THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Wobedraggled on June 21, 2007, 11:35:38 AM
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English press release -
SEGA AND BIOWARE COLLABORATE ON NEW SONIC ROLE PLAYING GAME FOR THE NINTENDO DS
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (Thurs 21st June 2007) -- SEGA® Europe, Ltd., SEGA® of America, Inc. and Canada-based developer studio BioWare® Corp. today announced a partnership to create a new video game based on the classic SEGA flagship icon, Sonic The Hedgehog. The exact name of the game is undetermined, but this new title developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS will ship in 2008.
“BioWare is one of the hottest names in RPG development in the world,” said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America, Inc. “Everyone at SEGA has huge confidence that Sonic is in the safest of hands, and that BioWare can create the ultimate handheld RPG experience for gamers of all ages.”
BioWare is the award-winning independent developer that has created some of the world's best-selling titles including the Baldur's Gate™ and Neverwinter Nights™ series, the 2003 Game of the Year, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™ and the 2005 RPG of the Year, Jade Empire.™ BioWare is currently developing one of the most anticipated next-generation titles of 2007, Mass Effect.™
“We’re thrilled to be working with SEGA on Sonic, one of the industry’s most enduring and compelling icons,” said Greg Zeschuk, president of BioWare. “As huge fans of Sonic ourselves, we’re committed to delivering a truly amazing story-driven experience within the Sonic universe, focusing on capturing the character’s broad appeal and placing him in a completely original adventure,” added Ray Muzyka, chief executive officer of BioWare.
The relationship with BioWare reinforces SEGA’s increased emphasis on Western content development for Western audiences. In the past few years SEGA has announced partnerships with developers Bizarre Creations, Gas Powered Games, Monolith Productions, Obsidian Entertainment, Planet Moon Studios, Pseudo Interactive and Silicon Knights. SEGA has also acquired development studios The Creative Assembly, Secret
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whaaaa?
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WHY COULDN'T IT BE PANZER. WHY.
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:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
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maybe it'll be a good bioware game this time
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This is the WEIRDEST GAME ANNOUNCEMENT ever
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What the hell?
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SEGA IS FINALLY DOING THINGS RIGHT
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SEGA IS FINALLY DOING THINGS RIGHT
<Himuro> Everyone hypes up these DS games and they're all just so mediocre and blah
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Sonic is not at all suited to an RPG. :lol
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Sonic is not at all suited to an RPG. :lol
Why not? Mario was made into one, and that was done by one of the (arguable) best JRPG makers, now Sonic is being done by one of the (arguable) best western RPG makers.
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I guess this is good news, but others will of course spin this into a "wtf this sucks" sort of mentality.
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Yes, but Sonic is all about speed, and I can't really imagine RPGs conveying any sense of speed.
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Yes, but Sonic is all about speed, and I can't really imagine RPGs conveying any sense of speed.
That makes zero sense, fyi.
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Yes, but Sonic is all about speed, and I can't really imagine RPGs conveying any sense of speed.
Mario is all about going through pipes and eating mushrooms to get big and people don't complain about Mario rpgs.
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Sonic is not at all suited to an RPG. :lol
Why not? Mario was made into one, and that was done by one of the (arguable) best JRPG makers, now Sonic is being done by one of the (arguable) best western RPG makers.
Yeah and SMRPG was pretty much standard genre fair for the time with a Mario palette and some crappy jumping sections.
Sonic RPG is even stupider. What a waste of developer resources.
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Yes, but Sonic is all about speed, and I can't really imagine RPGs conveying any sense of speed.
That makes zero sense, fyi.
I just have difficulty imagining Sonic sitting around waiting for his turn in a turn based battle, or trying to run along and having random encounters every couple of seconds.
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Yes, but Sonic is all about speed, and I can't really imagine RPGs conveying any sense of speed.
That makes zero sense, fyi.
I just have difficulty imagining Sonic sitting around waiting for his turn in a turn based battle, or trying to run along and having random encounters every couple of seconds.
Um.......
Play a Bioware or any western rpg in general, then comment. They don't have random battles, and many of them are action rpg based now.
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I have played many Bioware RPGs, Kotor is probably my favorite game of last gen, but I don't see those kinds of games being possible on the DS. If they pull it off then cool, I just don't see it happening.
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a bioware on the ds?
who gives a shit?
you couldn't even faithfully port BG2, a decade old game, to the DS.
that's how shit the system is.
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wow, what a waste of talent and resources
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this is gonna be so good
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wow, what a waste of talent and resources
Seriously. Have you seen some of the concepts for stories/settings people are coming up with on GAF? RPG Maker level bullshit is what I called it.
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This is what the world needs. :lol
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wow, what a waste of talent and resources
That was my first thought too. Hopefully this is just some b-team newhires getting their feet wet with somew supervision and won't affect the real games they are making there.
Still, another nod to Sega for at least admitting that they can't make anything but arcade games anymore and handing off work to good Western game houses instead.
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wow, what a waste of talent and resources
Bioware or Sega?
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I hope sega dont be stupid and not port a enhance version to the 360 and pc. :) I'm still buying nintendo DS later this summer tho :)
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wow, what a waste of talent and resources
Bioware or Sega?
Bioware, of course. Sega has no talent except for the VF team, and even less in the way of resources.
AH THE TEARS OF SEGA FANBOYS, SO SWEET
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Amusement Vision and Smilebit.
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Isnt AV disbanded? Which sux coz Monkey Ball and FZero GX were both fucking sweet. GX especially
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Amusement Vision and Smilebit.
:lol Welcome to 2002.
They were absorbed yes, but they made Yakuza.
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Amusement Vision and Smilebit.
:lol Welcome to 2002.
They were absorbed yes, but they made Yakuza.
what a waste of talent and resources
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Yakuza for PS2?
If so, that game kicks ass. I wish there was a xbox port tho :(
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Why?
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Why?
$ega
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:bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow :bow
Although I hope they can keep the Soinc Adventure feeling/setting.
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Why? Sonic Adventure has an AWFUL setting.
SONIC LIVING A LIFE WITH HUMANS.
Hell no.
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Et tu, Bioware?
A sad week for PC gaming :(
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Hey Wobe - long time no see.
So where are the pix on this?
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I'm no Bioware fan, but I am a Sonic fan. I might have to look into this.
Btw, I remember you too Wobe, from somewhere. ;)
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I'm no Bioware fan, but I am a Sonic fan.
what what in the butt
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and this is how gaming ends: not with a bang, but with a yiff.
:'(
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I'm no Bioware fan, but I am a Sonic fan. I might have to look into this.
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I'm more of a JRPG fan (not really into western RPGs much). If I was, I'd probably fall in love with Bioware RPGs.
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The fact that you like Sonic more than one of the best WRPG developers ever is pretty jarring.
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what is the big difference exactly?
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I'm much more interested in Sonic DS than Mass Effect, personally. Something about Mass Effect doesn't sit right with me, either its the Star Wars-ish art or the squad based tactical combat style battle system, or my disappointment with Jade Empire... I dunno...
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Mass Effect <3