Hold the Phone; Balough Clarifies “Grade-A Baloney”
We said we would check our sources to see if any of the previous information SEGAbits disseminated held up, and it appears some of it does not. TSSZ has now learned through more than one source that this afternoon’s publication concerning Cryptic Clock Zone being the first stage in Sonic 4: Episode 2 is false.
For corroboration, we are able to cite one news tipster, Jak Saward. He alleges Sonic 4 brand manager Ken Balough contacted him privately upon his inquiry, and stated the information Segabits revealed this afternoon is inaccurate.
“I just got a PM from Ken on the Sega Forums and it said the first stage is NOT named Cryptic Clock,” says the tip in part. Saward has posted this information elsewhere, including as a comment on the original SEGAbits story. A screen cap of the conversation has been provided to us to verify accuracy.
We want to be careful with what we’re reporting; this doesn’t necessarily mean Cryptic Clock existing as a stage is false. This may only mean it’s not the first stage.
UPDATE: But now, we can confirm there is no Cryptic Clock at all, as Ken Balough did so on Sega forums a moment ago.
“It’s true – Stage 1, or any stage for that matter, being called Cryptic Clock is ‘Grade-A baloney,’ ” Balough said.
So, that is that. Due to this level of corroboration, we have retracted the previous story citing Segabits’s information. Our team is also working to confirm some more details regarding this game ahead of what may be a reveal next week, if Balough’s hint has anything to say about it. We are also now working on a story that may warrant retraction of the original physics story from Segabits from last night as well. Stand by for anything more.
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Just because he says it’s fake doesn’t really mean much, I’m sure most of us here know about Sega trying to cover their asses again and again. I’ll just wait for the promised screens and video.
Wait, are you gonna show us the screencap?
Cryptic Clock sounds like a badass stage to me.
I don’t give 2 shits if it’s not the first stage, and I knew it wasn’t because just looking at the name, it sounds nothing like a Grassy stage.
And SEGA would not drop the tradition of keeping the first stage a grassy type green hill kind of stage so suddenly.
Cryptic Clock doesnt really sound like a first level anyway
Hmm… Interesting… The rumor is fake but still has the possiblity of being real at the same time…
INCEPTION.
According to a recent post by Ken the game doesn’t have a stage named Cryptic Clock at all.
http://forums.sega.com/showthread.php?390802-Hold-the-Phone-Balough-Clarifies-S4E2-Cryptic-Clock-Rumor-Fake&p=6995618&viewfull=1#post6995618
Wow… SEGAbits got trolled. Hard.
So could SEGAbits be lying about the physics being the same too?
Stephan: It’s very much a possibility.
-T
Tick tock, the arena’s a clock. Or not.
To Nuzumaki90: Sonic games don’t necessarily have to begin with a grass-and-trees stage. It’s been this way at least as early as Sonic Spinball, and I know that just as often, Modern Sonic begins with a city stage (such as Route 99, City Escape, Westopolis, Metal City, Camelot Castle) or an ocean stage (Resort Island, Emerald Coast, Seaside Hill, Wave Ocean, Windmill Isle–which is also a city stage).
Nevertheless, “Cryptic Clock” sounds very uncharacteristic of a Sonic first stage, even for the second part in a subseries. I think the only case of a Sonic game beginning with a mechanical metal theme was if you began Sonic Adventure 2 with the Dark story. That was because it was necessary for the story. I don’t think Sonic 4 will ever have stages chosen by the story.
Crypctic Clock does sound badass.I’ll be happy if its in the game.
yeah well, aaron also said that the leaked stage list for Generations wasn’t accurate.