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"Sonic & Knuckles" to be Released on XBLA (Thanks, =TSSZ=)
Category: Sonic Games
By Matty on 29 Apr 2009 03:36
You can read the original story (credited to =TSSZ=) here.
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Hello, kiddies! This is your friendly chief literary consultant filling in for ShadiWulf. I am here to bring all of you here who are my age immense joy and endless hours of celebration regarding our videogaming past! Fasten your seat belts...here we go!
Now, how many of you on R&E are at least 21 years of age? Good; good...the three of you can put your hands down now. For everyone else, this update is a lesson in proper old-school gaming.
How many of you lovely people remember this little, beautiful thread? It involved me saying the following in response to a lot of talk about a new game that came out a few months ago:
Well, for those of you who want to know, this, this, this, and (last but not least) this were all where Sonic came from. I don't care what all of you high school-aged people say: he didn't come from this, this, or (God forbid) this! Sonic was my generation; my console. That gives me a right to tell you what Sonic is.
...and finally, you must all be asking, "why is Matty ranting and raving about nothing?" Well, I'm getting to that now...
XBOX Live Arcade is finally going to show all of you Sonic's proper roots! Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and (last but not least) Sonic & Knuckles are all going to be released on XBLA featuring the lock-on capabilities found on the original games released for the MegaDrive so many years ago.
My (not so) humble suggestion would be for all of you people who have an XBOX 360 to purchase these games and play them through until you beat them. It's worth your time and money, and you'll be seeing the true history of our favorite speedy hedgehog. Click the link above for more specific information regarding the release.
Finally, thanks to ShadiWulf and AugieD for the tip.
~Matty
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Hello, kiddies! This is your friendly chief literary consultant filling in for ShadiWulf. I am here to bring all of you here who are my age immense joy and endless hours of celebration regarding our videogaming past! Fasten your seat belts...here we go!
Now, how many of you on R&E are at least 21 years of age? Good; good...the three of you can put your hands down now. For everyone else, this update is a lesson in proper old-school gaming.
How many of you lovely people remember this little, beautiful thread? It involved me saying the following in response to a lot of talk about a new game that came out a few months ago:
Matty wrote:
...Also, there's the fact that nobody remembers where Sonic came from unless they are my age, and this depresses me very much...
Well, for those of you who want to know, this, this, this, and (last but not least) this were all where Sonic came from. I don't care what all of you high school-aged people say: he didn't come from this, this, or (God forbid) this! Sonic was my generation; my console. That gives me a right to tell you what Sonic is.
...and finally, you must all be asking, "why is Matty ranting and raving about nothing?" Well, I'm getting to that now...
XBOX Live Arcade is finally going to show all of you Sonic's proper roots! Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and (last but not least) Sonic & Knuckles are all going to be released on XBLA featuring the lock-on capabilities found on the original games released for the MegaDrive so many years ago.
My (not so) humble suggestion would be for all of you people who have an XBOX 360 to purchase these games and play them through until you beat them. It's worth your time and money, and you'll be seeing the true history of our favorite speedy hedgehog. Click the link above for more specific information regarding the release.
Finally, thanks to ShadiWulf and AugieD for the tip.
~Matty
Sonic Unleashed DLC up on PSN
Category: Sonic Unleashed
By ShadiWulf on 16 Apr 2009 23:00
Image Source: SEGANerds (yes, I'm tired today okay =P )
The Sonic Unleashed DLC for PSN is finally up today. Both DLC's are priced at $2.99, with Chun-nan DLC at 307MB and the Spagonia DLC at a whopping 707MB
Source: SEGANerds
Sonic selling big in Europe
Category: Sonic Games
By ShadiWulf on 14 Apr 2009 21:59
Sonic Unleashed on the XBOX 360 has mysteriously popped up on the UK Top 40 charts at #32. This is good. Mario and Sonic is at #3, but that's not news worthy. Ultimate Mega Drive Collection is at #36 and Black Knight at #40.
Source: SEGANerds
Source: SEGANerds
Mario and Sonic for Wii Sells 7 Million Copies World Wide!
