with persona 6 there is no doubt this game is gonna get 90+ on metacritic

[coarse ferry]

Absolutely. If SEGA wanted to keep the quality going, this is easily their chance

[dawn pumice]

Honestly I’m thinking a teaser at central is somewhat likely and a gameplay teaser at TGA

[sick bobcat]

2026 and 2027 gonna be big for Sonic

[coarse ferry]

Oh yeah teaser no doubt

[dawn pumice]

But I’m still very confident if we get another central this year, it’s def gonna have 35th anniversary stuff

Either be an event announcement or something else

[coarse ferry]

Agreed

[wise chasm]

I hope they don't do non-gameplay teasers

Crossworlds kind of got away with it because there was a playable network test less than 3 months later

[dawn pumice]

Ehh idk

[wise chasm]

And even then

[dawn pumice]

I still feel sega is still on that dumb streak to do cgi teasers

[raw osprey]

they need to match odyssey reveal ngl

[dawn pumice]

It gets fans ravenous

[toxic vapor]

Ngl

I want a trailer that just goes straight into the gameplay

CGI -> gameplay

[raw osprey]

frontiers def is worst case because even when they announce game properly at tga they mostly just show environments

[toxic vapor]

We see Sonic enter a frame, rolling down hills, jumping area to area. Big Sonic CD intro vibe

[coarse ferry]

That's what it should be honestly freeze

[toxic vapor]

Until he smashes into enemy

And then it transitions into gameplay

[raw osprey]

basically superstars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3g-62NNoUs&t=16s

or mania

[toxic vapor]

That’s my point of reference

[sick bobcat]

Shadow Gens teaser was great
we got CGI AND gameplay

[still epoch]

dude that superstars trailer

legitmately flawless

[toxic vapor]

Think of Gens CGI opening if it transitioned into Green Hill Act 2

[still epoch]

it tricked us so hard

[toxic vapor]

Nah

Not really lmao

[still epoch]

the game looked phenomenal the music was boppin and the cg to ingame transition was so

[toxic vapor]

I guess bosses but Bridge Island is still amazingly designed

[still epoch]

smooth

well yes but no ones saying its better than its trailer

[toxic vapor]

Ngl I’m replaying Superstars and damn is the level design genuinely amazing…

[grand cobalt]

we only really saw bridge island and cyber station

[toxic vapor]

Just please get new boss designers…

[grand cobalt]

The only thing I guess you could say you were tricked about is the music lol

[dawn pumice]

I think superstars was the outliner cuz the game was releasing like within 4 months after that

[grand cobalt]

The rest of it is just how the game actually is

[dawn pumice]

Think that’s the first sonic game with the shortest reveal window

[grand cobalt]

At least the good zones

[raw osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4hsOTQZME mania too

[toxic vapor]

Yeah but Mania in game didn’t have generic rave trailer music

I lowkey hate how the Hyper Potion beep boop rave music is now a classic staple

[still epoch]

i think superstars trailer did trick me in thinking the music would be good

and so did the nintendo direct trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0il5KpfzvCU

[toxic vapor]

I think consistent is a better word

Cause Superstars has good tracks in it

[still epoch]

sure yea

[toxic vapor]

It’s just very inconsistent

[raw osprey]

classic has better announcement traielrs than modern #nooticing

[sick bobcat]

moder

[still epoch]

probably cuz it focuses more on the gameplay

[toxic vapor]

Cause you don’t need to hide boost slop from the masses…

[still epoch]

modern tries to be mysterious

[toxic vapor]

Joke btw don’t take it seriously

[raw osprey]

boost slop sells better than your oshima k1no

[still epoch]

id say the very short trailer before the ign gameplay was pretty decent

[dawn pumice]

I think that’s exactly what sega wants

[grand cobalt]

Yeah like classic trailers can’t really rely on anything else but gameplay lol

[coarse ferry]

yeah boost ain't going away lmao

[dawn pumice]

Sega always does something mysterious for modern sonic

[still epoch]

i think a balance is needed

[dawn pumice]

And I think they’re still gonna do that

[toxic vapor]

All the boost games individually sold less than Frontiers #nooticing

[toxic vapor]

…

[prime hearth]

honestly think its just as simple as "the last time they announced a 3D sonic game they absolutely were not ready to show gameplay" lol

[sick bobcat]

well if the Sonic jiyu rumors are true
boost is being reworked into something else

[toxic vapor]

I think the mechanic described in all these leaks sound very realistic to what I’m hearing

[dawn pumice]

Ehh I think it’s gonna be entirely different

[toxic vapor]

Spark 3 dash + top speed boost that you have to earn sounds exactly like a good evolution of the boost

And something Kishimoto would do listening to the feedback

[dawn pumice]

With leaks like these this early, they all try to piggyback one another

[coarse ferry]

