Discovered by some intrepid forum posters, and originating from a Sega FTP site, this collection of images contains what appear to be screenshots of the just discovered Sonic Unleashed. It is of course unknown whether or not these are actually from that game, but the timing seems right, and these images do appear to be in-game, as evidenced by the clipping visible in this shot here. So whatever it is, it's up and running (pun not intended).As for the shots themselves, they're really clean and have a Blue Dragon quality about them. With locations ranging from Africa to Eggman's lair, and no signs of Sonic's "city" (cursing by rhyme...) friends, could we be seeing signs of a good Sonic game on the horizon? Possibly, if the lack of subtitles is pointing to a more "Subspace Emissary" take on the Sonic cutscenes, with a total lack of dialog, just using animation to tell the story (also similar to the Lego games). The only downside right now appears to be the gameplay screens, which hint at a Sonic and the Secret Rings style of gameplay. At the moment there is still no word as to the platform this will land on, but if it's following the footsteps of Secret Rings, we may have to end up handing this one off.
[Update: Images pulled on request from Sega of America's Sr. Legal Counsel.]
[Via NeoGAF]
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3-22-2008 @ 1:15PM
Roto13 said...
Super Sonic? That's screen shot is probably full of spoilers. :P
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3-22-2008 @ 1:17PM
Sam said...
If those are screenies, then its an xbox game. I mean, the resolution alone tells it.
Anyhoo, looks fukken sexy.
Gotta love super sonic.
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3-22-2008 @ 1:17PM
Deck said...
Excellent! This could be awesome..as long as it comes to the 360! :-p
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3-22-2008 @ 1:19PM
Terrence Stasse said...
There really are people that care about "story" spoilers in a Sonic game?
Wow.
And I thought you people were just a myth
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3-22-2008 @ 1:22PM
FantomRedux said...
That game is so getting bought when it comes out. Just so long as it doesn't suffer from what I like to call "Butter in a hot pan syndrome".
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3-22-2008 @ 1:31PM
SABCA said...
Images look great so far. Now if it can keep from being an unfinished mess like Sonic 2006 (I really wish they'd patch it up), then maybe we can finally get past all this silly "All Sonic games in 3D suck!" stuff...
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3-22-2008 @ 1:33PM
max said...
that level with the staggered boxes blocking up the road looks awesome! everyone loves random giant crates blocking a straight path.
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3-22-2008 @ 2:00PM
Mr Khan said...
Odd, I thought they were going to keep Sonic under lock and key for a while to revitalize the property
And what's wrong with Sonic & The Secret Rings style gameplay? Of all the 3D Sonics since adventure, that one felt the most like the Genesis versions
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3-22-2008 @ 2:04PM
Mr Khan said...
Oh, and I don't mean to be "that Wii fanboy" but those gameplay screens don't really look that much better than Secret Rings
I'm not deluded, i know the impossibly massive power difference, but Secret Rings, say what you will, was a looker, and this game's style looks very similar (aside from using traditional sonic enemies). Even the ring power screen equates to the Soul Energy bar from Secret Rings
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3-22-2008 @ 2:36PM
Fox318 said...
Did Sonic have a stroke or something. Look at the picture off his face!
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3-22-2008 @ 2:57PM
45nm said...
More like super saiyan Sonic....
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3-22-2008 @ 3:26PM
Blue_Falcon said...
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/photos/possible-sonic-unleashed-images/714687/
Wow.
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3-22-2008 @ 3:35PM
Lewis said...
As long as you have almost no load times, better sotry ...and well better anything that Sonic the Hedgehog was, I'm down. They should just remake Sonic Adventure.
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3-22-2008 @ 3:47PM
RomeoDude said...
I'll buy it if it's released for 360 and if it has the return of the Chao garden.
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3-22-2008 @ 4:03PM
Palm Springs Savant said...
awesome..I'm in on this one
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3-22-2008 @ 4:18PM
therpham said...
The real question is: What is happening to Super Sonic in that shot where it looks like he's going into that machine?
This actually looks half interesting - let's see if the eighth time's a charm. (I just made up 8, I'm not really sure how long it's been since a good Sonic game.)
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3-22-2008 @ 5:33PM
Logan T said...
If it's anything like Sonic Adventure I will be right on it. Hopefully they've realized those were the only Sonic 3D games that worked.
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3-22-2008 @ 5:39PM
Tony said...
Some of the later stuff is clearly in-game... The Wii can't do anything at that resolution. Maybe they decided to upscale these significantly for no good reason, I have no idea. But it certainly doesn't imply to me that these are shots of a Wii exclusive game.
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3-22-2008 @ 6:16PM
slash said...
I found a bunch more screenshots here:
http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=6266
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3-22-2008 @ 6:23PM
Mr.ESC said...
The second screen sums up very well Sonic feeling about this.
Don't worry Sonic we make sure Sonic team make you a proper game or we will chase them with forks and torches.
Again anything with Sonic is a buy for me unless is tragically bad so I have faith you Sonic Team.
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