New Preview May Drop Hint at New Character
If characters from The House of the Dead can be included, why not Skies of Arcadia?
It looks to be at least a faint possibility now, as Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing EP Steve Lycett, known on the Internet as SoL, doesn’t directly deny the prospect when directly questioned. This, from a new preview published today by Europe’s Games Reactor.
The preview does confirm something we speculated on a few weeks back: Beat’s All-Star move will use spray can graffiti to mess with other players–think along the lines of the Blooper effect in Mario Kart.
But that’s not all. Writer Bengt Lemne inquired to Lycett about new characters, and specifically noted whether Vyse, the primary character from Dreamcast-era Skies of Arcadia, could be a late addition to the roster. This was Lycett’s response as transcribed:
“We get a lot of requests for Vyse”, he said with a smile.” But what kind of vehicle would he ride?”
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“We are going for a particular visual style and I’m not sure it would fit”, Lycett says. “But perhaps there are locations that would fit.” (smiles)
Akira, from the Virtua Fighter series, was also namedropped in the article as a possible unconfirmed character. However, as far as it can be interpreted, Lycett did not address that specific rumor. So, for the moment, it’ll be wait and see on whether Vyse will make the trip to ASR.
For those unaware, Skies of Arcadia was released for Sega’s last console in 2000. The RPG was given high praise by gaming media at the time of its release, and an update of the original, Skies of Arcadia Legends, was released to the GameCube two years later.
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I would love to see Vyse again, maybe piloting a lifeboat & has Aika join him for his all-star move as they hit anyone close by
Also, a see a typo
“Skies of Arcadia Legends, was released to the GameCube two DAYS later”
sure it wasn’t two years? lol
Yeesh, I’m getting as bad at proof-reading as I did when these were early AM updates!
I appreciate the catch =)
-T
how about a sky bike
Errrr….a mini sky boat?! He would obviously be air type like Tails in his plane. I dont understand what the issue is in terms of vehicle especially when they seem to be making it up when it comes to Aiai, Nights and Akira its not like they had vehicles before.
“We are going for a particular visual style and I’m not sure it would fit”
What!? So does Ryu in his fork-lift truck work against the colourful backdrop of Seaside hill!?
Final roster confirmed:
http://i33.tinypic.com/zjh55u.jpg
I want the Werehog in this. Why don’t people like him? His levels were better than all the classic Sonics. Sonic 1,2,3,K SUCK!
Ristar and Vectorman…….HELL YEAH!!!
Sonic Heroes : You better be joking because I know everyone has their opions but Sonic 1-3 & K don`t suck unless you hate 2D games
It’s not that people not liking the Werehog is the reason why he won’t be in.
It’s the fact that the ASR staff said that (after Knuckles’s announcement) there would NO NEW SONIC CHARACTERS added.
LMAO of course I was joking! Sonic 3 & Knuckles is the best game EVER!
Hmm… That Skies of Arcadia guy looks pretty nice. I like that SEGA takes some good looking characters and skip the ugly ones (even if there allready are lots of ugly ones in the game). Ryo! Zombies (wait… they aren’t looking good…. anyway, they are awesome!)! Skies of Arcadia guy! So I have nothing against him.
Sonic Heroes : Good
I shurely will buy this game!!! muahahahhaha
Sonic Heroes@: I’m with’cha friend lol I would like to see the Werehog too (in Currient MAnsion stage
).
But anyway THIS GAMES LOOK AAAAAWWWWWWWWSSSSOOOME !!!
^ Oh god… this guy is so fake.
Imagine if Sonic could turn Hyper in this game…
At first I was like “what SEGA characters apart from Sonic ones could be added?”
Now it’s more along the lines of “What SEGA character are they not going to add?”
And yeah, for those of you hoping for the werehog, I’m there with you
I want all main sonic characters first,then sega characters
you know like sonic riders
Sega, Vyse is an awesome character (because Skies of Arcadia was awesome). Do it. And quit stalliNg on putting in Ristar. >:/
Axel or B.D. Joe from Crazy Taxi have a better chance of making it in the game. They already have a vehicle they can use. ^_^
Metal Sonic should be included too, they should make a car similar to Sonic’s for last boss racing
mario…Mario…MARIO!!!
PUT HIM IN IT!!!
Sonic’s yeah!
Oh *CENSORED* yeah. Put em in and it will sweeten the deal.
I never got to play Skies of Arcadia. I always wanted to. Soon as I get the money, I’m going onto Amazon.com and buying it.
Werehog: Haha! Yeah, Zombies. It was pretty funny when you were at my house and saw the news. You and your zombies Werehog! XD
But anyway, I have neverd heard of that Vyse guy before, so I don’t know. Don’t even know what he looks like. Well then…… let’s head to google!
If this game helps turn Sonic fans into fully fledged Sega fans I’ll be a happy camper.
Seems to be doing a good job of educating the strictly ‘Sonic’ fans about Segas other awesome characters. Of which there are many!
Vyse better be in it would be awesome. Never got to play Skies of Arcadia, but got to see Vyse and Aika in Valkyria chronicles and thought they were awesome characters
@ Sharky:
Yeah, Ryan. The Sonic fans seriously need to grow up. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing are examples of why I perform epic facepalms.
…I still have never heard or the majority of these people, and I’m from the first gen of Sonic. I know NiGHTS, Ristar and a couple others, but some fo these other gys just seem so completely random. I’m lucky i know about Vyse only because of a Brawl texture hack of him. XD
Not like it matters though. I’ll probably only play as all the characters if I have to unlock something, then just stick with the Sonic ones, and NiGHTS. ¦D
Werehog and Vyse. BONUS!!
Vyse should make this game