#Sonic Leaks, Rumours & Speculation

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modest parcel
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Maybe not?

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OH

coarse ferry
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I lost my investment over MK so it's harder for me to convince buying it. Doesn't help with that open world structure

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💀

modest parcel
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THE GUY WHO WOULDN'T DRIFT LMAOOOOOO

lunar trench
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Not even drifiting

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Yeah

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😭

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Pretty sure 99.99% of people do not engage with the parkour in mkwo

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Cuz they all suck ass

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(From the guy that sucks ass)

modest parcel
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Parkour's main use is during the lapped races though

lunar trench
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Yeah

coarse ferry
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I feel like the parkour to me is make or break towards the player

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Some may easily invest it throughout, while some don't

modest parcel
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I just want the jump to be the drift for the straightaways for MKWorld

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It's crazy the game dropped the ball on that front

lunar trench
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In most cases charge jumps are useless

modest parcel
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Yeah

lunar trench
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Generally you'd wanna use them after a umt

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Or one some ramps to cut the air time

coarse ferry
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I feel like it doesn't help that Nintendo randomly bothers if they'll add any content or not. So people are just going to assume if there is even a choice or not

lunar trench
cunning echo
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tangle looks great

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idk what was people talking about when they were revealed

modest parcel
cunning echo
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what could they add honestly

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like courses wise

modest parcel
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If anything, like Kirby Air Riders, releasing a game and not releasing DLC is admirable

coarse ferry
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Kirby Air Riders I am legit amazed the most

cunning echo
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I think the open world being a thing is what makes me think no dlc honestly

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unless they just do another islands

modest parcel
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MKWorld's mythical fourth island...

cunning echo
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ig they could make it a fortnite season kind of thing for mk world

modest parcel
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Not wrong

coarse ferry
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Bro imagine Sakurai going crazy with the callbacks over the past sonic bosses

pulsar horizon
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I love course_name_1502. It’s my favorite track

modest parcel
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Lowkey

coarse ferry
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Oh no doubt

untold kayak
modest parcel
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Sakurai needs to escape the Smash Bros mines

untold kayak
grand cobalt
modest parcel
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He cannot be chained to that series like he has, it's wild it took this long for him to get out

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Let him make a fully original kirby game

coarse ferry
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Yeah I feel like after with smash ult, he needs to do other things

modest parcel
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Hell let him make a fully original game

pulsar horizon
modest parcel
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Noooooooooo

pulsar horizon
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That was the deal

cunning echo
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ig so?

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idk

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the renders for them I do gotta say are kinda lazy lmao

pulsar horizon
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He got to make Air Riders but at the cost of also getting Nintendo a new Smash Bros

modest parcel
cunning echo
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cuz is just renders made in the engine

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rather than being cg

coarse ferry
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next smash is going to be a hellzone when it comes to char talk

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Especially with the very louder ones looks at Sonic

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🙃

cunning echo
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I do think tangle pupils are a lil stretch

pulsar horizon
cunning echo
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but that it

modest parcel
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Smash bros is just roster discussion ad nauseum

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It's awful

coarse ferry
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Damn straight

strange estuary
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What were people talking about when they revealed

cunning echo
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why you think that dex

modest parcel
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Because it's awful

cunning echo
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Ultimate?

coarse ferry
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I can legit say this as an example

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I've gotten literal death threats just by wanting Ridley before he was playable 💀

modest parcel
cunning echo
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I dont get it

modest parcel
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The smash bros games are fun

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The smash bros discussions are awful

coarse ferry
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It's more the char speculation that is very toxic

pulsar horizon
pulsar horizon
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I’m already dealing with that rn with my friend (who never plays Crossworlds) and is complaining about SpongeBob being added before more Sega characters 😭

coarse ferry
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You know what fair LMAO

cunning echo
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spongebob gotta be the most devised dlc lmao

verbal tundra
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jus complainin to be complainin

coarse ferry
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Exactly. Even SEGA made it clear SEGA chars are seperated from the paid DLC

verbal tundra
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how u gonna complain abt the game u dont even play and not know what ur complaining abt

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what sense does that make

pulsar horizon
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Less than 3 hours

verbal tundra
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aight man

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love when ppl complain and dont know what the fuck theyre talkin abt

pulsar horizon
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He wanted Jet Set instead of SpongeBob

untold kayak
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😭

pulsar horizon
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I literally told him Sega IP is free DLC and Jet Set might be later on and he went off on me about how the paid DLC is just a Paramount advertisement 😭

verbal tundra
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IT SURE IS!!!!

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GET OVER IT!!!!!!!

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BEAT FROM JET SET RADIO WILL COME SOON

modest parcel
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I hope he doesn't vectorRunners

verbal tundra
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MAN SHUT UP

modest parcel
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But

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But Karma

modest parcel
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He can show up in year 2

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How about that

modest parcel
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With the release of the new game

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But not year one

verbal tundra
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why

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explain why

modest parcel
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Because

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Because

verbal tundra
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why should he not be year 1

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give me a good reason dexter

modest parcel
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Because JSR's new designs come out in year 2

wide portal
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erm we don’t know that yet

modest parcel
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Ok then year 3

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Point is they have a way in

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It just won't be year 1

coarse ferry
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I can't see them ignore JSR since it's always been one of SEGA's most popular IPs

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It's just that well. a waiting game lmao

humble drum
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ch

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ch

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chi

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CHICKEN JOCKEY

fossil echo
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Okay so funny thing I saw people talking about this on 4chan cause a guy in the thread got his entire save file nuked due to this update and he's been going back and forth with sega/epic support 💀 💀 💀

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This was like 2 days ago

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When the festival started

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Apparently there are balance changes but they didn't get enough time to dig through em

fossil echo
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out of order cause i put this together fast but kinda funny

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also this is the screen in question but this guy panicked and didnt go any futher. I dont think it really confirms balance changes but

grand cobalt
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yeah I wouldn’t take that as confirmation, leaph’s review copy got the same notice when it added the dlc chars pre-launch

autumn yacht
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getting an update too early that locks you out of our save data is a meme

fossil echo
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Epic games moment

untold kayak
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Interesting way to find out about a patch notes

fossil echo
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Just realized but megaman isn't in this update

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Hmm

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Tailstube version showed a build that had him i think

untold kayak
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How?

silent haven
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wait

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aren’t nights and aiai releasing before t&w?

silent haven
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nights/aiai/pac man vehicles are shown in the vehicle menu but that’s it

ember junco
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How tf is it getting leaked already???

