Sonic Colors

Sonic Colors, entitled Sonic Colours outside of America, is an upcoming game for the Nintendo Wii console and Nintendo DS. It was first announced on May 26, 2010 in a press release by Sega for Italy, and included a teaser trailer. It will be released in late 2010.

Development
Sonic Colors will be available on the Wii and the Nintendo DS around holiday 2010. Sonic Colors for the Wii seamlessly combines both 3D and classic 2D game play perspectives, similar to the day stages of Sonic Unleashed while the Nintendo DS version takes full advantage of the console's dual screen, similar to Sonic Rush. The Wii version is developed by Sega and Sonic Team whereas the DS version is developed by Sonic Team and Dimps.

The head supervisor is Takashi Iizuka. Morio Kishimoto will be directing the Wii version of the game, Kishimoto was also involved in the Sonic Storybook Series. Takao Hiyabayashi will be directing the DS version, Hiyabayashi was in the development of Sonic Unleashed

Plot
Sonic Colors is a high speed action-adventure in which Sonic races through theme park-inspired worlds to rescue a colorful alien race from the clutches of Dr. Eggman. An extraordinary amusement park has been seen orbiting around the home planet of Sonic the Hedgehog, and rumors are spreading that an alien race of Wisps, who have a unique colorful energy, are being held captive there by the evil Dr. Eggman. Soon after arriving at the amusement park, Sonic discovers he is able to use these mysterious alien forces to help the Wisps escape. The game will feature more than 8 different planets, each of them are linked together to form one huge carnival outer space.

The story of the Wii version and the DS version are different. The DS version will show a different role of the Wisps, the DS version also has Knuckles and Shadow in the story, but Takashi Iizuka must have suggested them as planned characters.

The Nintendo Power magazine reveals that the story is "minimalistic", "light-hearted" and appropriately "goofy".

Playable

 * Sonic the Hedgehog

Non-Playable

 * Dr. Eggman


 * Miles "Tails" Prower


 * Knuckles the Echidna (planned character for DS version)


 * Shadow the Hedgehog (planned character for DS version)


 * Wisps

Stages

 * Sweet Mountain Zone
 * Tropical Reservoir Zone

Music
The music will be composed by SEGA Sound Team. Takashi Iizuka states that: "Since the game has an amusement-park setting and a more fanatastical visual style, they're trying to expand the usual "cool" Sonic sound and focus on making fun, up-tempo music that will really get players' blood pumping.""

Videos
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Trivia

 * Amazon.co.uk, on the preorder page for the games, states it will be available for 24 September, 2010. However, the announcement trailer states that it will be released in "Holiday 2010". But Nintendo Power stated that the game will be released on Fall 2010.
 * This game will be playable in Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010.
 * One of the planets is slightly shaped like Metal Sonic.