Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

[cyberlink420]

At last, real details on Bioware's new Sonic RPG emerge!

From NeoGAF:

• Cover Story with nice artwork
  
• In game graphics have a water color look, all hand drawn
  
• 4 party members at a time
  
• Each character can do certain things ex: Tails can float over things (standard stuff)
  
• 11 party members total - 7 known are Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Shadow, Big the Cat
  
• Control done fully with stylus - think Phantom Hourglass
  
• Able to split party into teams at certain moments
  
• Rings are used as currency
  
• No random battles, see enemies on the field
  
• Turn based battles, choose commands for everyone in your party before they actually follow through. Want battles to be fast paced
  
• Elite Beat Agents style special attacks
  
• Team attacks (like Chrono Trigger)
  
• "Fatigue Points" instead of MP
  
• Choose which attributes to increase when you level up
  
• Purchase and level special attacks
  
• Bits of story - Sonic's on vacation from defeating Eggman 2 years ago. Gets a call from Tails that Knuckles has been kidnapped by a group called the Marauders, and that 6 chaos emeralds are missing. Eggman not the main villain. But Bioware wants to make him a creditable bad guy again. Something about a "twist" between Eggman and Sonic that goes back to the earlier games.
  
• 2 acts - first takes place in standard Sonic areas. 2nd takes place in a darker world
  
• Remixed classic tunes
  
• "fully animated cut scenes"
  
• simple dialogue trees
  
• Side quests

There is also an interview with the developers which I haven't read yet. I think that's all the main info though.

Images:

[Firemage]

That shadow reminds me of NiGHTs.............................

[cyberlink420]

I like to think of her as the unholy offspring of Reala, Mewtwo, and Silver.

Edit: Here's some more details...

[ngsilver]

I don't know whether to be mortified or actually excited to see Sonic in an RPG atmosphere.

It can't be any worse then Sonic and Mario at the Olympics can it?

[Veleon]

Well as long as they take a hint from Super Mario RPG the game should go over well.

[Chowwow]

This looks ambitious. Being a Sonic fan, I'm itching to know how this will play out. But is something like Sonic really suited to be an RPG, even if it is being developed by Bioware?

[cyberlink420]

The alien race featured in the game now has an official name, and there's an interesting story behind it...