Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Footage Released
Some new footage for Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice has found its way online in a new livestream by Sega (via Siliconcera). You can check out the video in the player below. The new game features Sonic the Hedgehog and his pals, who have to stop Dr. Eggman and an evil robot named D-Fekt from destroying the environment.
Based on the new footage, players can switch between playing as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Sticks and also Amy in order to progress their way through different levels. In addition, it looks like it will be a complete 2D action-adventure platform gameplay experience. Besides some 3D-rendered graphics, it doesn’t appear that there’s any 3D gameplay here. Still the gameplay footage looks like a nice traditional throwback to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games and style from the early 1990s.
Hopefully, the overall look of this game will bode well for the future of the franchise. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a Nintendo 3DS release. It hits shelves on September 27 in North America. It then arrives on September 30 in Europe and october 1 in Australia. The Japan release is scheduled for later this year. The next Sonic the Hedgehog game is Sonic Mania, and it will hit the shelves later next year.