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SEGA Survey Asks About Crossover Choices…

CM30 on June 1, 2016

Do you like seeing Sonic in Super Smash Bros? Or the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games? Do you ever wish to see yet more crossovers involving the Sonic the Hedgehog series and third parties?

If so, well SEGA seems to hear you loud and clear. Because on their latest survey, the company asks what franchises the user wants the Sonic the Hedgehog series to have a crossover with.

And the choices?

Well, that’s where it gets ‘interesting’. Behold:

Seems like SEGA’s going for all the internet popular franchises here. They list My Little Pony, Disney, Looney Tunes, Adventure Time and even Dragon Ball Z among the possible series that Sonic could have a crossover game with! It’s like the company are reading Sonic the Hedgehog’s Twitter account and taking it a tad too seriously! Heck, why not add Five Nights at Freddy’s and Minecraft too? You’ve got everything else that’s popular online there!

Either way, here’s how I suspect each choice would go down:

My Little Pony X Sonic the Hedgehog: Oh god, the internet was basically keel over and die under the weight of all the flame wars. People are already getting sick of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic references in their games and media due to the brony crowd, and a crossover like this would just get buried under a flood of Youtube dislikes.

Adventure Time X Sonic the Hedgehog: Well, it’d be less controversial than My Little Pony, that’s for sure. Still not sure how it’d actually work in game format though.

Pixar X Sonic the Hedgehog: A Sonic the Hedgehog game where he meets the cast of Toy Story or Monsters Inc or The Incredibles would certainly be unique, and hey, the latter does at least have someone with super speed in it. But would Disney agree to a crossover with only Pixar characters and elements? They seem to be merging Pixar with the Disney animated universe at the moment…

Capcom X Sonic the Hedgehog: It’d make one hell of an interesting fighting game, I’ll say that right now. That said, I can also say a Mega Man crossover working, given how Eggman/Robotnik and Wily have worked together in the past.

Looney Tunes X Sonic the Hedgehog: Huh, that’s a strange choice for a possible crossover premise. Though maybe him racing Speedy Gonzales might work out well. As might a team up with Taz or an adventure involving Wily E Coyote and the Roadrunner.

Disney X Sonic the Hedgehog: Well, Disney Infinity isn’t a thing any more. Guess this could be a pretty good alternative.

Nintendo X Sonic the Hedgehog: A crossover platformer, racing game or other type of non party game would work well here. After all, they did try and put Mario in Sonic All Stars Racing at one point, and fans have been clamouring for a Mario/Sonic platformer for a while now.

Dragon Ball Z X Sonic the Hedgehog: Wasn’t this Super Mario Bros Z? That had Sonic and friends in it too. Still, this one could work on a thematic level, since Super Sonic is basically a Super Seiyan in all but name.

So there are definitely some interesting possibilities there, if SEGA decides to pursue them in the future. They might even decide to make a game which crosses over with more than one of the choices, if Sonic Lost World’s special levels are anything to go by:

But what do you think? What series do you want to see Sonic cross over with?

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SEGA Survey Asks About Sonic Crossover Games – Gamespot

Crazy Taxi 4 Was Under Consideration By SEGA?

CM30 on August 18, 2015

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Over the last couple of years or so, SEGA’s arcade taxi game series hasn’t really had a whole lot in the way of new titles. Okay, you had a compilation in 2007 and a mobile only game in 2014, but as far as major installments go? You’d have to go back to 2002 for one of those.

Above: The last main installment this series ever had

But regardless of that gap between releases, did you know that Sega had plans for a fourth game at one point? Indeed, at one (currently unknown point in the past), their Australian branch actually pitched Crazy Taxi 4 to the rest of the company, complete with some basic concept art and ideas that suggest a home console game more in line with the originals. Here’s the artwork they used for to pitch this undeveloped game:

Above: A basic piece, but it seems to share the madcap style from the earlier games quite well.

So what come of this mystery game? Well for reasons unknown, SEGA declined the pitch and the idea was scrapped. Was it due to the mobile game market? A lack of confidence in older IPs? Who knows, but what we do know is that such a game could well have been an amazing title had it actually gotten into development and a certain level of effort put into the game’s design.

But what do you think? Is the idea of a fourth Crazy Taxi game something you’d have been interested in?

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Portfolio Reveals Sonic Classic Collection Had More Content Planned, Crazy Taxi Pitch – Sonic Stadium

Mario and Sonic 2014 Discounted on eShop

CM30 on February 8, 2014

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Which is quite appropriate considering the Sochi Winter Olympic Games are going on right now. The deal is apparently active in both the US and Europe too, and gives you a nice 30% discount on the game’s price.

But my opinion?

Don’t bother. The game’s apparently not that good to begin with, and the only real ‘decent’ aspect is supposedly the soundtrack (which can be listened to for free on Youtube or numerous other websites). Just watch the actual games on TV instead, you’ll get all the enjoyment and none of the waggle controls.

Sonic the Hedgehog Redesign is Here!

CM30 on February 6, 2014

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Also known as Sonic Boom (yes really), Sega’s new redesign for the Sonic the Hedgehog series has now been shown with a game announced for the foreseeable future. And oh boy are some Sonic fans probably not going to like the end result…

Basically, they’ve aged up Sonic and the other characters and made them look like strange teen style cartoon characters in a way to make the new tie in cartoon show seem all different and interesting. Just watch the video and see the ‘unusual’ change in the full post!

New Sonic Game Coming 2015!

CM30 on February 1, 2014

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That’s according to this poster at the Nuremberg Toy Fair anyway, which lists the game alongside existing ones like Sonic Lost World and Mario and Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games as coming in the near future.

It’s also multiplatform. So in other words, it’s coming to the Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One. Keep reading to see the evidence for yourself and some other random thoughts on this matter!