On the same boat too fiery

[toxic vapor]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the leaks are very similar to what ends up happening

Even if there lowkey full of shit

[prime hearth]

like, they've finally got their act together with timescales, so now with announcements for the same year as the release they've actually got stuff ready to show from the last leg of development

[sick bobcat]

also spin dash and bounce attack is back
according to them

[dawn pumice]

Idk, but I think a cyberpunk city is kinda, idk not a sega thing to do rn

[coarse ferry]

What I am most hoping is that they are expanding more so on multiple playable chars

[dawn pumice]

They would honestly go the most random ass direction

[toxic vapor]

Reworked boost + more focused on time attacks/arcady missions vs botw puzzles

All sounds very in line with the Kishimoto twitter feedback it’s weird

[dawn pumice]

I think it’s just very weird due to the first leak being formatted exactly like the og frontiers leak with the chao photo

[prime hearth]

full year and a half before release, what on earth were they cooking lol https://youtu.be/Ppyle5XOyY4

[dawn pumice]

And then he mentions he isn’t a sonic fan, yet they just drop Westos 😭

[prime hearth]

(granted its clear why cos we were desperate for anything from the next game but like, they absolutely should've just waited til they had something to share like with superstars/shadow gens)

[toxic vapor]

This might be dumb but I lowkey like that approach

[prime hearth]

absoutely dogshit approach, never again

[toxic vapor]

Crash N Sane Trilogy was announced a year before so it made the hype season worth vs Crash 4

[still epoch]

i dont mind when its a year from release but i need more than just sonic running in a forest

[prime hearth]

much prefer to actually see the videogame instead of like 6 months of debate over "sonic runs in circle"

[toxic vapor]

N Sane had gameplay tho on reveal

But I think a year of suspense and hype is better then like 3-6 months of nothing

[prime hearth]

def feels like they've learnt lessons from frontiers' leadup with superstars/shadow gens

[toxic vapor]

Ngl Shadow Gens was dipping hard into that sort of territory

[prime hearth]

"here is the new game, here is what it looks like and how it plays, btw in your hands ready to play in 6 to 8 months enjoy"

bish bash bosh

[toxic vapor]

It was like so little then they revealed literally everything

Shadow Gens hype was honestly boring ngl

[prime hearth]

yea they def revealed like, nearly everything from shadow gens lol

(just like the og gens tho so like, throwback I guess drfhgvesbr 😭 )

[toxic vapor]

Ngl it’d be funny if they do the same shit

Sonic Central teaser -> game awards…

[prime hearth]

begging them on my hands and knees to stop showing sonic stuff at geoff events

[dawn pumice]

Honestly I think they’ll do that

But this time we will actually get gameplay at game awards

[prime hearth]

I mean preferably I want geoff to just implode onstage one day but I'll take no sonic and nobody tuning in cos of it

[dawn pumice]

But imma be honest too, I think we’re getting 2 games for next year

[prime hearth]

sticks his head up his own arse so hard he folds in on himself into nothingness

[toxic vapor]

My thing is that we’ve got like two questionable leaks and are already jumping the gun

[prime hearth]

absolutely not lol

[toxic vapor]

This could be a 2027 game

Sonic Blitz being an open world game is just so weird to me

[dawn pumice]

Bro Geoff is just a pile of depression 😭

When those cameras are off, he’s just looks so dead

Like he doesn’t even want to be there

[prime hearth]

I mean, he doesn't lol, he's there for the sweet sweet moolah

dorito pope never change, backbone made of dollar bills

[toxic vapor]

I thought it was gonna be Heroes remake 2025/26 and frontiers 2 2026/27

[prime hearth]

they're def pacing it out for one new game on shelves every year tho I'm pretty sure, they've prolly got multiple games on the go in dev rn but I think they'll just keep the others in the oven til they're needed

[toxic vapor]

Now some are saying reversed

[wise chasm]

a year of nothing is better than 3-6 months of nothing, alright, ok, I see the vision

I think CG trailers then a year+ of nothing sucks no matter what game we're talking about

[zinc spear]

I'm still not convinced there's a heroes remake

[wise chasm]

see: Fable, State of Decay 3, Perfect Dark, Dragon Age Veilguard, Mass Effect 4, Sonic Forces, The Outer Worlds 2, Contraband, Fairgame$, Concord, Elder Scrolls 6 (that one's gonna be 8 next year!), Starfield...

[toxic vapor]

Heroes Remake would just work but like

Tbh I think Heroes Remake would make more sense as an anniversary game ngl

[coarse ferry]

Honestly...... yeah I can see that

[raw osprey]

tbf frontiers didnt have a year of nothing nro shadow gens

[toxic vapor]

When is Movie 4 coming out again?

