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Just a note to let you people know that my wisodm tooth surgery is today. Wish me the best as I'll probably be knocked out half the day. Nothing says happiness like a heavy dose of sedatives - WHOOHOO !!!!! ^___^ Later! The Neo Green Hill Zone has done it again! In something that caught a lot of people off guard - Ryan Drummond, the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Shuffle popped in to say hi! Here's what Mr. Drummond had to say: Aw yeah! This is happenin'! Is that not TOO COOL! ^___^ At any rate, its good to know that the voices will be returning. If Mr. Drummond relays more input, then we'll post it here for your viewing. Later folks! Source: Neo Green Hill Zone Reprinted below are the top ordered comics for March, starting from Sonic #85 to the lowest selling Archie book - Jughead. Note that other titles by other publishers have been shown at thier rank below, so that you can see where Sonic stands among other books of its kind (furry/comical/kid oriented, etc). Sonic is #217, with Jughead being #287. And for once - Sonic even beat a Pokemon book! ^__^ The color release for the cover for Sonic #88 has been issued. Spoilers and order form below:
Due to Memorial Day, Sonic #85 (depending on where you live or if you have a subscription) will not hit shelves until this Thursday - June 1, 2000. If you're lucky it may get in this Wednesday, but it may not depending on whom you shop with. You can find the comic book in any Grocery or Comic Book Store, or if you wish to order it online - Go to Mile High Comics and place an order for it at these links. Order Sonic #87 Online Spoilers below; Note that this is the first new story since the Sonic Adventure arc, plus the beginning of Danny Fingeroth's Metal Sonic storyline to take place next issue -  "The Big Payback"
Probably should have posted this a bit ago - but Spaz's latest Gamefan cover is none other than Fox's summer CG/Traditional animation masterpiece Titan A.E.. This issue of Gamefan is currently on shelves now.  I totally forgot about these things. :P At any rate - It hasn't been confirmed for release yet on the official website (no date had been given), but supposedly some people have been running across another wave of Sonic toys. I'm assuming that these MAY be the Toy Island ones considering that they ARE due to hit late first quarter to mid 2000, but at this time I can't confirm or deny anything as I haven't been able to find release dates for any of them, and can only go by what people have heard. The toys people have come across so far are Robotnik, Big, a "Skateboarding" Sonic, and Tails w/Chao which seem to match the TI motif. No word yet on the Resaurus figurines. To find out more on Toy Island's line click here
Hello from me, and happy Memorial Day to those in the United States. It is indeed a time to remember those who fought for the country, but it also means, well...another day off! =) On that note, here is your news on this long weekend for some:
JD Harding has re-opened his MP3.com page, and it showcases his Sonic remixes, as well as original songs by him. You can even hear the theme for the Sonic HQ RA News! Of course, you need to get to the site first, and I have that all taken care of. Also in the fan world this week, a Sonic Fan Games Exposition of sorts is starting to take form, in part thanks to other Sonic fan game developers, and Rlan, webmaster of the Sonic Fan Games HQ. Plans at this time are very uncertain, but the event might be hosted on SegaSonic.Net to the event to stay fair and balanced. A domain name might even be purchased. More details soon... And finally, we know that Sega is on rocky ground this week due to rough sales in Japan. With that in mind, it should calm your minds that a DC title made it to #1 in terms of Japanese software sales from May 15th to the 21st. The title? Kyuuen no Kizuna Sairin Shou. (No, we don't know that that is.) It sold 27, 546 copies, beating out Zelda: MM for that week by just 214 copies! Whew! And so, on that note, that is it from me for now. I'll be back next weekend; join me then.
