Sonic Q&A

Mar 13, 1999

Time Stones

Hi! I am sort of having troubles getting all 7 time stones in Sonic CD. How can you get them all easily?

Kyle Wightman

If you get a low enough total time in time attack (Debug will help you get it lower if you have trouble - see Game Info for how to get a 0'00" time), an extra time attack menu will be available by pressing Left while viewing the regular time attack menu. On this menu, you can play the Special Zone Stages without a time limit. This will help you to practice your Special Zone skills.

Now, when you play the regular game, don't save unless you are successful in getting 2 time stones in each area (2 in Palmtree Panic, 2 in Collision Chaos, etc.). If you are, save the game after that area is finished. If you are unsuccessful, just go back to the previously saved game. This will let you try each area over again.

Sonic 3 Carnival Night Act 2

Yeah,I'm not sure if you accept questions about games but, I have to ask every sonic person with a site that has q&a. How the heck do you get passed that rechid act 2 on the carnival stage in sonic 3! I swear i've been on that stage for over a year! PLEASE HELP ME I NEED IT BADLY! I'M JUST STUCK ON THAT STUPID LITTLE HOLE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH BY THAT THING THAT GOES UP AND DOWN! PLEASE HELP ME

A R

Just click on the Sonic FAQ link (it's at the top of the Q&A Page.) This is a very common problem, so it's the first question answered in the FAQ. Oh, and we definitely accept gaming questions, so feel free to send more.

More Questions

Hi, this is Sean again. Thank you for answering my questions I submitted last week. I just have a few more questions.
1. Did Snively really swear in the Sonic cartoon series?
2. How long will the Knuckles comic last?
3. When will Sonic Anime be released in America?
By the way, this is the best Sonic site on the internet.

Wow, thanks! We're very glad that you like it.
1. He only said "darn" or "dang."
2. It's very popular, so it should keep going and going and going...
3. If I remember correctly, it's supposed to come out on March 23rd. Or May 23rd. I'm not sure which.

Game Info

Hi HQ, it's really been awful long time since you fix the sonic games page, i cannot go anywhere like it was the first sonic games page where it links to the sonic universe, the sonic team etc... could you please get them done as it is really annoying to go to the find section and type, wait for the whole thing to load...Benny

Sonic Team and The Download Zone don't exist yet, sorry. I don't know what to say about the Who's Who in the Sonic Universe section, though. It works fine when I use on it.

Anyway, we are trying to get Game Info fixed. It's going to be a huge page and what could be called the 'infrastructure' is being set up right now. The page should generally work though, except for those 2 sections and the unfinished Hedgehog That Never Was.

Mar 12, 1999

More Questions...

1)Do you think That Sonic Could Beat Mario Bros(Mario).If He does!How? {Here's my Opinion:"He could Slice His Chub'o Little Stomach to half}
2)Is Robotnik ever gonna Come back for So mo' action?!?I'm tired of Lame Baddies!
3){In french}When zee Colonel Antoine Going To marry zat Bunnie Rabbot gal?
4)I've Played Sonic Championship and I loved IT!!Now!Are they planning to sell It on The Saturn,Dreamcast,Genesis?
5)Is Tails Real name Miles Prower?
Sincerely,
Hector Irene

1) They totally different for a fair comparison.
2) Maybe, Ken said no after #50. But it looks like he is.
3) Don't know. #100 at best.
4) No.
5) Yes.

Sonic Married?

Hi im beak. Do you think sonic and sally should get marred?
Echidna89

Personally, yes.

Sonic on TV?

We would like to know if Sonic is or ever will be again on TV. We are considering moving to satellite TV as Comcast cable isn't delivering much around here.
Thanks,
KAJN

Sonic Underground is coming VERY soon, UPN looks to be the carrier.

Super Sonic!

I heard a rumor that the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog got the idea from Super Sonic from the show "Dragonball Z". Do you know if this is true or not?
Mr. E

It's true enough, but not "Z", but the original, and IMO, better version: Dragon Ball! That's also the reason for the 7 Chaos Emeralds (7 dragon balls...).

Knuckles...

Knuckles25 is going to be in my mailbox in about3weeks do you know what will happen? What will happen to Knuckles father? In super Sonic Hyper Knuckles comic part 2 Knuckles father Left him on his own what happens?
Echidna89

I know some plots for Knuckles #25, but they're top secret. Knuckles' father will meet his son! After SS vs. HK, Knuckles just learned on his own.

