Thursday Nov 20, 2008
Sonic Unleashed: Content Digest #4.1 – Podcast, NXE & More…Hi everyone, ArchangelUK here again - I might well have to cut this blog a bit shorter than the other ones as I’m so so so busy what with Sonic Unleashed’s launch next week, I’ve got a community day tomorrow, Sonic Team have some items they want me to do and I’m going to be up all night doing…. something with the SEGA website. I used to have a personal life, I think… somewhen. First things first, Martin, myself and our SOA colleagues managed to hunt down SOA Unleashed producer Patrick Riley and managed to extract various information pieces out of him in audio form. Yes we have a podcast interview! 15 minutes of solid Unleashed natter. You can check that out, and what we sound like (I sound a bit tinny for some reason) here: http://www.switchpod.com/f97800.html Are you fellow 360 owners enjoing the New XBox Experience? Made your avatars yet? Mine is pretty accurate actually, only somewhat more ruggedly handsome. So not accurate at all I suppose. Unleashed was one of the first titles with NXE specific content on it so if you look up on the Marketplace you’ll find a NXE Dashboard theme and picture set (plus launch trailer). The dashboard theme is gorgeous and is 200 points I think. Its already on mine, replacing the Sonic 06 Shadow theme. If you buy the gamer pics check they appear, as mine didn’t first time and I had to download them again, might’ve been ironed out now that Microsoft are hopefullyup to speed, but by all means check. Anyway the one question I’ve been asked a lot is about missions/levels and the distribution between Daytime Sonic and Nighttime Werehog. Well I hope to address this in a bit, I might tread over some old ground re: Sun/Moon medals to do this but please bare with me. Also as I always do a personal update on these things; the fourth Chaos Emerald has been empowered and I now have access to a couple of new places including Empire City. Not been there yet, though it looks like I won’t be able to make any more actually progress until Saturday now though. Boo hiss. A couple more achivements though in the bag! I’ll sort the rest out of this later as people are waving things at me to look at something and the something is more important at the moment. Keep an eye out later for 4.2 when I have time. I answered some of your comment questions too so you may want to check those out if you sent me any. - ArchangelUK - Tick… Tick… Tick… 4am edit: Sorry guys looks like I’ll have to follow this up Sunday if i can.
Posted by ArchangelUK in Sonic Unleashed on 3:07:11PM Nov 20, 2008
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Comment # 1
I noticed the theme yesterday and the game hub set up forthe game’s page on marketplace looks very nice! Didn’t buy the theme but got the gamerpics so changed my Leon gamerpic for one of the werehog.
Been trying a few of my themes and have to say that Soni’s memorial 360 theme goes well on the main menu as Sonic overlaps most of it.Anyway I also tried to install Sonic 360 on it and to my surprise it shaves a couple of seconds off loading times! The funny bit is that framerate seems somehow unstable because the camera seems to struggle with keeping up?
What do you think of the theme as it doesn’t show a preview anymore and it costs 250 points which is more expensive.
4Am AAUK Sez: Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. I really like the NXE theme i have to say, eventually I’ll figure out what the images behind your friends have to do with, well, anything. But there are Chao, Egg Fighters and Tails involved in them. The background itself is goregeous.
Posted by Diogo on November 20th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Comment # 2
Quite the update AAUK, have a great time at the community party.
(Plus the podcast sounds like it was a lot of to put together.)
Hope you’re having a great time with Unleashed. =D
4Am AAUK Sez: Unlikely as I’m going to be so tired and making sure everyone else is having fun! ^_^
Posted by kadosho on November 20th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Comment # 3
*asks about the supposed instance of “that symbol” in Holoska*….
AAUK Sez: To summarise it is not what some people are taking it to be and no one is even discussing it at this end… there won’t be any resultant effects to any release in Germany.
Posted by DarkAges on November 20th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Comment # 4
I’m so excited, not only for Sonic Unleashed, but for it’s merchandise! Here in the U.S, Toys R Us has action figures of Werehog, normal Sonic, and Super Sonic, made for Sonic Unleashed! Super Sonic looks like they took normal Sonic and painted him yellow, his spikes aren’t pointed up like they should be. On the other hand, you guys in the U.K. get those cool keychains. Sonicy goodness everywhere, I suppose. Yay!
Posted by Sonikku on November 20th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Comment # 5
Please release a demo on XBL!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t want to wait another week..
Posted by tropicali on November 20th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Comment # 6
Oof, sounds like you’ll be busy. Good to see you’re enjoying Sonic Unleashed, it’s sounding good. I thoroughly agree with the Unleashed theme for NXE. It looks awesome.
One thing that’s been confusing me though. Why do we have to wait an extra week or so for Unleashed? I mean surely it’s all been translated and the game has went gold but we could have easily had the game released today (21st). It’s just un-necessary waiting if you ask me.
Posted by Cazza on November 21st, 2008 at 5:23 am
Comment # 7
Very nice
, and yeh a demo would be welcome, but I couldnt find any email at all to contact you or anyone else, but as it is Sonic related, what are the chances of Sonic 3 coming out on XBLA now that the Mega Genesis Collection was announced? i’m sure you must heard something through the grapevine on that? haha, but Many Thanks, and keep the updates coming ;D :p
Posted by Gary Meurs on November 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 pm