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Ain’t the update on like the 4th

ember junco
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So when they are available they’re organised with the other Sonic characters and not like awkwardly inbetween the Sega reps

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Like so they’re put between the Prime Characters and Joker just so it looks cleaner

ember junco
stiff salmon
fossil echo
fossil echo
ember junco
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Wait since they put it out early could that mean the update is this week?

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Or is it just more likely it’s next week on like the 4th for Switch 2

fossil echo
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Prolly next week

stiff salmon
raw osprey
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we also getting legend lobbies next week

toxic vapor
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TS so chopped bro

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That perma ass brow ruins so many expressions, one of the worst Modern Sonic design traits...

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@fossil echo Did you find anymore leaks??

toxic vapor
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@glossy sphinx You didn't even give your predictions

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Fraud

glossy sphinx
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am I the ONLY ONE who has to give their predictions

smoky summit
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What is your prediction

lunar trench
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Dgmw i love current haru tho

glossy sphinx
lunar trench
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Bruh wtf does that even mean smh

still epoch
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Do it nero

glossy sphinx
lunar trench
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Listen i ended up with her cuz she's still my fav

glossy sphinx
raw osprey
lunar trench
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I just long for the "possibility"

toxic vapor
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Crazy how Nero's gonna say most of the shit I predict but he has aura so ya'll will trust him more...

lunar trench
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Okay freeze 💀

toxic vapor
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HE IS NOT PLAYBOI CARTI

toxic vapor
lunar trench
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I've already made them !

toxic vapor
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"wee wee i like bagettes, sonic unleashed 2 totally"

lunar trench
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Stoopid

toxic vapor
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😋

toxic vapor
lunar trench
toxic vapor
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I'm interested

toxic vapor
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😊

lunar trench
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You have never been to france

toxic vapor
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Now what's your predictions lmao

toxic vapor
lunar trench
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That's what i'm saying, you've never been to france

toxic vapor
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Okay can we stop arguing

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and talk bout frontier s2

still epoch
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Nero

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keanu where are you

lunar trench
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Look it up it's somewhere

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Do the work, i ain't gonna do it for you

toxic vapor
still epoch
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I dont love anyone

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I like the idea of nero causing some strange discussion

toxic vapor
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I NEED THIS

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My speculation is kinda homeless

glossy sphinx
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My predictions are

  • Physics are taking the front seat here, I don't think it'll be necessary to master them but they're definitely gonna build certain platforming challenges, stage shortcuts, or secrets around it
  • a type of boost will still be here in some way, I think they're gonna make use of the rocket boost capsules from TFH
  • new models, most likely with Uekawa/Karasuno inspiration in there, mainly with the proportions.
  • heavily improved animations
  • I don't expect them doing more than the main 5 for playable characters but there's def opportunities for returning characters being NPC's
  • I think the open zones will be connected you just gotta unveil the map
  • more classic inspiration when it comes to gameplay philosophies
  • I don't think combat will operate like Frontiers I think it'll be pretty different
  • Something tells me the zone themes will be similar to the original Crossworlds stuff but overall more polished, and that's a good thing because those strike a good balance
  • I think there will be less titan fights and more character fights for the important bosses
  • aside from the physics based stuff and new movesets there's obviously gonna be a new big gimmick that will help differentiate this game from it's predecessor
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(not a prediction but I hope they finally implement stuff like wall mounting and ledge grabbing...)

still epoch
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Good predictions

glossy sphinx
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uhhh if you want me to predict something else then just ask about the topic

dusty osprey
glossy sphinx
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oh yeah and there's gonna be top tier hype aura moments that they'll flaunt in trailers

dusty osprey
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I'm trying to figure out mechnically what he would do with the series

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
lunar trench
modest parcel
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Prediction scoreboard rules:
2 points for accurate predictions
1 point for at least half true predictions
5 points for designated long shot predictions
-1 points for incorrect predictions

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Let’s see what you got TC

lunar trench
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You said boost would dissapear entirely if not for corporate meddling

glossy sphinx
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I think they're gonna be sneaky and find some way to sneak the boost in lol but I don't think it'll be available to use all the time lol

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people need that rush one way or another

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brainrotted Tiktok babies

lunar trench
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Kill'em

modest parcel
dusty osprey
lunar trench
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I'd like that sadly i just put way too much money in a brand new laptop

modest parcel
dusty osprey
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i'm just aware enough to know X director on Y thing does not always work out and they need to have an understanding of what makes a thing nteresting. So i'm thinking, what would he do?

modest parcel
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Sakurai would pull out an insane final secret or something

dusty osprey
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Like people wanted yoshi p on ff16 that shit ended up mid as hell. I think sakurai has a incredible understanding of what makes his games fun and interesting. But i'm curious if that translates to sonic in a way that would be cool

still epoch
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The boost capsules are so interesting to me

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They are probably the most interesting gimmick from tfh

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I dont find them great

dusty osprey
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All i can say is this

still epoch
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The levels they are in are some of the worst

dusty osprey
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whatever the sakurai sonic game would be,

still epoch
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But it is a way to create that kind of uncontrollable speed

glossy sphinx
dusty osprey
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Shadow propaganda you've never seen before

glossy sphinx
lunar trench
dusty osprey
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Its like if sakurai made a kof iroi an d dash would be the main character

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Sakurai is bringng back neo metal and fusing hm to infinite

still epoch
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I THINK 4A SUCKS

lunar trench
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Hypothetically

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If sakurai were to do a sonic game

glossy sphinx
still epoch
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Yea the concept is interesting

lunar trench
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Pls

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Do not use

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The smash motor

glossy sphinx
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2 different conversations at the same time let's gooo

still epoch
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I think the way its just so like, uncontrollable and the feel you get from it is crazy

toxic vapor
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Stand by it!

still epoch
lunar trench
still epoch
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What do you guys type to find these gifs

cunning echo
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Let's see

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Or let's take a look

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You can also type void eyes

glossy sphinx
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I just type in eye emoji lol

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or steal my friends gifs

toxic vapor
lunar trench
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No that's just two different statements

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
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I don't think it would be corporate meddling I just think it would be as simple as them wanting to preserve the boost in some type of way. And there's many ways to do that without including it within the base moveset.

