«Maybe at the one - cell or two - cell
stage,» Eggan and his colleagues reasoned, «there's still some of that stuff
in there...» And if they picked the right moment of cell division, when these powerful reprogramming factors were still floating around
in the periphery of the cell, they might be able to use drugs to temporarily freeze the cell
in the
middle of division, stick
in the needle of a micromanipulator to suck out the embryonic DNA, squirt
in DNA from an adult animal, and then kick - start the
process of reprogramming — hours, perhaps even days after an egg had been fertilized.
- Iizuka has received a ton of requests from fans to have their own original characters appear
in Sonic games - while that couldn't happen, Sonic Forces» custom character recognizes that fan desire - the avatar was created with the idea of «making straight high - speed action» - this time the concept is that all three styles (Modern, Classic, Avatar) would be high - speed based - make selections for the face, mouth, body color, and gender of custom characters - each species will also have their own unique skills, such as wolves being able to pull nearby rings - you can't change custom characters
in the
middle of the game - there is some sort of feature that's unlocked after you've cleared the game once related to this - the new avatar style will have a speedy and rhythmic style like Modern Sonic, but also different vectors from Sonic - this includes differences
in timing for pressing buttons, or the Wisps giving the avatar trickier movements - the story aims to depict heroes that would feel like Sonic - by controlling different characters, the devs hope to show a story that extends to explaining the world setting as well - the story concept has been «Hero Army vs. Eggman's Army» from the start - when wondering who should be made playable among the heroes, the idea came up for Classic Sonic - the character setting for the avatar is a civilian
in an area occupied by Eggman who stands up and fights together with Sonic - during
stages, you'll hear radio contact from partners like Tails and Amy - Sonic and the rest of the gang form a resistance to stand against Eggman's army, so they relay information from headquarters - boss characters like Chaos and Metal Sonic will appear
in Eggman's army - details on the new character (Infinite) are being kept secret - the main part of the storyline is that Eggman gathers strong enemies
in the past to form an all mighty army - some people might be wondering why Shadow is on the enemy's side, but they can find out more by experiencing the story - the team thinks Japanese fans are taking a liking to the serious story and character customization features - there were some struggles with the new engine
in early
stages, but now they've moved to a smooth development
process - the team knew they wanted to bring the game to Nintendo's new console before they even knew it was the Switch - the Switch info came to them during the
middle of the game's development - SEGA knew Nintendo fans would want to play Sonic's new game, which is why they personally worked to bring it to Switch - SEGA plans to show the game
in Japan at Tokyo Game Show 2017
in September - the team is also working on providing new information, including news that would be unique to Japan