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	Monday Jul 12, 2010 Blast Off With the Orange Wisp in Sonic Colors LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (May 26th, 2010) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. & SEGA® America, Inc., are excited to reveal the Color Power of the next Wisp in Sonic Colors. The Orange Wisp is ready to help Sonic put a stop to the diabolical plans of Dr. Eggman! When Sonic absorbs the Orange Wisp’s Orange Rocket Color Power, he blasts into the air in an explosion of color, reaching unparalleled heights at staggering speed. Thanks to the Color Power of the Orange Wisp, Sonic is able to reach secret areas and hidden rings far beyond his normal reach, traveling through the air at a pace never before seen! Each new Wisp discovered in Sonic Colors gives the player a brand new way to play this pure Sonic experience. Look out for more to be revealed soon! Sonic Colors will be available on the home video game system Wii™ and the Nintendo DS™ system late in 2010 and the Orange Wisp will be available on both platforms. Tweet Posted by Kellie in Sonic Colors on 8:07:16AM Jul 12, 2010


	54 Responses to “ Blast Off With the Orange Wisp in Sonic Colors ” Comment # 1 So cool, I wondered when sonic was gonna be able to blast off! Posted by Sonicman2battle on July 12th, 2010 at 8:17 am Comment # 2 WOo! First comment! Posted by Sonicman2battle on July 12th, 2010 at 8:17 am Comment # 3 awesome level, and this new wisp looks quite useful. ^_^ Posted by blu_64 on July 12th, 2010 at 8:28 am Comment # 4 soo its Cool!!! Posted by Cleberson on July 12th, 2010 at 8:46 am Comment # 5 Cool! I can’t wait for all the wisps to be revealed! Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 11:22 am Comment # 6 wow – this is really feeling like the return to sega greatness we’ve all been waiting for. Keep up the good work guys! Posted by 60Hertz on July 12th, 2010 at 11:31 am Comment # 7 What will really make this game better is an EPIC/COOL STORY LINE. But I’ve heard that the story is goofy. Sigh Oh well, at least the game-play looks fun. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 12:46 pm Comment # 8 cant wait for this and sonic 4 Posted by sonichedgehog45 on July 12th, 2010 at 1:01 pm Comment # 9 AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Christian on July 12th, 2010 at 1:07 pm Comment # 10 Space Invaders-shooting+Sonic action+FIAR=Heck, YEAH, Sonic Colors will be one awesome game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Deven Ciufalo on July 12th, 2010 at 1:18 pm Comment # 11 Wait-10TH COMMENT? YAHOO! Posted by Deven Ciufalo on July 12th, 2010 at 1:19 pm Comment # 12 This game cant fail!!!!!!! Great job SEGA!!!!!! Posted by ryan myles on July 12th, 2010 at 1:22 pm Comment # 13 No ‘epic cool’ storylines please… I would rather as little story as possible. Sega seem to have trouble keeping the story a simple Sonic fights Robotnik because Robotnik wants to turn his friends into robots afair… They start ruining it with aliens, monsters time travel and other rubbish. So forget story completely. Posted by Ryan/Sharky on July 12th, 2010 at 1:50 pm Comment # 14 No, every game has a story so why Sonic is the only series that’s not suppose to have one? Sonic 4 has that kinda simple story you’re looking for with only Robotnik and Sonic and he’s turning innocent animals into robots, etc. I like a lighthearted story in Colors as long as it’s not way out there. As long as it’s not nothing outrageous like Shadow or Sonic ’06 then I’m cool. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 2:21 pm Comment # 15 These wisps are now starting to color the game more! It’s going to be super! Posted by sonicoffice on July 12th, 2010 at 4:44 pm Comment # 16 @Ryan/Sharky – I HIGHLY disagree. back in 2001, the thing that got me HOOKED on Sonic, was SA2B’s EPIC/COOL Story line. Before than, I didn’t care much of Sonic, but when SA2B came around, I GOT HOOKED! SEGA NEVER DISAPPOINTS ME WHEN THEY MAKE AN AWESOME STORY! Sonic is supposed to be cooler/more serious than Mario story lines (princess is captured, go get her). I don’t know why Sega is making this game kind of Mario galaxy themed. So keep the simple Sonic Vs. Robotnik story to the genisis series(Sonic 1-4). Sega, PLEASE BRING BACK EPIC/COOL STORY-LINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 5:09 pm Comment # 17 Not only did they reveal a new Wisp, they also just revealed a new stage too! Posted by sonicoffice on July 12th, 2010 at 5:14 pm Comment # 18 “Sonic is supposed to be cooler/more serious than Mario story lines (princess is captured, go get her)” Uh..no he’s not. Sega tried to make Sonic all ‘serious’ and ‘mature’ when they had the Sonic characters cussing (Shadow the Hedgehog) or they have Sonic dating a human and later died (Sonic ’06). Sorry if you like SA2 but that doesn’t mean every Sonic game’s story should be like that. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 5:16 pm Comment # 19 Also, how can you say what Sonic should be like if you’ve never cared about him until SA2? Back then people didn’t care about the story, the GAMEPLAY is what made Sonic who he is today, not the storyline. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 5:23 pm Comment # 20 No I LIKED Sonic, I just liked him even more after Sonic Adventure 2, when I said “Before than, I didn’t care much of Sonic” that came out COMPLETELY WRONG. Because I played Sonic adventure on the dream cast and LOVED IT. But SA2B got me FOCUSED AND HOOKED AND MADE SONIC MY ALL TIME FAVORITE VIDEO GAME CHARACTER. I still loved him before SA2B just as much as Mario. But after SA2B, I loved Sonic MORE than Mario. That’s what I meant to say. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 6:38 pm Comment # 21 @Sonicfan – Uh.. YEAH! He is! And I didn’t say that EVERY Sonic game should have an epic/cool story line. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 6:41 pm Comment # 22 No he’s not. Back in the day Sonic’s storylines were kept simple, there wasn’t any ‘epic’ or ‘serious’ storylines. I liked the storyline in SA2, but after that Sonic Team went way out of hand with the serious storylines when they made Shadow and Sonic ’06 cause people wanted Sonic to be more ‘edgy’. So after that, I don’t want Sonic Team to make another story where it’s all dark especially if it’s a game about a blue hedgehog. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 6:52 pm Comment # 23 @sonicfan – Listen, Sega brought back the genesis series, to make fans like you, be happy. But the last time Sega made an epic/cool story line was Sonic 06. I just miss the cool Sonic era. Back when Eggman had a “Give me what I want or die” attitude. And the cool music. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 9:01 pm Comment # 24 Boy, watching you two fight is so much fun… I love laughing at stupidity! Posted by Sonicman2battle on July 12th, 2010 at 9:05 pm Comment # 25 Really? Huh, Alright Sonicfan, let’s stop fighting. : ) And for the record, we were debating whether or not Sonic games should have coolness/epicness. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 9:29 pm Comment # 26 Huh, looking at all these wisps makes me wonder what the Super Sonic stage is going to be like! Can’t wait! : ) Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 9:29 pm Comment # 27 “Boy, watching you two fight is so much fun… I love laughing at stupidity!” I’m laughing at you cause we’re not even fighting. We’re just having alittle debate on whether Sega should make Sonic storylines epic or they should keep it simple. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 9:56 pm Comment # 28 Okay Sonic52789, I’ll stop cause I don’t want to keep talking about something that we don’t have no control over and can’t changed We’re getting a bit off topic and we should be talking about the new screenshot/news of Sonic Colors. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 10:30 pm Comment # 29 Your right Sonicfan. So, Does this game look Good or what! Posted by Sonic52789 on July 12th, 2010 at 10:41 pm Comment # 30 I can’t w8 4 this game 2 come out!!! I’ll probably buy both the Wii and DS versions lol Posted by TanyaTheHedgehog on July 12th, 2010 at 10:46 pm Comment # 31 Yes, yes it does. I like the daytime stages in Unleashed but I wish that Sonic Team took the werehog out. But this game sounds like it could be better then Unleashed mostly cause theres no werehog plus the power ups sounds cool. Posted by sonicfan on July 12th, 2010 at 11:01 pm Comment # 32 Hey everybody! Its been a long time since I chatted with you guys! I have one question. You all seem to love the day time levels of Sonic unleashed, why? What was so great