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Publisher Sega will release a sequel to Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing this holiday season, Kotaku has learned. More »
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The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan's National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (Okay, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn't only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth. More »
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Could it be possible that Sonic the Hedgehog—after years of underwhelming games—is enjoying a bit of a resurgence? Both the re-release of Sonic CD and the debut of the all-new Sonic Generations have been reminding people how fun it is to play as Sega's mascot. More »
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This is appropriate. Every time I'm out speeding around and run into something, I feel like I've lost all my rings, too. More »
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Oh look. It's Genesis game Sonic & Knuckles running on the PlayStation Vita, a handheld that's been out for less than a month. More »
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After a decidedly lukewarm reception to the first instalment in its planned episodic series, Sega is already wheeling out the changes for Sonic 4: Episode 2. More »
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Celebrating 20 years of Sega's blurry blue mascot, this Sonic the Hedgehog Christmas tree from 8BitFix's Beatboxtaun stands as both a monument to video game culture and a reminder of those who won't be with us this holiday season. More »
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On Friday, artist Zac Gorman thought aloud "I think it'd be cute if Sonic ran like an idiot". He accompanied this thought with a cute little animation. The internet did the rest. More »
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This year, Sega mascot Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20. To honour the occassion, those classy Frenchmen at Amusement magazine put together a very classy tribute. More »
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The "Casino Night Pinball" minigame that console gamers got for preordering the game will be available to PC gamers via Steam on Dec. 26. It'll only run you $1.59 in the U.S. (Overseas, it's £0.99, €1.59, $2.99 in Australia). More »
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Sure looks like it! This new Nendoroid figure, from Japan's Good Smile Company, will be out next year. Pre-orders are already kicking off, though, and you can get one for around USD$35. More »
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Masato Nakamura says he composed the remix of Sonic the Hedgehog's Green Hill Zone theme the way he did the original: By imagining it as a film. The difference is he only had still photographs when he wrote the song 20 years ago. Now for source material has the advantage of full motion video—and, of course, one of video gaming's most iconic pieces of music. More »
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Boutique French publishing house Pix'n Love have you covered this Christmas, Sonic fans. They're releasing a 300-page compendium celebrating the history of Sega's little blue mascot. More »
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One thing we need to own up to with all these video game icons coming up on 15, 20 and 25 year anniversaries is that we're getting older, too. Just yesterday, Crecente was talking about all the trouble he has peeing lately. Poor guy. More »
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Even after 20 years, it's amazing how quickly muscle memory returns. And not just in the hands or the arms; I'm talking in the extraocular muscles—the ones that move your eyeballs. Blasting through that first, long runway that opens good old Green Hill Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog plowed headfirst into a garden-variety badnik. On restart, he did it again. My eyeballs literally were not tracking. I thought for sure this review of Sonic Generations would provide a cruel awakening to the fact a young man's game had passed me by. More »
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Earlier today I was wondering what qualified me to review Sonic Generations, beyond my capacity for saying "god dammit." Yet after a solid 24 hours with this game not only are my eyeballs properly tracking its sidescrolling motion, I've recovered my innate understanding of the technical requirements of a solid speed-run through a Sonic world. More »
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So, you've held on, 3DS owner. You've maintained ownership Nintendo's stereoscopic handheld despite a software portfolio that's been rough going. When will you be able to play a classic arcade ninja or a beloved, speedy hedgehog, you've cried?! One Japanese publisher has heard you and their answer is soon. More »
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What do you do after you've turned every animal in the world into a robot? Don't ask Dr. Robotnik; he's got no freaking clue. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5852872&view=rss&microfeed=true From Paris Games Week comes news that Sonic Generations will include the original Sonic the Hedgehog as an unlockable game, according to Destructoid. Takashi Iizuka of Sonic Team made the announcement. [Destructoid] More »
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog. And nothing says "old, possibly dead but worth a token remembrance anyway" like commemorative postage stamps. More »
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I can't take Sonic the Hedgehog completely seriously. More »
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I present to you a pair of videos from this fall's Sonic Generations. To appreciate what Sega is doing with this new Sonic game, you'll need to watch them both. More »
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Cult classic PlayStation 2 game Okami got a Wii port. It never got a NES version, because that system was well before the game's time. But what if it did? More »
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Video games have so many iconic sound effects—hearing the simple "ga-ling!" of the Nintendo coin can invoke a nostalgia as powerful as any memory of actually playing a game. From the Mario's three-note warp-pipe descent to Simon Belmont's famous whip, all games feature sounds that players will hear over and over and over again until they're drilled into our subconscious. More »
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In today's blue and blurry edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Monsieur.Froid suggests that Sonic the Hedgehog worked much better as a console mascot than a multiplatform star. More »
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It was captured on film—OK, cell phone—by one of the many contributors to People of Walmart, archive of discount store shoppers with questionable fashion and lifestyle choices. And here it is. More »
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The first time my friend showed me Sonic The Hedgehog on his Sega Genesis, he made me put the controller down so I could see how much more attitude Sonic had than my Mario. Sonic, you see, would get pissed if you left him idling. More »
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Hi there, smart guy. Yes, this is not germane to video games. That said, a dude pulling down his pants and squatting in the middle of the road over a deceased hedgehog, maybe spreading his butt cheeks a little and squeezing out a fudge dragon on its carcass, is something we can argumentatively link to the lamented state of a certain game franchise for purposes of a humorous poop-joke post to close out the evening. More »
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The problem with mining the rich and varied history of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise for Sonic Generations is that history includes this red and black jerk-off right here. For some, Shadow is a welcome addition to Generations. For others, he still signifies the looming death of a beloved series. More »
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Sonic the Hedgehog is now 20-years-old. To celebrate, Sega is bringing two Sonics together in Sonic Generations for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. To sweeten the deal, Sonic gets a rare "collector's edition" bundle, full of collectible tchotchkes. More »
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We started to see limited edition consoles pop up regularly in the late 1990s. They're of course commonplace now. In the early 90s and before, though, they weren't really around, which is where Ricepuppet's console customisation service comes in handy. More »
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In the wee hours of PAX, I rushed into the Xbox booth to catch a minute of the Xbox Live Arcade version of Sonic CD. The old Sega CD game is coming back later this year. More »
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Sega is bringing back Mega CD title Sonic CD, re-releasing the old game later this year on just about every platform under the sun. More »
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Or, at least all the crap that used to be associated with them. More »
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For Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary, Sega and Sonic Team will bring two versions of its mascot—in "classic" and "modern" flavors—together for a time-traveling, old school-meets-new school adventure. But only one of those Sonics will actually speak in Sonic Generations. More »
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There's only two Tails, but each Tails has two tails, making it four tails. See, I used the capitalization of the headline as misdirection! Just watch the video. More »
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Brian has a story to tell you. Of love, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Brian's story is totally true. Only, Brian's mum, don't read it, OK? More »
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The kids these days. They're takin' a shit, and boom, they got a game in their hands. More »
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Pondering why Sonic's fourth game paired him with Knuckles, and not Tails, Dorkly envisions this uncomfortable meeting with the hedgehog's agent. The audience wants unlikely allies, right? Even as hated, as Jar-Jar-class loathed as Tails is, somehow, we can't help but think this is where it all started to turn south for the series. More »
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I shouldn't like this. I should think this is stupid. It's not, and I don't. For some reason, I cannot stop watching this. More »
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