Comment # 2

I am REDICULOUSY excited for this game! I really can’t wait. I am a massive fan of Sonic, and have been sice I was three. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the trailer.

Posted by merzitar on October 1st, 2010 at 4:32 pm

Comment # 4

remember my childhood… perfect!!!

Posted by Reber Estevão on October 1st, 2010 at 4:41 pm

Comment # 6

INSANELY excited. I have a feeling the extra wait will be worth it BIG TIME. Getting this for iPhone 4 AND PS3!!!

Posted by Jawknee on October 1st, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Comment # 8

Looks awesome. One nitpick, why is the shine on those pistons @0:38 around the wrong way??? How could you not see that??? Its normal in other areas though??? hmm

Anyway Looks good

Posted by EzmaiRautez on October 1st, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Comment # 10

Oh im looking forward to this! Can’t wait! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK SEGA!!!

Posted by SonicBlur91 on October 1st, 2010 at 5:05 pm

Comment # 12

Awesome sauce!

I don’t mind the music for the Lost Labyrinth Zone trailer being re-used for the Mad Gear Zone trailer, as it actually fits really well.

I’m not sure about anyone else, but I’m being patient, so I put Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I (PlayStation 3.) on my Christmas list.

Posted by Naean on October 1st, 2010 at 5:21 pm

Comment # 14

I’m digging it! This will be on my wii and on one of my HD consoles!

Posted by DJ Fob Fresh on October 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm

Comment # 16

HOOOORRAAYYY! Iphone/ipod touch version comes first!!!!!!!

Posted by Deven Ciufalo on October 1st, 2010 at 6:12 pm

Comment # 18

Oh RubyEclipse, when is the “Sonic 4 Update Blog – Part II!” coming? Could you give us an approximate date?

I also wonder when the Sonic 4 website will be updated….

Posted by Naean on October 1st, 2010 at 7:52 pm

Comment # 20

I am so pumped for Sonic 4!! Wait a minute…are those the mantis and starfish robots from Metropolis Zone?! Nooooooooooo!!!!! XDDD

Posted by SonicDude87 on October 1st, 2010 at 8:22 pm

Comment # 22

I noticed that the trailer is not on the website yet, but it is great!
SEGA, keep making me proud!

Posted by Sonicandknuxx on October 2nd, 2010 at 12:19 am

Comment # 24

This looks amazing. I’ve already planned to get this game for PS3 7 years ago! Mwahahahahaha! >:D
I’m psychic.

But anyhooo, I love how it looks. Also, is it just me or did you guys fix the physics? To me, they look much better in this video than the others, they don’t look floaty like they used to anymore. ^^

Posted by Tommy on October 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 am

Comment # 26

Oh my god…. OH MY GOD!!! OH – MY -GOD!!! What a marvelous morning this is for me!! A new Sonic 4 Trailer… and IT’S AWESOME!!!! This looks SO FAST!! This Mad Gear zone seems so unforgiving! I can’t stop watching it!

So… in a week or two, we’re gonna get to play this game… the wait is hard!!!

Posted by Philippe on October 2nd, 2010 at 6:42 am

Comment # 28

LAUNCHED OCTOBER WHAT?
-been a bit behind on news because of school-
So awesome, looking forward to this.

Posted by Angel on October 2nd, 2010 at 7:49 am

Comment # 30

Cool really looking forward to this

can’t wait for October 13th/15th

Posted by C.J on October 2nd, 2010 at 10:05 am

Comment # 32

Getting the 360 version on Day 1.

Posted by Flint$ on October 2nd, 2010 at 12:28 pm

Comment # 34

This looks amazing! Unfortunately, I have to wait another month for this; I’ve decided to get 4 and Colors together on November 16. I’m sure that the wait will be worth it! In the meantime, here’s a question: will this be even more difficult than Metropolis Zone?

Posted by Rick Gonzalez on October 2nd, 2010 at 1:23 pm

Comment # 36

oh no……. IT LOOKS JUST LIKE SONIC 2!!!!!! i SUCK at sonic 2

Posted by lol on October 2nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm

Comment # 38

Uhm . . . are you braindead?

Posted by Yuritsuki on October 2nd, 2010 at 5:20 pm

Comment # 40

@Jordan Firari

Sonic 3 ( & Sonic 3 & Knuckles ) came out on SEGA Mega Drive ( Genesis ) in 1994.. it is still to this date my favourite game and i wuhz playing it this morning lol.. so umm.. please get your facts right cuhz thats just plain annoying.

Posted by Chase on October 2nd, 2010 at 5:26 pm

Comment # 42

@Gary

oh ok.. well he still shoulda said something cuhz i wuhz liek wtf lol

Posted by Chase on October 2nd, 2010 at 6:31 pm

Comment # 44

I’m a huge sonic fan and have just about every sonic game for every game system. I’m such a huge fan I bought sonic the hedgehog 2006 for 360 and ps3. I also bought sonic unleashed for all four systems it was released on. I am super excited about sonic 4 and will be getting it for all four systems as well. I hope that you guys make an HD iPad version as well or at least make one version thats an iphone and ipad version.

