Sonic's creator teases something new

by Justin McElroy { Sep 22nd 2008 at 2:10PM }

Ms. Naka: Janene, has Sonic seemed a bit ... off to you?
Janene: Why, how do you mean? Sure, he's a little rambunctious, but --
Ms. Naka: No, it's more than that. He's spinning around town with the wrong crowd, he pawned all my gold rings to buy, well, other gold rings ...
Janene: No! His own mother's rings?!
Ms. Naka: It's true. Ever since Prope -- you know, Yuji's studio? -- put up that teaser image about a new game it's going to reveal in 17 days, Sonic's just been completely out of control!
Janene: Oh, Doris, that's perfectly natural. Yuji created Sonic, and now he's making something new. The little blue guy's just afraid he won't be the favorite any more.
Ms. Naka: ... Oh, God, are you joking? We haven't loved him for years. Did you not play Sonic and the Secret Rings?

Tags: prope, sega, sonic, yuji-naka

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FOXHOUND @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:15PM

And here I thought the penguin craze ended in 2006...

zkey14 @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:15PM

idgi

brickwalker0 @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:16PM

wtf

Richard Mitchell @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:18PM

Pen Pen TriIcelon 2?!

MowDownJoe @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:19PM

Ludwig is gonna tear your ass a new one, Justin.

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:54PM

Nope, even I hate Secret Rings.

Wiinterfang @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:22PM

I love Sonic, I hate Naka.

Lijik @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:16PM

I don't get why people hate Naka so much. He did a decent job of trying to make a 3D Sonic, despite his ego problems. It was when Takashi Iizuka increasingly got more control over the series that the games started to suck.

Adventure 2? Iizuka. (Don't try disputing this. The knuckle stages were crap and it started the "Run forward over a pit" school of Sonic stages.) Heroes? Iizuka. Shadow? Iizuka. 06? Iizuka. Nights:JoD? Iizuka. (I know its not Sonic, but still).

Nigeria @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:23PM

A game that even penguins can play...

Is that the waggle train I hear.

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:25PM

No. That would be the "waddle" train.

Shagittarius @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:30PM

Here comes the waggle train: fap-fap-fap-fAP-FAP-FAP

Shmil (Mr ESC Liberation Front) @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:46PM

trains to fap they chugalug

Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:49PM

@ Shag

Is there anything in this world that ,in your opinion, doesn't make a FAP-FAP-FAP-FAP sound?

Shagittarius @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:01PM

masturbating

Shagittarius @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:05PM

"trains to fap they chugalug"

Its a steam engine.

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:24PM

you damn well better not be implying that Secret Rings was a bad game, Justin

Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but they better be ready to defend it, and the hours i sunk into it make my case particularly powerful ;)

Shagittarius @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:31PM

...but your Wario icon destroys any credibility.

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:34PM

what? I should switch back to T-bone and Razor?

Nobody can argue with the SWAT Kats

Ghen @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:32PM

I liked secret rings too. The controls weren't perfect, but once you upgraded them it was very fun.

Roto13 @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:46PM

Sonic and the Secret rings was good. Wario is awesome.

Thank you and goodnight.

Mayne @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:25PM

Waddle Like a Penguin... a Wii-exclusive title making extensive use of the WiiFit board...!

xeleion @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:32PM

Gah, don't mention Wii Fit! I still can't find it. .__.

Eric @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:32PM

I liked Secret Rings...

Eric @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:33PM

I liked Secret Rings...

Wiinterfang @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:57PM

This guy like the games two timeS!!

meist3r @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:34PM

They're developing something for Linux now? Please?

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:37PM

lol, didn't even make that connection.

linux ftw.

Kevin Ghadyani @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:36PM

That's a good way to put it. So was the text at the bottom Justin's doing?

Habiib @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:40PM

The first ever penguin MMO. I'm in.

JaneWellsJr @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:56PM

I bet you are!
http://www.clubpenguin.com/

Club Penguin - Waddle around and meet new friends!

Signed,
JaneWellsJr, Gaming Oracle

Habiib @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:03PM

I was thinking more along the lines of being a penguin butler and serving only the richest nobles. Of course, after the work is done and everyone is gone I's loosen up the bowtie and really get wild.

JaneWellsJr @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:11PM

In that case, I'm in!

Slide!

kid6488 @ Sep 22nd 2008 2:57PM

It's Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection coming out for 360 and PS3... Ooo, scandalous...

DBuck_Eye @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:03PM

Regardless of whether or not you liked Secret Rings, can't everyone agree that Sonic the Hedgehog (360) was way worse and, as such, is more entitle to being the reason the Nakas hate Sonic?

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 3:19PM

Ech. Even i didn't like that, and i felt that Shadow the hedgehog was passable, just with a horrid story

Sonic 2006 had the core gameplay, but with horrid load-times and an even worse story (unless you're the kind that likes human-anthro furry action)

yikes