[raw osprey]

they tease the game at may of 2021 and announce it properly at december

[wise chasm]

March 19th 2027 (kinda forgor they gave an exact date)

[raw osprey]

then gameplay reveal at june 2022

[still epoch]

i dont think what i will say makes sense

but i feel sega will not touch sa1 and sa2, yet

for remakes

but heroes i am TRULY sensing thats what is coming next

it makes too much sense

its a less beloved game but that sold REALLY damn well

as a kid heroes was the ultimate sonic game

the standard

[coarse ferry]

Agreed honestly

[still epoch]

the story is easy to follow

has a fuck ton of characters

[coarse ferry]

I feel like when it comes to both SA1 and SA2 it comes down to their confidence. Especially since that this series haven't done an HD remake for like...... ever actually

[still epoch]

and despite the dub is defintely not as a cult classic as sa1 or sa2.

and i dont think heroes will be just a simple remake but some kind of reimagining

they like to do this thing where the remake has to fit with the current portrayal of the series

or a game that took place in the past

like superstars or gens

to me i feel shadow gens is basically taking gens and putting them as a current thing, not exactly before colors.

is hard to explain

but its how sonic treats amy in supperstars vs sa1

i feel they are gonna change a LOT in this supposed heroes remake

which is something they are totally never gonna do with sa1 and sa2

we will never get a total reimagining

but heroes?

possible.

[coarse ferry]

I will say Heroes remake will be a massive step around over what is really SEGA's current direction over the series. Especially with certain chars

What helps even more is that they can actually put any effort over heroes story like with Metal Sonic reappearing, Shadow coming back in some form, chaos data, etc.

[still epoch]

i have a feeling they will do something nuts

and have silver and blaze on it LOL

[coarse ferry]

If they wanted to get Silver fans happy then so be it

💀

[still epoch]

like somehow they are gonna add them in

waatch

[toxic vapor]

Nah

But uhh

[still epoch]

they wil find a way to fit them before 06 rivals and rush

time travel

[toxic vapor]

Amy and rewrites really worry me when it comes to Heroes

[coarse ferry]

But honestly I wanted to add either hooligans or Trip/Mighty/Ray

I am fine with that

Because I hated how Amy is portrayed in Heroes and the story is nearly nonexistant I have to be real

Give me SA1 Amy back plz

[sick bobcat]

a script rewrite wouldn't be a bad idea for a Heroes remake if they were upfront about it, if the game was advertised as a reimagining, that'll be fine I think

[still epoch]

there is a ton they could do with additions to the story in heroes

[coarse ferry]

Which is honestly is the main point over a heroes reimagine where they could do a hell ton over the story

[still epoch]

instead of just talking about heads spinning ian can add some actual decent banter

[toxic vapor]

Aka Heroes Amy with a less slapstick light hearted tone

[coarse ferry]

bro SA1 Amy is great

The fuck you mean?

[toxic vapor]

I’m saying Heroes Amy and SA1 Amy are the same character, just different tones

[coarse ferry]

.......eh

On paper sure, but writing wise nah

[toxic vapor]

Heroes Amy haters after watching one episode of the looney tunes

I need to find a gif brb

[coarse ferry]

And now I leave

good bye

[still epoch]

what if heroes comes out this year

[coarse ferry]

before I do, I really doubt

[toxic vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/chinyk-chinyk772-lightning-gif-13125943

[toxic vapor]

Mayhaps

That’s what Ryan aka Midori was saying

[torn trench]

Heroes Amy wasn't even that slapstick-y

From what I remember anyways

[toxic vapor]

I always got that vibe

But she’s defo slapstick in Riders

[torn trench]

Yeah Riders is where I'd point to if you wanna see something more slapstick

Heroes is like neutered slapstick where it's almost there but it feels stilted since there's no real physical comedy other than the last few cutscenes

[alpine wasp]

yeah but

frontiers took 5 years from scratch to finish

Frontiers 2 has started right after Frontiers release

[still epoch]

what was this idiot sayin

[wise chasm]

doesn't mean it still can't take 5 years

[alpine wasp]

and they had much more of a basis

it can take 5 years

but i doubt it

[wise chasm]

There hasn't been a 3D Mario game since Odyssey

[raw osprey]

most of the team still worked on updates till october 2023

[alpine wasp]

nah it was a small team

[wise chasm]

I don't count Bowser's Fury because that's different

[alpine wasp]

he said it

[alpine wasp]

yep but it's different

[raw osprey]

well not most of the team but not a small part also

[alpine wasp]

a mario game will definitely take longer than a sonic game

[raw osprey]

why

[alpine wasp]

i specifically remember him saying small team

[alpine wasp]

bigger

more complex

more innovative

higher standards of quality

[raw osprey]

thats not how game develoment work

[grand cobalt]

do mario games really follow traditional game development though

[alpine wasp]

didn't wonder take a lot of time because they didn't force a deadline on them

there's the movie deadline in early 2027

[wide portal]