A Super Sonic Destiny was going to be a really cool movie made by some Sonic fans, but the idea was canned when they had staff problems but it's back!! Yes, they are going to continue it BUT in Comic format! It's still really cool though. Here's what the owner said:
Well, its been a long time hasn't it. I know everyone is dying to know what happened to assd and Techenosama. I have good news and bad. The good is we are still working on a sonic cartoon but the bad is it's not assd. Yeah I know that really sucks but hey," what do you want from me"? I only had a handful of good help and in the end I was the only animator so I gave in. A movie is a huge project and for you to even think one guy can handle such a feat you have a lot to learn my friend. Anyway ASSD may become a comic book adaption and I am releasing the script on the fun page. It is a really good script and once you start reading it you will not be able to stop. And they have a new series bassed around SatAM which shows Sonic years later! Here's again the owner of the website: Well, ASSD was not completed cause of the length of the project and lack of help. Well, I now have a new and better staff *(Nick Manic the big bulk of it ^_^)* and we are trying something I think many of you fans may enjoy. I have to say this is going to be a really interesting project cause Sonic Next will be a continuation of the sat am but the difference is it will not continue from were the series left off. Archie pretty much covered that so why should we waste our time redoing what archie has done? Besides as Vic Rodriguez said," it's time for something new and more challenging to comprehend for the sonic audience". I mean we are all ready for a more mature and evolved sonic right? (Well, not sonic mabey but a storyline and characters none the less). We are also ready for a new villain I think as Vic stated as well. That is were Sonic NExt comes into play. That's all for now but I'll keep you posted. You can read more at Prism Shade Productions. Following up the follow up to Ed's report below comes the Good News :O) IGN DC's weekend update present a better version of the full picture for Sega explaining a bit of what is going on as well as making sense of the earnings - As a follow up to Ed's post below, I found three interesting tidbits of news on Sega X. First of all - The rumors of a possible partnership between Microsoft and Sega were finally laid to rest yesterday as CSK and Sega Chairman Isao Okawa publicly stated that he believed Microsoft was not interested in the network. It had appeared that even after Microsoft's announcement of their X-Box console that the two companies might generate a joint relationship. However, future operations centered around networking will be handled by Sega and CSK alone. Now for the fiscal losses and switchings of SOJ President. Rather than reprint the articles here due to thier length, I'll point you to them: 1. Sega President Go Bye-Bye; Fiscal Loss Thats all. ^__^ Personally I found it interesting. With the Sega Saturn - it was America that was doing bad and Japan that was semi-suceeding. Now with the Dreamcast, its been flipped. Personally, perhaps I don't know all the info on it, but I find the actual problem not with Sega themselves but with the unbelieveable fickleness of the Japanese market in general. And considering that thier economy isn't all that great it makes me wonder why they don't try to concentrate a little more in the American and European divisions - the two that ARE doing well. But perhaps thats just me - like I said. I can't fully understand EVERYTHING thats going on... Due to a scheduling conflict, the online chat with Ken Penders has now been RESCHEDULED for THURSDAY, June 1, 2000 at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Please go to the chat room at THE LOST ONES website. URL - http://www.thelostones.com Source: Archie Sonic Mailing List I talked to Mr. Penders in AiM, and I was able to get some spoilers about K:20YL out of him. :) I'll bet the lot of you are wondering since the Sonic: In Your Face Special: "What are Sonic's and Sally's kids' names?!" Well wonder no further, cuz here's what Ken has to say about their names. It may (or may not?) be a shock to most of you: We decided to go with Sonia and Manic, as I recall. I'll have to recheck the script. I was pretty surprised, as I didn't expect this (wouldn't you be? :P). I asked why Ken named them after Sonia and Manic from SU and he said: Since we weren't planning to incorporate any of the SU continuity in our series, we thought we'd at least acknowledge it by using those names. Interesting, ne? Other questions I asked from Ken are about Lara-su's knuckles, and Sonic's kids ages (Kinda personal questions, but I thought I'd share them with everyone :) When I asked Mr. Penders if Lara-su will have knuckles like her father or not: Lara-Su's knuckles don't show all the time, only when she wants them to. The only guardian who can retract her claws like a cat. Bizzare! And Sonia and Manic's ages: As for Sonic and Sally's kids, probably around 13 or so. Yes, they are about Lara's age, at least. I'll bet you're asking me "How can they be teenagers when we saw them as little kids from Sonic In Your Face to SSS#11?" Ken says: As for the other kids, this is a different story, which takes place after any other that has ever shown them before. Cool. Well that's all for now, peepz! :)
Just checked out the "Computer & Video Games" website and it had this:
Heavy talk spread across the 'net of a buyout of Sega by either Microsoft or Sony last night in the wake of yesterday's Nikkei report that Shoichiro Irimajiri is to step down as president this Friday. The announcement is almost certain to come alongside Sega's financial figures for the fiscal year '99 to 2000, which are expected to show a loss of at least £300 million. Mainstream financial press leapt on the story as Sega's position worsened. UK money paper The Financial Times reported that, "Sega's shares, which are down 63 percent since February 9, fell almost 3 percent to Y1,670 yesterday [May 22] despite the company's denial of reports that Shoichiro Irimajiri, its president, would resign because of the poor performance of the Dreamcast game machine." With Dreamcast sales in Japan falling by over 50 percent behind predicted targets and the imminent release of PlayStation 2, Sega's prospects are looking increasingly bleak, despite a strong showing at E3. The new president, Isao Ohkawa - formerly head honcho of Sega parent company CSK - will oversee the moving of the company onto an increasingly online footing, and is likely to prepare Sega for a merger or buyout of some kind. After Friday's announcement, the company will have posted losses for three years in a row. Its marketing strategies now include giving away free copies - probably in the region of 500,000 - of puzzler Chu-Chu Rocket in Europe and 4 million Dreamcast units in the US before 2001, on the proviso that gamers submit to its ISP for two years. The cost will be enormous - just how deep are Sega's pockets? Patrick Garratt
Tristan's note: My apologies for the article below. Something is causing an error in the News CGI script, and I can not edit the article to what it should be. So, until the error is fixed, here is the original article below. Enjoy.
