Sonic HQ25 Years & Counting!

http://ngage.ign.com/articles/453/453820p1.html

Basically, it's a port of Sonic Advance, but with a reduced screen width because of the shape ofN-Gage's screen. Supposedly it's hard to tell where you're going. Yikes.

Sonic Heroes puts a new spin on the legendary platform series of games by offering team-based gameplay and allowing players to control 4 teams of 3 characters, making for 12 characters in all. Sonic Heroes will be released on the PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox platforms. Until then, Gaming Chart has posted 10 outstanding new screenshots just released by Sega which include a first look at the game's special stage: a bonus round not seen in a Sonic title since the Saturn era:

http://www.gamingchart.com/screenshots-79.php

Thanks for any linkage.

Adam Corsetti
Editor-in-Chief
Gaming Chart.com

Sonic Heroes is confirmed on the Mario Kart Double Dash Demo Disk. Gamestop has a list of the demos on it but here is the SH snippet:

Sonic Heroes playable demo featuring 2 levels and 3 characters
Go check this out it's great news!

Source:
Gamestop

Thanks to Adamis, Soly, and Nemesis! Dream Avenue has a copy of the Sonic Heroes alpha and has kindly taken a ton of screenshots.

Possible Zone List, New Pics
More New Pics
New Zones & Menus (Character Select, Sound Test, etc.) Directory
Team Blast & Special Stage Directory

The zones confirmed so far:
Seaside Hill / Ocean Palace
Great Metropolis
Power Plant
Casino Park
Bullet Station / Rail Canyon
Jungle (Unknown name)
Sky (Unknown name)
Mad Express (a level on top of a train, may be 2p only)

Sonic Heroes has 7 multi-player modes, including racing and bobsleds.

The Team Blast moves of Team Sonic and Team Rose are pictured.

There is a special stage and it looks like a cross between the Chaotix and Sonic 2 special zones, with a race with a chao hot air balloon thrown in.

Starting with episode 27 there is a new opening for Sonic X.