Sonic Boom on Wii U reaching finish line a week early
Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U will now release the same day as the 3DS Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Sega has announced.
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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U will now release the same day as the 3DS Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Sega has announced.
Sega has given dates for both the 3DS and Wii U Sonic Boom games, spaced a week apart.
Dr. Eggman will take a backseat in Sonic's newest game, as a new villain arises in the newly-titled Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric.
Sonic Boom is aiming to give Sonic the Hedgehog more of an Adventure Time-style aesthetic and that becomes more evident with the reveal of the newest cast member: Sticks, the jungle badger.
Sonic Boom is making some bold revisions to Sonic and the gang, but earlier versions of the redesigns were even more radical and tempered by Sega's Sonic Team.
Sonic Boom creative director Bob Rafei says that part of making Sonic into a western property is understanding that kids' pop culture requires a mixture of story and humor, and references shows like Adventure Time as examples.
Sonic veteran Takashi Iizuka says that Sonic Boom is very consciously being catered to western gamers, to the point that Sega has no plans to bring the games or cartoon to Japan.
Sega has revealed an all-new Sonic game called Sonic Boom for Wii U and 3DS, which will feature a whole new look for the blue hedgehog and precede an all-new CG animated series.