Posted by Garrett Yancey on October 3rd, 2010 at 3:32 am

Comment # 46

I hope for the later episodes there will be multiplayer, with sonic, Tails, Knuckles and or Robotnik or Metal Sonic. That way it’ll compete with new super Mario bros wii.

The two rivals once again

Posted by Seagull on October 3rd, 2010 at 9:48 am

Comment # 48

Veeeery Cool!

Posted by sonic2D3D on October 3rd, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Comment # 50

@ Chris K.

Dude, I really don’t think about a minute of gameplay would make it clear how much of the game is “played for you”. Just because you didn’t see much running in the trailer doesn’t mean there isn’t going to be running in it.

But I saw some running, and I saw some platforming. I can’t really agree that the 70% “plays for you”. Especially because, again, this is a trailer which is nowhere near 100% of the game, so there’s no possible way for you to determine 70%.

Posted by Yuritsuki on October 3rd, 2010 at 10:09 pm

Comment # 52

Love the new trailer.
I really wish the sonic 3 shields would make a return.

And omg!!! That fan made game is amazing!!
Did you guys see the big robotnick robot flying around in the back ground

Sega!!!! Pay close attention to that fan game. The physics looks spot on.

Posted by choatix on October 4th, 2010 at 3:38 am

Comment # 54

You’re arguing about physics, while Sonic games are all about BREAKING physics?! You “old-school” fans are dumb…

This is coming from someone who DID play Sonic & Knuckles back in ’94!

Posted by BxNy on October 4th, 2010 at 7:01 am

Comment # 56

Is it also possible if we could have an option e.g unlock a trophy and get a remastered version of old levels

Green Hill Zone
Angel Isiland?
and others from 1/2/3 and knuckles?

Possibly for DLC in the future? just a thought

@Chaotix

ANd yeah I remember the Lightning Sheild,Water Sheild and Flame Sheild

Anyone else remember The Glowing Spheres stages and slot machine stage? from
Sonic and Knuckles?

Posted by Truesonic on October 4th, 2010 at 11:02 am

Comment # 58

Oh my god, this looks amazing! I’m getting it for my iPod AND 360 (cause I can’t wait six more days for the 360 version, plus it would be awesome to have this game everywhere). One problem: 1200 Microsoft Points? Ouch. People are gonna be mad about that…

But I’m still very excited for this game! 2D platforming is what I was raised on from birth, so I have a feeling getting all the achievements in this game will be no problem.

Posted by sbfanatic62 on October 4th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

Comment # 60

OMG THIS IS AWESOME FREAKING AWESOME I’M GONNA BUY THIS WHATEVER IT COSTS, I DON’T CARE ABOUT THOSE IDIOTS WHO DON’T LIKE THE GAME!

Posted by SonicOLOLO on October 5th, 2010 at 7:35 am

Comment # 62

I vote for 4

Posted by tinman2000 on October 5th, 2010 at 9:04 am

Comment # 64

I know its not on list but…

Ill vote for 6… green eyes

Posted by ronny on October 5th, 2010 at 9:05 am

Comment # 66

AND black/green eyes? I don’t mind

Posted by Truesonic on October 5th, 2010 at 10:59 am

Comment # 68

Is there any chance we might fix a small gripe? In past gameplay trailers, i see that sonic would launch outside of his rolled up position when launching from a ramp. Could we fix this? Staying in the rolled-up position had many tactical advantages as you were free to bounce on nearby enemies. if he stays sprawled put like than, he’s vulnerable to touching enemies.

Otherwise, it’s starting to look faithful, and i hope SEGA sees this as the future of the sonic franchise.

Posted by whiteguysamurai on October 5th, 2010 at 2:00 pm

Comment # 70

MAN! I CANT WAIT FOR IT TO COME OUT! the only down side to this is i have only a wii and the quality on that is going to be the lowest… i do have an iPod, but that screens small…. OY WHAT SHOULD I DO!

Posted by Luis on October 5th, 2010 at 6:43 pm

Comment # 72

@Luis

Go with the Wii. Even if the graphics are the weakest, it dosent matter, its 2D. And if you have an hd tv, and you connectec your Wii with Component cables, then configured your Wii in 480p and Widescreen, I think Sonic 4 will look juuuuuuuuuuust fine!

And besides if you took it for the Iphone (or Ipod) you would loose some of the screen because of your thumbs… and we don’t want to lose a single pixel of Sonic goodness!

Posted by Philippe on October 6th, 2010 at 5:49 am

Comment # 74

Since they’re asking for our input, I’ll weigh in as well.

