Sonic and the black night the game

Casey Robertson Caliburn as Caliburn voice. Melissa Hutchison Merlina as Merlina voice. Pete Capella Galahad as Galahad voice uncredited. Tetsu Katano. More like this. Storyline Edit. A sorceress named Merlina summons Sonic to help free the mystical realm of King Arthur, where King Arthur has been corrupted and is now ruling the realm as the tyrannical Black Knight.

Sonic's speed alone will not end Arthur's reign, so he must take up the sword in order to save the kingdom. Did you know Edit. Trivia The only Sonic game to not feature Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Quotes Lancelot : The butterflies, they are trying to confuse me!

Connections Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode User reviews 2 Review. Top review. Hey, slow down! If you keep that up, people will complete this thing in a single day. Yup, that's all the time it takes. Other than trying a demo of the third of the original games I think and watching both shows as a kid you know, the awful "those who made this were stoned at the time" one, and the good, stylish and well-developed one , I'm honestly not terribly familiar with this universe although I do know it well enough to let you know that familiar faces from it appear in this, in their Arthurian form.

I remember how the old 2D exploits in this medium were, and I recall what may have been the initial attempt to add the third dimension to that. May it rest in peace. I don't know how well it's been handled since then, but I do recognize the whole axis issue as being one of the problems here. Levels are entirely linear there are a bunch, all around ten minutes or less , and you can't always back up, either. That in itself can be fine, and isn't new to the platformer which, I suppose, is a reasonable classification for this particular entry, as well series.

That impairs your performance. One last ingredient, and the awkwardness is complete; the swordplay that can't seem to decide if it wants to make you stand still or plow through foes. Don't get me wrong, it was the main reason I purchased this at all and I'm not unhappy about that ; I love fencing, always have, and that's not something I imagine will ever change. This has "logic" to it, in that you can often tell by looking at foes when their defense is open, if their shield is down it'll take the force and break, if it's wooden , etc.

You attack by flicking the Wii-Mote, in the "balanced", "fast" or "strong" setup. Like in Lego Star Wars, it doesn't mimic your moves; with that said, you trigger different ones by varying how you move as you swing. You can block, if you are on the ground. The controls are easy enough to learn; that's because they, and the amount of functions, are limited. It can be unpredictable how they will react, and that screws you over.

With wall-hugging across dangerous ledges, jumping back and forth between opposite sections of steep hill, the weapon, and Soul Surge being similar to the slowing down time feature of them, this takes quite a bit of inspiration from the new Prince of Persia trilogy. Well, this does lack the puzzles and gripping thrill of them.

Cool stuff like the aforementioned or grinding where you ride a cable, only able to leap or slash; frankly, Tarzan, the Disney licensed VG, largely beats this with the vine-surfing Also, with only one difficulty setting, it starts out really and takes a lot of time for that to change, and, as is generally the case, it isn't as fun until it gets tough, and then it can be frustrating.

That's when you get three more characters to play as, each with their own style, and they're very welcome as they would have been, earlier on. The final boss battle the one that actually stands out is different from the rest of this, and memorable.

The conclusion to it is predictable, and once you know all of the story, it makes no sense if you stop to consider it for a second. There are plenty of locations and missions in the same one tend to look like one another , including a village, a molten mine, a crystal cave, Camelot, Avalon, etc. Designs are great, if they did go a little nuts not to the extent of Joel Schumacher's Batman, mind you with the neon it wouldn't be my first choice for the relatively dark tone , and foes typically, well, maybe it's me I mean, I don't blame them However, Gawain's aerial attack can be considered a pseudo-homing attack, despite not being able to destroy the enemies on Legacy Missions.

His Soul Surge, Gail Meteor, has him throwing him his swords like boomerangs at enemies. He can only use this move on the ground, but it can strike both flying and ground foes easily.

While this move doesn't allow him to gain distance while attacking like other Soul Gauge moves, he can still run incredibly fast if used when no targets are around. Unlike Sonic or Lancelot, she has two jumps, of which the first is used as a homing attack. Her aerial attack can be used to stay in the air for a longer time, as it sends her straightforward without losing height. The downside of this, however, is, that her aerial attack can't be used as effectively as Sonic's or Lancelot's.

Her ground-based attacks make her speed from enemy to enemy. In her variation of the Soul Surge , Flames of Kilekion , she covers herself with fire and is freely controllable. This is very useful when fighting against multiple enemies at the same time.

Excalibur Sonic is only playable in the battle against Dark Queen. While the player takes him as the playable character, his movements are slow in the air and cannot avoid attacks easily. Excalibur Sonic possess a special type of Soul Surge that enables him to draw a significant amount of energy from each attack dealt by utilizing it. In addition, the Soul Gauge is doubled in his case and by continuing attacking at the right time with his soul surge, the Soul Gauge becomes green and allows him to activate more powerful attack.

Excalibur Sonic can attack huge projectiles greatly with increased swordsmanship capabilities than Sonic but is vulnerable to small energy orbs. In addition, his band, Crush 40 , returned to perform the main theme of the game, " Knight of the Wind ", along with several others. The song " With Me " is the final boss song composed by All Ends.

This song is slower than most of Crush 40's heavy rock songs, giving it a slower, more peaceful rock anthem feel. Some character themes from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 are featured in the game as well. Other themes are unlockable by equipping medallions of any surrogate knight, leading to songs such as Blaze's theme " Vela Nova " being heard during gameplay.

Sonic and the Black Knight has received generally mixed reactions from critics, with a Metacritic aggregate of 55 out of , based on 45 reviews, and a GameRankings average of While its commercial performance was positive, entering the Japanese sales chart at 30th place and the North American one at tenth, it was de-listed in , following Sega 's decision to remove all Sonic games with "mixed or average" Metacritic scores from retail stores in order to increase brand value after positive reception for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I and Sonic Colors.

IGN gave the game a 3. GameSpot also notes that while the sword is useful for slashing through enemies, there is a noticeable delay from the time the player swings the Wii Remote and the time Sonic swings. Sega of America held a competition for fan artwork of Sonic characters. The top twenty of the US, Europe and Japan were placed in the game for display and their artists will win a free copy of the game.

There was a fuss over a plagiarized photo by an Italian contestant, whose copy was that of another artist, who happened to post it on DeviantArt. The original artist was later located and compensated for the mistake.

Several toy websites appear to have pre-orders ready to go for Sonic and the Black Knight action figures, with a June—July release date. Two soundtracks were produced. EB Games Australia offered toy swords with pre-orders of the game. Sonic News Network.

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In this tale, he will start out as an apprentice and work his way up to earn the honorable title of a knight. Guided by his sacred sword Caliburn, he'll be a knight unlike anyone King Arthur has seen before. Worry not, good people of Camelot, the amazing duo shall bring peace to the kingdom and be praised as one of the greatest knights of all time.

When King Arthur turned evil, Merlina used her magic to summon Sonic to help her save the kingdom. The legendary king is best remembered as a loyal monarch who wielded Excalibur. However, now he rides a black steed and leads knights from the underworld, spreading terror throughout the kingdom.

The Black Knight's grip on his tyranny over Camelot has never been challenged Bella Hudson.