(I'm saying all of this assuming the boost isn't apart of the base moveset Incase you couldn't tell.)

still epoch
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The boost is the zoomer friendly button

cunning echo
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The boost ain't what it was anyways

toxic vapor
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I think corporate meddling isn't the right word when I think most of Sonic Team would convince the mechanic to be added on top

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I just don't think the director, Kishimoto, wanted most of his titles to be boost games

glossy sphinx
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okay then sure if the usual boost is in the game then id consider that being a thing only due to weird factors

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
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no cl*ssic around here

toxic vapor
lunar trench
toxic vapor
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the new model is 100% gonna have a level of classic influence

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on my life

glossy sphinx
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hmmmmm

lunar trench
prime hearth
grand cobalt
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That’s not funny jane

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there could be seven

raw osprey
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what about me

grand cobalt
dense snow
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The mistake was choosing to buy it on the epic games store

smoky summit
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Prediction:

  • I think the presentation leak is real in concept, not in detail.
  • I think it will still be on Hedgehog Engine with new systems added like ray tracing etc.
  • I think it will be somewhat more linear open zone gameplay with areas where the world seamlessly deforms into something else for a while (Like Shadow Gens, but based more on entering a certain area).
  • I think big ring portals will be involved in some way
  • I think they will replace the boost with a dash button that just gives you a short burst of speed in a certain direction. Can be spammed with a short cooldown.
  • I think the spindash will be a metered ability again like TFH but you need rings/other resources to make it recharge faster. It will be a little heavier and more akin to Sonic X where you are a pinballing ball of energy
  • I think combat will remain simple but abilities will be snappier (and I think everything will be reanimated)
  • I think there will be a new Metal Sonic form/new Mechanical Sonic doppleganger.
  • I think Sonic will have new super form adjacent forms (something like fire Sonic).
  • I think it will mostly be solo Sonic again. Other characters to either have a small playable appearance for plot or playable in side content.
  • I was debating this, but I will feel like the cyloop will return in some form.
toxic vapor
smoky summit
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No I want like SA1 remake lmao

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Oh also long shot:

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There will be time travel, but Silver won't play a big role

toxic vapor
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Or give him a proper roll + stop and charge spindash

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You locking that down?

cunning echo
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I doubt they would keep the frontiers spindash, is too broken. It will prolly be balanced to be just better than lost word

toxic vapor
cunning echo
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I mean, it works

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Plus frontiers already has roll system just used in 2D

dusty osprey
toxic vapor
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Anything??

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Frontiers also has a garbage roll system in 2D LMAO

cunning echo
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But everything is subjective 😭

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For me it works, for you it doesn't and that's fine

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I'm the kind of person that just spams the spindash in sa1 even tho is slower than fully charge it

toxic vapor
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Honestly more for me to complain about!!!

smoky summit
cunning echo
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So it works for me thumbsup2

toxic vapor
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What works for you is more for me to complain

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And gives me more motivation to work on projects that align with my views on what Sonic should be

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Keeps me going

smoky summit
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Oh oh

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I almost forgot

cunning echo
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The only thing I want them to change is how it just zooms out, I want it to stay on the floor like in lw if they bring it back

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In frontiers it flies a lot but that can be due to the bad collision

smoky summit
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I think they will add a thing where you can bonk weak enemies and ride them as a skateboard for a short while

toxic vapor
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I just don't see how like keeping the boost and spindash will lead to anything good

cunning echo
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That thing was cool in there ngl

smoky summit
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Or the movie lol

toxic vapor
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Like yes I want the games to be hold RT to go fast!!

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That is what Sonic was always about, pressing a go fast button to get to any destination

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If Kishimoto goes that route, he's failed as a director, so real

cunning echo
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Freeze believe me when I tell you that is not really a big deal 😭

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Like I said, everything is subjective

smoky summit
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I think having a boost like thing is more important than the spindash to them

toxic vapor
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In the way it's subjective, subjectively I think that it sucks!

cunning echo
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Is not being conformist

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Is just the way it works

smoky summit
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And I'm thinking about this from a consumer test perspective

cunning echo
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Everyone has their ideal sonic game, design, etc

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You can please one person but it doesn't mean everyone will be so what sonic team does is give something that is balanced but works

smoky summit
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I think having the go fast button also double as the button that turns you into a literal ball will be odd for consumers

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And it will be a scanerio where they only naturally only think to use it in specific locations

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Not just it as the go fast traversal option

cunning echo
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Like speed sim

smoky summit
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That is what most new SA1/2 players do

cunning echo
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You have the boost but you can also just run normally and get speed lmao

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Oh and the spindash

toxic vapor
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Now we go with the compromise lmao

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I want no compromise with the next game lmao

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Boost doesn't work well with rolling physics, everytime it's implemented it leads to unbalanced design that only really benefits people who want a sandbox

cunning echo
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I'm sure they'll deliver something great, not sure if it will please everyone tho 😬

toxic vapor
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It's the same mentality that lead to the sliders which are horrible game design

cunning echo
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But sonic team is lately listening to themselves too

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Which is great honestly 😭

toxic vapor
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Same mentality that allows sprint in the OG Halo even though it goes against the game design

cunning echo
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They sometimes listened too much to fans and externals

toxic vapor
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Sonic Team is listening to the fans more than ever

cunning echo
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Is why forces is the way it is

toxic vapor
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You are saying incorrect things LMAO

cunning echo
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Na

toxic vapor
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There we go bro, this ain't a Radical Soda video from 2018, Sega never listened to the fans

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You are saying false hoods lmao

cunning echo
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Sonic team has always listened to fans

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If they listened wrong is up to debate but they never shut themselves

toxic vapor
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Sonic Team actively listened to media that was filtered through by Sega corporate. It wasn't until Kishimoto actually listened to the fans and actually got what they meant

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Kishimoto actually knows what fans want more and is gonna incorporate that more

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How is that Sonic Team listening to themselves more?

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Do you know how any of this works bro or are you just sprouting things you've heard of on the internet

cunning echo
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lol

toxic vapor
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It literally reads like a RadicalSoda 2018 video where he goes "hurr durr Sega should stop listening to the fans" like they ever actually listened to the die hard fans

smoky summit
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So what I'm trying to say is, the average player will have an easier time relating boost to "going fast" than a move than turns you into a ball which would be seen as more situational

And ofc, I think a large factor in this is that they don't want the base speed/acceleration to be too high either.

