Graham took over hosting duties for me this week, and one of our newer lovely writers JP joins the show. JP is best known around these parts for his awesome Puzzle Columns series.
This episode of the SEGA Nerdcast is packed full of awesome SEGA news:
- Bayonetta’s Wii U director comments on Nintendo suits;
- Funimation bringing Bayonetta animated movie to North America;
- SEGA of Japan launches Sonic Toon website;
- Sonic Dash has Android themed challenge to unlock Andronic Sonic;
- Phantasy Star Online 2 suffers DDOS attacks in Japan
- Featured Discussion: What are your favorite Sonic the Hedgehog memories?; and
- What We’ve Been Playing:
- Graham: Uncharted 3, Ocarina of Time 3D, Command and Conquer
- Kopke: Toe Jam & Earl III, Castle of Illusion, Ristar, Sonic 2, amd Asterix (Game Gear)
- JP: Sonic Generations 3DS, Pokemon X and Black 2, Mario Kart 8
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Ya know, after listening to the Sonic Toons bit, I got to thinking why SEGA of Japan would change the name from Sonic Boom to Sonic Toon.
I think this is their way of further distancing Sonic Boom away from the mainline Sonic games developed by Sonic Team.
Instead of marketing this as a new Sonic game that also has an animated TV show, I think they’re pushing it as a Sonic game based on the TV show itself.
So when Japanese consumers see it on the shelf, they think, “Oh, this is a Sonic TV show game.”
What this says about SOJ’s confidence in Big Red Button and Sanzaru, I’m not sure, but it sure seems like they want everyone to know this isn’t a Sonic Team developed game.
I think that is a sound logic. We have Spider Man: The Movie game or the Official X-Men game Movie. In that regard the name is a good one.