Category: Sonic
By BanoX93 on 10 Apr 2009 06:45
Well, according to VGChartz, it's true.
SEGA's first attempt to bring Mario and Sonic into their own game has definitely been a successful one. Heck, this is the #1 Selling Third-Party game on Wii to date.
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games has sold:
0.61m in Japan, 2.38m in the US, and 4.01m in other parts of the world.
Congratulations SEGA. Let's see if you can pull something like this off again with Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
300+ Good reasons to visit SEGA America's weekend Cherry Blossom Festival
Category: Sonic
By ShadiWulf on 10 Apr 2009 04:03
Those pictures should say everything, but if you can't read pictures, here is a quote from the blog.
RubyEclipse wrote:
If you read my earlier blog post this week, then you know that this Saturday and Sunday SEGA is going to be present at the Cherry Blossom Festival here in Japantown, San Francisco.
I mentioned that we had some swag to give away and that we were going to have a Trivia contest… Since then, we’ve finalized our plans and dug deep into hidden rooms here at the SEGA office to find the coolest stuff possible.
Now, it’s time for all of you not attending this weekend to turn hedgehog blue with envy - and for all of you who are making the trip - or anyone on the fence - we’ve got 300+ good reasons to look forward to it.
It’s going to be a very cool weekend.
I want you to focus on breathing normally now. Deep breaths in and out - now pinch yourself once. You aren’t dreaming.
Sunday at 3 PM is our SEGA Trivia Contest at the SEGA Booth, and whichever one of you knows your SEGA stuff the best is going to be rewarded for it - and seriously so. The Grand Prize is a stack of TEN newly released SEGA games, AND the exclusive Sonic T-shirt we found the other week in the Box of Awesome. The winner gets everything you see here:
The games will be given out at specific times during the day, so feel free to visit our booth and ask when the next giveaway will be. Oh, and if you do something to really show off your SEGA love - like wearing a SEGA/Sonic shirt or cosplaying as a SEGA video game character, we’ll see to it you get rewarded for your efforts with some of the rare merch shown above. (JSRF Soundtracks, NiGHTS Pillowcases, etc) Special bonus points if you cosplay as anyone from Valkyria Chronicles, since our DLC is coming out next Thursday!
We hope all of you attending this weekend are as excited as we are - of course, you can also be the first to play Let’s Tap! and Bleach: Third Phantom before they come out later this year, but we imagine what you guys really want is the free stuff. ;)
We’ll see you there!
I mentioned that we had some swag to give away and that we were going to have a Trivia contest… Since then, we’ve finalized our plans and dug deep into hidden rooms here at the SEGA office to find the coolest stuff possible.
Now, it’s time for all of you not attending this weekend to turn hedgehog blue with envy - and for all of you who are making the trip - or anyone on the fence - we’ve got 300+ good reasons to look forward to it.
It’s going to be a very cool weekend.
I want you to focus on breathing normally now. Deep breaths in and out - now pinch yourself once. You aren’t dreaming.
Sunday at 3 PM is our SEGA Trivia Contest at the SEGA Booth, and whichever one of you knows your SEGA stuff the best is going to be rewarded for it - and seriously so. The Grand Prize is a stack of TEN newly released SEGA games, AND the exclusive Sonic T-shirt we found the other week in the Box of Awesome. The winner gets everything you see here:
The games will be given out at specific times during the day, so feel free to visit our booth and ask when the next giveaway will be. Oh, and if you do something to really show off your SEGA love - like wearing a SEGA/Sonic shirt or cosplaying as a SEGA video game character, we’ll see to it you get rewarded for your efforts with some of the rare merch shown above. (JSRF Soundtracks, NiGHTS Pillowcases, etc) Special bonus points if you cosplay as anyone from Valkyria Chronicles, since our DLC is coming out next Thursday!
We hope all of you attending this weekend are as excited as we are - of course, you can also be the first to play Let’s Tap! and Bleach: Third Phantom before they come out later this year, but we imagine what you guys really want is the free stuff. ;)
We’ll see you there!
Source: SEGA of America Blog