Except none of the recent games have come out exactly on movie dates

[raw osprey]

we dont know how long they developed wonder tho

[wide portal]

they’ve been moreso in similar years

frontiers was supposed to be 2021, it just got delayed

[alpine wasp]

yeah this also

[alpine wasp]

yeah except one

Shadow

2 months earlier

it's more or less the same

[wide portal]

sxsg was 2 months before, it was close but not exactly

[alpine wasp]

yeah but it's definitely tied to it lmao

they said it themselves

[grand cobalt]

metal sonic is main villain of frontiers 2 confirmed

[alpine wasp]

i ain't giving a single cent to sega if so

[toxic vapor]

I'm guessing the next 3D Mario may be a big open world game

and if so, it's more complex to make giant worlds out of platforming challenges vs empty fields like in BOTW

[untold kayak]

Both require their complexity

[torn trench]

I'm kinda hoping it actually is bigger than odyssey to take full advantage of the Switch 2's better hardware, but I'm also kinda anxious about that since replaying Odyssey feels tiresome

[untold kayak]

so I feel saying that undermines what BOTW accomplishes

[raw osprey]

have a feeling that new 3d mario is going to be really different

not like TOTK which is jsut BOTW but better and bigger

[still epoch]

yea same

i think it will be something different from odyssey

[untold kayak]

Yeah

Nintendo doesn't tend to do the same for Mario

64 and sunshine are different

odyssey is different from galaxy

and bowser's fury is marginally different from 3d world even if they use the same base

only times they don't detatch that much is with sequels

galaxy 2 and 3d world (and even then this one had other kind of priorities with respect to 3d land)

[raw osprey]

3 weeks left till new 3d mario man

https://tenor.com/view/nanami-nanami-kento-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-gojo-gif-9721827202022859485

[wheat kindle]

Guys I think it's quite easy go predict the focus of the next titles for the immediate future

If movie 4 has Metal Sonic and Amy I can see them being a focus in the next main game

Assuming it releases by 2027

[alpine wasp]

i don't think they knew

they didn't even know for shadow in the post credits

they guessed it

[wheat kindle]

They knew

And made Shadow Gens in record time

[alpine wasp]

well maybe

officially they said they didn't

[wheat kindle]

There is cross planning

If there is a Heroes remake, I guess a new story showing how Metal became Neo

And replaced Eggman and kidnapped him

Would make sense

As a prequel

And for the next Frontiers game a big focus on Amy

[wheat kindle]

Yes

[still epoch]

so

who wants to bet june reveal of sonic heroes remake

[wheat kindle]

SGF?

[still epoch]

yep

[alpine wasp]

is ryan trustworthy for sega stuff?

[wheat kindle]

Yes

Or at least has been in the past

[alpine wasp]

i think he deactivated his account because of wrong persona 6 leaks

[wheat kindle]

Reminder they teased Heroes in the tailstube season 2 announcement at Sonic Central years ago

[still epoch]

he deactivated his account cuz hes a fucking creep

[wheat kindle]

^

[still epoch]

not cuz of wrong info

and got caught for being a creep

[alpine wasp]

what

he deactived for a while after he got exposed larping

he did something else recently?

i thought he deactivated after tga

[coarse ferry]

Probably it’s best chance this year honestly

[still epoch]

Yea i feel it will be sudden but not too much

[alpine wasp]

hmmmmmmm

so we have crossworlds

mk9 will release in may-july i think

so may-july is out of the question for cw

i think it'll be october/november

i can't see when heroes remake could release in 2025

[zinc spear]

Question, which seems more likely a release date for the frontiers successor? 2026 or 2027

[lunar trench]

It's just not happening tbh

2026

Been saying this since 2023

[still epoch]

2026

[zinc spear]

With crossworlds this year and frontiers 2 maybe next year I just don't see a heroes remake

[still epoch]

i do

[zinc spear]

I mean if movie 4's taking some inspiration from it then sure but otherwise it just feels kinda random

[still epoch]

absolutely

they are gonna do some kind of metal sonic prologue

[zinc spear]

Sonic Heroes X Metal Sonic?

[still epoch]

not as big as shadow gens

[zinc spear]

Orrrr Neo Sonic Heroes?

