God, you people are gullible. I don't blame you really. Nintendo dropped Mario & Sonic at the Olympics on April Fool's Day (as in the actual day) last year, and nobody believed it until it showed up on Nintendo.com. Let's break this down.
These screens look incredibly fake. Though the designs admittedly change slightly from game to game, those images are far too articulate and don't feature a hint of Sega's current style in it whatsoever. I'm calling BS on the whole thing.
As for the video, it's easy to fake this crap. Lest I point to some of the larger fakes.
The video doesn't seem legit. The physics look wonky as hell, and there's far too many pan shots, and too little gameplay. Anybody can model convincing 3D on a sh*tty Dell notebook these days. The jumping physics look off, the running animation looks floaty and poorly synced, and the camera pans look like they're trying to sloppily imitate Sonic Rivals. If it's a fake, it's a good looking fake, but a fake nonetheless.
If you want to screw with some poor, beaten fanboy's dreams badly enough, it will happen.
Sonic in Brawl was sort of my personal farewell to the character. Sonic's a beloved character from my childhood, but the memory is so tarnished that I'm surprised I'm still able to enjoy his Brawl appearance. I guess it's all the quality that's surrounding him that helps me to forget what trash Samm....*cough*, I mean "Sega" has released since the Dreamcast. Brawl would be the perfect opportunity to ret-con the character back to something people have fond memories of, but they won't. They'll regurgitate another emo storyline starring Shadow the Hedgehog and his little buddy Sonic in some end days scenario that would make Michael Bay ROFL.
Yeah, the 360/PS3 game was pretty. Yeah, I drooled at the trailers and screens, and then I played it. I don't sell games or trade them because I feel that my judgment has always been good enough that I get some enjoyment out of whatever I buy. I sold that sucker faster than a stock trader in 1929. I've had enough. A developer can't burn someone
that badly and expect to get another chance. That game was their last chance after Shadow the Hedgehog (aka one of the largest FU messages to any fanbase in recent memory).
So I'm done. I didn't buy the last Sonic game on DS, I didn't buy the last 2 farm jobs on PSP, I'm not touching Sega Superstar Tennis, and I won't touch this (if it's real, which I highly doubt) because I guarantee you that under all that shine, and CGI is a ten year old engine that is now broken after years of tampering and gameplay that is nearly unplayable due to glitches that would make Acclaim roll in it's grave.
Remember, even after all that's happened, this title is still being developed by
Sonic Team. That should be enough to end the topic right there. Think of Nintendo's amazing EAD Tokyo team that made Super Mario Sunshine, Jungle Beat, and Galaxy. Nintendo was thinking of closing that development house if Galaxy didn't explode in the market like it did. Nintendo...close EAD Tokyo? EAD TOKYO? And yet Sonic Team still roams the Earth after releasing a Sonic game that couldn't crack the Top 40 at retail during Christmas shopping season on an off-year (not even mentioning the four disasters that preceded it)? How can this be?
Oh yeah, Sega doesn't give a sh*t. Nevermind. Cool, because neither do I.
*edit*
Convincing character art.
Still calling BS, but if it's real, the whole werewolf thing made totally sure that I don't give a damn. Way to rip-off Twilight Princess assholes.