Sega confirms Sonic and the Black Knight, Spring 2009

by Christopher Grant on Jul 21st 2008 12:29PM

Sonic continues his storybook adventures with Sonic and the Black Knight, a Wii-exclusive Arthurian sequel to the Arabian Nights-infused Sonic and the Secret Rings. In this installment, Sonic picks up a sword "to aid in his effort to save the day," causing us to wonder aloud (stop staring at us!) if Black Knight could be one of the first third-party games to utilize the Wii MotionPlus.

Oh, and far be it from us to tell Sega how to run its show but, despite the opportunity provided by a recent industry event, the first you'll see of Sonic and the Black Knight will be within the pages of next month's Nintendo Power before its release in Spring 2009.

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Cause we all know a sword is exactly what Sonic needs this generation.

I know is ridiculous.

Sega gave him a sword,what he really needed was a chainsaw to impress us.

Dont forget more shitty friends, can't get enough of those.

Maybe the sword IS a shitty friend.

ummmm.....snother sucky sonic title? woo friggin hoo

Running with scissors = bad
Running with Excalibur = A new Wii Game featuring Sonic the "Looking for Decent Work" Hedgehog

Either way, Spring '09 is looking pretty stellar. I might just give out gift cards this year for the holidays since more interesting gaming stuff will be out after it.

Esp. for Wii. You're going from Wii Music + Animal Crossing to The Conduit and Black Knight

Once the initial Shock warms up, I'm kinda liking the idea, Secret rings was cool and that sword looks pretty nifty.

At Sega, we don't learn from mistakes, we actively reiterate them!

Giving Sonic a gimmick hasn't worked the past times? We'll just try again. It'll stick one of these times...

Isn't doing something over and over and expecting a different result one of the first signs of insanity?

possibly the only time i have ever felt a game will suck from a picture.

and also i remember someone on here saying how the wii will make developers change their games to accommodate the system, i thought they would be wrong but damn.

I was kinda hoping Bioware wanted to do more Sonic RPG. Heavily modified Aurora Engine maybe?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/20/bioware-considering-wii-psp-development/

Oh well. Seems like a step in the wrong direction after many praised Secret Rings for being a step in the right.

To be honest many of you seem to be judging the game for the image of Sonic with a sword.

I'm going to wait for a gameplay video before judging.

If it is like the Secret Rings with a better control I think it will be fine.

Apparently I am the only person who really disliked the secret rings.

Why can't they just go back to 2d sonics?

Isn't bad if you give it a chance also I got it very cheap.

I hated it at first but it get's better but this is coming from a guy that also liked Alone in the Dark maybe I just have a lot of patience.

Secret Rings was OK, but the controls kind of sucked. Gameplay was more or less essentially 2D style but meh. I got pissed after trying the one windy level where you jump on top of weird dinosaur skeleton things because I kept barely missing, so I just stopped playing it.

If it's like Secret Rings, but the controls aren't total shit, I'll get it.

But I'm afraid they WILL be total shit. D:

Not even 8horns could rape my childhood as much as this

I know what you're talking about and it frightens me a little bit.

Don't be so uptight people, The idea does sound pretty cool.

Somebody wish for a mountain of tissues so I can cry away all my tears for this once-great franchise.

Win/Win SEGA:

License Rocket Knight Adventures / Sparkster from Konami. Everyone walks away happy.

I agree so much that it PHYSICALLY HURTS.

I don't mind taking a character out of their element and making a different kind of game (hell, I like Star Fox adventures). But the game has to not suck, and Sega hasn't proved they can do that yet.

Eh can't be worst than Sonic 2006, that was the bottom of the barrel (Hopefully).

Secret rings wasn't bad, maybe this will be an improvement.

What I really hated about the 3D Sonic games and Ds games was the inclusion of more un-needed characters.

This is the kind of news that would have made Nintendo's E3 Conference a lot more exciting.

Nothing could've save that train wreck except a new Zelda game or a New Star fox but yeah it would've made the conference a bit less painful to watch.

So, is Martin Lawrence making a cameo appearance in this game?

I'm still waiting for them to mount torpedoes and depth charges to Ecco.

I approve.

yay, another bad Sonic game. i guess SEGA forgot that all we want is the old school Sonic back. PASS!

For the love of all that is good, can we just get a regular, side-scrolling, FUN, Sonic game, PLEASE?

I'll give it half a chance. If they go for a Devil May Cry or Shinobi style of fast paced fighting, it could work.

Nintendo: "Here's some classic Mario!"
Gamers: "Fuck! Give us something different!"

Sega: "Here's Sonic doing something different!"
Gamers: "Fuck! Give us some classic Sonic!"

Ha ha ha! Multiple standards.

Wow. that makes too much sense lol

That's because whenever Nintendo does something different, they usually hit the jackpot. Sega, on the other hand.....

Sora nails it.

This title just lacks logic to me.

What? A sword? Sonic cant have a sword! Thats like giving Mario a cape! The people who are old enough to remember sonic yet too old to buy the new games will flip!

Except giving a hero, even if he IS a plumber, a cape makes more sense than giving a walking, talking hedgehog a sword....

How about giving that plumber raccoon ears and a tail so he can fly? Or bunny ears to float? How much sense does THAT make?

STOP IT.

You're damned logic is making it harder it HATE this game.

Mario has always had power ups, and they change with each game. When thinking on how to resurrect the Sonic series, giving him a sword wouldn't have been my first idea. Then again, Sega are pretty desperate at this point.

That's too funny. Cut 'em up good, Sonic.

I wonder if the metal glove that matches the sword has any storyline (If you can call it that) significance...

I think you guys are missing the point. Anyone else notice the nice "Chrono Trigger returns for DS!" line on the mag? Now that's news to get excited for! Can anyone find more info on that?

CAn I put in for pre-hate? Like s pre-order but I don't get the game?

A sequel to Secret Rings?

Count me in. 2nd Best 3D Sonic so far (after the awesomeness of Sonic Adventure 2)

And no. I don't need to be told via reply how wrong I am and given a list of reasons why i should hate this game and hate my beloved 3D Sonics

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