[still epoch]

but a metal sonic campaign

metal sonic playable in levels with his own story

[still epoch]

thats a really good name

[alpine wasp]

when this was tweeted we had no idea of cw being a thing

[zinc spear]

Shame the actual name would be way lamer :))

[wheat kindle]

Metal Sonic Heroes

(They were literally in the game)

And inspired the zombots

[alpine wasp]

Sonic Heroes Neo is good

[coarse ferry]

metal sonic being the single player campaign works perfectly

Helps considering with sonic 4 movie. Plus it'll technically be a repeat like with sonic 4 episode metal

But I'd imagined for metal sonic will essentially have 4 levels based on the teams' introductions. Team Sonic because self explanatory. Team Dark because Shadow. Team Rose because Chocola and Froggy. Team Chaotix because imitating eggman

[alpine wasp]

marketing for cw and heroes at the same time is impossible

• rumble, chao guardians, etc.

[coarse ferry]

But yeah I feel like it's too late for heroes showing up this year due to crossworlds

[still epoch]

i dont think that will matter

they wil have crossworlds and heroes remake

[alpine wasp]

that seems really tricky

they have another spot for heroes

2026 H1

[tawny talon]

I would say 2026

Mainly because they know what they are making from the get-go. The Sonic Frontiers that we got wasn’t 5 years of development

[alpine wasp]

yeah

[tawny talon]

It’s blatantly clear it had a different direction during its early development until they realized it was going fucking nowhere

[alpine wasp]

like by late 2019 their concept wasn't super clear

[tawny talon]

And had to put together the game in like 2 to 3 years

[alpine wasp]

i think it it took them like 2-3 years to have a clear idea of a direction

by late 2019 it hadn't even started or had barely started iirc

now they have a much clearer direction

[tawny talon]

Yep. The next game shouldn't have this problem at all

[alpine wasp]

they experimented with frontiers updates

they have more people

[tawny talon]

They know what they are making from minute 1

[coarse ferry]

That's also why I can easily see Frontiers 2 at 2026. Since they have a clear direction going on

[alpine wasp]

yeah

4 years seem good

in theory

[tawny talon]

3-4 years is reasonable

[coarse ferry]

Only reason why Frontiers took so long is just development being taking a lot longer. That's about it

[zinc spear]

The shadow gens team and frontiers team are also now on the same group right?

[coarse ferry]

As ouranus island and rhea island proves it

They should be yes

Even Ian is involved with shadow gens also

[zinc spear]

Not to mention the supposed new hires that Sega wants for Sonic Team

[coarse ferry]

With shadow gens it's technically a smaller group in a way

Yep

[tawny talon]

The only reason I can see it being 5 years is either if they are really ambitious with it or the worst case scenario, development once again isn’t going smoothly for reasons

[coarse ferry]

SEGA right now is going to make Sonic Team, RGG Studios, and ATLUS even bigger

[tawny talon]

I hope its not the latter

[coarse ferry]

It's why 2026 is going to be the game changer for SEGA with having both Frontiers 2, Persona 6, and Project Centuary (if possible)

[still epoch]

anyways i do see sonic heroes this year, crossworlds is a different team and different type of game

[alpine wasp]

yeah but like

[coarse ferry]

Crossworld the more I think about it the more I realize this. It's still a spinoff

[alpine wasp]

do you think kids will buy both

[coarse ferry]

Yes

[alpine wasp]

like parents will think "i bought you sonic already why are you asking me for another one"

idk

[coarse ferry]

One is a racing spinoff and the other is a remake of a main series

[alpine wasp]

pure speculation

[coarse ferry]

I feel like your underestimating kids pepito

[alpine wasp]

crossworlds releasing the same year as mk9 is dramatic

[atomic cave]

Why are all these leaks assuming the next mainline Sonic is Sonic blitz; the game Sega has already trademarked

[alpine wasp]

yeah clearly lol

[coarse ferry]

People will do the same thing with the likes of Mario and Pokemon

Sonic will be nod ifferent

[alpine wasp]

that was pure speculation

[zinc spear]

It just feels a little bloated of a year either way you slice it

[coarse ferry]

Yeah

[alpine wasp]

mario and pokemon are much bigger than sonic tho

but yeah i'm probably wrong

[zinc spear]

plus, lets not forget about the season pass.

[alpine wasp]

very probably

[coarse ferry]

Of course I am just more of bringing both of them because similar audience

[atomic cave]

When a mainline game gets its name trademarked, the reveal isn't very far behind

[still epoch]

every year will be bloated, get used to it

[coarse ferry]

^

[tawny talon]

Sonic Blitz would be an interesting title

[still epoch]

"but crossworlds" crossworlds is not gonna matter they will keep releasing sonic products

[tawny talon]

If that's the name for the mainline game

[zinc spear]

If the leaks are correct 'blitz' would be the name of the new mechanic yeah?

[alpine wasp]

nah frontiers got trademarked like one year before its release

[tawny talon]

It did?