So I feel like a boost-like thing is probably seen as essential

toxic vapor
cunning echo
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And they are

toxic vapor
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I'd argue that watching people play Unleashed or Gens, those games can be harder to really understand, to the point they don't even hold the X button

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You can easily (and I have) design stages with a momentum based Sonic character controller with easy to access bottom paths with spectacle to tie players over.

smoky summit
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They wouldn't hold a spindash button in those games either

cunning echo
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They didn't stop listening, I'm just saying they are just finally listening to themselves too because they also have to please themselves first to please others

smoky summit
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I think the problem is there is that

toxic vapor
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You don't have to hold a spindash if you just design bottom path design with basic platforming and objects + encouraging them to get better

smoky summit
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A lot of the gameplay is designed to where you either hold the button or you don't have a good time

toxic vapor
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That's especially a dumbfounded argument when Mario 64 was loved and that has an acceleration based character controller in an open environment

smoky summit
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You're gonna have to be constantly spindashing

toxic vapor
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Most players actively don't like getting handholded

smoky summit
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Mario 64 is not the benchmark for anything nowadays

cunning echo
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Honestly I prefer the run button in 64 DS 😭

toxic vapor
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Not a benchmark when it's still being used as a basis for game design today?

toxic vapor
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😋

hybrid hill
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Goated

coarse ferry
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Best P5 Girl 🗿

cunning echo
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Goated

smoky summit
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It is only loved because it is itself. If anything game tries to copy Mario 64 in 2026 it will flop outside of some niche attempts at glazing "omg this game has backwards long jumppop"

cunning echo
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The jump what

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Ehh I think it would do nice

toxic vapor
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That is literally false because Mario Odyssey and Bananza are still actively glazed modern games that follow that philosophy

lunar trench
toxic vapor
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Literally every open world sandbox game with movement owes themselves to Mario 64 lmao

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And that'd apply to Sonic?

smoky summit
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Those don't play like Mario 64

toxic vapor
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All I'm gonna say is that we will see what happens with Frontiers 2

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Maybe you guys are right!

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But we'll see what happens

smoky summit
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And ironically they have very simple character controllers lol

cunning echo
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Ok but what if they don't please you tho 😭

toxic vapor
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Cause I have a gut feeling that both of ya'll are gonna learn the hard way!

cunning echo
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What are you gonna do about it even if the game is amazing

toxic vapor
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Not a great Sonic game

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I can play Assassin's Creed Origins and enjoy it whilst disliking it from a fundamental perspective for dishonouring every aspect that made Assassin's Creed so enjoyable

cunning echo
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Damn

smoky summit
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But look, a lot of what works there won't really work as well on Sonic just by virtue of him being faster and harder to control

cunning echo
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Gens and unleashed were stiff to control

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Mostly cuz he was like a car

toxic vapor
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The biggest argument you could've made is that acceleration based character controllers are hard to control in regular platforming scenarios. What if I'm going to fast and I wanna stop and do a puzzle, but I have to unwind

cunning echo
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I still think colors has the best boost control

toxic vapor
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THAT is a valid rebuttal that I had to make for you lmao

cunning echo
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Sadly the most of the game is 2D 😭

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But in 3D it controls nice

smoky summit
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No

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It's hard even if you don't stop

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Lol

toxic vapor
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Lowkey most can be fixed by just not restricting Sonic going uphill at low speeds, not making Sonic too slow and just designing the world around that character controller

cunning echo
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As for later on games, frontiers boost is just run button same as lost world and with shadow gens is just the same but with the old destroy enemies mechanics

toxic vapor
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Listen man we'll see, we have a whole year

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I wanna ask yall, what IF they do that

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What if they do a rolling based Sonic with no boost or heavily nerfed boost

cunning echo
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The boost is not boosting anymore 💔

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Is just run

toxic vapor
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At least making Sonic gain speed beyond a speedcap without boosting and making him only reach top speed via rolling

cunning echo
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And enemy damage sometimes

toxic vapor
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How would you all feel about that!

smoky summit
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For one, idk why Unleashed and Generations are even in contention here. They had very specific design that would be very hard to set up with any other gameplay style. What they did served the visuals very well and they are remembered very fondly

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That's it

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Colors can have better controls than Mario it doesn't matter

cunning echo
lunar trench
cunning echo
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He's mostly pointing out the gameplay part 😭

smoky summit
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And idk what there is to learn lmao

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My enjoyment of the game will be affected 0% by whether Sonic has "proper rolling physics" or not lol

cunning echo
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Learn?

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Oh that

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I think

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Is something I actually see a lot in the fan base (only in twt honestly). I feel like everyone just passes their beliefs or their ideal sonic as in "this is what we all want" when is really not the case

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Is mostly why all arguments come in and out

sick bobcat
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Superstars taught me that, having proper physics does not guarantee a Sonic game to be a 9/10 or a 10/10 game

still epoch
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Absolutely not lol

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We need way more than just rolling physics

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It would be nice but

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Its really not necessary

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I dont think it is a priority

cunning echo
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It would be a nice addition

still epoch
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Yea a nice addition

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Not a make it or break it

wise chasm
#

it's a combination of things that makes a videogame "very good"

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Superstars has rolling physics, but that matters dick all because everything else isn't anything noteworthy

still epoch
#

It feels like when people say rolling physics they ignore the other just as important aspects

cunning echo
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The whole level should made for rolling

fossil echo
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Freeze i think you may be getting too hung up on this. Like there's nothing to prove against us, if sonic team provides what you're talking about im sure we'll enjoy it (as long as it's done well) but like I think most people are just trying to be realistic and keep expectations in check

cunning echo
#

Yeah

wise chasm
#

Frontiers can feel like shit from a butt and made out of sticks and stones, but it did enough different things that isolated it into a more unique experience in the series (proper combat, leveling, more open zones, multiple Super Sonic fights, hell, even an updates roadmap counts)

fossil echo
#

Sonic team hasn't budged on these things in well over 2 decades now so excuse us for not believing it'll happen now

cunning echo
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I can't talk for everyone ofc but I just want simple changes, idk why that is being conformist 😭

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Mario does it

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Why can't it just be soft and natural changes

untold kayak
#

Pinball physics aren't a do or die for Sonic ganes, they never were

still epoch
#

Soft and natural changes is a nice way of saying it

cunning echo
#

Like, I'm sure it would be better if they just add stuff people want like rolling and all that stuff slowly rather than putting all in the blender

wise chasm
#

Mario games, for better or worse, still do new things each game that differentiate it from other games in the series, it's rarely just "the same game but again!", be it gimmick-wise, visuals-wise, etc.

