Back in April, before Ninjala had even properly launched on Nintendo Switch, dataminers got to work on the game's open beta release. Amongst a number of discoveries made was a potential upcoming collaboration with Sonic the Hedgehog, which we can now confirm to be true.
The game's developer and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has officially announced the collab, posting about it on social media and also briefly discussing it in the latest Developer Diary video. The team stops short of explaining exactly how Sonic will integrate himself within Ninjala's bubblegum world, but we're sure we'll find out soon enough.
If the finer details found in the datamine turn out to be true, we should see a variety of cosmetic items inspired by Sonic's universe at the very least. Mentions of a Dr. Robotnik sticker, a Sonic sticker, Sonic shoes, and a number of masks were all discovered.
Excited to see the blue blur joining up with the Ninjala gang? Let us know how you hope the two worlds will combine with a comment below.
[source twitter.com]
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Not really excited as i am not a fan of Sonic franchises despite i only have one Sonic PS3 game (Sonic Generations) just only for curiosity. 😐
@Anti-Matter
Not a fan of Sonic though you felt the need to click and comment?
I don't play Ninjala, but I do enjoy seeing companies getting a bit more loose when it comes to collabs.
Wasn’t Sega suppose to be announcing Sonic news every month? Have they been doing that? Or has that time passed?
@Zeldafan79
I do have a little bit of Sonic game despite just only one game i have.
The addition of Sonic franchise on Ninjala was something neutral for me, but i don't think i will use Robotnik skin as i'm not really interested with his design. The Sonic skin might be quite interesting but the default Ninjala skins might be better choices for me.
One thing, i still don't have Ninjala game but i still keep my eyes peeled for the updated news.
@Rob3008 Factually incorrect, but sure, let’s all hang up on the guy...
@outsider83 Nope they used the pandemic as an excuse not to do it. Really it's all a big something out of nothing. The only thing we know of Sonic right now is that Sega is working on a new game for Sonic's 30th birthday next year and a sequel movie to the first Sonic film is coming.
I had a topic for this if anyone saw it.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. I love Sonic... but many of the games have been very disappointing, and I'm not sure how to feel about what was once a competitor to Mario becoming cosmetic items in a free to play game. Hopefully it shows Sega that there is interest in the hedgehog still and they make another Sonic game (hopefully free of any terrible jokes or excessive story).
Maybe this will get me to give Ninjala a go again.
Sonic hasn't been a "biggie" in a long time.
I am pretty sure anyone with $50 can license him at this point.
Sonic is cool but ninjala doesn't quite click with me. Just feels like a online game of rock paper scissors once I got the hang of it but you guys have fun!
@StevenG totally man... too bad because 2d sonic is great...
i will try this game again if i can run around wearing those red sneakers
@Ghostchip An F2P game from a massive mobile gatcha company with an almost dead ringing clone of Splatoon's art style is a disappointingly shallow gameplay experience? I'm shocked.
Can data miners just leave things be? Like let there an element of surprise for a change. Sheesh
@NEStalgia totally man. It's just worse splatoon! I mean splatoon is great and this is not even close.
Just play splatoon it's a small price to pay for salvation...
@Ghostchip I loved old school sonic.
Splatoon2 would be a lot more fun if I didn't have to remember to use airplane mode when I launch it. I don't have 5 minutes to waste on the opening.
@StevenG hehehe totally hate waiting through it as well! Multiplayer is worth it though!
@Strictlystyles Data miners is just another word for spoilers, same thing with leakers as well. They spoil every surprise they could get a chance of.
Gotta go fast! Sonic X!
@Strictlystyles Here's your advice! Don't click if you dislike it. Nobody forced you to click OR to look at the headlines, so don't female dog and moan here.
Also...why? This collab is totally pointless, because typically the point of a collab is to draw fans of one series into another. Nobody who like f2p also plays Sonic, and 10 year olds aren't smart enough to get anything that isn't just pressing buttons
@MeowMeowKins first of all that’s impossible because I had to click on the article to even know about the data mine part, so your argument made no sense and was foolish. What are you pro data miner or something? Go sit down.
Then To be even more foolish your own comments are whining about how it’s a dumb collab, which was not only wrong because kids who play sonic also play free games by default and aren’t as dumb as you think they are, but also no one asked for your commentary either.
Yes, it's true. (I know there was the data mine a while ago, but it's still nice to know that's official and that it wasn't scrapped).
I wonder how far they're going to take this Sonic collab. I feel like it will be more than just costumes though, we'll probably get some emotes and stickers. Heck, we might even get some limited time Sonic weapons and maybe even a limited time Sonic stage.
@Strictlystyles my dude, no one asked for my commentary. What the literal FAQ? this is a comment section. I'd share a personal favorite meme of mine, but I'll get in trouble, so look up Luigi no one cares you didn't ask, and report back. Go have a nice life.
@Strictlystyles @meowmeowkins
Also it’s pretty hard to not see headlines..
I’m sick of dataminers too. It wouldn’t be a big deal if they weren’t reported on by every news source, but as it is , the spoilers are really hard to avoid.
@neogyo you might have a point about the headlines. But let me tell you, no one is forcing you to click on this article. I don't click on Persona 5 hate posts because I will just female dog and moan and no one wants that
@neogyo the only headline I saw was this one. I only read about the data mining in this article. I literally didn’t know until right now and just said something about it.
@meowmeowkins I’m not sure what your deal is but no ones hating on the game, I just thought it was a shame that dataminers had to ruin the collab announcement , something I had no idea about before I clicked on this article. But also you can’t tell someone “don’t click if you dislike it” then also make a post disliking the collab. You can’t make that make sense.
You have 0 reason to be attacking me in comments so go sit down somewhere like I said.
@Strictlystyles I meant dude, don't start a "I hate data miners!" thing in an article that's barely about data miners.
I feel like now the sonic license is free and anyone can steal it. I'm not a sonic fan, but is this exiting for you? I can't see how random Sonic skins in a f2p game will make sonic fans want to play it. If it's like a new stage, That would be cool! But knowing Ninjala, it's probably just cosmetics that you can only get from loot boxes, and have like a 1% Chance of appearing.
@MeowMeowKins @strictlystyles haha points taken. I don’t click on any “rumor” or “datamine” headlines as best I can about games I’m actually interested in games I haven’t played and probably won’t ever play like Ninjala, I might read just to check out the news (especially when it’s slow news time like most of 2020:(:(
@neogyo the news is so sloooooow! Boooooo!
I wonder how far into the future these leaks go, I know there is at least another weapon type leaked, but maybe thats it. It is the beta they're mining after all.
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