Inside, the First Capture of What’s to Come
Unexpectedly, the advertising blitz has begun for Sonic Colors in the United States, even though it will be released in Europe first.
Cable networks like Nick at Nite, as opposed to Nickelodeon, began airing the spot Thursday evening. The spot is alleged to be a mix of CG and in-game footage, showing off a large portion of the Wisps.
If nothing else, it shows Sega is serious about promoting Colors as a true return to form for the hedgehog in 3D, if not for the entire franchise. That’s in contrast to Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, which had most of its publicity drummed up by fan reaction, debate, and the occasional leak or two.
During Thursday evening, the race was on to log and capture the spot, and SSMBer Inferno has done so, uploading to Youtube. However, we’ve since swapped that out with a cleaner version created by fellow forumer Jetronic. We warn the audio may be a little low. Check it out below.
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Similar commercials were aired in the US for Sonic Unleashed 2 years ago, so it’s not like all of a sudden Sonic games are being pushed on TV.
Yeah, I don’t see the big deal either. Didn’t sonic rush also have TV commercials? And sonic and the secret rings? And black knight? And Unleashed?
Yes, Sonic Unleashed also had commercials. It’s apparently subjective to the budget given to the titles in regards to having a commercial spot or not.
I’m not aware at all of what happens in TV land, but I had been under the impression that all the previous trailers WERE the commercials. I guess those were just for the internet savvy? lol
Ooooh, a “cool” sonic hat! That’s not the exact choice of words I have for it…
Also, seeing this commercial gives me a nostalgic feeling from watching saturday morning cartoon commercials
I guess it should go without saying that it’s strange that the commercials showed up on “Nick-at-Nite” rather than “Nickelodoen”.
To the first three comments, it’s less about “OH SNAP, SONIC HAS A COMMERCIAL OUT” than it is “the next wave of Sonic TV ads has begun in America, but Europe gets it first. Also, Sonic 4 didn’t have commercials (I don’t think).”
@ChaoticFox
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I do think there’s a fine line between “trailer” and “commercial”. What’s the difference? Trailers are on the Net, commercials on T.V (which never use for anything other than video games anyway). Also, commercials have an incredibly annoying announcer, while annoying announcers are usually reserved for Sony in terms of trailers.