| SegaSonic Bros. | |
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| File:SegaSonic Bros.png The title screen of SegaSonic Bros. | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Fukio Mitsuji[1] |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog series |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega System C2 |
SegaSonic Bros. (ソニックブラザーズ[2], lit. "Sonic Brothers") is an unreleased video game for the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a puzzle game featuring three different colored Sonic the Hedgehogs that was slated for a 1992 release, with only a few location tests having been made.[3]
The game was designed by the late Fukio Mitsuji, who is best known for creating the Bubble Bobble series of games.
Gameplay[]
SegaSonic Bros. is a falling-block puzzle game that features three different-colored Sonics as the falling pieces in sets of four. The Sonics can be rotated and will fall to the bottom, piling up and turning into square shaped balls of their respective colors. If the player speeds up the Sonics' descent, a hurt sprite derived from the original Sonic the Hedgehog is displayed. When Sonics of the same color surround Sonics of other colors, they will disappear. This can be done by forming a ring around the Sonics or by trapping the Sonics against the wall and boxing them in.
Upon inserting the required amount of credits into the arcade cabinet, the player will be prompted to choose between "1P Play!" and "V.S. Play!"[4] A ten second timer will begin counting down when this menu appears. The player then chooses one of three game modes: Easy (beginning at level 1), Norm (beginning at level 10), and Hard (beginning at level 20).
1P Play![]
In single player, the game progresses through different Zones from the original Sonic the Hedgehog while Dr. Eggman sits in the center, operating a control panel. Every ten levels feature a different background and soundtrack that represents the zone. Only the left play area is used here, with the right side featuring a large sprite of Sonic who prompts a second player to join if enough credits are present.
The "Congratulations!" message appears upon clearing level 99.
Clearing large sections of Sonics delivers electrical shocks of varying intensities to Dr. Eggman, sending him flying. Clearing enough Sonics spawns a Chaos Emerald, which clears every cube in the row that it lands in, along with all rows above it. Once the player reaches Level 30, a white-colored Sonic joins the team to increase the difficulty. If a player manages to complete Level 99 or reach 9999990 points, a "Game Over" screen will appear with the following message:
- "Congratulations! Thank You For Your Playing!! Level 99 Clear!! You Are Super Player!!"
The game is lost if the play area reaches the top and the Sonics are unable to descend. Upon this game over, the player is prompted to enter a three character long name to record their score and level under. This scoreboard is displayed as a daily best, featuring only the top five players.[4]
V.S. Play![]
The game also features a multiplayer mode, where two players compete against one another. This game mode is won by forcing the other player to tap out or after one has scored 300000 points.
Characters[]
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Blue Sonic the Hedgehog
- Red Sonic the Hedgehog
- Yellow Sonic the Hedgehog
- White Sonic the Hedgehog
- Dr. Eggman
Trivia[]
- SegaSonic Bros. was never released due to poor location testing in Japan and was considered lost until arcade board collector ShouTime revealed that he had a working board back in 2016.[1] It would not be until July 2018 when the game would become playable to the public for the first time at California Extreme 2018.
- Interestingly, the music that plays during the Blue Sphere Special Stages in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 plays when the player reaches level 40 in SegaSonic Bros., two years before Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was officially released.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George (25 July 2018). "Rare SegaSonic Bros. arcade prototype to be playable at California Extreme this weekend". Sega Bits. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Yosuke Okunari /奥成洋輔 (@okunari) on Twitter". Twitter . 26 June 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Barry (6 February 2016). "Cancelled 1992 SegaSonic Bros. arcade puzzle game detailed – here's how it played and a new screen!". Sega Bits.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Expansion Pack (4 December 2018). "SEGASonic Bros. Direct Capture Footage". YouTube. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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