The second edition of the RealAudio News is out...complete with a wrap-up of the top stories this month in the Sonic world, plus that important E3 wrap-up. Also in this edition, we have the latest on the Simplenet conflict, and the potential resignation of Shoichiro Irimajiri. Of course, all the details are given about the recent Electronic Entertainment Expo as well. You need RealPlayer G2 to listen, and you can either Download the entire file or stream it. Please note the the old RA News is now unavailable, as I update the files with the latest edition.
The second edition of the RealAudio News is out...complete with a wrap-up of the top stories this month in the Sonic world, plus that important E3 wrap-up.
Major kudos to m'VERY good friend, NetRaptor for goin out of her way to find out about this so-called Simplenet Crisis 2.
Hi from NetRaptor. I emailed Yahoo-simplenet about their account changes, and this is what they said: Thank you for contacting us. At this time, existing Domain Web Accounts & Packages that were set up under SimpleNet will continue to be provided the same service. New accounts and upgrades, however, will convert to the services offered by Yahoo!. Existing customers have the option to also convert to one of our new packages with no setup fees! Only your monthly billing will change. You can find out more at this URL: http://website.yahoo.com Whew! We're safe ... NR In other words, turn off the panic button and listen up. This means that everyone can now RELAX. I think J.D. Harding, who was the one who first alerted the Sonic Community of the problem, just jumped the gun WAY too early in the scene without cold-hard facts. Simplenet KNOWS they be trampling over themselves if they were to make the customers convert on their own. And thank god because the following sites all depend on Simplenet or simplenet related servers: The Sonic Foundation (SonicFoundation.org) ---AtlantisCity.net--- ---DreamTeamZone.org--- ..in other words, a WHOLE LOT of Sonic Websites would be affected. But, thank god it won't happen.
Hello from me, and the edition this week is a bit late due to the dreaded term we high schoolers call "Research Paper". In any case, here is the news:
FGN Online has reported this morning that Shoichiro Irimajiri could resign as president of Sega Enterprises in order to take responsibility for poor DC performance. If this happened, CSK president Isao Okawa would take over, and Irimajiri would become vice chairman of Sega, heading up development for the next Sega system. I will bring you more information as it develops. Also, Simplenet has either been bought or merged with Yahoo!, and now several Sonic sites on Simplenet could be critically affected. The maxmimum amount of space allotted under the new paid plans is now 250 megabytes, instead of unlimited space. Sites such as Team Artail, and SonicUnderground.Net could be impacted. I will keep track of the situation for you as this could spark a debate on previous Terms of Service policies that Simplenet had before the change. And finally, on a better note, The Dreamcast Technical Pages has moved to a better location, at www.segatech.com. Now, much more space can be devoted to their all important message board. And that is it from me; look for the next SHQ RA News either later in the day or Tuesday.
Icacap notified me of this preview, which you can read here.
Sega has officially opened the new, redesigned site. You might remember they had a preview of it earlier, before E3. Click here to take a gander at it!
STC 181 is on sale.
THE ORIGIN OF CHAOS! Pocachamac reveals the truth about the creation of the Chaos Emeralds upon which the entire Echidna/Drakon war hinges. Sonic and the warring factions also witness the creation of Chaos... KNUCKLES: Total Chaotix (Part 3)
IGNDC's Sonic Shuffle preview has been updated with new images and the first ever direct feed videos of Sonic's party. Image 1 Image 2
Image 3 Image 4 Image 5 Image 6 Image 7 Image 8 Image 9 Image 10 Movie 1 Movie 2 Movie 3 Source: IGNDC
E3 and Mom's Day in the same weekend...it's crazy! Anyway, here was what else was going on at the show:
SegaWeb finally updated, as Internet connections went bust at the LA Convention Center, and they took a closer look at Sonic Square/Shuffle. Now, they think that the game is more than just a Mario Party rip-off they were claiming a couple days before. Sega showed off many a few things at E3, including the DVD player prototype, the MP3 VMU player, and...Ulala. Space Channel 5 was the major game that Sega was showing off, and they did so via human Ulalas, and several stage shows. The Dreamcast Browser 2.0 was given away as well. With all the great games that were shown, there were some disappointments. Eidos, creator of the Tomb Raider series, cancelled some DC projects, and Daytona USA 2, which was rumored to be shown behind closed doors, was not there at all. That didn't mean there were not any other racers at the show--Sega GT and Metropolis Street Racer, both very good titles, were on display. And finally, there was bleem! As you might know, bleem! was a PSX emulator for the PC. Now it's coming to the Dreamcast. The display shown was a regular Playstation game on one side, and Bleemcast, the rumored name of the emulator on the other side. When comparing and contrasting the two side-by-side, one could easily tell that the PSX game running via Bleemcast had significant improvements visually. Look for the first batch of bleem! for the Dreamcast early this Summer. And that's it from me for today, but a special RealAudio News is coming up this week wrapping up all the details from E3, including all Sonic Team developments and a huge bit of Sega news.
