Sonic Takes to a 3D Radical Highway

By Jorge Ba-oh 04.10.2011 4

Sonic Takes to a 3D Radical Highway on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

SEGA's prickly mascot hits familiar streets in the upcoming Sonic Generations, with a new level revealed for the 3DS version.

The official Japanese site for the 25th Anniversary game today lifted the lid on a level from the Dreamcast hit, Sonic Adventure 2 - Radical Highway, packed to the brim with vibrant city lights, futuristic loops and vast bridges.

Various unconfirmed reports are pointing toward a November 25th release date in Europe.

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Box art for Sonic Generations
Developer

Sonic Team

Publisher

SEGA

Genre

2D Platformer

Players

1

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Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 04.10.2011#1

Oops, I already added these screens to this game earlier today! No matter. Looks better with each update!

 
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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 04.10.2011#2

I may have misunderstood something... I thought the modern stages would be 3D style as they were originally... like viewing sonic from behind or something.

Are all the stages viewed from the side on 3DS ? Because here if they changed Radical Highway to a side view, that's what it makes me think of.

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Azuardo is offline. Azuardo 04.10.2011#3

In the 3DS version, Modern stages are mostly played in a 2D style from what I can gather. The camera angle does change from time to time to a sort of near-behind-the-back view for certain sections, but it's mostly a left to right affair it seems. Main difference between modern and classic being the grinding, boosting, sliding, homing attacking, and other things.

 
jb is offline. jb 05.10.2011#4

That's pretty much it - modern has a slight bit more "3D" ness to him, kinda a lot like Rush/Rush Adventure with a bit more oomph. Retro is as it says on the tin - lots of classic 2D mechanics with a dollop of 3D effects thrown in for good measure.

Neither go into full 3D/Dreamcast/Adventure+ style play.

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