But Still Calls It “A Celebration of Sonic’s Portable History”
Hoping for some Underground Zone remix in the 3DS edition of Sonic Generations? What about a rendition of the classic Sunset Park chase scene? Or how about some Aqua Planet?
Good luck.
In a joint interview posted on both The Sonic Stadium and Segabits, Takashi Iizuka says the development team behind the 3DS version will only focus their portable re-imaginations on titles for the Game Boy Advance and later.
“For the 3DS we wanted to go with systems of more recent memory,” Iizuka said. “So we are more focused on levels from the GBA and DS.”
Despite that sharp cutoff, Iizuka said the 3DS version “is a celebration of Sonic’s portable history. As such it only makes sense that we keep that history on a portable system. ”
There are other items of note in the interview, such as the re-affirmation of more than 2 acts per world. Whether those are pure acts or acts masking as mission stages remains to be seen. More can be read at the link cited above. Thanks to krazeeKidd102 for tipping us.
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as long as they can get it better than that thing that was shown at E3, i dont really give a shit what levels are in it
Meh the Game Gear games sucked anyway. All they did was make you want to play the console games.
He said that theyr focusing in the gba nds stages not that they will not use game gear stages
I’m surprised you haven’t advertised the fact that Iizuka blatantly stated that there’s a hub world in this game:
“Ha, ha. Well, as we’ve said. Classic and Modern Sonic meet through time anomalies as a mysterious force is erasing time. Areas are a wash of pure white. As classic and modern beat these classic levels, more color comes into the world. You could say the white space starts as a hub that opens up more as the color comes back in.”
-Iizuka
I guess the fact that it’s actually CONFIRMED isn’t that newsworthy.
G
B
A!!!!!!!!!!
SONIC ADVANCE TRILOGY FTW!!!!
No GG levels?
Oh…kaaaay Iizuka, it’s YOUR game. Do what you think is best for the fans.
It’s not like I’m getting a 3DS anyway.
20 year history my foot, ,hes just picking and choosing.
Well, I can’t say that I’m affected by this news. Excluding Sunset Park, none of the Game Gear levels are really worth talking about anyway.
“. . Games with recent memory. . .”
Green Hill Zone (Sonic the hedgehog). . . 1991. . .
Aqua Planet (Sonic Chaos) . . . . . 1993. . .
What?
aw so no epic train boss remix? Well I guess we’re stuck with fan remixes…
but yay that the Sonic Advance trilogy is coming back
Oh yah, I read this earlier today. I was kinda sad. No Triple Trouble Zones
Well, it doesn’t really matter. I’m not getting the 3DS version anyways.
Maybe it’s Sonic Adventure Sonic in his own stages, seeing as they view the Dreamcast as an era.
If the 3DS Sucks then I don’t really care what levels are in it…it will just want me to play the originals…like in Wave Ocean when you saw the Whale destroy the docks…it just made you want to play Emerald Coast…the same effect applies here….
Sunset park was cool
(EDIT – I’m getting a little tired of the random lists now. -T)
Two Words… DEAD LINE!!!!!!!
Wow, he actually laughs at people like an absolute arse.
If I ever get another Sonic game with him involved, I will be pirating it.
I really want Scrambled Egg 8D
@Epicenter713
Blame the idiot who transcribed the interview, not Iizuka. Transcribing giggles and laughter is a dick move, especially when the interview was conducted via interpreter in another language.
And your threat of pirating Sonic games? Classy. If you ever write another stupid comment like that, I will kill a dolphin! ;P
Needlmouse should be IP banned for threats of murder.
Please contact his ISP and both WWFs immediately [gunna get a whoop'n, boy].
Yesh for rush and advance
nyu for lack of chaos and triple trouble
Triple Trouble has some wonderful levels leagues better than the boring tubes and single bitmap background of Sonic Rush!
“Triple Trouble has some wonderful levels leagues better than the boring tubes and single bitmap background of Sonic Rush!”
Eh, your mileage may vary.
