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Sega of Japan reveals that both games will be available on the same day.

Sega of Japan has announced that both Sonic Mega Collection for the GameCube and Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance will be available on December 19 in Japan. Sonic Mega Collection includes several classic Sonic the Hedgehog games, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Sonic Advance 2 lets players assume the role of Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles as they travel through several new worlds.

By Giancarlo Varanini

Source: Gamespot

Sonic Advance was #19 on the Top 20 games sold for the month of July according to NPD.

Source: ConsoleWire

Some over the weekend info from Ken Penders

*Note not the full posts, just the Sonic-related stuff is given.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #117

Written by R. Chaco, Benny Lee, Ken Penders, art by Art Mawhinney, Jim Amash, Steven Butler, Penders and Dawn Best, cover by Spaz and Riveiro.

"Tortoise and the Hedgehog." Sonic's childhood friend, Tommy Turtle, hasn't been since Dr. Robotnik first took over. Now, he's back and already in trouble. Sonic goes to help but finds some old enemies in his way. What's a hero to do? "CyberRace." See what Robotnik and Snively have to do to download their new bodies after their old ones have been destroyed. "Ultimate Power, Pt. 3." Knuckles confronts Mammoth Mogul - and Dimitri's life is at stake. Place your bets as the Chaos-infused contest is about to begin.

32 pages, $1.99, in stores on Nov. 13.

Sources: Comics Continuum & Westfield Comics

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Tokyo Game Show upcoming titles

Sonic Adventure 3 will be previewed at the Tokyo Game Show (September 20-22), at least according to GameForms. Supposedly, it will be available for multiple platforms. BTW, it's most likely that it's coming out next year, as a Sega stockholders' report said that a new Sonic game would release in 2003.

The Sonic Mega Collection for the Nintendo Gamecube will be compiled on one single game disc and will be for one player. This means that a second controller may not be able to follow Sonic around as Tails in games such as Sonic 2 and Sonic 3.

Source: *Nintendo*

JoyRide Studios has finally updated their site with info on the upcoming Sonic and Shadow action figures.

According to the site, Sonic is part of Series 1 and Shadow is part of Series 2. For more info (such as where to get them), check out their site.

Source: JoyRide Studios

IGNCube has posted new information about the Sonic Mega Collection. There ARE some extras besides just the games themselves. The game includes a massive collection of high-res zoomable art from the entire series, including boxes and manuals, and there may be some other extras as well.

Source: IGNCube