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Ok so the last couple of days I’ve been doing some extensive testing with High Definition videos, some of you may remember the Sonic CD HD Videos that we released not so long ago. Those were only the start of what we have planned, so to kick things off I’m showcasing a High Definition clip from Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast. Enjoy and don’t forget to let us know what you think below in the comments section!
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A disclaimer before we start: This is in no way, shape or form a confirmation of Mario & Sonic 3. If such a game appears, and uses anything mentioned in this article, that’s just pure coincidence.
OK, with that out of the way, let us begin. We’ve had two games pitting Sonic and Mario against each other in sporting competition. Ironically, they were both Olympics titles. So, if SEGA and Nintendo were to put the two rivals against each other again, what would be the best way to do it?
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Last week, SEGA revealed Project Needlemouse as Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, and I’d like to take this opportunity to voice my opinions on the game, based on what we know so far. First of all, I’m impartial to Sonic’s design. I feel I should make that clear right off the bat. As a game in the Classic Sonic storyline, I agree that it should feature Classic Sonic, but it doesn’t, and that doesn’t bother me. So long as the gameplay feels like Classic Sonic, that’s all that matters to me.
But what of the graphical design? I like it. In a strange way, it seems to blend the classical with the modern rather well. As with every other site, I’m basing this off of three seconds of footage featured in the reveal trailer. Rather than me try and describe it, let’s take a look at a screenshot, shall we?
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It hasn’t taken long for somebody to rip the intro video from the Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demo on Xbox 360 and upload it onto YouTube! We’re rather glad they took the time to upload it in HD though, it looks awesome on the highest setting.
The video features quite a few of the main characters, but we’re not going to spoil the video for you. Watch it below:
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I know we’re a bit behind on some of our coverage so we’re going to make more of an effort to keep up to date with some of the newer developments that are going on at the moment. As of today Sega have released the Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing demo on the Xbox 360 marketplace and is currently only available to gold members, whilst it is a bit of a whopper to download at over 1Gb in size it is truly worth the wait to have a play. The game was available to play at Summer of Sonic 2009, however I was a little busy to say the least on that day so I didn’t get a chance to play it.
You can expect to hear more of my opinion very soon as I will be getting this game rest assured, as it seems to be the nearest thing that Sega have made (or Sumo Digital depending on how you look at it) that can compete with Mario Kart. I wouldn’t compare the two games directly as Mario Kart has had several incarnations under the same name which has been around since the SNES days and this is an entirely fresh game by comparison. But the demo isn’t the only thing Sega released today…
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This is quite an interesting turn in Project Needlemouse developments, the game referred to by the same name was yesterday confirmed by Sega Europe to officially be Sonic the Hedgehog 4. So there is a lot of happy faces because of this but also raises more questions; to name a few it seems as though the game will carry on from Sonic & Knuckles. Many fans favourite Sonic game was Sonic 3 and Knuckles including the storyline, bearing in mind this new venture is in 2D of course it will be interesting to see where things go… Voice your thoughts over in the forums.
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I thought it was about time FastFeet Media got on the newly released downloads a little bit, so here is the complete game rip from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
I’m fairly certain this is the Wii version but if I’m wrong you’re welcome to correct me! So far they’ve been tagged reasonably well and have album artwork, but when I get some more tim I will tidy up all the tags.
That is when I have finished adding all of the Video Game music which is currently being added here. Anyways click the links below to be taken to the game rip download and some tasty new entries:
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Following on from the amazingly best selling Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games comes the Winter Olympic version and just in time for the cold weather to set in, well in this side of the hemisphere anyways. Checkout the launch trailer direct from Sega, seeing as the game is out today, I’ve heard good things from people who have played this so far so it looks as good as the orginal – if not better! So if you have nothing better to do with your weekend grab your Wii or DS and get a copy from you local games store! Expect a full video review in SEGASonic:TV Series 2 and when I get ahold of my copy!
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So I thought it was about time FastFeet Media produced some HD footage (more to come *hint*). Thanks to TheBuilder from soniconthenet.org who actually compiled together a special Sonic CD DVD (worth checking out), we took that and made it into HD (High Defintion) and thanks to our encoding technology these have to be the highest quality versions of the Sonic CD Opening and Ending videos, including some footage you may not have seen! 6 Videos below 3 Opening videos and 3 ending videos. Download links to the HD videos to be added shortly…
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It’s about time! Not only has Sega re-done their video logo which looks awesome as far as I’m concerned, but there is going to be a new Sonic the Hedgehog game and it’s going to be in 2D. Something us fans have been wanting for quite some time. My hopes? That it is a fully fledged game on 360/PS3 (as it will be HD apparently), perhaps 2.5D like Sonic Unleashed would be better in my opinion and a sprinkling of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles as playable characters bring back the classic Sonic 3 & Knuckles story and gameplay! SEGA – just please get the balance right from all your 20 Years of 3D and 2D experience. More to come soon…
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