Sonic Lost World

Sonic Lost World (ソニックロストワールド) is an upcoming video game and the next main installment in Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game is being released exclusively for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, and both versions are slated for a Fall 2013 release. The game is currently under development by Sonic Team and by Dimps for the 3DS, and is to be published by Sega.

Story
Sonic is chasing after his longtime foe, Eggman, and encounters a mysterious floating island known as “Lost Hex,” where he'll run across the Deadly Six. . The Deadly Six were united under Eggman for his own needs until they betrayed him. Sonic and Eggman team up together to stop their misdeeds.

Gameplay
The player controls Sonic the Hedgehog in an action platformer. The setting of the gameplay takes place on spherical worlds that shift in perspective, allowing for both 2D and 3D gameplay. The game has been noted to play nearly the same as the cancelled game Sonic X-Treme.

A new control system has been created for this game. Moving the directional controls will move Sonic at a moderate pace, whilst holding down the right trigger button will engage his running speed, with the left trigger rolling Sonic into a ball. The Spin Dash has been said to return. A "parkour" system is introduced, allowing Sonic to maneuver across obstacles and run up walls. The game will also feature the Color Powers.

Sonic can rescue small animals by destroying badniks and collect Red Rings which unlock additional content. . The 3DS version of the game will also contain fully 3D gameplay, unlike the handheld versions of Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. It also features elemntal shields.

According to the IGN Walkthrough on June 7, 2013, Sonic Lost World will contain numerous references to many of the past Sonic games, such as the Super Peel Out trick will appear when Sonic gains a certain amount of speed, and the Red Star Rings from Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. The Capsules that released Animal friends do appear in not only the end of each stage, but also throughout the stage itself.

Development
Originally, Sega registered the trademark and the web address of the game's website on May 16, 2013. The game was first announced at a presentation of Nintendo Direct on May 17, 2013. According to Nintendo's Satoru Iwata, it is announced that Nintendo itself has entered into a worldwide partnership with Sega regarding the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.

The first teaser image was revealed during the Nintendo Direct, showing Sonic and Tails flying with Tornado to the new main setting of the game, later being revealed and named as "Lost Hex". Later Sega uploaded another teaser picture to the Facebook account, which showed silhouettes of mysterious new characters. It was also revealed to feature new enemies and gameplay mechanics. On May 28, 2013, the debut trailer came out, revealing the mysterious enemy group called as Deadly Six and showing the first gameplay footage. The next day, many story details, new gameplay mechanics and collectible contents was revealed.

On June 7th, 2013, IGN had showed a walkthrough of Windy Hill and Desert Ruins, as well as a walkthrough of the tutorial system. More information is to be revealed by the game's development team in an upcoming event celebrating Sonic's 22nd anniversary, which is held at Tokyo Joypolis.

Characters

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Amy Rose
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Animal friends
 * Flicky
 * Picky
 * Chirps
 * Wisps
 * Cyan Wisp
 * Pink Spikes
 * Purple Frenzy
 * Yellow Drill
 * The Deadly Six
 * Doctor Eggman

Enemies

 * Motobug
 * Chopper
 * Newtron
 * Sandworm
 * Caterkiller
 * Snail Blaster
 * Bladed Spinner
 * Buzz Bomber
 * Anton
 * Gohla

Levels

 * 1) Windy Hill
 * 2) Desert Ruins

Trivia

 * Sonic's original Tornado is seen in the concept artwork but is slightly altered from the last version seen in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II.
 * This game shares its name with an action stage from Sonic Adventure.
 * The music used in the debut trailer is a instrumental version of "Cinema" by Benny Benassi.
 * The music also seems to resemble the chord structure of the Rooftop Run theme.
 * The Super Peel Out makes a return in the game as Sonic's standard running animation (if the Sonic Boost returns), which was last seen in Super Smash Bros Brawl.
 * Wisp powers, seen in Sonic Colors, will make a return in this game. The Cyan Wisp can be seen in the trailer. There also appears t be a new, purple, gravity-based power, which allows Sonic to collect pieces of the destroyed environment around him, creating an orbit-type wall that protects him from enemies.
 * The gameplay is similar to Sonic X-treme, a cancelled game for the Sega Saturn, and Super Mario Galaxy, as both games have freely floating level structures and have gravity playing as a key role.
 * The Badniks in Lost World bear their original cartoonish designs rather than their updated, more menacing designs used in Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations.
 * According to the original website, it seems that the special stages on the 3DS will use the built in tilt sensor to navigate through it.
 * This is the second main series sonic game to feature a double jump.
 * Sonic is actually slowed down in Sonic Lost World, due to the mechanics of previous games have made Sonic faster.
 * The Invincibility theme is an instrumental version of Sonic Heroes.