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other than, like, NSMB series

cunning echo
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Changing stuff so drastic will lead to something that isn't ready

cunning echo
wise chasm
#

Yeah, but the design approach is still very different between each game

cunning echo
#

At least for the mainline ones like sunshine or odyssey just with new gimmick and more polished moves

wise chasm
#

Sunshine has FLUDD

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Galaxy is a less open-ended game that has planets and gravity and shit

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3D Land and World are a pure translation of 2D games' philosophy into 3D

cunning echo
#

They are pretty similar to play just with one or 2 new moves like rolling in Odyssey

wise chasm
#

Odyssey has Cappy and a much more exploratory approach to progressing

cunning echo
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For sonic it never felt like that for example 😭

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We went from adventure to heroes to shadow to 06 to unleashed to lost world

wise chasm
#

If Odyssey and Sunshine are similar to 64, then everything that came out after Unleashed is similar to, well, Unleashed and everything between Adventure games and Unleashed is similar to Adventure

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That's how I see it

cunning echo
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Playstation spiderman is also good example

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The second game and miles morales aren't much different from the first one but the changes they did make it miles better

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Is just like small changes for the base stuff that makes it better and adding newer stuff that helps the experience

wise chasm
#

I...don't know if I'd call those changes small

toxic vapor
cunning echo
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Should've worded it better

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But going from just being able to swing to swing and glide

toxic vapor
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Lowkey made my brother playtest an unfinished fan game level

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And he was calling it a shit stage and asking where’s boost

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Lmao

cunning echo
wise chasm
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I guess that's where the miscommunication is, because I find additions to core moveset a lot more than "simple"

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Like gliding in Spidey 2 changes how you traverse the world a shitton

cunning echo
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In gameplay is a big change but in paper is a little small

smoky summit
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I feel like thinking about it from the sense that "the game has to be fun, fast paced and accessible on first playthrough, not on replays only" establishes a lot of the reasons why I think Sonic Team does things the way they do

still epoch
#

Yea

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If they end up doing a sonic gt

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They are screwed lmao

cunning echo
#

Sonic team is really ambitious and I love that but they take things a little too fast

smoky summit
#

Ofc there will be hard challenges that take several tries, ofc there will be parts to be careful

cunning echo
#

They need to take things slower

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More gradually

cunning echo
sick bobcat
#

Insomniac Spidey 2 is another example of a game having great gameplay
but the story is considered worse than the previous two games by some people that it ruined the whole experience for them

untold kayak
#

Most people don't have the time or patience to do replays to that level of detail

still epoch
cunning echo
#

Sonic games are easy to replay cuz of their simplicity

wise chasm
#

Spidey 2 was also less polished at the time funnily enough, that shit crashed 4 times on my PS5 that was relatively fresh at the time

smoky summit
#

But I can tell you this very specific example: A lot of fan games have been doing this thing where your homing attack carries your momentum.

It is never fun on first playthrough because you always don't know where the f it's flinging yo, you don't know where to go from there, and you get disoriented af

cunning echo
#

But gt gameplay is not hard to learn

sick bobcat
wise chasm
#

Frontiers already deviated from boost gameplay by making it not damage the enemies. Relatively simple change, changes how the game feels a shitton mostly for the better but shhhhh

smoky summit
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I can say this as as someone who is generally average at these games

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GT was devastating lmao

still epoch
smoky summit
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Hill Top took me 15mins+ to navigate

still epoch
#

Hill Top is horrific

smoky summit
#

The city stage I got through without really knowing where I was going

cunning echo
#

Oh yeah hill top 😭

still epoch
#

Its such a huge level and you cant even take your time with it

smoky summit
#

And pyramid cave was also that just go somewhere and hope its correct

still epoch
#

Disorientating is what id call gt

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The way you can homing attack and be sent flying to god knows where

smoky summit
#

I'm not gonna fault 3D fan boss fights cause I just don't think people had enough experience with that to even attempt to to make them good

cunning echo
#

the fan game that I still like a lot movement wise is still project hero

still epoch
#

This is where pure momentum can be a problem

sick bobcat
#

if Frontiers Update 3 and Dream Team's latest update is of any indication, We might go back to the era of Sonic games with the Spin Dash being a main mechanic
Unless Sonic Team gets rid of it again

cunning echo
#

and is literally super simple

still epoch
#

We need speed caps

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And level design set to those

smoky summit
#

Isn't spindash in speed sim just another boost lol

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I mean

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Dream Team

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Speed Sim started with the spindash

modest parcel
#

No you have an actual boost for Dream Team

smoky summit
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But they made it useless after 2.0

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I know I mean

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Isn't the spindash just the boost 2.0 in Dream Team

modest parcel
#

Actually idk I never played it

smoky summit
#

Does it have useful special properties

wise chasm
modest parcel
#

Nah that's David

wise chasm
#

he's not here tho

modest parcel
#

I'm the other David that sells it out for hype moments and aura

cunning echo
#

but it doesn't work in up hills

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is why they added the boost later on

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I remember that day because freeze was arguing with one of the devs about it 😭

grand cobalt
modest parcel
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Oh my god

grand cobalt
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i have no idea how much speed sim changed

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haven’t played since 2022

smoky summit
#

Ok Dream Team spindash acts like you'd expect and they added the spin drift thingy that is popular in fan concepts

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It's slightly faster than regular boost if you ref all the way

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And has some momentum physics TM

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It's cool

cunning echo
#

yeaa

cunning echo
#

the last time I played was when they released the emerald coast race

smoky summit
#

Kinda funny that Dream Team is just

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Exactly the fan game ideal concept

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Lmao

cunning echo
#

wdym

smoky summit
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It's basically got everything Freeze asks for one way or another

cunning echo
#

Dream team is cool I just wish it wasn't on mobile only

modest parcel
#

I'm gonna take a look at the spindash but I doubt it escapes the inherent design the boost comes with

