More Lost World Footage
Wii U Stage preview
3DS Stage preview
Wii U hover wisp
3ds wisps
3DS moves
Parkour
classic?
combat
Amy and Knuckles cutscene in uh…I think that’s spanish? with English sub
lol @ Knux getting carried off
Eggman and the Deadly six cutscene in spanish with english sub
Comic stuff:
The latest comic in Sonic has brought some interesting things to light…and if it is to be believed this is the second part in it’s reboot that has been on going. The comic now has most of the games being pretty much canon with what happened in those games being canon instead of the comic adaptation being so and by the looks of things some on going stories and characters that were taking place well before the Worlds Collide story arc with Megaman have been wiped clean from existence. And now because of Eggman’s hastiness in the ending of World’s Collide it looks like the planet might be on a timer…
Gaf post that has a list of changes both current and possibly speculative on the comic:
Spoiler
Stuff that’s changed:
-At least some of the major games that previously weren’t canon are now. Colors is directly referenced (the DS version, apparently, since Silver was involved somehow), as is SA1. The real SA1, not the abomination the comic previously contorted it into. Scratching that mess from continuity should come as a relief to everyone. SA2, Rush, and Rush Adventure all happened in canon but off-panel before the reboot, and I assume that like SA1, everything that the series previously adapted is assumed to have happened, but in line with the games instead.
—Unleashed hasn’t happened yet, but oh boy is that ever where we’re headed next.
-Teams Freedom and Fighters no longer appear to be concepts that exist.
-Mobotropolis is no longer made of nanites, thank god, and is now located on Westside Island. Knothole still exists somewhere too, instead of being a smoking crater.
—Following from the above two, Tails Doll is still attacking the city (sans demon vagina), but it’s Sonic and Tails on the scene instead. Who knows why Tails Doll is here in this new world, but it’s mentioned that this isn’t the first time.
—Naugus is, surprisingly, still around. Curiously, he’s referred to as an “ex-wizard”. It’s suggested that the first Genesis Wave stripped him of his magic, but not elaborated on. More curiously, he’s referred to as “Wally”. He immediately abdicates and will probably not be seen for a couple years.
-----Which is a shame, because the whole King Naugus/Ixis Geoffrey arc was finally coming to a head and is easily the biggest loss here. Alas, progress marches on.
—In Naugus’s absence, Max - excuse me, “King Acorn” - is still king! And he’s up and walking, is finally identifiable as a squirrel, looks thirty years younger, and isn’t a colossal dick now. There was always some potential in having him be a slightly adversarial authority figure, but the comic never found time to capitalize on it properly. Better to take what scraps of good the character had and have them eat Elias’s role and cut down on character bloat.
—On that note, Elias is a guaranteed casualty. Straight up, no buts about it. The Secret Freedom Fighters likely die with him, since the plot they were attached to doesn’t exist anymore either. We know Ian managed to talk Sega into letting Shard stick around, and I’d put decent odds on Larry surviving in some capacity as well. Harvey, Leeta, and Lyco vanish back into the ether from whence they came.
-Nicole’s still kicking around in handheld form, as an OG SatAM character. Speaking of…
—Rotor, having had his tech head role stolen by Tails years ago, is now the team heavy. Being all buff is kind of weird, but it’s a better choice than the stupid nanosuit he’d been wearing.
—Uncle Chuck is also still around, though thus far unseen; Ben Bates let it slip that he’s the team commander now, which’ll be interesting. But it raises the question of what…
—Sally does now. Espionage (…espionage. I just got that.), from the looks of it, given that she’s on the Death Egg solo. Also, she’s not a robot, so there’s another long-running plot arc that bites the dust. One that goes all the way back to like issue #180-something if you count how long Silver’s been hunting a traitor. And she’s finally got pants! It’s a cute look, and like her dad, she’s finally identifiable as a chipmunk.
—We know Antoine and Bunnie are coming, they’re just not around yet. And Amy’s the plus one to the classic Freedom Fighter reunion. She’s busy over in Sonic Universe, which is quietly having nothing and everything to do with Worlds Collide.
—Also, Big is one of the first characters we run into, which bodes well. He manages to pull off a spindash, as seen above. It is the best.
—They’ve got an airship now, too. Of course it’s named the Sky Patrol. Guerrilla warfare from the trees this ain’t.
-The Dark Egg Legion is toast in name, but the Egg Army is them in spirit and concept, just without the dumb cloaks. “Legionization” seems to still be a thing, and allegedly roboticization is back too. There’s no telling if it’s in SatAM or game form yet, though, which raises the possibility that Bunnie’s a proper cyborg now instead of half-robot. Her backstory’s probably a bit different.
—There’s mention of a Lord Hood in Avalon. Hood was the Mercian legion boss before, and Avalon is tied to Arthurian myth just like that whole region was, so some old characters and locations appear to have survived with only slight modification. The use of Avalon specifically makes me wonder if elements of SatBK are going to get tied in somewhere along the line.
-Robotnik (and Orbot and Cubot) remembers everything from the old world and nothing of the new one, unlike everyone else who’s the other way around or suffering a mix.
—Metal Sonic is officially no longer cannon fodder, so Silver Sonic seems to have taken on the role with gusto. Given that he was beatable in ten seconds or so, it suits him.
-Game references aplenty: Super Rings, the tag-team spindash, homing attacks, grinding, Super Peel-Out feet, classic Robotnik, Mystic Ruins and Final Egg, “Sky Patrol”, the airship is the classic winged emblem, the freedom fighter status screen is Sonic 3’s data select complete with icons, and Eggman goes driving off in his All-Stars Racing monster truck. Ian’s always liked throwing in little bits from the games, but I think Sega’s outright encouraging it now.
