Ex-BioWare Animation Director Reveals the Cut Intro to the Studio’s Sonic the Hedgehog Role Playing Game
Do you remember when Mass Effect was created and Dragon Age developer BioWare produced a Sonic the HedgehogRPG. No? It’s likely fair that it was not, given how many people didn’t know about it. Sonic Chronicles was a decent turn-based RPG that was released for the original Nintendo DS in 2008 Now, thirteen years later, one animator on the game has released an unpublished 2D intro that the studio created for the game, but which was never included in its final product.
Jonathan Cooper was an animator for games such as Jade Empire and Mass Effect. He posted a clip that was supposed to be used as an intro to Sonic Chronicles. However, Sega cut it. If you play the game now the song you heard in the 2D intro will be played over footage of gameplay instead. While the animation features Blue Blur, the title character, fighting Eggman, it doesn’t feature any of Sonic Chronicles other characters. Yes, that’s true. I am only mentioning it because I will accept any content that includes Shadow. I would love for him to be included. However, the animation was never used so I am just being petty.
In further Tweets Cooper states that the cinematic was a “passion project” for lead artist Joel MacMillan, and animator Nick DiLiberto.
You can see the complete clip below.
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BioWare released Sonic Chronicles at a cliffhanger and planned to make a sequel. However, it never happened. Electronic Arts now owns the studio, so it won’t happen again. This is a fascinating look at something that has never been. When I was on one my Sonickicks, Sonic Chronicleswas a game I enjoyed a lot. It used touch screens on the DS to incorporate touch and timing mechanics into turn-based battles.
Sega presented the first footage from Sonic Frontiers in ‘s latest Sonic news. This was at this year’s Game Awards. The next live-action movie will be released in within a few months .
