SEGA's Leipzig line-up

By Tom Bramwell Published 17 August, 2006

Lots of next-gen. Plus, Sonic Wii finally named.

SEGA will field a strong line-up of playable titles at next week's Leipzig Games Convention and has also revealed the final name for Sonic's Nintendo Wii offering.

Let's deal with that first, then. Having previously gone by the working title of Sonic Wild Fire, we're now told that it will be called Sonic and the Secret Rings.

It along with Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, SEGA's other confirmed Wii title, will be playable behind closed doors much as they were at E3, as will PS3 versions of Virtua Tennis 3, SEGA Rally, Sonic The Hedgehog and Full Auto 2.

Out in the open though, you'll still be able to see a number of titles, including Medieval II: Total War, 360 versions of Sonic and Virtua Tennis, Phantasy Star Universe, Yakuza on PS2 and the PSP take on Sonic Rivals.

The full line-up:

  • Medieval II: Total War (PC)
  • Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360, PS3)
  • Sonic and the Secret Rings (Nintendo Wii)
  • Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (Nintendo Wii)
  • Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
  • SEGA Rally (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
  • Yakuza (PS2)
  • Phantasy Star Universe (PS2, PC, Xbox 360)
  • Full Auto 2: Battlelines (PS3)
  • Charlotte's Web (PC, GBA, Nintendo DS)
  • Sonic Rivals (PSP)
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Comments (22) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Blerk #1 6 years ago

    Sonic and the Secret Rings

    What a terrible name! Almost Lucas-esque.

    They should've called it "Sonic Wiild Fire".

  • cauldie #2 6 years ago

    they could have at least called it "Sonic: The Secret Rings" instead of adding the 'and' and therefore making it sound like a kids game.

  • trav #3 6 years ago

    "they could have at least called it "Sonic: The Secret Rings" instead of adding the 'and' and therefore making it sound like a kids game."

    Yeah, its not like Sonic the Hedgehog is aimed at the younger market or anything.

  • dbeamish #4 6 years ago

    they could have called anything else to make it sound less like a game about bum rape.

  • el_pollo_diablo #5 6 years ago

    Isn't it time that the Monkey Ball name was left to die?

    I've got plenty of time for monkeys in games, but the pedigree of the SMB games has gone down and down. I'd have been tempted to rename it.

  • Eldritch #6 6 years ago

    Sonic: Wiicked & Wiild

  • cyacomini #7 6 years ago

    I *really* *really* cant wait to get my hands on SEGA Rally for the 360.

    I still have my original SEGA Saturn console, only games I kept were Rally and Daytona.

    Please SEGA - Give us a DAYTONA 360... i'll cut my right arm off for it.

  • Paleface #8 6 years ago

    Full Auto 2 for PS3 only? PS3 can keep it, tbh.

  • Mildew #9 6 years ago

    Sounds Enid Blyton-esque - new characters Timmy the Dog and George the Human - and when George collects 100 ginger beer cans he can slow down time - think I need a bit more sleep...

    And secret rings? Has noone told Sonic what he's been collecting for the past 15-odd years?

  • Scientist #10 6 years ago

    So it's looking like consumers won't be able to get their hands on most next-gen titles at Leipzig. I'm interested to see how much floor space Nintendo and Sony are going to dedicate to playable Wii and PS3 titles.

  • yiannis #11 6 years ago

    oh well ... i guess sonic will play great with the new controls and so is SMB, i just feel that Sega is doing the least they could for Wii.

    Where's Sega Rally for Wii hmmmm?????

  • gamingdave #12 6 years ago

    When I noticed they were showing Sega Rally for PS3 I thought for a moment I had a reason to get a PS3. then I noticed it was coming for the 360, excellent. Very much looking forward to that.

    What happened to the new Afterburner though?

  • Zero Beat #13 6 years ago

    Gamespot have some new footage of Full Auto 2 and surprisingly it looks quite a lot more fun with the environmental damage having some effect on gameplay.

  • Genome #14 6 years ago

    Virtua Tennis 3 needs to be on the Wii. Seriously, not making a Wii version is just plain stupid. It's the best tennis game out there and the Wiimote is just a given for tennis games.

    Sega aren't dumb, they could manage the whole "new control scheme development" without too many problems.

  • SimonM7 #15 6 years ago

    I read Gamespot's Full Auto 2 preview and was baffled at how many of the things AREN'T new but the Gamespot person only now noticed them because they were pointed out.

    You could always shoot stuff to block off your opponents and you could always click the right stick to fire your weapons. In fact, it was always a pretty cool game but people never got past the weak presentation and framerate issues.

  • SimonM7 #16 6 years ago

    Yakuza is a very Shenmue-esque game about, er, yakuza. It was called Ryuga Gotoku in japan and it's headed up by the Monkey Ball guy. It got 10,10,9,9 in famitsu, a point worth noting.

  • Blerk #17 6 years ago

    Playable demo of Yakuza on this month's Official Playstation Rag.

  • Kami #18 6 years ago

    The one thing that bugs me about Sonic is unlike it's bitter rival Mario, he hasn't grown with his audience. Mario in recent years has even ripped the piss out of itself, very successfully I might add, and has found a way to exist in harmony with the rapidly maturing market - by not taking itself so damn seriously. Which is sadly what Sonic does - the series takes itself far too seriously and has not really grown with those of us who were there on the ol' Mega Drive. And it's just getting boring, bland and immature.

    I have high hopes for an amazing comeback for Sonic. But on the strength of the title... and the not-so-hot Heroes... my heart longs for it but my head knows that it's not going to happen...

  • ecureuil #19 6 years ago

    I agree with Sonic not maturing. The audience that grew up with Sonic is getting old now, there's potential to be tapped. With every new Sonic game, the problem with it game is blindingly obvious, yet somehow, Sonic Team just can't see it. We're sitting there going, "DON'T DO KNUCKLES' EMERALD FINDING LEVELS, THEY'RE SHIT!" and what do they do? Make twice as many for the next game.

    And Sonic and the Secret Rings.. sounds like a fucking Harry Potter title.

  • Zero Beat #20 6 years ago

    Fifth Phantom Saga, be at TGS and BE GOOD!

  • earl_roberts #21 6 years ago

    when's Yazuya out here people???

  • Bumbuliuz #22 6 years ago

    No Football Manager 2007? :(