[alpine wasp]

yep

i remember

[atomic cave]

But not one year before it's reveal

Meanwhile something like Sonic Stadium gets trademarked and is waiting in the wings

[alpine wasp]

https://www.sonicstadium.org/forums/topic/29650-sonic-frontiers-trademarked-by-sega/ exactly one year

Nov 8 2021

[atomic cave]

See, they have the teaser trailer image to go along with it 😭

Sonic Blitz is defo not it

[alpine wasp]

OOOOOH

SONIC BLITZ GOT TRADEMARKED

THAT'S WHY

[atomic cave]

• any leak including a blitz is like

Obvious fake

[rugged otter]

sonic 3d blitz engine....

[alpine wasp]

Sonic Frontiers 2 incoming

it's official

SONIC BLITZ

[coarse ferry]

Wait what do we know about Sonic Blitz so far?

Outside of the title. Best to recap at least

[rugged otter]

I think nothing

[grand cobalt]

nothing !

[zinc spear]

Honestly though if there was some kinda new move replacing the boost or spindash, 'blitz' at least sounds cool enough

[coarse ferry]

Fair enough lmao

[rugged otter]

all the leaks seem to be bs so far

[coarse ferry]

So I guess we just only gotten the name at least and the "leakers" are just being typical

[alpine wasp]

maybe they're using it for that mobile sports game that leaked a few times a go

[rugged otter]

probably

[coarse ferry]

It's the only possible guess yeah

[grand cobalt]

I hope so because blitz doesn’t scream a name used for mainline

[rugged otter]

it sounds like something for another banger apple arcade exclusive !!!

[alpine wasp]

it sounds mobile

[tawny talon]

People normally associate Blitz with sports or fighting games

[alpine wasp]

definitely sounds mobile game

blitzball

[tawny talon]

It sounds mobile too

[alpine wasp]

from ffx

[tawny talon]

Wait

[rugged otter]

but yea does feel like crossworlds ain't the only thing this year, but I'm not expecting anything mainline either

[atomic cave]

If blitz is the soccer game then what is Sonic Stadium gonna be

[zinc spear]

I mean usually the subtitles centre around the gameplay or story mcguffin tbf

[alpine wasp]

what

what's sonic stadium

[rugged otter]

a place where you discuss sonic games to the death

[tawny talon]

Can’t this be a codename or it is when they trademark a title that it sets in stone that they will go for that name?

[coarse ferry]

If mainline wise, probably just Heroes remake

I feel like 2026 is when SEGA going back to their up games again

[atomic cave]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SonicTheHedgehog/comments/1ey8oag/sega_corporation_has_trademark_sonic_stadium/

[coarse ferry]

Which essentially their big 3 IPs

[atomic cave]

Trademark sets it in stone yeah

[grand cobalt]

Wasn’t there a game trademarked literally named Sonic soccer

[alpine wasp]

hmmmm

[tawny talon]

Huh

I don’t remember that

[alpine wasp]

i'll always remember that one game i've waited so much

[rugged otter]

anyway wow sonic is cool anyway dino crisis got a trademark in japan let's gooooo

[alpine wasp]

and its west release got cancelled because of a trademarking issue

[tawny talon]

Are they like making 3 different Sonic sports games?

[atomic cave]

Very weird how many new Sonic trademarks we have waiting in the wings currently

[alpine wasp]

Soooo

[tawny talon]

Oh wait, can’t they also be a different name for the same game in Japan that they also trademark or am I being dumb?

[alpine wasp]

Basically confirmed/trademarked:
Stadium (mobile)
Blitz
Frontiers 2
Spin Battle

Rumored:
Chao Guardians (mobile)
Heroes Remake

[coarse ferry]

Basically correct altho

[atomic cave]

There's also Sonic Spin Battle

[coarse ferry]

I feel like putting Frontiers 2 being unofficial fits better since it's pretty much a no brainer

That works too

[tawny talon]

I hope we don’t have to call that anymore by the end of the year

[coarse ferry]

Oh we won't for sure lmao

It's the only name we can use for now

[rugged otter]

my dreams: sonic battle with spins
the reality: some arcade thing with spin tops

[grand cobalt]

bro how many fucking games are there

[coarse ferry]

Ikr? lmao

[alpine wasp]

I can see Blitz being a mainline game

because it sounds less mobile than Spin Battle or Stadium

but it could just be a spin off lol

[tawny talon]

They weren't kidding when they said that they wanted to pump out Sonic stuff consistently since 2022

[alpine wasp]

mobile releases aren't huge so it's okay to have them at the same time

grrraaaaaahh i wanna know if heroes remake is a thing or no

[tawny talon]

Its probably a thing but something we won’t see for a while

Especially if the next mainline game is gonna be released in 2026

[grand cobalt]

not trademarked actually

from here

sonic soccer strikers

[coarse ferry]

watch ATLUS do their own take of FE: Heroes lmao

[torn trench]

If the heroes remake is real, I really genuinely don't want them to have it be made by a development team with a shoddy track record

