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SEGA unveils new Sonic game for Wii Comments by Robert Purchese

21 July, 2008

Follow-on to Secret Rings next spring.

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Razz
21/07/08 @ 10:22
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I hope it will be good this time.
johnnybrn
21/07/08 @ 10:25
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Sega have done well to allay themselves with Nintendo and drop hardware production.

They have also taken the same line and determined to flog the same games again, and again and again...
asphaltcowboy
21/07/08 @ 10:38
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I bought Secret Rings on EG's recommendation (admittedly once it had hit the bargain bins) and it was utter shit.
the_dudefather
21/07/08 @ 10:40
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it....might be good
Adam_T
21/07/08 @ 10:42
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Likewise asphaltcowboy, took it back and swapped it.

It wasn't too bad, but the crappy control method sucked and the pixel perfect jumping sequences just sucked ass.
ryohazuki1983
21/07/08 @ 10:55
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Wonder if sonic will change into a few different things with different abilities, like kid chameleon
Cadence
21/07/08 @ 11:58
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Talk about flogging a dead horse.
jmctavish
21/07/08 @ 12:22
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Sonic and the Secret Rings is one of the main reasons I don't trust game reviews. It is abysmal.
gingerlink
21/07/08 @ 12:48
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likewise, I thought the original was rubbish as well, although for me it was borrowing from a friend, so no money lost ;)
Quint2020
21/07/08 @ 13:10
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"Your little blue hedgehog has a sword and can become a knight"

MASSIVE FAIL.
Artemus
21/07/08 @ 13:25
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How low can Sonic go?
redgiemental
21/07/08 @ 13:30
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the motion sensor portion of the controls weren't the problem i had. It was having to charge jumps and release running against decades of platformer experience with a throughly opposite method. It was counter intuitive for me and always felt awkward. If this games uses the same jump mechanic I shall be giving it a miss thank you.
consignia
21/07/08 @ 14:12
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How low can Sonic go?

I agree. I mean, the Sonic series hasn't been truly great since the 16-bit era, but these last couple of years are hitting Bubsy the Bobcat lows. It's genuinely depressing to see the once great Sonic plunging to such depths of shit.
Agent_Llama
21/07/08 @ 14:27
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Secret Rings is an awful mess of a game, horrid to play. How it reviewed well I don't know.
FooAtari
21/07/08 @ 14:59
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Poor Sonic, what have Sega reduced you to,
Zelos
21/07/08 @ 15:49
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Wow, reading that Eurogamer review of Secret Rings it's like they played a completely different game to me. It wasn't terrible, but it's definitely not 8/10 level.
Daikon
22/07/08 @ 06:29
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Sega should just kill the blue bugger.
I'll take the Monkey Ball monkeys or Ulala over Sonic any day.
clockworkzombie
22/07/08 @ 07:02
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Like others I too purchased it based on the EG review, now when I read a review I think, will it be another sonic?.

I was having fun, then I noticed I would rather play something else or make excuses than boot the sonic game so back it went. EB in Australia have a return policy where you can return it for credit in the first week no questions asked.

Darren
22/07/08 @ 07:49
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I came from the dreadful 360 version of Sonic the Hedgehog to the addictive Wii version of Sonic and the Secret Rings and that game was an absolute joy to play in comparison, believe you me. The decision to make the game a Pandemonium-style 2D game in a 3D world worked well and the only gripe was the inability to turn and run the other way, instead you could only WALK backwards. Still it was a game where you had to keep moving forward so it didn't spoil the game significantly for me. Good game, probably the best Sonic since... forever really.
JamesG
22/07/08 @ 13:07
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Another one who brought Secret Rings on the basis of the Eurogamer review. It was dire, the controls felt unresponsive and cumbersome. I certainly wont be touching another title in the series. (Also, given the title of the latest Batman film, I wouldn't be surprised if this title gets re-named.)
SharksInYourMouth
08/09/08 @ 20:08
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Can't wait, Secret Rings won me over.

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