About Those Difficulty Tweaks…
Aaron Webber said last week there would be changes to the overall difficulty of Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and to a certain extent, we know about a few more of them thanks to the recently released edition of Nintendo Power, and some of these may be more a matter of tweaking than a complete change.
Accounts from the article indicate a newer, more complete build was shown for preview purposes. For those who saw the leaks, one of the more difficult portions of Lost Labyrinth and something not seen in screenshots released last week was a moving wall section, not unlike that in Sonic 3′s Hydrocity Zone. That area remains in Act 3, and it’s not crystal clear whether this was the more specific reference Webber made last week regarding challenge revisions.
A similar setup will exist in Mad Gear–though with a drill instead of a moving wall–and it’s said to be tougher. Again, those who have seen the leaked video from Spring should be more familiar with the reference.
Up for debate right now is a reference in the preview that states players will be able to, in a sense, choose their own adventure with Sonic 4, and play levels out of order, in any order, once Splash Hill Act 1 is beaten. Several fans have contested such confirmation for the finished copy, speculating it’s just a part of the developer build provided to Nintendo Power.
The preview also has some new shots of Lost Labyrinth. Do you have a copy? If you can scan it, we’d love to hear from you–send us a news tip.
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Different orders for levels??
Why? You end up playing them all in the end anyways. Also, if you play it your first time and pick the hardest zone first, then your screwed! and the rest will just get easier!… unless it’s like a Mario Galaxy 2 thing were you have options of different levels with similar difficulty.
TOUGHER? Ruby, if this is your handywork… you are a glorious bastard!
Maybe there’s hope for a challenging Sonic game yet.
Tristan I think you meant to say Sonic *3*’s Hydrocity Zone in the second paragraph^^
I did. Slip of the keyboard. Thanks =)
-T
Sonicstadium.org has the scans up
That Megaman style level select is a terrible idea, what is wrong with just going from level to level without menus, this is just another feature that Dimps won’t give up on despite it ruining the flow of their games It’s time for them to come clean and rename this thing Sonic Advance 4
It’s all good tristan, Sonic 3 Act 2 Sonic 4 Episode 1 Act 3… so many numbers!! =P Anyway, if there is a kind of stage select, it at least answers my underlying question of whether Lost Labyrinth or Casino Street is really Zone 2, because both of them can easily be. IMO if they must include a stage select, they should start you with Splash Hill then let you choose whether to play LL or CS first, ending with Mad Gear. (All acts in a zone must be played through in order, though) That might not be so bad a concept, plus it references early Sega arcade games which let you pick your playthrough, like Afterburner and OutRun.
Having LL as Zone 2 can also vaguely reference Sonic 1, where Labyrinth was originally the second zone, switched with Marble at the last minute because of Labyrinth’s difficulty…
We should start trying to predict what Eggfang here says, closest guess wins an internet. Or maybe just set our watches by him.
@Eggfang
So your blaming the creators for ruining the flow, beacuse the players are to big of idiots to ruin the flow for themsleves?
An your still on with the advance 4/rush 3 bullshit? Despite the fact that it plays NOTHING like those games?
It shows that the pessimist are running out of vali complaints
“It’s time for them to come clean and rename this thing Sonic Advance 4″
No,sonic 4 have storyline after sonic 3 & knuckles
This is only natural sonic evolution,and sonic 4 is win
The graphic is AWESOME for online game ahm?
And BETTER than new super mario wii too.
What?!? the drill level is…. tougher!!!! Bloody hell, you`ve got to be joking
I`ll be stuck on that level for awhile then… it was hard enough.. lol.
“And BETTER than new super mario wii too.”
I love sonic, but we need be realistic here.
“I love sonic, but we need be realistic here.”
nsmbwii was bland and stale as shit.
This looks much fresher, but then again SOnic alwalys looked much fresher.