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Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Sep. 24th, 2008 11:18 amSonic Chronicles is being released soon. ^_^ People in Australia got the game already though and started playing it. I think I'll try and avoid spoilers until I get the game. It seems really interesting and I can't wait.
This is the introduction from the manual:
4000 years ago, the two rival clans of the dominant race Echidna lived side by side in relative harmony. The fragile peace that persisted between the two clans for centuries threatened to be broken at any time. The borders of the empire of Knuckles Clan and the Clan Nocturnus began to encroach one on the other, and neither side is ready to cede the slightest piece of territory.
In the war for expansion that followed, an unforeseen cataclysm caused the fall of Clan of Knuckles, raising Angel Island from the surface of the Earth. The Clan Nocturnus did not experienced a much better fate: the entire clan disappeared, taking with it everything that was associated. Nobody has been seen since. All traces of the existence of Clan Nocturnus have now been eliminated, with the exception of a small robotic survivor, its name lost in history.
On the other hand, time has elapsed since the crushing defeat of Eggman at the hands of Sonic and his friends. Nobody has reunited thereafter, and they are presumed disappeared forever. Without any chaos and terror that mad scientist liked to spread, the world has become pleasant, quiet and prosperous.
Sonic, meanwhile, spent most of his time to explore the farthest corners of the planet, since it no longer has to play super-hero who saves the world. His wanderings have been suddenly interrupted when he received a call from Tails on the frequency reserved for emergencies. Central City is in turmoil, while Knuckles has been kidnapped!
Sonic and his friends are able to discover that the events of the past can still influence the future. Could it be that there is a link between the fate of the two echidna clans and the problems Knuckles is facing today?
So, it's true. Knuckles is the last of his tribe, not his race. There are other echidnas, they are just... really uncommon. Oh yeah, and Shade is a pink echidna.
People are going to ship KnucklesxShade like crazy now, aren't they? >_> (Speaking of shipping, I remember a line in an interview about a love triangle between Sonic, Amy and Rouge. WTF? Well, I'll definitely be rooting for SonAmy...)
Also, it seems the Marauders and the Zoah are two separate things after all, and Shade is working for the Zoah or something. I'm not sure... all these groups are a little confusing. I think there's some Twilight Cage (the other dimension?) with these alien groups... and also, I think it was said somewhere that the Marauders are the Dark Brotherhood in the title. (The Nocturnus?)
If that's the case, Knuckles being kidnapped makes a little more sense now, but still Knuckles as a damsel in distress just seems downright odd.
Now to go try not to spoil myself... must resist the temptation.
This is the introduction from the manual:
4000 years ago, the two rival clans of the dominant race Echidna lived side by side in relative harmony. The fragile peace that persisted between the two clans for centuries threatened to be broken at any time. The borders of the empire of Knuckles Clan and the Clan Nocturnus began to encroach one on the other, and neither side is ready to cede the slightest piece of territory.
In the war for expansion that followed, an unforeseen cataclysm caused the fall of Clan of Knuckles, raising Angel Island from the surface of the Earth. The Clan Nocturnus did not experienced a much better fate: the entire clan disappeared, taking with it everything that was associated. Nobody has been seen since. All traces of the existence of Clan Nocturnus have now been eliminated, with the exception of a small robotic survivor, its name lost in history.
On the other hand, time has elapsed since the crushing defeat of Eggman at the hands of Sonic and his friends. Nobody has reunited thereafter, and they are presumed disappeared forever. Without any chaos and terror that mad scientist liked to spread, the world has become pleasant, quiet and prosperous.
Sonic, meanwhile, spent most of his time to explore the farthest corners of the planet, since it no longer has to play super-hero who saves the world. His wanderings have been suddenly interrupted when he received a call from Tails on the frequency reserved for emergencies. Central City is in turmoil, while Knuckles has been kidnapped!
Sonic and his friends are able to discover that the events of the past can still influence the future. Could it be that there is a link between the fate of the two echidna clans and the problems Knuckles is facing today?
So, it's true. Knuckles is the last of his tribe, not his race. There are other echidnas, they are just... really uncommon. Oh yeah, and Shade is a pink echidna.
People are going to ship KnucklesxShade like crazy now, aren't they? >_> (Speaking of shipping, I remember a line in an interview about a love triangle between Sonic, Amy and Rouge. WTF? Well, I'll definitely be rooting for SonAmy...)
Also, it seems the Marauders and the Zoah are two separate things after all, and Shade is working for the Zoah or something. I'm not sure... all these groups are a little confusing. I think there's some Twilight Cage (the other dimension?) with these alien groups... and also, I think it was said somewhere that the Marauders are the Dark Brotherhood in the title. (The Nocturnus?)
If that's the case, Knuckles being kidnapped makes a little more sense now, but still Knuckles as a damsel in distress just seems downright odd.
Now to go try not to spoil myself... must resist the temptation.