[still epoch]

which is

[tawny talon]

Oh yeah, that entire thing

[grand cobalt]

most of these games are going to be lost media 10-15 years from now i’m calling it rn

[torn trench]

Blind Squirrel

[still epoch]

honestly leaph i dont think it would be that kind of halfassed remaster

it would be a full new game

[tawny talon]

I'm laughing at the Super Monkey Ball one because they probably saw Banana Rumble selling like 5 copies and has likely bailed out on the idea of a Super Monkey Ball game ob mobile

[plush moth]

What’s that Sonic game in Netflix

[still epoch]

a sonic heroes reimagining

[plush moth]

Not prime dash fuck that

[grand cobalt]

chao guardians + chao tales this year trust

[plush moth]

Oh that’s chao guardian

[tawny talon]

Pretty sure that mobile Monkey Ball game was first heavily rumored before they fooled us with Banana Rumble

Good because I don’t want to imagine that the first new Monkey Ball game in over a decade being an Apple Arcade only game

Looks at Katamari

[torn trench]

Idk
I do hope that they're more particular about quality this time around, but after SCU being less than favorable and Gens being just fine, I don't really have that high of expectations for it
I could be really hyped when/if it does get revealed, but still

[still epoch]

i mean they are raising expectations by the second

and i dont think gens was just fine tf we got shadow gens

first things first it would not be a remaster

[torn trench]

I mean the remaster on its own

[still epoch]

yea cuz they put their effort into shadow gens

[torn trench]

Shadow Gens was great

[still epoch]

yea, and i imagine sonic heroes remake being like shadow gens but even better

consider me optimistic

[torn trench]

And I wanna think that too, but the thing is that we don't have a good idea on who's going to be the director, lead game designer, or anything + this is going to be their first remake of a 3d Sonic game ever and I don't know how they're going to do with that
At least with Frontiers 2 we can guess that Kishimoto is going to be working as the director again, but there's no telling how this supposed Heroes remake is going to pan out

And as someone who fully does not like Heroes, there's nowhere they can really go but up in terms of the actual game-feel, but still

[still epoch]

hm

[alpine wasp]

"in discussion"

maybe it was cancelled

[coarse ferry]

Probably the only one if so

Sonic and ATLUS are a given

[tawny talon]

Again, I would be so shocked if the Super Monkey Ball mobile game did get picked up after seeing Banana Rumble selling like 10 copies

[coarse ferry]

I am sure it sold fine, just not the IP that SEGA expect to be like a major hit compared to Sonic/Persona/Yakuza

[tawny talon]

I'm exaggerating ofc

Besides, it's hard to predict what Sega will do with Super Monkey Ball

Since its a weird middle line between being not utterly niche, but also nowhere touching the big hits like Sonic, Persona, and Yakuza

[coarse ferry]

Yeah there is that

But at least you have better hope than me. I am just coping for anything phantasy star that is not NGS related

[alpine wasp]

pretty sure stadium is soccer strikers

i wanna stop believing there will be a heroes remake but ryan's tweet...

[smoky summit]

Yeah but at that same time

Ryan doesn't know everything

[atomic cave]

The unreal engine angle ended up happening with Sonic Team working on crossworlds, but even when he was leaking stuff the whole drama between him and zippo was whether the heroes remake had even started development past internal discussions

[alpine wasp]

true but he seemed positive here

[alpine wasp]

guess that would make sense for a movie 4 window release... but he clearly said 2025 a few months later

[alpine wasp]

I can see the football game release in 2026

because of 2026 World Cup

[cunning echo]

there was an interview not so long ago with someone from sega where they mentioned that the next "big" thing for sonic will be seen in tga

it was in like january

[alpine wasp]

sooo... 2025 TGA?

crossworlds: october/november 2025
(heroes remake) : early 2026
frontiers 2 : november 2026

coping

[cunning echo]

most likely

also I thought crossworld will release in november

[cunning echo]

it looks more like a june or july release

[cunning echo]

Omg ty pep

I been looking for this one for so long

😭

[alpine wasp]

but it was in december

he was talking of 2024 TGA

he was talking of crossworlds lmao

[cunning echo]

pretty sure it was after tga

[alpine wasp]

interview was posted on dec 13

[atomic cave]

Davih....

[alpine wasp]

it was recorded before TGA so

[cunning echo]

[alpine wasp]

well so crossworlds is supposed to be the next level... or at least part of it

heroes remake coming guys believe it

[cunning echo]

I really doubt crossworld is next level

[atomic cave]

https://tenor.com/view/hawkeye-please-begging-sadness-gif-23302120

[cunning echo]

is just a race game

what's so next level about it 😭

[atomic cave]

I mean!

It is really fun!