Sega Dojo has recorded a clip of Sonic Shuffle! Click here to see it. Sure, it's kind of hectic and hard to tell what it's of, but still- it's video!
Source: Sega Dojo
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 Sega Web has taken pictures from the E3 show of Sonic Shuffle- and yes, the game looks great. However, the two journalists that went to see it, well- seem to hate it. After staring at fish thingies at the Seaman stand, we shuffled over to Sonic Shuffle. We shuffled away just as quickly: this game is a blatant rip-off of Mario Party. It even features similar game structures: a blue square is +3 points, a red is -3, and exclamation points take gamers to mini-games. O....kay... Geez, you'd think a Sega site might have some faith in a Sega game, right? And since when is a game that is much like a game a rip-off? I mean, the original Resident Evil had things in common with the first survival horror game, Alone in the Dark, but it certainly wasn't a rip-off. Besides, the same team that made Mario Party made this! How can somebody make a rip-off of their OWN game? Well, at any rate, I look forward to this game greatly, and these pictures certainly make me even more excited. Click here to read and see this for yourself. I think the two journalists were just cranky at the time they wrote this! ^__^ Source: Sega Web IGN DC latest update is here - and today they've gotten their hands on: Video's of Sonic Adventure 2! The first footage of the game in action !!! Two videos comprise the update - but read IGN's statement and check them out: Sonic Adventure 2 Videos - IGN DC Added by Rlan - Since Dubbs wasn't able to see what the movies looked like, I'm here to tell =) Unfortunately, No Music done here (possibly from that Sony Cam Corder they used ^_^) but what we see here is something of a Movie trailer. With quick Flashes of Sonic Doing certain things, even Knuckles!
I've taken MANY screen grabs from the movies, and they can be viewed HERE
Seems that Sonic has been in a lot of news lately, no? IGN has some news on Sonic Adventure 2. Nothing real special, but worth the look. IGN
Source: IGN DC
IGN has the full scoop on Sonic Shuffle, including some all-new screenshots. Click here for the preview.
Source: IGN DC
HOLD MY GOD!!! I'VE JUST FOULD SONIC ADVENTURE 2 SCREEN SHOTS! Yes your reading right!!!! Visit them here...
http://www.sega.co.jp/sonicteam/sonicadv2/index.html This screen shots totally rule! There way better then SA!! (Rlan - Just dding to what Neon Chaos Said) O_O!
**starts trembling** this is what we wanted folks! an Now WE 'AVE EM! Well, accordng to the pictures in the link above, this is what I've come to believe: Knuckles is there! WOOHOO! CHAOOOOO!! THEY'RE BACK!
Also noted at the bottom: Presented By SonicTeamUSA @SanFrancisco!!! This means that part of Sonic Team stayed in America! I hope that the sonicteam.com (see news below) hs something to do with these blokes. Frustrated because of the high high cost of the Canadian Dreamcast? Interested in a "DOUBLE" rebate ala the "Free Dreamcast" deal? What about Modem stuff as well as other news! Skeptical of the Seganet deal? IGN DC does it again and this is a REALLY big whopper for anyone considering or already owning a DC. Check out the news on the Dreamcast Price Drop and Rebate! For anyone interested, James Fry has placed up one of his original comic art pages on e-bay until Saturday. According to Mr. Fry, he'll be putting up at least one page per week for the foreseeable future. For those of you seriously into collecting original art - this is certainly a steal, as the bidding as of this post (I just got the email) is at $3.00. >;O) Fry2K - Sonic Pro Art: Sonic & Tails VS Doc R ! Source: Archie Sonic Mailing List IGN DC has released an article that confirms the existence of a Sonic Adventure 2 showing at this E3! Well what on earth are you waiting for - Read the article! GO ! GO ! GO !!! ^___^ Source: IGN DC - SA2
Is up! Go to www.sega.com to check it out! Might be a little slow and troublesome, but it looks to be great. And look, even they have the information on Sonic Shuffle! Oh my goodness, now I'm convinced that Sonic Team is behind it... (mind me, I'm a little slow)
Well, as much as to be expected, Mr. Naka recieved my letter in safe. And yet, another package goes, here was a quick note left by Mr. Naka:
"Hello! Thank you very much for sending me back the agreement with your signature. I really appeciate your kindness to make our Sonicteam.com website come true. MY LORD. He sent a TON of stuff, including ton of plushies: Sonic Adventure Samba de Amigo AND an autograph of Mr. Naka. Okay, this party is not ended YET, as I will keep you all posted when Sonicteam.com will be availible.  To correspond with the Electronics Entertainment Expo and the formal showing of SegaNet, Sega is changing around their official website. While the page doesn’t officially go live until this Thursday, Sega is offering people a sneak peek as to what they’ve been up to. The newest layout isn’t altered that much from the older one, as it just contains some Flash animation and a letterbox-style design. If you will recall, at the SegaNet official announcement an image was released displaying this layout. Now you can check out the actual version of this layout for yourself by following THIS LINK. ^__^ Source: IGN DC Courtesy of Gamefan Online - new information on Sonic Shuffle has arisen! The article is as follows: New information has surfaced on Sonic Team's Sonic Shuffle... The game (which is basically a rip-off of Mario Party with Sonic characters and cell shading, that neato graphics technique used in Jet Set--er, Jet Grind Radio), is scheduled to hit the Dreamcast this November, and will feature five boards, each of which takes place in a distinct zone from the world of Sonic (Magical Train, Firebird, Nature Zone, etc.). Sonic Shuffle will also come with tons of mini-games and trivia, multiple board paths, eight playable characters and online capabilities, so there's a lot of gaming to be found in Sonic Team's latest. We'll let you know how it plays when E3 kicks off later this week... Source: Gamefan Online  Sonic The Hedgehog #88 spoilers have arrived. Two long missing characters return as well as the beginning of a long awaited story arc! And awaaaaaaay we go - Sonic The Hedgehog #88 This seems pretty cool. Rotor is due to make a comeback next issue so we'll see whether it means he's back on the team or if its just an update on whats happened to him. Uncle Chuck is back - even though still under Robotnik's control, plus Athair is back in the storyline that was supposed to be the next "big one" for the Knuckles book. If I remember correctly - the "Chosen One" arc (that concentrated on Athair, Knuckles, and FINALLY puts Tails back into the spotlight) is supposed to follow this. Notice how they're starting to bring characters back? I'm assuming that by the early 90's Archie's gonna start something major in preparation for Sonic 100. Also noted is that James Fry returns this issue as head Sonic penciller and Steven Butler this issue as head Knuckles penciller. If you haven't seen it already - check out our interview with James Fry on our Interviews page! That's it. ^___^
I found this rumor that the SoJ message board. I think this is false and that some just made it up, but i'm going to post it here anyway.
"I want to know the rumor that I am hearing it is true. . . that will REALLY throw Sonic Adventure 2. .and will the history be that Sonic will be kidnapped and Tails, Knuckles and Amy it is that will save him? ?please! ! place the Metal Sonic as villainous of that time! !" You can see the post for yourself by clicking here. The the lates news on SA2 and everything about it, visit my SA2 preview page by Clicking here.
A happy belated Cinco de Mayo from me. There has not been a great deal of general news this past week; that should continue until the big E3 days. So, with that in mind; let's bring on the Fan News frenzy!
Russell Blakley of The Sonic Saga has told me that TSS has now returned to comic status. On top of that, John Fell, an original artist, has returned to TSS. However, the game idea reported last week is not completely dead because of this. Would you like to have a Sonic bedroom? Sure you do. That's why someone on EBay has put up a Sonic comforter for auction. The current cost is $39.50, and it ends in about five days' time. Check out the auction here. And finally, get a load of this--bleem!, makers of the emulator that will allow you to play PSX games on your PC, is apparently going to make another one to let PSX games work on your DC! Take a look at this article: Many of you have undoubtably heard by now that someone named Will Kempe has registered the domains: bleemcast.com, bleemcast.net, and bleemcast.org. It turns out that Will is a part of the bleem! team, and that come E3 next week, you will probably see the debut of "Bleemcast", a PSX emulator for the Dreamcast console. Needless to say, for anyone of you who rememebers what happened between Sony and bleem! at the last year's E3, this E3 should be VERY interesting to say the least. If this goes through, expect serious legal developments in the very near future. But, until that happens, that's the news from this week; I'll be back next week.   