1. Remove the uncurling. There is no logical reason to do this, and I’m not along in thinking that it’s either going to hurt your sales, or just further alienate your fanbase. The only time I can recall Sonic uncurling off a ramp is in Hydro City (Sonic 3), but then again, he wasn’t curled on the water slides anyway, and was seldom ever delivered skyward uncurled since you almost always slid down, into water, and off a regular ramp to give you an option to curl off it. /walloftext
2. Homing Attacks should be a shield/optional. I’ve never been a fan of them, and would much rather have the inst-shield from Sonic 3.
3. Physics fixes for rolling downhill while curled, running downhill in general, and-assuming everyone else is correct about it-his “floatiness.” This is mostly to remind us Sonic is, indeed, fast. Remember being able to leave the screen behind in areas of Sonic 2 simply by using that momentum built by long-drop ramps? Yeah, give us more of that.
4. Loving the music. Someone hit the classic reset button on whoever was composing, and it’s a good thing they did. I’m still spinning the Sonic 1-3+K OSTs on my MP3 player, and BTW, if you want an easy $10 post release, PRINT A DISC OF THE OST AND SELL IT ONLINE.
5. …everything else seems fine really. Minor issues with eye color (never noticed until it became flame-bait recently, but still don’t care), and enemy repetition aside, the game looks a lot more like what fans should be wanting than previous attempts. (Rush 1 was decent).

Posted by AllOrZer0 on October 6th, 2010 at 11:22 am

Comment # 76

(sorry this is out of the blue)

BUT I ALSO HEAR YUJI NAKA WANTS TO WORK ON NEW DREAMCAST

http://www.tssznews.com/2010/10/01/yuji-naka-wants-to-work-on-new-dreamcast/ (:

Oh and I can’t wait for the special stages to return in sonic 4 XD

Posted by Truesonic on October 6th, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Comment # 78

sooooooooo
this comes out next wendsday or so,correct?
cant wait
how much is it going to be on xbox?

Posted by Emerald on October 6th, 2010 at 2:56 pm

Comment # 80

Please vote which DLC for sonic 4 is on your wish list…

1. The shields make a return either now or as DLC in near future.

2. Tails and knuckles make a return

3. Episode 2+ will merge with episode one so that we can use new features on ep 1s levels

4. A level editor (a mix of forge world from halo and debug mode from sonic 1, 2 and 3)

5. The handling returns to its retro feel I.E Sega removes the uncurling and homing attack

6. Remove the green eyes.

7. Being able to unlock some clasic levels from sonic 1,2 and 3 in this game.

8. Remove any newer sonic gmes sfx and art stylings (i.e. stars on springs, sonic adventure style select sound effects)

9. Not being able to simple select a stage to play once its been completed.

10. A much darker adult story line and removal of any childish, cheesey gimmicks

(I would have mentioned the green eyes… however as sonic is a sega mascot id imagine its beyond sonic teams power to change his look so easily)

PLEASE VOTE WHICH CHANGES YOU WANT TO SEE

Posted by GENS on October 6th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

Comment # 82

Hey look, another Sonic 4 remix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzkYs1jxciY
Enjoy.

Posted by SMK on October 6th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

Comment # 84

i love it cant wait to get it on my Wii 3 more days after my b-day im excited im 21 and been having a blast play sonic since the genesis

Posted by bryce zimmer on October 7th, 2010 at 12:19 am

Comment # 86

Hey guys
This is a last ditch effort to convince sega to make some changes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo1ovUHDThM

Please watch and listen sega

Posted by robabill on October 7th, 2010 at 7:31 am

Comment # 88

Sonic 4 looks awesome!

Posted by Cory on October 7th, 2010 at 10:17 am

Comment # 90

You know what… they should release sonic 4 twice.

The black eyes edition (sonic 4 retro)
The green eyes edition (sonic 4 new age)

One that caters for retro fans and one for new age fans.
Games could have only minor differences.

Sega could see which sells better and…

Some sonic fans are so blindly loyal and dumb that they would buy the game twice and make sega twice the amount of money.
It might sound like a big con… but compare to some of the crap sonic games sega have charge us £40 for in the past… this will seem like a bargin!!! lol

Posted by THE SHIZLEDIZZLE on October 7th, 2010 at 11:18 am

Comment # 92

Also, you guys should probably check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXycBv3Rlk

A beautiful 2.5D rendering of Mushroom Hill Zone from Sonic and Knuckles.

Posted by Daniel on October 7th, 2010 at 4:53 pm

Comment # 94

why release it on the most popular and best format last? oh well guess i will have to wait until i get it on my 360

Posted by sonicfan on October 8th, 2010 at 6:03 am

Comment # 96

@THE SHIZLEDIZZLE

SHUT THE F*CK UP YOU D**K!

