{"id":127490,"date":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136450"},"modified":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T18:50:00","slug":"sonic-frontiers-story-trailer-officially-confirms-november-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/23\/sonic-frontiers-story-trailer-officially-confirms-november-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Frontiers Story Trailer Officially Confirms November Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9bad283927db\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9bad283927db\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Sonic Frontiers Sonic Grinding Key Art\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9bad283927db\/sonic-frontiers-sonic-grinding-key-art.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a9bad283927db\/sonic-frontiers-sonic-grinding-key-art.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic Frontiers Sonic Grinding Key Art\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: SEGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><strong>Update #2 [Tue 23rd Aug, 2022 19:55 BST]:<\/strong><\/strong> Right on time! Well, maybe a little late after Sega accidentally shared its advert earlier today. But hey, at least we know officially when Sonic Frontiers launches at last!<\/p>\n<p>Sonic made an appearance at this year&#8217;s Gamescom Opening Night Live and during its action-packed story trailer, the blue blur revealed he will be returning to consoles on 8th November.<\/p>\n<p>We now know that Sonic is searching for the missing Chaos Emeralds in a strange new world, surrounded by unusual creatures. That world is called the Starfall islands, and Sonic will need to be at his fastest in order to save the inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the trailer below, and share your thoughts on this up-to-date look on the game in the comments!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"kCaAos6FeV0\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> While the trailer has been removed or hidden on YouTube, someone on Twitter has handily archived the Japanese ad, so we can see for ourselves what Sega let slip.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s not much to go on here \u2014 it&#8217;s simply a Japanese advert, after all \u2014 but that 8th November release date is there, loud and clear.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is the back up <i title=\":smiley:\" class=\"twa twa-lg twa-smiley\"><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wuh2mnx3wJ\">pic.twitter.com\/wuh2mnx3wJ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Shaikh Sehran (@ShaikhSehran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaikhSehran\/status\/1562014190147354627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original article [Tue 23rd Aug, 2022 11:00 BST]:<\/strong> Someone should pop some Duct tape on Sega and Sonic Frontiers! Following the news that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/sonic-frontiers-could-be-getting-dlc-according-to-taiwanese-promo-material\">Taiwanese store<\/a> had some promotional material for the game that revealed a November release date and some upcoming DLC, Sega&#8217;s Japanese YouTube account accidentally uploaded a short trailer for the game.<\/p>\n<p>The company has since removed it, but not before eagle-eyed fans (and <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nibellion\">Nibel<\/a>) on Twitter spotted the trailer, which contained a release date \u2014 8th November.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new Japanese Sonic Frontiers ad includes a November 8 release date<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y6moP1tQVT\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y6moP1tQVT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/suJeGqPmUt\">pic.twitter.com\/suJeGqPmUt<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nibel (@Nibellion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nibellion\/status\/1562010814093180929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This is slightly different from the date we reported last Friday, but seeing as it&#8217;s from Sega itself, it&#8217;s likely to be correct.<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Frontiers is due to appear during Gamescom&#8217;s Opening Night Live, which kicks off at <strong>11am PDT \/ 7pm BST<\/strong> tonight. At this point, it seems very likely that the release date will be officially confirmed then, and Sega just accidentally uploaded the Japanese version of the trailer a bit too early. Oopsie!<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Sega could use this adorable little character, Koco, to distract us from this accidental reveal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Will you be watching Opening Night Live for the Sonic Frontiers news? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: SEGA Update #2 [Tue 23rd Aug, 2022 19:55 BST]: Right on time! Well, maybe a little late after Sega accidentally shared its advert earlier today. But hey, at least we know officially when Sonic Frontiers launches at last! Sonic made an appearance at this year&#8217;s Gamescom Opening Night Live and during its action-packed story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}