about them? Honestly, I just played the demo and I though its sucked.. because (like I always say) Having only to press “foward” and look at everything flying by –at ridiculous speed– not interacting with the levels at all, made me feel like I’m not in control of what’s happening. From what I see in Colors (is it still Colours?) it seems to focus on 2D elements, witch slow things down a bit, but gives you time to “play” the levels, search for hidden stuff, enjoy the game. So for you, is it a good thing to blend 2d with 3d like this? Oh, and about the story, I’ll be clear: We don’t need an Epic-cool story line. Sorry,but its just unnececery. Look at SA2… and be objective, 10 years after the game wasreleased, how did the story elevate the whole expirience overall? The story did’nt and still dosent make any sense. And it certainly didnt help the gameplay whatsoever. The fact is, you don’T need a big storyto enjoy Sonic. Posted by Philippe on July 13th, 2010 at 8:59 am Comment # 33 I love the daytime stages in Unleashed cause the levels are fast, challenging and beautiful and I love the great sense of speed it offers. Not to mention the game also switch to 2D often. Yeah, you mostly go ‘foward’ but you pretty much do that in the 3D games anyway and I do slow down so I can see the levels better. Posted by sonicfan on July 13th, 2010 at 10:12 am Comment # 34 @Philippe – Obviously you either did not play the game, or just skipped through the cut-scenes. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 13th, 2010 at 11:04 am Comment # 35 He only played the demo and the daytime stages are better in the later stages. Posted by sonicfan on July 13th, 2010 at 11:07 am Comment # 36 Oh deear god! what is that!? Posted by Nokes on July 13th, 2010 at 11:12 am Comment # 37 Guess, I won’t be playing this game, because I have no Wii or DS, a 360 version would be nice Posted by Nokes on July 13th, 2010 at 11:13 am Comment # 38 @ Sonicfan So should I go get Sonic unleashed for Wii, its like 24$ now. Because I’m afraid of the night levels, I heard so much bad things about them. Lol and thanks for sticking for me (comment 35) lol, I think I’m gonna get Sonic colors for both systems, seing its gonna be two different games. Posted by Philippe on July 13th, 2010 at 11:23 am Comment # 39 OH! That’s what I wanted to tell you! I saw that Gamestop is gonna give us hedgehog helmets if we preorder the game, it looks classy! I saw this at kotaku.com Posted by Philippe on July 13th, 2010 at 11:24 am Comment # 40 I was talking about SA2B, not Sonic unleashed. (comment 34) Posted by Sonic52789 on July 13th, 2010 at 11:28 am Comment # 41 @ Philippe – I think the daytime stages in the 360 version is more challenging and it also relys on quick relexes. But I also think the medal collecting to progress to the next stage brings the game down a bit. You play as werehog and normal Sonic almost about the same. I think it’s pretty balance. There’s also hub worlds so you can explore, chat to people, buy food, etc. The daytime stages in the Wii version is much easier and more fun but it’s also more straightforward. You also play as the nightstages alot more then the daytime stages and unlike the 360 version, you recieves medals depending on how well you do in the stage so that means you don’t have to search around for them to progress to the next area. Also, the game doesn’t have a actual hub world unlike the 360 version. If you liked the hub worlds in Sonic Adventure and Sonic ’06 then I guess that shouldn’t be a problem. So you choose which one sounds better for you. Personally I like the 360 version more cause there’s not as much werehog stages but you have to search around for medals in the game. Posted by sonicfan on July 13th, 2010 at 1:16 pm Comment # 42 @Sonicfan Thanks for the tips, I’ll check the Wii version, since I don’t have a 360… so the choice is pretty easy. Oh and to @ Sonic52789 I have Sonic adveture 2 for dreamcast, in fact, I got it the day it got released. I finished it and its better than the frst one, but still is a mess to play, and the story about Robotnik’s father making a space station, with shadow and a little girl….. Anyway, I don’t remember most of the story. My point is… why going this far for a game with a blue hedgehog as a character. Don’t try to take yourself too seriously (the game, I mean). I’m an old school