Reposted by WB; Courtesy of Rlan We've got 7 big news stuffs for you today (our largest news influx in a while), from Sailor Moon ***shivers***, to Conkers BFD, to new SA2 news, to Sonic Shuffle, to new polls, to the release of Sonic #84 - the list goes on and on :P But first we've got some GREAT NEWS on unraveling the "sprite mystery" of the long lost Sonic game for the Sega Saturn, Sonic X-Treme! Courtesy of well known chaps in the Sonic community, Rlan and Stealth. Reprinted from the SFGHQ News Page... For some reason, the moderator of SSRG made a accidental mistake. And because of it SFGHQ was down for a small amount of time, it's all fixed now though... Now for the BIG news! Our Friend Stealth has got his grubby hands on the ENTIRE collection of SONIC X-TREME SPRITES! Yes, the ones which were on Secrets of Sonic The Hedgehog, But the FULL COLLECTION! Unfortunately, theyre still in their original format, PCX, but hopeflly in the upcoming weeks we'll be seeing huge amounts of Sonic X-treme sprites popping up, so Watch this space! What we have is 4 zip files. The first 2 contain Sonic Sprites. the first having basic moving sprites but in 320x200 pictures and 400 frames of animation. The second one is the whopper, over 2200 frames of glorious fast running animation! With things like the tapping foot, to even the correct Animations when Sonic's turned on a Loop! The third one has EVERY SINGLE BADNIK (which was created at the time) for your own pleasure! All 24 of them - From Tbot to Pintup! And the last is a mystery. It's full of ANM files! I have no idea what these are, But I'm betting it was used for the programming o Xtreme, or something only certain large 3D modelling pograms can open. But BEWARE! the file size may be small zipped, but unzipped these take over 100 megabytes! So keep them zipped, or have Some hard drive left free. So what does this mean - it means that when most of those PCX files are translated, and the SXT sprites are up and running, we can finally see ALL of the animations that were done for Sonic X-Treme before it was ditched! ^__^ This is very valuable also in the sense that it also tells you a lot about how the game was made and what things were planned. Like attacks, various motions, etc etc. As soon as Rlan gets more info we'll keep you all updated. Congrats on great find Stealth! Now onto the dark side of our news.... OH...MY...GOSH.... I haven't posted anything this off topic on the news page in a LONG time - but these two tidbits alone are MUST SEES !!!! Many of you may have already come across this, but for those of you familiar with Sailor Moon, you all know how badly DiC dubbed the first season yadda yadda yadda. However - its still hugely popular in the U.S., with new episodes on the way to Toonami for MAYBE this Fall season. Well what if DiC (Do It Crappy ^_^) had never gotten it? What if Saban (Power Rangers, Flint The Time Detective, Dragonball Z first and second season) had gotten it? Many of you MAY not have seen this, but I've come across the original Saban trailer for thier proposal of a live action, musical "Sweet Valley High" version of Sailor Moon. ROTFLOL! You just HAVE to see how horribly and unspeakably bad this is. Saban was going to take Sailor Moon, get rid of the Japanese animation and replace it with snippets of American animation (in which Sailor Moon looks NOTHING like she does now) and make it all live action with dance sequences and everything. One of the Sailor Scouts (I THINK its Mars) is in a wheelchair, Luna is a fat fuzzy white persian cat that looks like a throw rug...OH MY GOSH... ^___^ Anyways - you all have to see this. Its a rather large file which I zipped and its in .mov format - you'll need Winzip to unzip it and either Windows Media Player or Quicktime to view it. Its a big download, but TRUST ME when I say its worth every bit. You'll be in stitches >;O) Saban's Live Action Sailor Moon Trailer One final thing before I close this out. If you've been keeping up with the gaming scene, Nintendo and Rare are planning on releasing a new game called "Conker's Bad Fur Day". The other night I downloaded the trailer for it and all I have to say is....well, I honestly DON'T know what to say on that - except that its possibly one of the most vulgar, adolescent thing I have ever seen in my life. O__o Its hard to believe that Nintendo is going this route on Conker (a character already established in two games as mindsappingly cute)...I downloaded the Movie for this as well and I want you guys opinions of it. But be forewarned - It may look cute and cuddly BUT THIS IS NOT OR CHILDREN. Scenes of near nudity (yes - A Nintendo game), bloody squirrels, shot up heads, YOU NAME IT - its in this trailer. :P For you guys of older descent - download it, view it, and put your opinion up on the Mobius Forum where a thread on it has already started by other forumers. What do you think? Is "Bad Fur Day" a bad idea or just another gore game? Same downoading instructions as the Sailor Moon trailer apply here. 