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Alr I'm back

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Dream Team didn't have a lot of opportunities to run downhill so it's not like rolling was ever going to be meaningful in the game

toxic vapor
modest parcel
#

But in the context of the capped speed, there's really no benefit to using it over the boost outside of... not using a meter I guess?

modest parcel
#

The problem is

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People assume that because one is more accessible you can't have the other

toxic vapor
grand cobalt
modest parcel
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Outta the way crossworlds

sick bobcat
#

Spin Dash in Dream Team works about what I expect, from what ive seen in videos
but the game was not designed around it

modest parcel
#

I can see the lack of a meter effecting speedruns at the v least

toxic vapor
#

Yall don’t know what’s in my head space in Dream 3D Sonic

modest parcel
#

I think mine is more enigmatic #tbh

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And I'm not telling my secrets

toxic vapor
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@modest parcel what do you think my dream sonic game is

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From talking to me

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Honest question

modest parcel
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CD but 3D with some modern flairs

toxic vapor
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Bro that’s not wide enough

modest parcel
#

Wym wide

toxic vapor
#

Oddly CD is a no?

modest parcel
#

You can have a wide CD

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That's what 3D necessitates

toxic vapor
#

I mean too broad

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CD design is a lil hard in 3D

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Honestly an open-zone would carry a lot of that in spirit

modest parcel
#

Alright then SRB2 (Mania/Generations level design but good) type levels with the multitude of routing possible being the point

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Idk you've never stated any of these preferences from what I've seen

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Only talked negatively about games that don't live up to your expectations

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Like 2, 3&K, Mania

still epoch
#

Srb2 :3

glossy sphinx
#

lol

glossy sphinx
#

Freeze SRB2 fan!!!

modest parcel
#

I'm not sure if he is that's why I'm lost lol

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For all I know he could be a hater

hybrid hill
glossy sphinx
#

I typed the lol expecting for him to reply early, and not take this long 😭😭

still epoch
#

Srb2 is great though

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Is fairly approachable

modest parcel
#

Is he like writing an essay elsewhere before pasting it in here or smthn

still epoch
#

Not too difficult

modest parcel
#

I don't think he's read it yet if he's gonna respond chum

mint umbra
#

guys do you want to read fake sonic leaks from 2013 that i just found

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imagine believing you could be getting this and then getting sonic lost world lmfao

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"xbox infinite" lmao

wise chasm
#

"Do not worry, it is not Dimps, SEGA ended the relationship with them"
damn, so close

still epoch
#

I hate how dimps got so much shit for like what

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Two bad games outta like 9?

toxic vapor
humble drum
#

ik s4e1 what is the 2nd bad game

mint umbra
#

looking at old sonic news is crazy

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what do you mean they didnt know amy would be in sa2

wise chasm
humble drum
wise chasm
#

Was about to say, some might disagree

humble drum
mint umbra
#

imagine being there for the pumpkin hill reveal dude...

humble drum
#

I was -5 years old

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I wouldn't even say s4e1 was dimps' fault

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Since it was just supposed to be a mobile game

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And sega rushed into a console one

still epoch
#

Sonic Pocket Adventure
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Rush
Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic Unwiished
Sonic 4 Episode 1
Sonic Colors
Sonic Generations
Sonic 4 Episode 2
Sonic Lost World

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Oh thats more than 9

humble drum
#

Unwiished

still epoch
#

Oh shit

toxic vapor
still epoch
#

12 dimps games

mint umbra
cunning echo
#

It was actually sonic team

still epoch
#

Whats the truth

cunning echo
#

They only had a level designer or I think it was the director that worked in rush

still epoch
#

Wow

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People have LIED

cunning echo
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Or more like we didn't know 😭

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I remember cuz I saw it in a video and then David was talking about it in VC once

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It was around the frontiers updates times

dawn pumice
# smoky summit Prediction: - I think the presentation leak is real in concept, not in detail. -...

Wait, we doin next sonic game predictions, imma give my hand in it

  • TGA announcement, only a teaser and nothing else
  • fully believe the PowerPoint is real, cyberpunk city and everything
  • i feel like we r getting a model rework but not what people expect
  • sonic is gonna be the only playable character, i dont think theres gonna be others
  • I feel like many mentioned before but physics are the front center of this game and I feel like they connect the gimmick in some way
  • gimmick being some time warping shit similar to CD where u have to maintain ur momentum
  • levels are gonna be absolutely shit
  • combat is going to be vastly different in a good way
still epoch
#

Wow

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Worst prediction by far bup

cunning echo
#

levels are gonna be absolutely shit 😭

zinc spear
#

I mean a lot of these feel like fairly safe bets.

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and then others are just kinda...

spice axle
#

Fiery once again being pessimistic. bigsad

zinc spear
#

Like if we're gonna make predictions then why not go batshit crazy with em?

fossil echo
zinc spear
#

It's tricky to design a stage and a world around both though right?

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So unless you design it with one or the other in mind then you aren't necessarily going to get the best out of either

fossil echo
#

Not entirely i dont think, tfh stages definitely lean more to utilizing the spin dash but they're entirely possible with boost

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From i saw of the little bit of the casual crowd that bothered to play the dlc, they never touched the spin dash even tho it was unlocked

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And in a way having to use the boost on these kinds of stage still allowed for a challenge

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I think it's possible to fine tune that kind of design

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Design around slopes and spin dash usage, but boost still work cause like it's insta speed crutch for casuals or whatever, that's the point

zinc spear
#

I mean the spindash in FH wasn't even technically the spindash though? it was closer to a reskinned boost

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Like there's definitely a difference in design philosophy but they still didn't fully lean into having a proper spindash, and proper physicsy stuff

fossil echo
#

I more talking the level design. Cause yeah while the spin dash was overpowered as shit, notice how spaced out and vertically aligned all the platforming were in those cyberspace stages

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It was trying to accommodate for that and get the player adjusted to go up inclines to reach higher or further distances

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Doing those stages with boost only is unironically a lot harder especially for s ranking times, but generally a much safer way of playing than taking the risk of flinging off everything

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A lot of casuals dont have the same depth perception we have grown accustomed too with sonic games and are far less equipped to try and judge if they'll make a platform far off in the distance with enough momentum so they take the easy more cautious laid out ground path that the level directs them through

