SEGA has unleashed a brand new trailer for their upcoming 3D and 2D platformer, Sonic Forces. The company also had some exciting news to impart and that is you can now create your own character and play with them through the many sprawling levels on offer. Players can choose designs based on seven different animals: Wolf, rabbit, cat, dog, bear, bird, and hedgehog. Sonic Forces is coming to the Nintendo Switch this Christmas.
- Bear — Blows away enemies with a homing attack
- Bird — Flies high with double jump abilities
- Cat — Keeps one ring after being hit
- Dog — Restarts with five rings after the player dies
- Hedgehog — Collects rings when getting damaged
- Rabbit — Has longer invincible time after receiving damage
- Wolf — Automatically draws in rings when near them
Beyond choosing one of these seven types, players can customize the look of their character, including outfitting them with hundreds of accessories and costuming options unlocked while playing through the game. Each customized Hero will have a grappling hook as a means of platforming, and the characters can be customized further via Wispons, which are a new take on the Color Powers from Sonic Colors. The Wispons are unique gadgets that can be used both as weapons and for traversing through levels.
Thanks to megamandied for the tip!
And just when you thought they were done, they rise again…
Everyone, take cover, the OCs are back.
This game is gonna be awesome and big. I can’t believe they are allowing us to create our own character. This is a third surprised that they keeping s secret sense the development.
Sonic fags like you will love this game.
“OMG, I GET TO MAKE SONIC WITH DIFFERENT COLORS. OH BOY!!!” I want Sonic pink with white. And he’s gonna fly and love women like Sonic 06!!!!! Loser! Sonic died and is walking dead!
And because why?
The OCs never left.
All right… now they figured out how to get Sonic back to where the series belongs… bravo Sega
Wait, so the secret character they were building up was actually customizable!?
I gotta admit, I did not see that coming.
I actually love this idea
They literally just handed everyone the ability to make their OCs real. I’m not sure whether I should be thankful or terrified.
It could go either way… on one hand it could give people an outlet so they don’t feel the need to flood Deviant Artist (or whatever the kids are using these days) with the heir OCs. On the other hand it could just inspire them to make MORE of it.
Sadly, I don’t expect the best outcome of the two.
What is an OC?
||Original Creation/Character…||
original chracter. something you make up in your head….like an imaginary friend.
I think they are referring to those very poor quality drawings of custom Sonic characters, which flood every art-oriented site.
“Original Character”
If you want an idea of how ridiculous some of them get, Deviant Art is a… fine place to. Or there’s a Dorkly video that pokes fun at the trend.
Four responses. Much appreciated. Now I know.
OC the Hedgehog.
WHERE IS DISCO THE HEDGEHOG TO TELL EVERYONE TO SHUT UP???
Shhhhhh! Don’t make an invitation! What are you doing!?
IT’S TOO LATE! HE’S ALREADY BEEN INVITED IN!
Didn’t Sonicgalaxy replace him ? ;). Kidding aside this looks pretty nice.
Really kid?
Could be epic 🤔. I just hope the gameplay is fun. I need a new, good Sonic game.
And now they’re going to have fans say their OC’s are canon due to this. The horror.
DeviantART is gonna be wild with this. ☺
DeviantART is gonna be wild when they see this. That’s what keeps the fan base going.
First responders on Twitter were complaining about canon and some other snobbery… pretty stupid.
This game is looking pretty good right about now
I’m gonna make Bubsy.
I don’t like it at all, but it does look as a solid game. Eventually they have finally a solid game in their hands.
Original the Character!
Let’s be real, name one fandom that doesn’t have OC’s.
Even Pokemon has a ton of them the form of trainers and Fakemon.
Wolf form here I come Also this will be my first time I made an oc
A Sonic game that caters to the absolute worst part of the fandom?
OH YEAH! Time for Coldsteel the Edgehog to finally shine in the battlefield.
If you make Shadow, will he curse and use guns? 🤡
Bring back sonic adventure 2 Chaos and I’m sold.
Creating OCs is now canon.
Good marketing on Sega’s part
The build up and then dropping something a lot of people did not expectt
Jesus Christ.
No option to be a fox!? That sucks!
And it looks like my interest in this has been revived as I love creating things in games. (I miss playing BattleZone 64: Rise of the Black Dogs & Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King for that reason alone! Hell! I spent more time creating characters when playing WWE 2k17 than I did having actual wrestling matches! lol)