Well now that I've finally gotten my scanner fixed I can add some more to Joey's previous post on Sonic Shuffle as well as add some new info on SA2! I didn't see this at first, but in another section of EGM (shown to the left) in the latest issue there is one small tidbit of information on Sonic Adventure 2 that isn't mentioned in the main articles - namely more on the development team and 2 player functions! Besides the fact that there is new Sega Sonic promo art on the cover this is what was said in the Quartermann section of EGM dispelling current SA2 rumors: Rumor: Sonic Adventure 2's in development and is coming along splendidly, but won't show up till 2001. Good news if you ask me. Now if only we heard something on that "Nails The Bat" rumor thats been floating around... As a follow up - heres some more Sonic Shuffle tidbits: For pictures of Void (the new villian in the Sonic Shuffle party game) check above and to the right. For other screenshots, chek Joey's previous scans reprinted here.... It's that time again! The beginning of a new month - and that means updated polls! With E3 around the corner its a good thing too. With new polls on Sonic Shuffle and classic retro Sega to be discussed later, right now lets concentrate on the Poll Positions of April:
You can't go bad with what you KNOW is right! >;O) And the Chaotix win by a landslide! Mighty, Espio, Vector, and even Charmy Bee would all look exceptional in 3D and if anything - Chainspike's April fools gag of "Knuckles Adventure" proved that! Coming in at a hot second was a playable version of Doctor Robotnik (which would look bafflingly odd the more you think about it) and finishing at third place is everyones FAVORITE weasel - Nack! And we all know he's LONG OVERDUE for a return to any Sonic continuity! And you people who voted for the Mario Brothers should be hit sideways with a wet noodle.... >;O) Comment wise people suggested: Better Voice Acting (can I get an amen brothers and sisters?) a Sonic Love Showdown poll (Cruel joke people....cruel...^___^), Harder difficulty levels, 2 player mode, SURPRISINGLY people wanted a playable Tikal...interesting, Hyper Knuckles and Turbo Tails, and the return of Metal Sonic (how on earth I forgot to include that in the poll itself is BEYOND me...)
This is the LAST time I put Patrick Spaziante on any kind of poll you cheaters! >;O) Ignoring Spaz's gargantuan landslide win - coming in first place for writers is....JOHN BYRNE ?!?!?! Have you people actually picked up an issue of Spider Man recently or taken a look at his stuff on Wonder Woman? Sure - he is responsible for the modern day Superman..but..but...look at what he did to Spidey!!! You HONESTLY want that on the Sonic books? O__O Coming in second was Young Justice writer Peter David, whom I honestly expected to win because of his witty writing and the fact that he does well on team books...but oh well. For artists we have Joe Madieura (MAD!) whom I DID expect to win for this category, and coming in second, the ORIGINAL Impulse man Humberto Ramos - another one of todays greatest IMHO. :O) John Byrne INDEED!!! Reader comments however made another turn...namely to Benjamin Hurst - primary writer of Sonic SatAM...Go fig. ^^ This months polls give us a triple threat - plus on 2 of the 3 you can vote for MORE THAN ONE answer! Lets see what we got: Thats that folks! Get to voting ! ^___^ Poll answers will be counted at the end of the month Well it seems SOMEBODY in Archie HQ must listen to the fans - cause if you recieved Sonic #84 through the mail, or have bought it yet in stores, then you know that Rotor The Walrus - first generation FF who has been on Archie hiatus since Sonic #72 will be returning in a solo backup story in Sonic #85. ^___^ I guess that means that I can announce the fact that Sonic HQ will be having its first theme week, "Rotor Week", within the next week and a half - headed by Sonic fan Trevor "Bumper" Lake. :O) Why a week and a half you ask? Cause I still have to move from school and finish finals - THATS why. ^^ Also note that next month, Sonic #85's front story - Karl Bollers' "The Big Payback" is the epilogue to the Sonic Adventure adaption as well as the prologue of the "Return Of Metal Sonic" two parter that will introduce former Spider man editor Danny Fingeroth as a new writer. And speaking of current book - Sonic 84....  Sonic The Hedgehog #84 was released this Wednesday in local grocery stores, comic book shops, retail book chains and magazine racks around the USA. Spoilers are as follows: "Sonic Adventure - Part Seven: Perfect Chaos" As Super Sonic battles Perfect Chaos, Knuckles and the Freedom Fighters do whatever they can to save those in danger from the raging waters. With Super Sonic weakening, the heroes' only hope is to get the generator - which is underwater and buried under tons of rubble. Can they reverse the damage and save Super Sonic, or is everyone doomed? And even if they reach the generation, are they prepared for any ramifications their actions might cause? The review-its have been added to the news sidebar on the right for you all to rate what you thought of the book. Don't forget to add in your comments as well! The best ones will be featured as Reader Reviews for the month of June! ^__^ Its time for the Archie Comic poll reviews folks! This month we present your ratings and reviews for Sonic #83 - "Sonic Adventure - Part Six: Menace To Society":
Reader Reviews: Spectre_CA: True Red: Nicklas 'Astal' Bradach-Nall: Chazz, the Dark Legionnaire: Kevin: Alex Tibbetts: Blick: Trevor (Bumper) Lake: Nakkrusu: Redbone: R Prower:
Zifei Wu, founder of this very website and SonicNEXT, is leaving Sonic fandom to venture into E-Commerce. Here are his last words posted on SN Monday:
You might be wondering why there's been no updates for the last 20 days. Well, I had a lot to do in real life. And I had some time to set down and think. I've been with the Sonic internet fandom since the early days. 1995 to be exact. Around that time, no one really cared to make a Sonic webpage any good. Rat.org was a good archive, but a terrible page. The Freedom Fighter Network showed that a good Sonic page could be done. So I went out to try to make a true Sonic page. Zifei's Sonic Page was a graphical disaster at first, what did I know? But it grew around the bases of original ideas, not copy and paste. When I founded Sonic HQ, I knew that it would turn in to something great. Because the staff and the fans were so positive in support. Well, the summary of the story is that my work is done with the Sonic internet fandom. It has matured from the early crappy pages into mega hit pages. I am no longer needed to advanced the fandom just for the reason other poeple such as Kedzie-K, WB, Total Neon, Tristan, Rlan, and others are doing just that. I'm heading into e-commerce in a company I'm forming called Internext. I'm also making a Ender's Game webpage called IFHQ. Oh yeah, I just found out John Weeks, the great midi maker happens to goto the same school I goto (which is White Station High School in Memphis, TN), I need to catch him sometimes in the halls. My position as owner of SonicNEXT will be transfered to Jonathan Lazor (Vector). All the hosted pages will not be affected by any of this. ...Goodbye, Sonic, Sonic fans, and others. For the last time, this is Zifei Wu reporting. We wish Zifei the best of luck in his new projects; we hope that he brings as much magic and creativity to those as he did with Sonic HQ and SonicNEXT. Heh, sorry, folks, this isn't about the preview pages Ken promised to show us (since November...). I just thought you'd like to know a little fact about Lara-Su in K:20YL, and that would be her age. Here's what Ken said as I asked him how old she will be in SSS #16: "Most likely a teenager, probably around 14." And here I thought she would be roughly Sonic's kids' age... Well, just thought you all would like to know :)  Want to see a game that got a better review than Dead or Alive 2 or ::sigh:: even Resident Evil Code: Veronica? Well, Samba de Amigo (import) got a 9.4, beating Dead or Alive 2's 8.9 and REC:V's 9.2. Way to go, Sonic Team! Click here to read! Source: IGN DC
ZDNet's Videogames.com follows Sonic the Hedgehog from his birth in 1991 on the Sega Genesis to his most recent exploits on the Sega Dreamcast. Check out this page, it even covers the cartoons and comics. The History of Sonic Source: Videogames.com
For some odd reason, the Official Site (who's link gave me so much grief earlier) has not completed the pages of Issue #1. However, the Unofficial Site is completely up and running. Please check it out here.
Sorry for all the hassles.
This comes straight from Electronic Gaming Monthly's June Issue!
 Here it is, Sega's secret E3 weapon. It ain't Sonic Adventure 2 like you probably thought, but it is a Sonic game and- more importantly- it supports network play. Sonic Square (tentative title) is a multiplayer experience that'll no doubt draw lots of comparisons to Mario Party. In fact, some members of the crew who developed Mario Party are working on the game. Due for US release this fall, Sonic Square features Sonic and his roster of sidekicks and enemies, as well as several new characters. Most notable of the new guys is Void, the game's main villain, who has locked up the power of special crystals called Precioustones. It's up to you and three other players to compete in Sonic Square's mini-games and see who will be first to get the Precioustones.Characters will also have unique abilities to aid them in their quest, although we're not sure how those powers will factor into the mini-games. All the classic Sonic collectibles-especially coins- will be crucial to the game play, as well. Like Mario Party, Sonic Square includes several theme boardgame style maps, on which players move their characters by choosing cards. The boards are covered with meandering tracks of color-coded and iconic spaces. It's these spaces that determine the general types of mini-games players will engage in when everyone's done moving their character, much like Mario Party. The game's profucer in Japan tells us Sonic Square will pack in approx. 50 mini-games. Expect a lot of twitch stuff- plenty of Track 'N' Field-style rapid-fire button tapping. You'll also play, for instance, a shooting-gallery game set in the wild west. And we've seen a few contests that have everyone racing around expansive environments and bouncing off bumpers- all on four-player split screen. Sega told us the mini-game played online in Network Mode are mostly the same as the ones played in regular Battle Mode. And we've been assured that we'll see no lad in Network Mode. Sweet, no? Here's some images, too. And wanted to see the new villain, Void? Here it is! Source: Electronic Gaming Monthly |
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We see Knuckles doing some moves (although he rarely shows up) and Sonic Doing heaps like that "Sonic getting chased by the mother truck" in motion! also Alot of little messages pop up, the first one contains Truth/Lies, Light/Darkness etc splattered on the screen. the second one claims "Master Emerald, Chaos Emerald, Sonic The Hedgehog, Knuckles Echidna, Secret weapon, Dr. Eggman. And So on. Spooky eh?
Anyway, DOWNLOAD THEM NOW! Although I don't know why IGN has to put them in MOV format. I'll take MPEG anyday =)
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