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Instead of the skips on the platforms above

glossy sphinx
glossy sphinx
cunning echo
#

he means that is small changes

glossy sphinx
#

barely a rework then

cunning echo
#

like a quill reshape or shoe reshape

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is still a rework

stiff salmon
#

YOU BET OUR SOULS ON A MODEL REWORK??

glossy sphinx
#

I expected more from you fiery

dawn pumice
rugged otter
#

I've got a feeling, maybe I'm cynical but
I don't think there's gonna much of a rework

fossil echo
#

Honestly im not expecting a style change or entirely new models. I'm expecting the same model but like it's rigged not like a stiff shoe this time and looks more akin to those scrapped redone generations cutscenes they showed

dawn pumice
#

And maybe a bit of a face lift

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Everything else stays the same

rugged otter
dawn pumice
#

Proportions / quills / etc

glossy sphinx
#

great! everyone has low expectations!

rugged otter
#

Yes!

glossy sphinx
#

you don't get to smirk.

dawn pumice
glossy sphinx
#

oh pfp change

#

W

rugged otter
#

since everyone is making their predictions im here to make it boring and vague so I can win this

  • some big gimmick that's probably taking the place of cyber powers, probably will be something closer to doom abilities to add more movement options
  • maybe less melancholy vibe overall but not outright upbeat
  • linear levels for other characters
  • npcs but not that many
  • no puzzles but more challenges
  • combat gets more moves/attacks and mixes up on enemy group dynamics (also probably no roaming bosses)
toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
#

...yeah

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anyways

rugged otter
glossy sphinx
# fossil echo Doing those stages with boost only is unironically a lot harder especially for s...

i actually tested this out a lot and I feel they're def harder when you're using the spindash due to the crazy airtime you get, the render distance, and the pure amount of bottomless pits lol. Whenever I play through them without the spindash (which was a lot of times...) the stages felt so much more cohesive to the point where the spindash definitely felt like an afterthought when it comes to how it would've been included in the stages..?

and obviously since they brought along this OP ass move they had to alter S rank times to compensate for it.

pulsar horizon
#

Found this in my bookmarks again while looking for something but now we know Tangle and Whisper were meant for December initially under "Extnd 13", what exactly are 19 and 20 gonna be? That's 2 characters in each pack too..

QRT: palewoven
Tangle and Whisper are pratically confirmed for december in Crossworlds if u think about it LOL

Updates are coming monthly said by Sega, which means Miku for launch, Joker for October and Ichiban for November

Two characters drop in december, which is when the comic drops

glossy sphinx
#

it's not like there's any specially made paths for the spindash either, everything is easily accessible without using it

#

actually it's quite funny how many times I saw content creators die because of how much they trust the spindash in those linear stages

rugged otter
#

I could be more ambitious but...

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there's no telling what they could toss in, i know frontiers felt left field especially with the leaks

glossy sphinx
#

you gotta at least address the elephants like the boost/spindash or the models

rugged otter
#

oh yeah..

#
  • models are not changing unfortunately, maybe better use is made out of them but..
  • boost is def in and it still looks slow
dawn pumice
#

Now that’s a perfect prediction

rugged otter
#
  • and ironicaly the camera rocks for the levels but not the boost
past matrix
#

My (delusional) prediction is getting RnB back in the ost.

dawn pumice
#

Oh ya

#

Another delusion

rugged otter
#

ruby delusions..

dawn pumice
#
  • we r getting a high end anime singer for a song in the game
#

I’m calling Lisa / Ado

rugged otter
#

yooooo

#

Ado would be rad

dawn pumice
#

We got One Ok Rock, and now Creepy Nuts

#

It’s now time for

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Ado or Lisa

glossy sphinx
#

CREEPY NUTSSSSS

rugged otter
glossy sphinx
#

define the drop dash situation

rugged otter
#

it's less useful than just using boost..

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as it's made too weak..

cunning echo
#

is cool that drop dash is now in 3d games

#

but I still dont find it useful 😭

rugged otter
#

yeah definitely

cunning echo
#

it was even in gens remaster

#

I think drop dash doesnt work in 3d

rugged otter
#

I gave frontiers a try and loved using even if it made no sense to

glossy sphinx
#

not an "either or" 👀

glossy sphinx
rugged otter
fossil echo
glossy sphinx
fossil echo
#

When I used the boost to navigate these stages, it felt like ass

glossy sphinx
fossil echo
rugged otter
torn trench
fossil echo
#

Boost is gonna be easy for regular casuals, they ain't judging that bottomless pit distance

glossy sphinx
glossy sphinx
#

make an entire opening around it actually idc

rugged otter
glossy sphinx
#

funny that's usually the thing that people have the least amount of confidence in

rugged otter
#

actually do wonder what their approach to the open zone will be like, still don't think SxSG was really a demonstration of what direction it'd go since that was still just a hub and the progression wasn't really tied too deeply to the design overall

rugged otter
#

like total mystery how that'll go, actually would be damn shocked if we were back to relatively flat worlds with rails again

smoky summit
stiff salmon
toxic vapor
#

The dropdash is the most useful thing in most momentum fangames

smoky summit
#

Going back a little earlier

#

So if Dream Team had like

#

No boost but faster normal top speed

glossy sphinx
smoky summit
#

Would that suddenly make it all better Freeze?

toxic vapor
#

Porting Dream Team level to Horizons

#

Someone send me the stage model

smoky summit
#

I feel like this kind of defeats the purpose of having good level design lol

#

Feels like if you can just throw in a level into any other game without re-accounting for everything

#

Then the level doesn't do enough to sith the control scheme it is given

hybrid hill
#

🤔

strange estuary
rugged otter
#

tbh i don't even remember if they did I just gotta gut feeling if they're this set on having combat (at least as far as frontiers is concerned) then maybe it'll be better

still epoch
glossy sphinx
glossy sphinx
#

yes... feelings and vibes.

still epoch
#

I have a feeling we will watch whatever is this trailer and it will be positive

glossy sphinx
#

yes yes

toxic vapor
#

Found this on 4chan

glossy sphinx
#

I have a feeling too

glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
#

Light romance themes??

