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This week's Xbox Live Arcade titles are Golden Axe and, finally, Sonic the Hedgehog. Both cost a mere 400 Microsoft Points, with Golden Axe allowing for co-operative play on Live and locally. The Achievements for both titles were made available yesterday, and led us to believe that at the very least, GA was coming today. Fortunately, we were only half right, as Sonic finally made its debut under the Sega Vintage Collection line of titles. With any luck, we'll see Ecco and Sonic 2 follow suit.

JoystiqSonic and Golden Axe speed to Xbox Live Arcade originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This Virtual Console Monday highlights not only gaming's underlying obsession with golden objects, but our disgusting habit of putting painful puns in paragraphs where they don't belong. Indeed, golden weapons, golden rings and golden nuggets have combined to provide one Au-some selection of retro titles:
  • Lode Runner (NES, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): The Runner being some sort of crazed kleptomaniac with a shovel, as best we can tell. Grab the gold, avoid the robots and scream in agony as you plummet into your own hole. Again.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii points): A true platforming classic, Sonic 2 takes the 'hog to space and back. Note: Playing this game may cause the Chemical Plant Zone theme to become permanently lodged in your brain.
  • Golden Axe II (Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii points): With names like Ax-Battler, Tyris-Flare and Gilius Thunderhead, is there any question as to why your band of heroes would need to defeat someone called Dark Guld? We think not.

JoystiqVirtual Console adds Sonic 2, Golden Axe 2 and Lode Runner 1 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We sort of missed this yesterday, and it's time to make it right. In addition to the ESRB revelation that Lara Croft's latest adventure, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, is heading to the Xbox 360 (possibly as DLC), Joystiq also uncovered an ESRB entry for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Add this title to the ever growing list of Genesis classics rated by the ESRB -- Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage 2, Ecco the Dolphin, and now Sonic 2 -- and the existence of the SEGA Vintage Collection is becoming harder and harder to deny. Our only question: how many more titles does the ESRB need to reveal before SEGA makes an official announcement?

JoystiqSonic 2 speeding to XBLA says ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Further validating the screenshots of SEGA's Vintage Collection discovered earlier this month, ESRB ratings have been discovered for two of SEGA's classic titles. One of them, Sonic the Hedgehog, we've known about for some time. The other, however, is something of a surprise. Ecco the Dolphin is also listed for the Xbox 360. While we love the original Sonic as much as any self-respecting gamer, we have a special soft spot for Ecco. Given an HD makeover and the spiffy new age soundtrack from the SEGA CD version and we'd really have a special title on Xbox Live Arcade.

What other titles would you like to see in the SEGA Vintage Collection? Kid Chameleon, Altered Beast, Phantasy Star?

[Via Joystiq]

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JoystiqEcco and Sonic receive ESRB ratings for XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 May 2007 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If an Xbox 360 site based in the Netherlands is to be believed, then Sega has a "Vintage Collection" bound for that console. It'll contain at least Sonic the Hedgehog, and we're hoping some other classic titles. One question bugs us though, what took them so long?

Although our Dutch is rusty, we sent the website through a translator and got this poetry, "That Sonic the Hedgehog arrives there we let us not know all, but that the game under the SEGA vintage collection falls." Words to live by. Check out the site for more images, and we'll try to get a list of what other titles this might include.

JoystiqRumor: Sega Vintage Collection heading for Xbox 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 May 2007 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the first time since its announcement back at The Last E3 Evar we finally have some new info regarding SEGA's involvement with Xbox Live Arcade, and the original Genesis/Mega Drive launch title, Sonic the Hedgehog. We were a little worried that Nintendo's Virtual Console scooped Microsoft, as the title's been available since the Wii's launch. SEGA's apparently going to be releasing their XBLA titles under the "SEGA Vintage Collection", with Sonic leading the pack. More screens available by clicking the "Read" link. So, is it about time, or does it really take AGES to be this good?

JoystiqFinally, some Sonic & SEGA XBLA details originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 May 2007 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As more and more comic books are being turned into movies (X-Men, Hellboy, Sin City, etc.), comic book characters are becoming a hot commodity. SEGA is now jumping into the fray, picking up the videogame rights to Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor. All three characters are set to have feature films in the near future and it makes sense that SEGA would do their best to acquire them (blockbuster movie = free marketing). These characters will join SEGA's roster alongside Iron Man, whom the company acquired last year. Iron Man, incidentally, is also being made into a feature film.

Given the quality of recent SEGA titles (cough, Sonic the Hedgehog, cough), we remain suspect of the new Marvel games. Still, comic book heroes generally make decent fodder for videogames (Superman notwithstanding), so we're cautiously optimistic. Here's hoping.

Since we're on the topic, how about we get Captain America and the Avengers on XBLA? Let's get somebody working on that, mkay?

[Via Joystiq. Thanks, Annie]]

JoystiqSEGA reigns in Thor, Captain America, Hulk originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Speaking to N'Gai Croal about the upcoming Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, SEGA of America president, Simon Jeffrey intimated that Sonic will soon be disappearing from the public eye for a while. Jeffrey notes that "we're not going to be bringing another [Sonic] game out on the other platforms for quite some time, because we feel that it is time to reinvent Sonic, to make Sonic contemporary again." While the recent Nintendo iterations of Sonic (Sonic Rush on DS and Sonic and the Secret Rings on Wii) have received decent reviews, his most recent outing on PS3 and 360 suffered from serious problems. Before that, the Sonic universe was subjected to the God-awful combination of hedgehogs and guns in Shadow the Hedgehog. To put it bluntly, the Sonic series has been faltering. Of course, that doesn't mean it hasn't been selling well, as Jeffrey points out.

