Sonic the Hedgehog 4 hits a speed bump

I hope they do a good job, Sonic was my favourite platformer series growing up so I really hope for a good 2D sonic game again :).

@Maxor127 Couldn't agree with you more... I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't want 1/3 of a Sonic game.

Here's some feedback: dump the episodic crap and release a full game.

well i dont really care about the wait i just hope they get it rightr this time

Haha, milk turned sour.

WOOOW. That....Sucks!! I was waitin' hard for this game. :(

Well at least we know they are doing a good job right?

This game is going to be Sonic's best game in a while.

I honestly thought Sonic the Hedgehog '06 wasn't that bad. But if this game is even a little bit better than that one, I'll be blown away.

Its worth the wait for this game :)

I can't wait for this game. Sonic got me into games :D

if its gonna be a good game then im ready to wait

Im more than happy to wait if i get a sweet sonic game for once:D

If a delay can prevent this game from repeating what happened to Sonic the Hedgehog for Xbox 360/PS3, I'd be more than glad to wait so Sega can polish it up for release.

Fan feedback? I wonder what fans have they been listening to for the last couple games. Possibly the down syndrome ones

@Flint247 Well most of the mainline games since the Dreamcast era have been at least of inferior quality if not down right horrible. I know the Gameboy Advance and DS Sonic games are decent but they don't match the quality of the original Genesis classics although they are probably as good as the old Game Gear Games. The only good 3D sonic games were Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, Heroes is only ok, the 2006 Sonic game was horrendous, and Sonic Unleashed was so so. The glory days of the Genesis era has long passed Sonic, and Sonic 4 obviously seeks to follow. I hope that Sega uses this extra development time to make Sonic 4 a game worthy of the hedgehog's roots.

Sega is finally learning.

I'm glad they decided to do this. I'm a fan, so make it like a modernized Sonic 2 or 3.

@JaxxRaxor Not all Sonic games after the Dreamcast were horrible, there were quite a few good ones: Sonic Advance 1-3, Sonic Rush 1, 2, Sonic Battle and Sonic Heroes (I know that last game is hated, but I thought it was pretty good. Not too amazing, but good)

It's good to see them taking their time for this game, but even most important, to see them hearing what Sonic fans want after all those failed experiments. The racing game was really nice, tough.

"The post also notes that the extra development time is allowing the publisher to incorporate fan feedback into the final game." ... uhhm, is anyone else concerned about this? IMO, what most gamers/critics think they want, isn't actually what they'd enjoy the most. "DUHH SONIC IS ALL ABOUT SPEEED" *facepalm*

I like 2d and 3d Sonic games, just as long as the gameplay isn't too messy.

GREAT NEWS. I've played episode one already and it wasn't good. Sonic moves much too slow and the level design needed some improvement. The music was also terrible, which is a slap in the face to the classic Sonic games. I was concerned about the graphics before I played but after seeing it I can safely say that they rock

Disappointing, but I hope that Sega can rendeem Sonic's name by making Sonic 4 a game that is actually good. I mean Mario has soared but ever since Sega went out of the console business Sonic has sucked bad.

I dunno, I don't think we really need another Sonic game after so many years. We have some really hight quality DLC-only games being launched this year, I'm anxious for Deathspank personally. Sonic belongs to 1990 imho, it didn't age well.

And with this delay they have changed the fate of the Sonic franchise......for the better.

Good. They should have stuck with a successful formula in the first place instead of doing all these weird off-titles.

I look at this as a good thing,it will give them more time to make it as perfect as it can get! Until then,Super Mario Galaxy 2 will get my mind off Sonic 4.

Good news. Hopefully it gets handed off to fix the game, which was probably terrible. My guess is that all the focus went to the pretty graphics, and level design went unnoticed.

weird, this just got leaked a little while ago...

Oh, well... Super Mario Galaxy 2 and a few other games will keep me busy until this game. :)

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That's an effing good choice.

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Hopefully Sega takes the time to also release all the other Sonic 4 episodes so we can get them all at once.........barring that they don't suck of course

Sega is very smart in doing this.

well hopefully it mean that this game will be just like the first couple sonic games

dude, I remember playing sonic 1 back on the sega genesis. It was cool back then, but If this is just a nostalgia buy and a bad game, that would be a shame. Let it die already!?!

see i think this is amazing. waiting longer for fan feedback to be put in. that's probably the best thing sega's had in years man! thanks!

iPhone gaming is such a joke . . I can't wait until this fad passes by.

If it translates into an overall better game, I can't complain.

hmm, i wonder if it was delayed just so they could port it to iphone. god, im so sick of iphone gaming. its good, not great.

at least there not saying "we ment this only as a joke it will be another action rpg!"

I hope they don't take the one fan's feedback to go 3D......

Awww Crap

I guess it's OK.

Sonic FTW

So they're delaying a game that is a return to the style from the early '90s where a "dev team" consisted of four people and games got made almost yearly because...

That's a first for sega. With all the games coming out anyway I dont mind.

Well figures the game's delayed. that's okay it's better than releasing an muttled game to die from bad reviews.