My hopes for Sonic Chronicles are remarkably high. I mean, come on – it’s Sega’s attempt at recreating the glory that is Super Mario RPG with the Sonic cast, and it’s made by Bioware, the only company to make an RPG worth playing since 1997.

Sega/Bioware released 3 new videos today: an introduction, a gameplay video, and a combat video. The game itself looks just fine, but what the hell is with that narration? It sounds like something straight off of a Girls Gone Wild commercial. Fill the silence with J-Rock or something if you have to, but kill the voice.

Gameplay and combat videos after the jump.