Sonic HQ25 Years & Counting!

Sonic The Hedgehog #166
"Mobius: 25 Years Later PT 1": The most requested storyline in years has returned with answers to the future! The planet Mobius is ruled with an iron fist by King Shadow with his chief enforcer Knuckles. Can an old friend and a kid find the once great hero Sonic, and will Sonic be the once great hero he was after all these years? Script: Ian Flynn. Art: Tracy Yardley. Cover: Sanford Greene

Sonic The Hedgehog #167
"Mobius: 25 Years Later PT 2": The conclusion to this future epic is finally here! The new monarch King Shadow has taken advantage of the reset future and had his chief enforcer Knuckles arrest the forgotten hero Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles' own daughter. Can Sonic and Tails convince Knuckles of Shadow's evil, or will they be lost to the dungeons?! Script: Ian Flynn. Art: Tracy Yardley. Cover: Sanford Greene

Source: Archie Comics

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IGN hands-on

Enjoy.

You can see it at the video homepage.

New Hedgeohg's name confirmed by Sega of America

Plus new pictures of him in action. Players One-Four on Sonic the Hedgehog 06? Ooooooo.

sonic.sega.jp/wildfire/

So, it was announced today at Microsoft's E3 conference that Sonic the Hedgehog (the Mega Drive one, I'd assume) is going to go onto the Xbox 360's Live Arcade service.

Xbox Live Arcade, if you don't know what it is, is where you can download smallish games for a couple of quid on your 360, where they come replete with achievements and online leaderboards and so forth. I don't know what extra features will tie into StH though (apart from working in HD), or when it'll be released since there hasn't been a lot of detail on it.

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Sega's just released info on the rumoured "Sonic Wii" game:

SEGA ANNOUNCES SONIC'S CHARGE ONTO THE Wii CONSOLE

Sonic The Hedgehog Rewrites the Arabian Nights in a Completely New Adventure Exclusive to the Wii Console

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (May 9, 2006) - SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced Sonic Wild Fire (working title) exclusively for the Wii™. Developed by SEGA Studios, Sonic Wild Fire stars the Blue dude with the 'tude on his first solo adventure since the original Sonic The Hedgehog™ in 1991. This intense and exciting action game takes advantage of the innovative Wii™ controller as Sonic combines his trademark high-speed action with easy to play controls to offer a brand new experience!

Sonic's new adventure unfolds from a storybook of the classic tale, Arabian Nights, the last several pages from the book have gone missing, and it's up to Sonic to re-create the story. The vibrant environments provide for a refreshingly new look to the franchise filled with brightly colored mosaic tiles, glistening oases, swaying palm trees, and crumbling stone columns. Sonic activates specific areas in the prismatic environment to pull off new tricks and stunts, in addition to interacting head-on with various obstacles by jumping, dodging, and dashing.

"Sonic Wild Fire and the innovative Wii controller changes the way gamers play interactive entertainment," said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of SEGA of America, Inc. "SEGA is excited to lead the gameplay revolution through its support of Wii with a Sonic release built exclusively for this new system."

Gamers will use the Wii controller to steer Sonic and experience an untapped freedom in gameplay and control. Hold the controller horizontally with two hands and tilt left and right to steer Sonic on different paths and maneuver deftly from obstacles and enemies. Continue to tilt and fling forward to dash-attack ground and air enemies and to break down barriers. In addition to the main game is an array of unique controller-focused mini-games which make Sonic Wild Fire fun to play alone or as a multiplayer game with friends. Get ready for a refreshing adventure that puts you on the forefront of gaming!

IGN put a new article online:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/704/704899p1.html

And a NEW character is (obviously) to be introduced, and SEGA can't get enough of Shadow the Plot-point-hog:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4183/scan00056qp1.jpg

What happens now? The plot thickens...

Gamespot has uploaded 8 new screens from Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

They show Sonic fighting robots in a burning city and one in what looks like a church. It all looks a bit dark and Sonic looks pissed off in every shot!

Still no signs of any other Sonic characters.

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/sonicthehedgehog/screenindex.html?page=images

According to Diamond Comics, Archie's Sonic X #8 is on sale in comic shops starting yesterday.