[cunning echo]

like, I suppose it'll do nice but lets be honest

once mk9 releases is pretty much joever

[atomic cave]

And that's why it needs the gas

PR hype team

[cunning echo]

they might aswell release it way earlier to get people to mess around

specially since it has crossplay

[alpine wasp]

it can't risk sharing the same release window as mk9

[cunning echo]

yea

[atomic cave]

We'll find out soon enough if MK is releasing with the switch or not

[cunning echo]

the new switch might release for christmas so

[atomic cave]

3 more week...

[cunning echo]

summer would be good

[alpine wasp]

may-july

[cunning echo]

crossworld?

[alpine wasp]

switch

[cunning echo]

a

[alpine wasp]

crossworlds october/nov

[cunning echo]

ehh idk

with the network test thing

it feels like it'll be earlier

[smoky summit]

Anything involving Zippo is meaningless. He was getting information from Ryan second hand through Tailsguy, so he is just an aggregate and adds nothing of value

Ryan could be bullshitting on it tbh

Or doing an educated guess

[wise chasm]

They want to do multiple of those, so who knows

[zinc spear]

🧐

By how things usually go that would make 0 sense

It was revealed in January, with a direct 3 months away. Judging by switch 1s pipeline, an early Summer release makes the most sense.

As for crossworlds, what about August/September? It isn't too late in the year and without knowing the switch 2s game pipeline, gives it time to breathe

[coarse ferry]

I honestly expect switch 2 releasing more at summer honestly

[zinc spear]

If i had to bet specifics, I'd say early June.

[toxic vapor]

https://x.com/FrackDeals/status/1899706122325643578

Frack's Sonic Deals (@FrackDeals) on X

SEGA has filed a new trademark for the following image.

What could it possibly be

Source: https://t.co/747U85Lq6F

X · Mar 12, 2025, 6:16 AM

Chat???

Sonic Blitz incoming??

[raw osprey]

it looks like sonic and friends icon

[toxic vapor]

nah

It's from a Uekawa stock render

[raw osprey]

how are you even found out exact render this fast

[toxic vapor]

From xitter

[wise chasm]

Probably something for merch branding or whatever

[raw osprey]

https://vxtwitter.com/tmark365/status/1899732359618220090 what did sega mean by this

[toxic vapor]

NOOOOO

[torn trench]

What even is this

[coarse ferry]

Farewell Sonic, forever

[still epoch]

uh ok

[plush moth]

Rest in Peace, Sonic
reason of death: he pissed off Shadow a little too much

[grand cobalt]

https://x.com/Sm0lFoxi/status/1899804520151970033

Jade Foxi 🇵🇸🇨🇩 AMBASSADOR OF SURGE (@Sm0lFoxi) on X

GUYS.

X · Mar 12, 2025, 12:47 PM

she’s coming 🥹

[mint umbra]

i think its actually sour the solenodon from behind

[safe hull]

YESSSSSSSSS

[plush moth]

[hybrid hill]

https://x.com/trademark_bot_1/status/1897293446001328140?s=46

商標速報bot 1号 (@trademark_bot_1) on X

[商願2025-19245]
商標: [画像] (標準文字)
OCR: SEGA FOOTBALL CLUB CHAMPIONS
出願人: 株式会社セガ (東京都品川区)
出願日: 2025年2月25日
区分: 9類(家庭用テレビゲーム機用プログラム,家庭用テレビゲーム機用のプログラムを記憶させた電子回路・磁気テープ・磁気ディスク・光ディスク・ROMカ…

X · Mar 5, 2025, 2:29 PM

here’s your SEGA all stars game

[atomic cave]

oh my god ANOTHER ONE?!?!?!

[lunar trench]

Ah

[prime hearth]

tenner its the same one going through dev hell

trying desperately to make football interesting, to no avail

[dawn pumice]

Lmao

[grand cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/asuka-evangelion-neon-genesis-neon-genesis-evangelion-asuka-mom-gif-502759302481437660

wait spectrevincible how did you even find this it’s 7 days old with less than 20 likes 😭

[alpine wasp]

a british who doesn't like football

crazy

the only other trademark was sonic stadium

maybe they switched to sega?

so they could include sega characters

or maybe... it's a console game...

meant to replace mario strikers...

Heroes Remake, Frontiers 2, Chao Guardians, Sega FC Champions... Hop on the HYPE TRAIN, no tickets needed

[forest fractal]

Hyped for more mobile games?

We’re so cooked

[alpine wasp]

Well if they're Apple Arcade and Netflix maybe they won't have microtransactions...

[forest fractal]

Well obviously they won’t

But is that what’s worth being hyped about now?

Adless mobile games?

[alpine wasp]

I like football sorry...

[plush moth]

but soccer

[alpine wasp]

A football game starring Sonic & Yakuza characters would be so peak...

[atomic cave]

No please I need all of these to release