Conflicting Information on Status of Game
Though Gameloft’s announcement of a mobile edition of Sonic Unleashed initially made clear the game would make it to mobile phones–and, in all likelihood, the iPhone and iPod Touch–this month, there is some conflicting new information and murmurs that appear to be muddying it all up.
The six page thread dedicated to the game on Gameloft’s official forums has plenty of different details, many contradicting one another. Tidbits range from release dates jumping back and forth–from the possibility that it could be released tomorrow to a proper release on the 20th, to the notion that, in some countries and only on certain phones, the game is out now. Early last week, a post was made claiming Unleashed for mobile phones would be a European-only release, and only for certain phones, excluding Apple’s popular systems. At one point, it was speculated on the forum that the Unleashed mobile project was put on hold or canned.
A lot of this information is not clear and cannot be confirmed, but one piece of information can: In-game footage has surfaced, apparently on an unauthorized level, on YouTube. User KiryYanagi89 of Argentina posted the three and a half minute video of the daytime Apotos stage. It was recorded via a mobile emulator on PC, and you can see it below.
What does this video ultimately mean as to the state of the game? It does give credence to the notion that the title may be out somewhere in the world. It’s also entirely possible the video is the result of an unauthorized leak of one build. It almost certainly means that the project isn’t dead and will see a release in some form…if it hasn’t already. TSSZ News will attempt to separate fact from fiction in what we have, and report to you with what’s what when possible. Certainly your help is essential in solving the mysteries–you can tell us what you know via our News Tips system, just as Kadeb and sonicsmashkirby have all weekend, relaying this information to us.
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Classic Badniks, Real Pathways, lots of GOOD Platforming, This Game is in a way even better than the Big Unleashed!
To bad I don´t have an I phone or good Handy to run it on! :’(
Damn, I wouldn’t mind playing this on the DS.
It hurts to see 2D Sonic this bastardized. It’s like they didn’t even try to capture Sonic’s physics. Instead, it’s like a generic platformer with Sonic’s image on it. (much like Sonic 06)
Yeah, this is a heavily watered down Rush.
They adapted it well, but I’ll just say this. The game was made for consoles. And the music is annoying.
Looks like one of those old pirate games. Or a generic fan game.
Also, agreed with Ethan and Eggman.
Please don’t ruin 2D Sonic too. Jesus christ.
Sonic Rush.
@RaveToTheGrave: Yes, we all know this is similar to Sonic Rush. Stop stating the obvious.
@RaveToThGrave
No sonic rush does not suck.
Music annoying
Apotos looks nothing like that.
this looks worse than the wii version.
Im glad I dont own an iPhone.Im glad…I hate apple
@edge: Of course it looks worse than the Wii version. It’s the frikk’in IPhone! I think it’s a pretty good adaption for mobile phones. I don’t get why everyone is bashing it. >:(
@edge- It’s not like mac made it… mac is awesome. Let’s see your shitty windows movie maker edit anything. Also, you can run windows on a mac, for free! So why get a windows when you can get both?
@ Edge
I don’t remember saying Sonic Rush sucked, I have and have beaten both of them. The game just can’t compare to the 360/Ps3 versions
Haha, this is terrible.
You all seen it coming. And you know it.
I donno, I think this looks kind of fun. I’d like to play it. Kudos to MayaTemple!
I’m gonna get it for my phone (provided it works…it’s one of those knew Sony Ericsons (they’re knew here anyway…Aus is normally a few months behind the rest of the world xD), so it might. If it’s bad it’s bad, I just want to be able to play a sonic game when I’m bored and can’t get to a console or my DS. If it is so bad that I can’t stand it, I can always just delete it. Simple as that. Plus it’s only a mobile game, no big deal.
sorry, *new Sony Ericson*. *new here, anyway*.
Guys, this game is just fine. =/
Besides, there aren’t many sonic games for Mobile and this one doesn’t look that bad as the others. May want to give it a shot before starting to rant about it without even playing it. >.<
Why you guys start to talk negative things about a game that hasn’t even came out!. You don’t have the game, you never play it, then don’t say it’s bad. Understood? =/
I’m just saying it’s like they’re not even trying with this one. Sidescrolling Sonic clearly doesn’t belong on mobile phones because it ends up like this: a generic platformer with a Sonic theme slapped onto it.
@RaveToTheGrave
When you compared sonic rush to this it was the same as saying sonic rush sucked… look at this game… the soundtrack is bad enough but honestly.
This is nothing like apotos.
@CartoonistGuy!
No when I said worse than the wii version I meant that it looked like it was as crappy as the wii version. I ,in my own oppinion, thought the wii version was the worst sonic game I ever played(now people are going to bring up 06 which I loved and thought was the second best game ever), I didnt like the wii game because all you did was press forward and beat a level, I S ranked everything and on the PS3 game I only S ranked about 5 stages, the PS3 version, also in my oppinion, was the best game ever.
@Glem3
Um… I dont use windows movie maker… I dont make movies… I dont really care if you are a rabbid apple fan… Ive used an iPod,iPhone and mac computer and I didnt like any of them. If apple made the game I believe it would be worse.
and @ everyone. Ive downloaded the game. I know if its good or not.
^That’s all up to opinion. So what’s your opinion on the game?