NeoGAF user, “giggas”, gave the public a lot of details on the latest issue of Nintendo Power, which includes a seven page feature on Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the Nintendo DS by Bioware. Below is the information he gave us.
- 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, Sjavascript:void()
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- Control done fully with stylus – think 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 [in 3D environment], 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
Juex France recently showed the world the following screens of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.