Frankly, this can't be viewed as anything but a good thing. The quality of Sonic games has been slipping over the last few years and a "reset" sounds like exactly what Sonic needs. What would you like to see SEGA do with the next Sonic. We have only two words. No. Sidekicks.

[Via Joystiq]

JoystiqSonic getting a much needed break originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sonic the Hedgehog has a a few pieces of new content available on Xbox Live Marketplace. If you enjoyed the boss battles found in the game with, you might be interested in this. You can download, for 150 MS points each, "Boss Attack"s for each of the game's lead hedgehogs. Apparently, if you've completed Sonic, Shadow, or Silver's respective episode, you can use this content for what seems to be a game mode akin to Heavy Weapon's Boss Blitz, but for individual characters. Do you play the game, and would you pick this up if you do?

JoystiqSonic Boss Attack mode on Marketplace originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Egg ManEggManmarket placeMarketPlacerobot nikRobotNikShadowShadow HedgehogShadow the HedgehogShadowHedgehogShadowTheHedgehogSilverSilver HedgehogSilver the HedgehogSilverHedgehogSilverTheHedgehogSonicSonic HedgehogSonic TeamSonic The HedgehogSonicHedgehogSonicTeamSonicTheHedgehogX B L MXBLMWed, 21 Mar 2007 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Sega lawyers harass YTMND]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/12/sega-lawyers-harass-ytmnd/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/12/sega-lawyers-harass-ytmnd/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/12/sega-lawyers-harass-ytmnd/#commentsWe saved this post for after midnight, because the linked-to content features some racy rap in response to a cease-and-desist letter Sega Europe allegedly sent to YTMND on January 11, 2007. (Click subsequent links herein at your own risk.) Sega's lawyers maintain that consumers "may be confused into believing that [Sonic-related YTMNDs are] in someway [sic] linked to or associated with [Sega]."

Ok, pop quiz time. Reader, tell us, are you confused between this site and this site? How about between this site and this site? Or this one and this one? Didn't think so.

Therefore, a little anger on the part of the YTMND community seems warranted. Sega just threw water an on oil fire. This response, in particular, seems particularly creative. Check it out, but brace yourself for some salty language.

We've left a voicemail with Sega Europe's legal department, we'll let you know if we hear back from them.

[Image credit: Flickr user Zacharo2000.]

JoystiqSega lawyers harass YTMND originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Another day, another demo in the latest batch of X06 content. Today we get a brand spanking new demo of Sonic the Hedgehog. Is it possible we could see a new demo every day? The possibility is titillating. As for the rest, well, there isn't much. Just this:

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men trailer

It should also be noted that the Alan Wake theme and picture pack are also available now, though they weren't mentioned in yesterday's official list. The picture pack is 80 MS Points and the theme will cost you 150. Curious by their absence are the promised HD trailers of Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon. We can only hope they'll hit sometime today as scheduled. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, we're downloading the Sonic demo and working on the sh*t-ton of X06 info that is starting to hit. Stay tuned.

JoystiqBIH content, 9/27: Sonic the Hedgehog edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Another day, another batch of BIH content. See what we did there? BIH. See, it's an acronym for Bringing It Home. Pretty sweet, huh? Anywho, here's the almighty list for today:

Forza 2 Physics & Damage trailer
NBA 2K7 trailer
Sonic The Hedgehog trailer
Shrek 3 trailer
Just Cause trailer
NHL 2K7 trailer
The Darkness trailer
LEGO Star Wars II demo(!)

A potent list indeed, capable of discombobulating even those of the strongest constitutions. The real winner here is of course the demo of the UK's recent chart topper, LEGO Star Wars II. On a more peculiar note, wasn't there a trailer for The Darkness up yesterday? Is this one different? We'll be back shortly with our thoughts on the LSWII demo. We're sure you're waiting with bated breath.

JoystiqBIH content, 9/26: Lego Star Wars edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jammin!A recent search of the ESRB website turned up some scintillating results. Though not confirmed for launch or any specific timeframe, the names of seven Sega greats are listed on ESRB as coming to the Wii virtual console...and holy hell, can they pick 'em. Check it out:
  • Altered Beast
  • Columns
  • Ecco the Dolphin
  • Golden Axe
  • Ristar
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Toe Jam & Earl
You might recognize these games as being utter classics, some of the very best the Genesis had to offer. Most have at least a cult following, and they're sure to add a huge boost to the VC's popularity. Oh, how we long to echo-locate once more...

[via Joystiq]

JoystiqESRB rates seven Genesis games for Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GameTap celebrates Sonic anniversaryGameTap is now celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 15th anniversary by offering subscribers a trio of rare Sega Genesis "lock-on" titles. Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic 2, and Sonic 3: Sonic & Knuckles are now available through Turner Broadcasting's on-demand service, which is now over 500 titles strong.

GameTap TV is also joining the party with three behind-the-scenes looks at one of the most popular characters in video game history.

Related GameTap news:

JoystiqGameTap celebrates Sonic anniversary, Knuckles-style originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sonic

Gameshout is carrying word that our old friend Sonic may very well be headed to Nintendo's next-gen machine. What makes this bit of info and rumor all the more interesting is that this new Sonic may be different than the other new Sonics (you know, the ones that have already been announced as in development for the Xbox 360 and PS3).

Could this be the start of developers taking true advantage of the Revolution's unique control capabilites? We'll keep our fingers crossed that Sonic Revolution will be more than just a port.

[Via Gameshout]

JoystiqSonic racing to Revolution? originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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