Regardless of the celebrity and recognition of each the studio and the IP in query, not everybody is aware of that Bioware developed a Sonic RPG previous to them being acquired by EA, Sonic Chronicles for the Nintendo DS, and it was just lately detailed in a DidYouKnowGaming video that each Bioware and SEGA had been down for a sequel, nevertheless it was in the end canceled for a shocking motive: SEGA was sued for copyright infringement.
The unique Sonic Chronicles, launched in 2008, was fairly decently obtained, and really bought fairly properly (about one million copies). The partnership was deemed successful by each events, and Bioware even had a narrative define for the sport’s sequel, nevertheless, previous to any kind of precise manufacturing section, SEGA was sued by Ken Penders, a Sonic The Hedgehog comedian e book author who claimed that the characters featured in Chronicles had been too much like those he created in his comedian e book collection.
You might be fast to dismiss the matter, as a result of, in fact, SEGA, being the proprietor of the Sonic IP, has the rights to something created inside its universe. But it surely apparently wasn’t that straightforward in courtroom. Attributable to some unspecified irregularities in Penders’ contract, SEGA was unable to persuade a choose of its case, at the least not straight away, so the lore of Sonic Chronicles was briefly unusable, and, following the acquisition of Bioware by EA, the sequel was forgotten.
The supposed IP infringement Penders claimed occurred was principally centered on the antagonists of Sonic Chronicles, the Nocturnus Clan. Penders alleged that the clan was too related visually and conceptually to his design of the Darkish Legion, an enemy faction within the comedian e book collection. He additionally claimed a similarity between Shade, an echidna character from Chronicles, and Knuckles’ comedian e book girlfriend, Julie-Su.
DidYouKnowGaming spoke to Miles Holmes, Sonic Chronicles’ lead designer, who revealed the sequel’s never-before-heard plot. Following the primary title’s cliffhanger ending, the forged would return to their dimension to see a world utterly taken over by Eggman. The sport would have revolved round liberating totally different individuals around the globe with the intention to construct a brilliant military to take Eggman out, however then, the cosmic god from the primary sport, Argus, would present up, and Eggman and the Sonic crew can be compelled to workforce as much as take it out.
