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Sega Finally Gets Around to Calling a Sonic Game 'Sonic Boom'

More importantly, now your Sonic/Skrillex fan fiction has been at least partially validated.

Feb. 6 2014

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

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Oh God. Please stop making Sonic games. How about a new After Burner?

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Hey guys maybe this will be the good Sonic game.

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Knuckles skipped leg day. Did anybody say that yet?

But anyway, who is Big Red Button? Never heard of them.

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@random45 said:

@elwoodan said:

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is the best sonic game, so this might be ok?

Hah... haha....

No. It's not. It's a VERY mediocre game. I unfortunately bought it on the PS3, remembering that I loved it, and uh... Yeah... It REALLY doesn't hold up very well.

I remember being absolutely baffled at its awfulness, especially since I had heard good things from the reviews for the Sonic Adventure games in the Dreamcast days. I was like 12 or 13 years old when I played Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, and I seriously couldn't believe how atrocious it was. Seriously. It wasn't good then a couple years after its original release, and it's DEFINITELY not good now.

In other news, the Genesis Sonic games (1-3+Knuckles) are still pretty fun. Well, the original is not too great. But whatever.

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Oh man! Looking awesome. I can't wait for the game and the show and.... Yeah its odd they can keep making games at all but more so they keep making Sonic games. Video games are so... odd.

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As long as it's fun than i'm down.

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Totally not interested.

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Geez I don't know why I even thought I'd look down here. It seems anything slightly fringe or outwidth the norm tends to get bashed by the vast majority of Duders.

Think it looks fine, the characters may look slightly different but I don't mind them, they seem to be a blend of 'old' generations and 'new' generations Sonic cast. Except for Knuckles who is just a full mix of muscle but HEY if it means Knuckles is actually significant again in a Sonic game I'll take it.

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oh god what's wrong with sonic's face

the scarf is fine but somebody gave him a pug dog for a face

why

...The strange thing is that his face doesn't even look like that in the artwork they put out.

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@elwoodan said:

Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is the best sonic game, so this might be ok?

Hah... haha....

No. It's not. It's a VERY mediocre game. I unfortunately bought it on the PS3, remembering that I loved it, and uh... Yeah... It REALLY doesn't hold up very well.

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my classmate’s mom makes $87 every hour on the internet . She has been without a job for five months but last month her pay was $14723 just working on the internet for a few hours.

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http://www.Fizzjob.com
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So, are Sonic games going Nintendo exclusive? There's a weird irony in that, especially with the recent talk of Nintendo themselves broadening to other (at least mobile) platforms.

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I know it's really easy to be bah humbug about sonic but this one might actually be good! For real!

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Sonic looks like a human cosplaying as Sonic. Creepy

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my roomate's half-sister makes $75/hr on the internet. She has been without work for 10 months but last month her pay was $12033 just working on the internet for a few hours. Check This Out............. ​www.23jobs.com

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Guess knuckles finally got that growth spurt...or was it growth hormone?

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This is relevant.

RIP :(

This is classic Ryan.

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I don't know man. This may end up shocking the world because former Naughty Dog developers are working on it, but this could easily go into the Sonic Cycle. Am I the only one though who keeps thinking about the current Pac Man cartoon and game whenever we see something on this?

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End of the trailer reminded me of the end of Demon's Souls intro. But that could be becauses I'm obsessed with the Souls games at the moment.

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When did Knuckles complete the Huge Quest?

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Sweet Jebus! Has Knuckles hit puberty or what?!

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What ever "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle is the best sonic game" guy is smoking I want some it must be amazing. it seems to erase history from peoples minds.

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Anybody else love how this game is glitching out giantbomb data base and is listing this under "Sonic boom" segas 1987 arcade game.

So I guess they have the right to this since before sonic....Sonic boom was a great game a pizza place I went to had it and tons of other sega games.

Oh and also the music cd.

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@arawk said:

How was this not the theme song?!

You're kidding me right?

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Always and forever the ONLY Sonic related Sonic Boom which matters.

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Pepsi Boom?.....

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No Big the Cat No Sale!

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Man, those character designs are really weirding me out for some reason.

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Let the most annoying voices for your "favorite" characters commence.

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2014's "winner" for Use of Skrillex?

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Has Knuckles been taking steroids?

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No thanks.

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Trailer needs more wub.

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Oh jesus. This is hilarious. I'm really glad they're just fucking the characters up completely. It's great. I can't wait to see Robotnik.

They put out a trailer for the cartoon that shows Robotnik: Boom! I'm angry Tails' plane isn't red anymore, but.. oh well?

Also, yes, everyone keep talking about roided up Knucklesand ignore that they made Amy into a Ramon Flowers cosplayer! Those goggles and a giant hammer? I mean, yes, Amy always had the hammer, but the goggles, duder, the goggles!

And, in "Trying tonot be a jerk".. a TV series and a CryEngine 3 game? At least Sega seems to be trying hard with this one, and I always like crazy ambitious stuff.

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Ok now this seems like a step in the right direction for the Sonic series (if it must continue...sadly it seems like it must)

It's obvious that sonics old fashioned fast paced gameplay does NOT work in 3D...never has and never will, but yet they keep trying to cater to the fans...well fuck it, try something new and it seems like they have

Ratchet and Clank is one of my favorite series, so I'm stoked to see that this is like that in a way. If they all have their own unique power it could be interesting

But who am I kidding? Don't get hyped about this at all folks...it's still Sonic so it'll probably end up shit

If anything though I might buy this for Swol Knuckles...dude is jacked and I totally approve of his redeisgn. I've always been a Knuckles over Sonic guy

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Fucking hell. They have outdone themselves. I am wordless.

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wow