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
#

this isn't new it's just repeating the leak you sent before 😭😭

glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
#

Lol

glossy sphinx
#

who knows they might be cooking, they might not be

coarse ferry
prime hearth
#

is this a fucking AI summary lmao

#

why would a 4chan leak say this

glossy sphinx
#

teeeechnically it was

toxic vapor
#

Yeah lmao

glossy sphinx
glossy sphinx
#

oh maybe I should cook some predictions for a trailer specifically

rugged otter
#

I predict sonic....

#

and he is there.

humble drum
#

sonic superstars plus

rugged otter
#

ok fuck it, wild prediction, we see
||Gemerl||

glossy sphinx
rugged otter
#

you got me there

#

maybe this time.. Amy will reveal the game..

#

whole teaser and its amy fiddling with tarot cards for fun but suddenly something ominous is revealed

glossy sphinx
#

stop.

rugged otter
#

Knuckles reveasl the game as he finds a secret message from the ancients in one of the grapes he is eating

prime hearth
#

she gets a papercut from her cards despite wearing gloves (this is never explained)

wide portal
glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
#

My big prediction is that the open world game is gonna be that return to Sonic 1 and Classic ideals

glossy sphinx
#

yeah... W prediction...

toxic vapor
#

Like all the safe ass predictions here and gonna be the opposite of what it is cause yall like modern sonic and shit

wide portal
rugged otter
#

I predict the game will be titled
Sonic Fort

toxic vapor
#

Kishimoto going back to Sonic 1991

#

You will see

still epoch
rugged otter
#

Sonic Mint

toxic vapor
#

Chat im so goated

lunar trench
toxic vapor
#

Doesn’t even mention momentum physics

lunar trench
#

Mhm mhm...

#

Whatever you say man

toxic vapor
#

I’m sliming you brah

dense snow
#

who are you again?

toxic vapor
#

@glossy sphinx posted em

glossy sphinx
#

who are you again?

still epoch
#

Honestly either freeze or someone elae here

#

The lifht romance thing is literally targeting me

autumn yacht
#

who is professor turi

toxic vapor
#

That leak is from weeks ago bro

still epoch
#

No one would have no problem with that

#

Aside me

toxic vapor
#

What benefit would I have to post another one

glossy sphinx
#

freeze sent multiple leaks, even non anonymous ones I don't think this is any different 😅

#

if y'all actually believe it's him that is

#

another random prediction, tails arm canon from battle is showing up in frontiers 2

#

#bookmark

grand cobalt
#

i need something to happen already so this can end 💀

autumn yacht
#

i can make my own leak

#

spindash
maybe
yes

glossy sphinx
lunar trench
rugged otter
lunar trench
rugged otter
#

she is pretty chill

past matrix
#

that copyright title leak gonna hit like CRACK

autumn yacht
#

oh that dang uh tails tube character

toxic vapor
#

Tung Tung sahurrr

grand cobalt
#

hot dog taco hamburger ass leaks

#

where’s le passion

glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
#

Yall worried bout frontiers 2 while im worried about hl3

humble drum
lunar trench
autumn yacht
#

yeah where's the fake "here's what i played during the test"

toxic vapor
rugged otter
#

I'm worried if sonic and garfield will ever share a spotlight again....

glossy sphinx
#

right you're not worried about frontiers 2...

zinc spear
#

Y'know what might be fun?

toxic vapor
zinc spear
#

A frontiers 2 bingo card

glossy sphinx
#

I never made one before

autumn yacht
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here's my leak: next sonic game has no run button, it has a stop button
sonic moves fast at all times and you can only stop him by the stop or slow button

rugged otter
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instead of a game, they should announce a cool new sonic anime to keep us fed

zinc spear
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well that would be because it's something I only invented like 50 seconds ago, but I'm on it!

glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
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On @grand cobalt’s soul we’re getting a new model with kurasano features (biting off Nero), muzzle curve and rounder body

prime hearth
rugged otter
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you know what I hope they do

rugged otter
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add a gearshift to sonic, directly on top of his head

autumn yacht
toxic vapor
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I’m behind all the 4chan leaks here

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Every single one of them

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Including the Movie leaks

autumn yacht
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where's the CD praise then

autumn yacht
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honestly i stopped reading after turi

lunar trench
past matrix
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I just want rnb back in sonic

zinc spear
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ahhhh fuck you beat me to it

autumn yacht
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will sony pay for a ps4 port

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
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oops

humble drum
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add a space for switch 2 version but not on switch 1

toxic vapor
glossy sphinx
toxic vapor
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By someone else lmao

glossy sphinx
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oh u talking about ilyas?

toxic vapor
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Yes lmao

autumn yacht
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what does zippo man have to say about sonic now

rugged otter
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heard next sonic game is cd, heroes, shadow the hedgehog, sa1 sa2 and spinball in a blender
hope you're hungry

lunar trench
autumn yacht
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wow that's a lot of CDs i'm just noticing

dawn pumice
rugged otter
zinc spear
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Ngl Freeze, I didn't even spot the doc

dawn pumice
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Outta all the things to leak

autumn yacht
dawn pumice
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They chose to list out stages

toxic vapor
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If these leaks are real

dawn pumice
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I would not like that at all ngl

zinc spear
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That sounds doubtful

dawn pumice
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Actually I’d hate it 💀

rugged otter
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heard miku is in frontiers 2, just like in crossworlds
it's all coming together

autumn yacht
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sky road woooo

dawn pumice
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I wanna see new locales

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Not crossworlds ones

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But this time I’m out of a car

glossy sphinx
zinc spear
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I mean it would be interesting to see how they'd be built around sonic's moveset, and how they'd be expanded into an actual explorable locale

prime hearth
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my predictions while I'm here and I haven't anything better to do:
• one single much, much bigger interconnected open zone that gradually opens up as you go, with moveset unlocks helping get you to new areas of the world (similarly to how Shadow Gens approached it) - Frontiers had a bit of this during dev but it got abandoned, so makes sense to revisit it
• the main four (Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knux) playable, switchable on the fly outside of active combat and boost stages
• similar combat system and traversal to Frontiers but with some new moves added in, not too much different there
• no new model overhauls outside of like, nips and tucks - the styleguides have been set for over a decade and will not be changing any time soon do not fool yourself lol

glossy sphinx
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I came to appreciate most of them and I think it would be awesome if they were explorable in the open