Gaming Union writes "Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most venerable characters in the video games industry, but recently many believe the quality of his games has suffered.
Kikizo writes:
DarkZero: A six-year old Norwegian kid called Christer wrote a letter to his King to help him change his name to Sonic X as he loved the cartoon so much. The cartoon is the latest travesty based on the now terrible Sonic games.
Sonic Unleashed has received a new add-on in the form of the Holoska Adventure Pack, now available for download. The 505 MB download adds 4 daytime and 2 nighttime levels and costs 250 MS points.
Retailer Amazon.com on Tues. price cut Sega Corp.'s Sonic Unleashed for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360, Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 and Nintendo Co.'s Wii to under $30 in a one-day sale.
VideoGamer.com writes: "Have you ever wondered why Sonic the Hedgehog can't swim? No, neither had we - but that didn't stop us from stumbling across the answer during a brief-yet-bizarre interview with Yuji Naka."
Yuji Naka: "The current Sonic games I've not really looked into and had the time to play, so I can't really comment on them that much. I know that it's in good hands with the Sonic Team at SEGA."
It's the money, stupid. And enough gamers buy crappy Sonic games for Sega not to care, according to an anonymous Sega employee. Boss Rush was an anonymous blog, currently deleted, run by someone who actually turned out to be Sonic Europe employee Ben Andac (who is no longer with the company).
Tommy Tallarico, legendary game music composer, has confirmed to IncGamers that he will compose three songs for the upcoming Sonic Unleashed.
Ever since Sonic Adventure 2 on the Sega Dreamcast the hedgehog has suffered some pretty poor releases. Sonic fans have been hurting for a long time now with titles like "Sonic Riders" and more recently "Sonic The Hedgehog". What little good will gamers had left for the blue blur is quickly evaporating thanks to Sonic Unleashed, an otherwise decent Sonic game ruined by brawling levels that turn Sonic into a werehog combatant. So why exactly do the development team keep screwing things up exactly? David Clayman caught up with a member of the development team on Sonic Unleashed and asked them exactly this.
Gamerdeals.net writes:
SEGA of America, Inc. is happy to announce that Sonic Unleashed for the Wii home video game system and the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system has officially shipped to stores across North America. Packed with stunning internationally-inspired locations and classic fast-paced gameplay, Sonic Unleashed promises an action-packed adventure for gamers of all ages featuring an extensive variety of missions and puzzle stages as well as unlockable content throughout the game for players to uncover.
From Strategy Informer: "Strategy Informer recently reported that the PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed has been delayed in North America until December. The Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 version of the game will still be released on 28th November.
PSB writes:
SEGA has told Eurogamer that the PS3 version of Sonic Unleashed has been pushed back to an unspecific date in December.
SEGA has revealed that the reason behind Sonic Unleashed's Japanese delay has nothing to do with improving the game's quality for its Japanese release, but as a result of sales strategies and manufacturing schedules.
In North America and Europe Sonic Unleashed is exploding on every viable console on the market with a PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 2 version that Japan isn't getting. Sega of Japan plans to release Sonic: World Adventure (renamed to better fit Sonic's journey around the Earth and downplay the Werehog thing?) only on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. The PlayStation 2 port will be completed before Sonic: World Adventure launches in Japan so this begs the question why is Sega passing on it? It's not like Sega Japan is abandoning the PlayStation 2 entirely. Thunderforce VI comes out on Thursday in Japan and unless Sega has anything secretly planned it will be the final PlayStation 2 game published by Sega in the region.
Ripten highlights three new Sonic Unleashed stages with video and descriptions of each.
Gamershell.com writes "TSSZ News is reporting that Brazil is a playable level Sonic Unleashed, the next installment in the multi-million selling franchise in the works at Sonic Team."