Sonic Ruuuuumors: New Sonic is ambitious shelved idea brought back for PS4/XBO, Colors possibly to PC, SoJ did not intend Sonic 4 to be Sonic 4; SoA pushed it.

[AlfredoTurkey]

IamAwsome said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

 

Sonic was NOT invented to compliment Nintendo. Sonic was directly chosen to be the anti-Nintendo mascot. He's fast, he's got an attitude, he's cool. Mario is not those things. Nintendo is not those things. Nintendo's image is Amiibo (toys), Wooly World (young kids) and wholesome. If Sega wants to be taken seriously again, they need to get out of bed with Nintendo and go back to what made them awesome imo.

Sega brought Sonic down, not Nintendo. I can somewhat understand the Genesis does what Nintendon't  "Sonic represents everything that Nintendo is not" argrement, but do you really see Sony or Microsoft pushing a new Sonic game? Especially given the perceived value of the franchise now? Would your average "hardcore" gamer even buy a Sonic game these days?? If the game has been in development for a while and is "ambitious", then I seriously doubt they would be satisfied with ~2M across the PS4/XB1. They'll do better numbers if it launches on NX (and  3DS/Wii U). If you want Sega to divorce Nintendo then what do you think they should do with Sonic, because simply appearing on the XB1 and PS4 won't pull the franchise out of the toilet. 

 

The key to pulling it out is by releasing a revolutionary TRUE Sonic 4 which is worthy of the name Sonic The Hedgehog. Like I said, Sonic use to stand for something. He was the punk rock to Mario's Frampton. Sega needs to give him that identity back some how and make him appear "cool" again. I just don't see how that's possible being a Wii-U exclusive.