Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
From Sonic Retro
"Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood" is an RPG being developed by famed Canadian RPG developer BioWare (Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights) for the Nintendo DS. It is scheduled for a 2008 release in North America and Europe. No Japanese release date has yet been specified.
Story
Sonic's on vacation from defeating Eggman 2 years ago. He gets a call from Tails that Knuckles has been kidnapped by a group called the Marauders, and that 6 of the 7 chaos emeralds are missing.
Eggman will not be the main villain, but will be a creditable bad guy. Something about a "twist" between Eggman and Sonic that goes back to the earlier games.
Playable Characters
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Amy Rose
- Rouge the Bat
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Big the Cat
- E-123 Omega
- Dr. Eggman
- Shade
- Cream the Rabbit
The player can have up to four players in a party at one time. Only certain characters can do certain things. (ex: Tails can fly over things) You will be able to split the party into teams at some points.
Misc. Info
Recent information has been revealed about the game in a Nintendo Power article. The information goes as follows:
- In the game, graphics will have a water color look, all hand drawn.
- Control done fully with stylus.
- Rings are used as currency.
- No random battles, you see enemies on the field before they attack you.
- Turn based battles, choose commands for everyone in your party before they actually follow through. Bioware hopes to have the battles fast paced.
- Team attacks.
- "Fatigue Points" instead of MP.
- Choose which attributes to increase when you level up.
- Purchase level special attacks.
- 2 acts - The first takes place in the normal Sonic World. The 2nd takes place in a "darker world".
- Remixed classic tunes.
- "fully animated cut scenes"
- Simple dialogue trees.
- Side quests.
- Classic levels revisited (ex: Green Hill Zone and Mystic Ruins)
Manuals
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood US Manual
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood EU Manual
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood JP Manual
Resources
Box Art
Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems | |
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2005 Sonic Rush 2007 Sonic Rush Adventure 2008 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood 2009 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | Sega Fun Pack: Sonic Rush & Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll 2010 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Sonic Classic Collection | Sonic Colours Unknown date Super Speed Pack (201x) Unreleased Sonic DS
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