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    International Deals for DIC

    2005-11-10

    BURBANK, November 10: DIC Entertainment notched up several new deals at MIPCOM on key properties such as Trollz, Strawberry Shortcake, Sabrina: The Animated Series and Totally Sonic.

    The animated series Trollz has been licensed to 93 territories so far. New broadcasters on board include NRK (Norway), Channel 4 (Finland), Minimax (Poland), TSR (Switzerland), ORF (Austria), EMTV (Germany & Austria), DRS Free TV (Switzerland), SABC (South Africa) and Canal J (France).

    Strawberry Shortcake now reaches 163 territories worldwide, with new deals including Jr. TV (Germany & Switzerland), Channel 4 (Finland), TV2 (Norway), Alter Channel (Greece), Canal J (France), SIC (Portugal) and Club RTL (Belgium).

    DIC also shored up deals on titles from its library, including Super Duper Sumos to ORF, Austria and Luk International in Spain; Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever to TSR, Switzerland; Mary-Kate & Ashley to Saran in Turkey and Luk International; Sabrina's Secret Life to ABC Plus in Romania; and Sabrina: The Animated Series to Club RTL Belgium and Nickelodeon Holland. Further, Sonic Underground went to GMTV, Germany and AB Group for French-speaking Europe, which also secured Totally Sonic and Movie Toons.

    Sonic Riders 2 for PS3/X360, k

    SEGA will release a sequel to its racing game Sonic Riders on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 according to producer Takashi Yuda.

    More interestingly, Yuda-san revealed that sections of SEGA would like to see Space Channel 5 return on next-generation platforms.

    Speaking at a press event in London this week, Yuda-san told Eurogamer, "there will be a sequel to Sonic Riders, and it will definitely be on PS3 and Xbox 360". Definitely, we responded, parrot-like to the last? "Yes."

    How about Space Channel 5? There are people - higher-ups, it seems - who are keen on the idea, Yuda-san told us. "But nothing has been decided."

    Yuda-san also said that that his team was interested in porting the current-gen Sonic Riders to PlayStation Portable, although, again, nothing's been decided at this point.

    Before any of that, however, we'll have to wait and see Sonic Riders itself. Due out in early 2006 on PS2 and Xbox, the Sonic-inspired racing game has players coasting along on hover-boards powered by air, a stock of which is replenished by performing tricks and pausing at refill stations and can also be used as an F-Zero-style boost.


    Source: EuroGamer

    Sonic Rush

    There is another Rush site up again. This is the site from SOA. It's pretty much like the other one but some of the tracks from the first one is missing while other tracks are longer; plus, it has ratings from Nintendo Power, music from the Desert level as well as one from a boss fight, etc.

    Sonic #158 and SX #5 Preview

    SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #158 by Ken Penders & Ron Lim "System Reconfiguration": Robotnik… Shadow… Mecha… and an army of Metal Sonic Troopers! Could things possibly get worse for Sonic and Rotor? Only the amazing revelations made by Robotnik himself… If he's telling the truth! Meanwhile, Uncle Chuck has a revelation of his own. Don't miss all the action, intrigue, nuts, bolts, and microchips as Knothole Village faces its greatest threat ever! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25

    SONIC X #5 by Joe Edkin & Ron Zalme "I Never Promised You a Chao Garden": The fate of the earth hangs in the balance as the reason behind Eggman's kidnapping of the sweet, peaceful Chao named Cheese is further revealed! Sonic, Tails and their friends face their biggest challenge yet as they struggle to save the planet from mass destruction! 32pgs, FC SRP: $2.25

    I am soooo excited! =D

    From 86th floor, of course