Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood for Nintendo DS

So here's something you might not have been expecting: an RPG starring Sega's super-charged hero Sonic the Hedgehog. It's still in production, but we've gone hands on with Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood this month, and we have all the latest news of the game plus a rundown on how this crossover into the new genre works. Despite being an odd idea at first, we think this could work really well - find out all you need to know in our preview of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.

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Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood for Nintendo DS
Sonic? In an RPG? While the very idea of giving Sega's speedy mascot such an extreme makeover is enough to strike fear into the hearts of any self-respecting fan of 90's console gaming, there's one very good reason to trust Sega's judgement on this one. And that reason is Bioware. Having risen to prominence with PC titles like Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Knights, Bioware has become one of the leading lights of the RPG genre. It's hard to imagine a safer pair of hands ensuring that Sonic's transition is smooth, and far from the quick cash-in it could have been.

What Bioware has cleverly done is to re-imagine classic Sonic characters and locations, and used them to weave an immersive adventure that quite literally blends the light and the dark. Split into two acts, the game begins in Sonic's world, complete with familiar areas such as the Green Hill Zone and Mystic Ruins, before heading off into darker territory for a second act that takes place in an alternate dimension.