Sonic Unleashed

Sonic Unleashed is an upcoming action video game title in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The title aims to reinvent Sonic the Hedgehog while maintaining the traditional spirit of the series. SEGA of America's Vice President of Marketing, Sean Ratcliffe, claimed that, "Sonic Unleashed will introduce a new, unexpected storyline along with innovative gameplay that compliments traditional skills and features, allowing players to experiment and engage in new ways."

The title is currently under development for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, and Playstation 2. SEGA is planning a worldwide release during the 2008 holiday season.

Gameplay
The game is on large basis 2.5D. Which means the game uses 3D images but focuses on mainly on 2D side scrolling gameplay. There will be some parts where it switches from 2D to 3D like previous titles like sonic adventure, but they will be brief and will not take up the whole game. Sonic will take an alternative form of a werewolf at points of the game.

Story
Dr.Eggman is the primary antagonist for Sonic Unleashed. In this installment, Dr.Eggman has managed to shatter the planet into pieces, and it is up to Sonic to return the seven broken continents back to normal by retrieving the Chaos Emeralds and activating their power.[1] The official press release alludes to a new twist to Sonic's abilities; unofficial screenshots, together with the official teaser trailer, indicate that Super Sonic features within the story and that Sonic's progress will be made even more difficult when he mysteriously develops a case of lycanthropy, turning him into a werewolf at night.

Confirmed Characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog(gonna die)
 * Werewolf Sonic
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Super Sonic
 * Miles Prower/Solaris
 * Knuckles the Echidna(gonna die)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog/Super Shadow
 * Silver the Hedgehog/Super Silver
 * Rouge the Bat
 * Amy Rose
 * Princess Elise
 * Chaotix(all gonna die except for Vector the Crocodile)
 * Cream the Rabbit(gonna die)
 * Tom Cat
 * Jerry Mouse
 * Bill Gates(gonna die)
 * Amy Winehouse(cameo)
 * Artful Dodger's descendant
 * Amy's British counterpart|Amy Rose
 * Paddington Bear
 * Mario
 * Luigi

Gameplay Screenshots:

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Though it is going back to classic style gameplay, Sonic will still have his current moves like homing attack.

Cutscene Screenshots
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Super sonic is definitely in this game.

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Fun Facts
Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine (which is set for release on Friday) Sonic Team's Yoshihisa Hashimoto has revealed that Sonic Unleashed originally began development as Sonic Adventure 3.

"As a development team, we originally started off this project planning to create Sonic Adventure 3", Hashimoto told the magazine. "In our minds, this game will have more in common with the older Sonic Adventure series. It has no relation to Sonic the Hedgehog or Sonic and the Secret Rings". Sonic Unleashed is on track for release towards the end of the year, sometime in November as GameStop lists for upcoming releases states.

Wii Version
Sonic Team however is not developing the wii version. The wii version is intended to be diffrent from the other versions. The wii version will be developed by Dimps, the developers of the Sonic Advance series,Sonic Rush, and   Sonic Rush Adventure.