Lost episode.

In your guide to the SaTAM series, I think you missed one. It was where Sonic lost his memory and was used by Snively(and Snively alone) to locate Knothole. Snively and the SWATbots get near the village and capture some of the Freedom Fighters. However, because of a Power Ring, Sonic regains his memory. I didn't see the end of this episode, and was probably one of the last shown on USA(and Snively probably failed). Since only Snively was the present villian, could this be a lost episode of season 3?
PMM4815

Oh, it's there, just described differently.

Comic questions.

Hi, my name is Sean and I have a few questions.
1. Why is the Sonic Super Specials art so much different from the regular comics?
2. In Sonic Super Special number 6, what did Robotnik do to the overlander?
3. Why does SEGA want to change the way sonic looks in starting on issue 72 ?
4. When are you going to update the comic section?

1) Different artists draw them.
2) Destroy him. Test his weapon.
3) Sonic Adventure is coming. And Sega will start their HUGE ad campaign starting in mid April.
4) WB's working on it as I type.

Robert and Tolbert.

Where could I find all of Robert Brown and Francis Tolbert's fan-fictions?
Sonic1947

You can find them on Alessandro's page.

Unrelated subjects...

Hey everyone. SonIXcool is back. Thing's are on the up and up for me and my pals. For one, our old pal Sketchkidna has returned to the SonIX-Circuit, and he's brought with him some new team members. The new Hype-sters are: Lightning Cat, Heavydabomb, Sonic Trekker, Green Goblin, and Red Raptor. They'll be helping me and Vector J. put up a web-site and bring Sonic fan-dom Sonic Hype.

Here's my questions.

1) Alright, I know where Scorch and those others are used, but I still don't know who they are. The list of chars I'm interested in are Scorch, Ami Chobei, Hardcore, Vulpa, and Mechanix.

2) For the third and final time, why did Kodos become Robotnik's mentor is he hated Overlanders?

3) Okay, so the SWATS would loose, but what about the Com-Bots in a fight against the Dark Legion?

4) Who do you thin would win, Mecha Sonic or Metal Sonic?

5) Is Packbell a Data-type android with artificial skin, or is he C-3PO like?

Catch ya' later!

1) Scorch is a hedgehog, clone of Sonic. Ami Chobei is a deer, Scorch's girl friend. Hardcore, Vulpa and the rest are aliens wanting to conquer Mobius. Why are you asking us? If you have read the stories, then you should know. Since that's the only place you'll see them.
2) When did that happen? Robonik never needed a mentor...if you're talking another fan-fic, then we have no clue.
3) Dark Ledion hands down.
4) Mecha.
5) He's an Data-like android.

Sonic and Sally.

If Ken Penders says there is no possibility that Sonic and Sally will get married, what's the poll for?
Sonic1947

Archie is probably doing the poll to show Sega what's going on. But as long as Sega says no, it ain't gonna happen. And right now, Sega is still saying no.

Different topics...

Here are some questions I would like you to answer:
1) How do you pronouce Espio's name?
2) Is Manic and Sonia going to appear in the comics?
3) If Sonic, Manic, and Sonia are triplets, shouldn't Manic be the same color as Sonic?
4) Who is older, Sonic, Manic, or Sonia?
5) Do you think Espio is going to have his own comic if I e-mail Archie Comics a million e-mails telling them to make a Espio comic?
6) Is Espio going to be in more games?
7) Do you guys think Vector is annoying?
8) If I e-mail the guys at Sega to make a Sonic Underground cartoon episode with Espio in it, do you think they'll do that? Sorry if this is a silly question.
9) Why the heck Nintendo pick a fat plumber to be their mascot?!
10) If you guys know who Pepperouchau is, could you tell me about him/her? I'm making a Sonic fanfic concerning about him, and the only thing I know about him is that s/he is Sega's fogotten mascot. I'll also be nice if you could e-mail a picture of him/her.
11) Which cartoon/anime do you guys think is better, Sonic or Pokemon?
12) Do you guys think Pikachu or any other Pokemon was Nintendo's mascot instead of the fat plumber? I do.
Sorry about the Nintendo related questions.
Espiogirl

1) Es-pee-o, it means "spy" in Spanish.
2) If the cartoon does really well here, you'll see a Sonic Underground comic.
3) Hmm...no. Just like Luke and Leia are twains, but they had different hair color.
4) Manic is the oldest, Sonic the second.
5) A million emails with the same IP address won't exactly help...that would be considered an email bomb. A better way would be to just ask them nicely through a VERY emotional letter...
6) Maybe.
7) The Vector that's working for us?! No! Or the reptile Vector? In that case, in the comics, sorta.
8) The making of the cartoon has already ended.
9) Why the heck did Sega pick a speedy hedgehog? And Microsoft pick windows? Same reason.
10) Never heard of him/her/it.
11) Sonic.
12) Zelda is Nintendo's mascot.