Sonic fan, I liked when it was all about speed and platforming, but you had time to search for hidden stuff. Not like today when you have to speed through the levels to get an “S” ranking. Oh and how about some Sonic 4 news, Sega? Posted by Philippe on July 13th, 2010 at 1:41 pm Comment # 43 Well, when there’s old school sonic fans, there’s also Cool/epic Sonic fans. Sega brought back the genesis series for old school fans. Now, I’m just waiting for Sega to make another cool song by Crush 40, and make a game where Sonic is a COOL blue hedgehog. ALONG with his friends, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, etc. AND where Eggman had the “Give me what I want or die” attitude, NOT a goofy scientist. Posted by Sonic52789 on July 13th, 2010 at 3:44 pm Comment # 44 Who are these so called ‘cool/epic’ fans you speak of? Also, Eggman has always been a goofy scientist. The only time he’s ever been remotely serious is SA2 and Sonic ’06 (which sucked cause they’ve made Eggman act so out of character). Posted by sonicfan on July 13th, 2010 at 6:57 pm Comment # 45 Comment 43 & 44 I think we can all agree that as long as the game is good, the controls are decent, the story is cohesive and relevant to the universe (am I spelling this right?) its fine with me. I think they could make a good 3D Sonic, as long as they “re-invent” him. Secret ring, black knight, Unleashed tried something new (kinda racing game, if you will) but there’s still something not quite rigth, but Sonic is controling better and better as games goes. The day I play a Sonic game where I fall in a hole, not because of bad camera or unresponsive controls, but because of clever leveling and challenging platforming, I’ll be happy. And I do think we can categorise the fans “old school” and “Cool/epic” witch is better? I don’t know… I’m biased (who wold have fought!!! lol) Posted by philippe on July 14th, 2010 at 7:23 am Comment # 46 But still, what kinda Sonic fan do you have to be to be in “cool/epic” categorie? Sonic52789 makes it sound like that you’re neither cool or epic if you’re a oldschool fan. Posted by sonicfan on July 14th, 2010 at 9:02 am Comment # 47 Well, I guess the “cool/epic” categorie is just for the guys that like complicated stories and twists in the plot, with incredible effects and a very hollywood, anime -Akira meets Armaggedon- type of game. I dont think he’s saying that they are cooler than the ones who prefers old school gameplay… Sorry I have a hard time explaining what I wanna say…. thinking in french and speaking in english is HARD!! Lets say this: Either you are a Sonic 1.0 (Before Dreamcast era) Either you are a Sonic 2.0 (After Dreamcast era) None is better or worst…. well… some post dreamcast games were total bombs… but thats another subject…. And who the hell cares! We love Sonic, thats all that matters! No need to go all “intellectual” on the subject! SONIC! YEAH! Posted by philippe on July 14th, 2010 at 12:46 pm Comment # 48 Well, I’ve grew up playing Sonic games since the genesis era and I still like and play the new games as an adult today. I’m not those kind of oldschool fans who thinks they’re the true Sonic fans and that they’re better then everybody else cause thats a load of bullshit Posted by sonicfan on July 14th, 2010 at 1:00 pm Comment # 49 demais esses games sonic colors,sonic unleashed,sonic e sega,sonic the hedgehog etc…i love you sega iam from brazilian. Posted by pedro on July 14th, 2010 at 3:27 pm Comment # 50 incredibles games sonic the hedgehog,sonic e sega,sonic unleashed,sonic unleashed etc…i love you sega iam from brazilian. Posted by pedro on July 14th, 2010 at 3:30 pm Comment # 51 so all the wisps that’s in the trailer are in sonic colors? Posted by sonic on July 18th, 2010 at 2:57 pm Comment # 52 That Wisp looks a lot like Kirby from Chicken Little. O_o Posted by Heart on July 19th, 2010 at 12:47 pm Comment # 53 @Heart: Maybe it is. (chuckles) Pretty funny if he changed. Posted by Christian on August 13th, 2010 at 5:12 pm Comment # 54 Cool THIS IS AWESOME PERSONALLY I LIKED BOTH DSYTIME AND NIGHTTIME STAGES I HATE HOW SONIC FANS ALWAYS BE PICKY ABOUT ONE THING AND SEE OOOH THIS IS THE ONLY BAD THING …OH EPIC FAIL SEGA U WERE SO CLOSE :/ XBOX 360 VERSION WAS FAR SUPERIOR Posted by Truesonic on September 10th, 2010 at 4:59 pm


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