IGN has released an article, the State of Sega, revealing that Sonic Heroes has sold a grand total of 1.42 million units (150,000 for Japan, 850,000 for North America and 420,000 for Europe).
Other standouts in North America include Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the Gameube.
Sega Corp., the maker of ``Sonic the Hedgehog'' games, plans to merge with Sammy Corp., its biggest shareholder, forming a games maker with sales forecast at 501 billion yen ($4.41 billion) in the current business year.
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Source: Bloomberg.com
This site isn't updated often, so every week or two, i'll fill yall in for the latest and greatest in the MegaMan universe...
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>To start off, the MegaMan Battle Network has been gaining alot of popularity lately, with the start-up of the new season of MegaMan NT Warrior TV show on Kids WB, the soon-to-be-released MegaMan NT Warrior Trading card game, the new translated MegaMan NT Warrior manga books from Viz, the future line of action figures from Mattell, and two new MegaMan Battle Network games in the works(MegaMan Battle Network 4:Blue Moon and Red Sun), to be released this summer. This is just a start, so I am looking foward to the bright future of this series.
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>At E3 last week, Capcom announced MegaMan X8 (PS2), and MegaMan Zero 3(GBA). Not much info has been released, but I do know that X8 will reture to the side-scrolling gameplay of X6 and before, with 3-d backgrounds and cut scenes. And MegaMan X Command Mission is an RPG adventure for both PS2 and GameCube, and will i9ntroduce 4 new characters along with X, Zero, and Axl.
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>MegaMan Anniversary Collection is scedualed for summer release, and it will be released for PS2, Nintendo GameCube, and the Game Boy Advance. For the GameCube and PS2 versions, it will feature MegaMan 1-8, and the 2 Japenese Arcade games (multiplayer games), and bonus features that very by the version. THe GBA verion will have the original 6 GameBoy MegaMan games and some Artwork gallerys...
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>That is about it for now, so if you have questions, email me at sonicmon123@hotmail.com with MEGAMAN HQ in the subject line. Also, check out Capcoms' E3 page.
There is now footage of the Sonic DS E3 Demo!
IGN recently had the opportunity to sit down and discuss upcoming games in the Sonic series with the man himself, Yuji Naka.
Source: IGN Cube
Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog #136 is on sale in comic shops starting today.
Source: Diamond Comics
A demo simply titled "Sonic E3 Demo" is being shown at the E3 trade show for the Nintendo DS. It isn't an actual game, but it shows Sega's interest in the new handheld. No images of the demo have appeared as yet.
Source: IGN.com
On Thursday, in the UK's Daily Express newspaper, is a promotion with Fox Kids where you get 3 free DVD's a day. On Thursday, you can get a free DVD of an episode of Sonic X alongside 2 other DVD's. You need to buy Thursday's Daily Express, and cut out the voucher - and bring it to your nearest Woolworths store, where the voucher can be exchanged for the Sonic X DVD as well as the others.
This goes on all week (and begun today) to make a total of 18 free DVD's. Other shows in the promotion include 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', 'Robot Wars' 'Digimon' etc
After ep13 of Sonic X aired on Fox Kids, I emailed asking when new episodes will air.
The reply I got back will make any Fox Kids viewer go nuts with excitement!
From Kikizo Games:
"Sonic Mega Collection Plus (PS2) - SEGA finally shows it has the common sense to release such an excellent value compilation on a more viable format. All of your favourite Sonic games are back in the most entertaining Sonic compilation ever - Sonic the Hedgehog 1,2,3, Sonic & Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik's Meanbean Machine - with additional game content, including character illustrations, movies and comic book covers."
"Sonic Heroes (PC) - The all-formats console game comes to PC. If you missed our coverage, slap yourself around the face, and click here."
Source: Kikizo Games