Sonic Movie?

When is the Sonic Adventure music CD comin out in the US?
Sonic1947

After the game come out. Which is September 9th, 1999.

Sonic Dragon Ball Z crossover.

On one of the Sonic comic reviews of a website, they said that there was going to be a comic with a Sailor Moon crossover only with the Sonic characters playing the role of a few Sailor Moon characters. Is there a slight chance that there'll be a Dragon Ball Z crossover? If so, what kind? The DBZ meeting the FF's, or the same in the Sailor Moon crossover [Sonic characters playing the role of the DBZ people.
SpeedySwaf

Where have you been? :-) The crossover did happen about 2 month ago. And as for Dragon Ball Z, slim chance. But nothing's impossible, knowing Archie...

Sonic Movie?

1. When do you think the Sonic movie will be out.
2. How can I get the Sonic posters from the satam show or from Archie Comics?
3. Is Dreamcast coming out in May?
4. What channel is Sonic Underground going to on?
-Rich

1) Not anytime soon, if there is one planned.
2) Pay them a lot of money (like $300), and they make one specially for you.
3) Most likely not. Sega isn't stupid enough to repeat a Saturn.
4) Considering all the other channels have confirmed their show list for the near future except for UPN, I'd say it's them.

Strict Sega!

Why wasn't Sega as strict with SatAM as they are with Archie Comics? Since StH#50 Dir.cut added new stuff to the old StH#50 like the kiss, is Dir.cut replacing the old StH#50, or are they showing what it would be like if they didn't goof it up?
Sonic1947

Sega is different today, back then it thought they could do no wrong. Today's Sega takes everything more serious, especially their mascot. And another reason is DiC is much larger than Archie, so they had more power to force Sega to listen to them. And yes, I think Archie would consider the Director's Cut a replacement for issue #50.

Anti-Sonic Adventure.

Have you heard about this Anti-Sonic Adventure sh*t? It's a bunch of losers getting together and posting things on their pages saying they want the SEGA Charactors to stay the same. Do you think this will have any type of effect on Dreamcast in the US? Also, I asked this before but I can't find the answer. How many SatAM Videos are there? Do you know the names??
Soneec

Yes, we have heard about them. And I don't think A.J. Freda is a "loser". I respect their opinions, since some fans liked Sonic because of the 2D element. Now I think Sonic will gain a huge following no matter what, the older gamers will look at it and remember the good old days while the new, younger fans will just like it because it's...hmm...cute? As for the SatAM videos, we really don't know how many are out. But I can confirm Sonic and Sally, Sonic Racer, Sub Sonic, Warp Sonic, and Heads or Tails.

Mix up...

Dear Sonic HQ,
When you said that Knuckles #23 would be released on March 3rd, did you mean to actually say #24 or what?
Lee Bicker

On the News page? Er...you're right, we mean #24. Thank you for pointing that out.

Future games?

Are there going to be any future sonic games based on how they left it in Sonic and Knuckels. As Robotnik having his Death Egg crashing into something from the sky?
Weastlak

Most likely not, because Sonic Adventure's storyline completely different from the early Sonic games. And I will say this, many people believe that the Sonic Team have never confirmed that Sonic takes place (before SA) on Mobius, well, I did some research, and found in an interview dating back to Sonic 2 days, Naka himself said the words Sonic takes place on Mobius.

Comics Page.

When are you going to update your comic info page? It hasn't been updated since November 30, 1998!!
STNCoLD862

Soon. Knux Lee seem to have fallen off the face of this planet (mostly due to Asian economic depression and tons of homework [Malaysia]). WB will get that page rolling again VERY soon. Since he's hit Spring Break.

Sonic Adventure...

How much will sonic adventure cost?
will it come with a packing game?
Echidna89

Sonic Adventure will most likely cost $45 at launch. And most likely it will not be a pack-in.

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