Super Monkey Ball on Board, Too
XBOX players may get to control Sonic on a hoverboard through the Kinect, but Sega’s also throwing support toward another of Nintendo’s innovations–the 3DS.
Nintendo’s E3 conference wrapped up about half an hour ago, and Sega is among the 20 or so developers pledging support for the handheld. Several developers have already announced platform specifics–Square Enix has already promised Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts fare, for example–but at the conference, no specifics were given.
Thankfully, a secondary release to the press after the conference shows Sega’s plans include an untitled Sonic project and an untitled Super Monkey Ball project. So far, that’s all that’s known. Details may or may not come out later at the E3 show floor–other than a new Super Monkey Ball for the iPod Touch and iPhone (which we’ll get to shortly,) nothing 3DS related appears in Sega’s roster for the event. Still, this will make five new Sonic titles potentially on deck for the coming year.
This was just the tip of the information iceberg to come out of Nintendo’s E3 conference, and Ryan Bloom will wrap up all those details later on.
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You saw Nintendo’s E3 conference, right?
HO–LE–S***!!
They blew everyone else out of the water. Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, DK, Kid Icarus, Golden Sun, 3DS. It just kept getting better and better as the show went on with little to no talk about motion controls or sales.
BEST. DAY. EVER!
It seems like there is gonna be a TON of sonic for the next year or two…wow.m
Another one? WTF.
Wait. This is the one Crush 40 confirmed, right?
Nintendo pwned this years E3 so hard!!!.. The 3ds is awesome but i didn’t like the color.
5 Sonic titles…jesus.
Hey guys remeber..Jet Set Radio or mabey Crazy Taxi?
I don’t think so. We’re still waiting on an actual new “mainstream” Sonic title for 2011, Sonic’s 20th Aniversary. I suspect that the new 3DS title will be on of the 20th Anniversary games, but there’s still one more we don’t know about yet that’s coming. Five games confirmed, though if you want to get technical you could say six, as Sonic Colors on DS is completely different from the Wii version (except for plot and stage names).
The only question I have about the 3DS is the two most important questions for most people… Release. Price. I can almost guarantee that the release will be in November with a price of 200 dollars. I know I’ll be lining up at my walmart. As for this, I’m pretty sure it will come out at the beginning of next year. It would be a perfect start for the 20th anniversary.
@Edge
the 3ds is slated for release around march 2011 I think.( not too sure though)
also, I’m kinda hyped up with all Sonic games coming( except free riders) and don’t forget Sonic 4 eps 2 and other will probably be up next year too!
and I kinda am eager to know what’s the big sonic project for 2011.
I don’t mind seeing stuff for nintendo but I don’t have a wii or DS. :/
just go on and show something for the ps3 already XP
@ Evil-Antho
Nintendo has not said a release or a price. I’m just saying that it’ll more than likely that it’s release will be in November because of the fact that it will be released this fiscal year (which ends in march). Nintendo would be stupid not to release it in November as it’s close to Christmas. Also, the fact that the GameCube, DS, and Wii were all released in November. So it’s only natural that the 3DS will carry on with that tradition.
And we aren’t even sure that there will be a Sonic 4 episode 2. The game may be Sonic 5 episode 2 or something. The episode thing could just be a subtitle to show that it’s the next download game. I doubt this would be the case, but I have heard some fans talking about it that way.
My guess is Sonic 4: Episode I is in development for the 3DS…. They already paved the way with Sonic Classic Collection…..and if they already have the ipod touch version going, would it be that hard for it to be on the 3DS?
Nintendo’s E3 was… absolutely amazing… No talk about the vitality sensor either…
@Gen: No, that might possibly be for the sonic heroes sequel mike heyes talked about in march. My best guess is that’s the anniversery game. The 3ds title will likely be a spin-off.