I’m honestly not surprised by this news considering DIMPS has done just about every handheld game since the first Sonic Advance (except for Sonic Chronicles). Anything beyond that doesn’t exist to them apparently…
@Dr.Eggfang: Oh, be quiet why doncha.
@Amuro
Why? Let me guess because I’m not worshiping the ground Lord Iizuka walks on?
Sonic 4: Episode 2, Summer 2012 year?
@DrEggfang
Yeah….thats it completely…..not beacuse he thought Rush was GOOD or anything.
Why are you here again?
Whoa-hoa! The same fans who hate Shadow The Hedgehog, Unleashed, Secret Rings and Sonic 4 actually like the Game Gear games? You learn something new everyday. (:
shame. Game Gear games are pieces of history.
“Sonic Generations is a celebration of the hedgehog’s past.”
” we wanted to go with systems of more recent memory.”
Damn it, Iizuka, get your priorities straight.
Two words are all that needed here and in the game.
Bridge. Zone.
They should at leat think about putting levels from Sonic’s game from the Neo Geo Pocket.
@ RadicalNIN:
The levels from the NeoGeo Pocket were just ports from sonic 2 with different names : / . . . sorry. But they might as well get them from Sonic 2 if you want those levels.
So wait why bother have Classic sonic in it? Its abit mix messages as well. “Yeah we focus on the classic mega drive then the modern nintendo gameboys advance stuff.”
I mean it makes sense to some point (after all no one outside of the Sonic fanbase know aqua planet zone or Crystal egg) but come on.
Will any Sonic Rivals Series levels make it? I guess not :/ Suppose for now GBA and DS that’[s fine but I dnt think I’ll get the 3DS Version…
I’m wishing really hard that in Sonic Generations we can battle againts Metal Sonic, with both Classic and Modern Sonic
(awsomeness!) hehe.
I hope SEGA later realese some DLC for Generations containing some storyline and levels from OVA (“sonic the hedgehog: the movie”), that would be pure genius, that’s just my opinion =)
No Game Gear? C’mon, you could’ve included one or two levels. You got Green Hill in there, didn’t you? -.-
But hey, I’m really hoping Egg Rocket Zone or Cyber Track get in there!
They should of made a PC port instead of a handheld generations….
@Truesonic maybe if PS Vita also had Sonic Generations.
I hate the game gear games but it would have been nice to see Sunset Park included.
Very much want Egg Rocket zone, loved that music.
Bridge Zone and Scrambled Egg Zone NAOW!!!!!
So, Iizuka is saying “Fuck YOOUUUUU” to the Game Gear fans, but still has the audacity to say that this is a celebration of Sonic’s portable history? That’s such a contradictory statement. Granted, I never really liked the GG games, but the old-skool GG fans deserve some love, too. Dammit, Sega!!!!
gba =D
CHAOS ANGEL ZONE….. or else >.>
that is all :3
no matter what stages are released for BOTH versions of the game. there are gonna be disappointed people. IMHO Sonic games have created some of the most memorable, and in some cases just incredible stages out of any game that’s ever been out. They’re all iconic really…
@Keigo Niwa
And that’s why its all the more tragically that sonic has only come this far since 1991. I mean the Sonic magic was really strong up to 98 because the Sega dudes focused design efforts on smoother mechanics. I mean the fact that sonic 1 was designed to be a fast game meant that they were all ready a popular alternative to mario. SO If They were in a leauge beyond mario (sonic Adventure 2 vs any 3d mario in 2001), why would they focus on outdoing mario over anything? THey could create a series that rivals something like pixar or the action/platforming games. And why was it always like Sega Japan/Us trying to do it by themselves. Why not ask like John Romero or Tim Schafer or John fucking lasseter or fuckin ANYONE like that to help them bring their already billion dollar franchise into the 2000s and make it something?
But there is always the future. Hopefully not only fans but sega’s own reason will enure good sonic games. I mean we as fans owe it to the Sonic Team for making the classics and we should never pressure them to keep things the same when a little innovation could lead to a whole new direction for the series.
Too bad we won t see any of the SMS\GG level… That won’t stop me to draw modern version of old level on deviantart^^