Posted by Kacey on October 8th, 2010 at 9:28 am

Comment # 98

Kacey… if ur offended.. that means that you identify yourself as one of the people im talking about.

I see your back on a new chat room ready to start swearing at everyone again.
Thier you have it people… an example of the typical retro sonic hater.

BTW… we established that true sonic and kacey are the same person on the last forum.
Check out the convo… its so funny.
At one point he’s having a conversation with himself.
Although your truesonic alter ego has been allot more polite this time round.

We refer to this fool as…. truekacey
Comment 70 is a typical example of the type of conversation you will have with this child.
GET OVER IT TRUEKACEY… ITS NOT OUR FAULT YOUR PARENTS WERE BROTHER AND SISTER!!!

Posted by THE SHIZLEDIZZLE on October 8th, 2010 at 4:36 pm

Comment # 100

Is anybody else excited to see the special stages return again?

its been so long

haven’t played them Since The Sonic Rush Series,SAMATWOG and Sonic Heroes

its gonna be great

The SSs will also return in the DS version of Colors

Posted by C.J on October 9th, 2010 at 8:41 am

Comment # 102

Did anyone notice that in sonic fan remix motobug has no arms and when sonics feet are spining he has no legs?!?! and and WHY is the final boss flying in the background?

Posted by Cory on October 9th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Comment # 104

Hey Sega it’s the 11th!!! WHERE’S THE GAME AT!!! I’M DYING OVER HERE!!!

Posted by Jmack on October 10th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

Comment # 106

Cool! I can’t wait for it.

Posted by hutzero on October 11th, 2010 at 2:31 am

Comment # 108

@tuki
lolololol
probably…not

Posted by Emerald on October 11th, 2010 at 2:31 pm

Comment # 110

FUCK SONIC 4 AND FUCK SONIC COLORS

ITS ALL ABOUT FREE RIDERS!!!!! FUCKWARDS XD

Posted by Kacey on October 11th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Comment # 112

Sega are such a bunch of con artists!!!
read this… http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?t=347080

This is evil..
It targets little kids and very loyal sonic fans to part with thier cash!
I think if you buy all four versions they should send you some free sega merchandise through the mail or allow you to unlock things in the game that other people cant.
Seroiusly????
They make sonic 4 project sound like a charity!!!
“we appreciate everyone who supports the game by doing so very much”
That is manipulation of the highest calibur!!!
Sega have LOADS of cash.
I cant believe they have to resort to tactics like this instead of simply makin a game so awsome that players cant resist buying.
As it stands they have devided the sonic comunity.. claimed to be going retro but only going part of the way.
They took the sonic rush engine and re-hashed it with some sonic 1 and 2 style levels.
THIS IS ABOUT LAZY DEVELOPMENT.
SEGA ARE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT COULD HAVE GIVEN US A TRUE SEQUIL TO SONIC 3… INSTEAD THEVE TAKIN SONIC RUSH… RE-BADGED IT WITH SONIC 4 IN A PATHETIC ATTEMPED TO LURE IN THE RETRO FANS AND NOW THEY RESORT TO BRIBERY TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY THIS GAME 2-4 TIMES OVER BY SAYING THAT THEY WILL PUT THIER NAME ON FORUMS???????? REALLY????

@rubyeclipse…
Sonic team has been lazy!!! Its obvious that someone in your team is very passionate about some of thier passed work on the sonic rush series and is having a hard time letting go of it to allow your team to create a new sonic engine which can closely represent the original series. It also seems that your team is scared of taking this project to greater hieghts! and its obvious that their is a serious lack of true originality and creativity on your sonic team.
This is your team being lazy by taking the sonic rush engine and altering a few things to make it look abit retro by copying some of the features of the genesis serious.
This is NOT sonic 4
maybe this game will be good… but does it desrve the sonic 4 badge? would have been better to have names it something else????

Does any one else not feel like were being taken advantage of?

Posted by tinman2000 on October 12th, 2010 at 3:40 am

Comment # 114

LOL JK I AGREE SONIC 4 WILL SUCK XD

Posted by Kacey on October 12th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

Comment # 116

not nerd rage as such… more like.. games developer rage.
I would kill for the chance to be put incharge of a project like sonic 4.
The possibilities are endless for this game and i feel the people in charge dont really get what retro sonic is all about and could put in alot more effort than they do.
I mean look at some of the fan games tha are out thier!!! They are amazing.
And these people have to create these works of art in thier spare time and with no pay. And the biggest sting is, they cannot sell them afterward and still hae to give credit to sega. Some of them write the physics from the ground up!!
These are true sonic people.
If they can make such amazing fan games under those circumstances… imagine what they could do if it was thier full time job with loadsa pay and powerful equipment at thier disposal.
Sega should employ some of these people.

Posted by tinman2000 on October 13th, 2010 at 3:01 am