Sonic's decline into a miserable territory since after Sonic Adventure 2 is, simply put, pathetic. Those who were fans were ready to convert into the 3D gameplay since then but along came Sonic Heroes.

And Shadow the Hedgehog. And Sonic 2006. And Sonic Unleashed. And the Wii games. Failure all around. It's become so bad that an amusing image was made to reveal the truth about the time a new Sonic game is announced all the way until release, known as the Sonic Cycle (conveniently atta...

Reenee via www.youtube.com »

A blogger Don Reisinger has typed up an article on the Sega mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Their claim is simple, Sonic is dying out and is no longer able to meet expectations, or match the older games.

Their evidence includes poll statistics, competition from other companies and mascots, the hype is now gone for new releases as the original players are getting older and that it lacks the appeal of current day games: sex and killing.

Is this really goodbye Sonic?

Dark Arcanine via news.cnet.com »

Sega has offered MCVUK with release dates for some up and coming titles, offering from Sonic Rush Adventure for the DS, Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for the Playstation Portable, Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360 and Universe at War: Earth Assault for the PC. They have also hinted that these release dates are only for European release date.

tidus04 via www.psxextreme.com »

"Last month’s news that SEGA and Baldur's Gate/Neverwinter Nights/Jade Empire developer BioWare were joining forces to create a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG for the Nintendo DS came straight out of Bizarro World. Now, BioWare chief Ray Muzyka has shed a little more light on a project that has taken everybody by surprise.

As well as promising that some of the world’s best writing and designing talent was working on Sonic, Muzyka also discussed how the studio intends to translate what is traditiona..."

mistermostyn via www.gamersquad.com »