A Wild Sonic Superstars Trailer Has Appeared In Today's Nintendo Direct!

They mentioned twelve zones, I think, which is a pretty darn respectable number.

It seems that when there are multiple players on screen, the camera pans back to show more of the field-of-view/stage design.

That is probably a no-brainer decision to make for co-op multiplayer in platformers; but given the limited amount of co-op footage this far, I was wondering it was be focused primarily on player one, like in the MD titles. Hopefully they've made additional (good) changes for cooperative play.

It's also the first time we're hearing some actual music from it

Sounds pretty good. 

It looks like sonic had his own boss fight with Nack in speed jungle. Separate acts confirmed?

I was actually a bit concerned that Superstars would only have 7 zones, with one new Emerald Power being acquired in each zone. I'm really glad that that's not the case. The "side game" platformers have typically been fairly small, with Mania being more the exception than the rule. I look forward to seeing all 12 zones first hand. 

Said it in the main thread, but I don't really see 12 zones as all that respectable. It's on par with Mania, and for the price point, to be blunt, either I expected a lot more, or there needs to be a hell of a lot of replay value in this beyond Tails, Knuckles, and Amy playing a little differently. For S3&K, it's very respectable for a game of it's time. For Mania, it has the price to justify the runtime. Here, it has neither, and other similar platformers have a hell of a lot more content and gameplay packed in. 

Mania on my first run only took about 5-6 hours, and that was perfectly fine for the £15 it asked for. £60 for what would likely be the same amount of content without throwing replay stuff into it is a lot harder to stomach, especially when in that same quarter, we have Spider-Man 2, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario Bros: Wonder, and a whole lot more.

Hell, I paid £15 for Pizza Tower earlier this year and got a solid 10 hours out of it for a game that's comparatively as fast as a Sonic game, and has just as much, if not more replay value. Either these acts need to be really damn long, or there needs to be a lot of additional content, because right now, as excited as I am, £60 for 5-7 hours is a hard sell, especially if it ends up dropping in October. 

I don't know, twelve zones is in the running with the longer 2D games in the series (one of which is actually two games) - and, being honest, once you start going above that it might actually be a bit too much, for the format?  A Sonic game with, say, twenty zones sounds like one of those things people think they want but would actually struggle to maintain momentum.

Looks to me like this is running at a solid 60FPS on Switch (less so in multiplayer) which is, to put it frankly, excellent.

The art style they've gone for has paid off against the visual fidelity downgrades from the more powerful consoles. And whilst I'll still be getting this on PS4, it's nice to see Switch owners for once won't have to make do with an inferior performing version of a product. 

Price point is a tricky one as I think it depends on what you look for with value in the product. I'd happily have paid more for Mania if it were set at a higher price point for example (not £59.99 high, but you get what I mean). After all, I paid those equivalent prices back in the day when Sonic 1, 2, 3 & K were originally released (individually). The value people attribute to platformers (unless you're Nintendo) has dropped over the years rather unfortunately.  

Otherwise, the trailer looks great (and lovely music also)! Gamers are being really spoilt this year with a new 2D Sonic AND Mario (neither of which look like they'll suck).