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Merry Christmas all. What's Ring Fit like? I was a big fan of Wii Fit, but that was mainly for the weigh-in. The actual exercises in Wii Fit were too basic to be of any use for weight loss, even though quite a few reviews were raving about the weight loss potential. Can you really lose weight with R...

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1184136851734482944?s=20 It's been known via leaks for a while now, but Classic Sonic has been officially confirmed as a secret character in Super Monkey Ball. A bit of an odd choice considering Super Monkey Ball came out after the Adventure Era began. Does this mark ...

The Mega Drive mini is out today. In Japan, Beep! magazine has been revived, as a special edition is being produced for the mini: https://www.play-asia.com/beep-mega-drive-fan-2-and-mega-drive-mini-magazines-combined-spe/13/70cw69 Also, if the Mega-CD mini accessory is opened up, there is a print ou...

https://twitter.com/cookbeck/status/1170027195579936770?s=21 The old 25th Anniversary book, which was supposed to be a limited run, sold out, so Cook & Becker are reprinting it with 32 new pages for Mania, Forces and Team Racing. That's low. Hey, loyal supporters, who bought our first book, which wa...

Very interesting. In the Sonic Jam OSG, they mentioned that Sonic 3 was supposed to use the Sega Virtua Processor. It sounded like it was just a tech demo that had been abandoned when the SVP was delayed. But in this interview, it turns out that they had spent 6 months developing a full-scale isomet...

Cook and Becker have posted teaser images of Mighty artwork from Sonic Mania, leading some to assume that a new Sonic Mania artbook might be on the way. Hopefully it's better than their last effort, which had game sprites at full page and then all the unseen concept artwork at thumbnail size that w...

https://twitter.com/UltimateDSman/status/1163991155773706240 ^ Looks like there will be a story mode involving both classic and modern characters, including the return of long-time absentees such as Eggman Nega. The first story was excellent, but it got progressively worse, with the final Rio game j...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=59&v=DFeNoTybjF8 ^ So the classic 2D mode is indeed a thing, with Mario and Sonic competing in the 1964 Olympics in 10 different events. This would be neat if it wasn't for the cheapo fan game look that comes from mixing the different sprites. Maro Maker 2...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=LTZajRoULlQ ^ New character Cherry Hunter, who is the daughter of Adam Hunter. This is supposed to take place 10 years after 3, and Cherry's already a teen, so she must have been born before the original SoR? Plus confirmation of a Switch release, whi...

https://twitter.com/DaPatMac/status/1152391308322988032
^ The first-ever Mighty plush is coming

It gets even weirder. In 2015 Sega Europe licensed dance remixes of Sonic music including Sonic 3's Ice Cap. Sega has made dysfunctional blunders in the past, so it's easy to assume that these dance remixes and the TecToy examples were just caused by a lack of attention. However, usually, when a com...

https://ebten.jp/sega/p/7015019091906
^ The Japanese collector editions includes mini cartridges of all the games on the system.

Tsuyoshi-kun wrote: I can only assume Nintendo mandate is why they don't use the Super Mario World / All-Stars sprites for the Mario cast.

That's probably the reason. Although it's too bad Sega didn't go for some 8bit Master System style sprites so they better match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzaXI6hhzHA ^ Trailers out. Looks like there's an 8-bit mode, which is rather lazily done as everything has 8-bit graphics, apart from the Sonic characters which are 16-bit (unless that's just a fun thing for the trailer). Seeing as the Mario games were re-released wi...

Oddly enough Sonic 3 did appear on the Mega Drive console that was re-released in Brazil in 2016 . So the legal issues seem to be bizarre. --- https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/4/18652108/sega-genesis-mini-mega-drive-tower-price ^ In Japan, you can purchase accessories for the Mega Drive Mini, includin...

I'm guessing sales must have dropped to do another winter title, but they probably think there's enough interest left for a main game, especially as it's set in Japan.

There's been plug and play Mega Drive consoles in the past, but Sega's now getting in on the act with a first party version that will be releasing worldwide: http://genesismini.sega.com/ The line up seems to differ by region. For example, at Sega Fes it was stated that Sonic 2 would be the only Soni...

The series is still dragging on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQduLFJ8iRM I actually quite liked the first Winter DS version as it had a neat story mode. But then the story got progressively worse with each instalment. I think in the last 3DS title the characters only dispense play tips in story ...

The new Apple Aracde will have an exclusive title known as Sonic Racing. The press release has an image from Team Sonic Racing, so I'm guessing it's a variant of that title, possibly with the team stuff removed? (judging by the title)

I am glad they are doing more animated shorts, but I wish they had kept them for Classic Sonic. We're so used to seeing Modern Sonic talking, so he doesn't pull off the silence as well as Classic Sonic (even though I still think it's dumb that they don't let classic Sonic talk). Also, 2D animation i...

The head isn't that bad. It's not great, but I think your general movie goer who only remembers Sonic from the nineties probably wouldn't see it as being too different from their memories of the game. The body, however, looks too naked to the point of it being off-putting.

Jakks Pacific will be taking over from Tomy to produce Sonic toys. New lines include: A new Classic Sonic sphere collection which includes Ray and Mighty. There spheres can be catapulted around a Green Hill Zone play set: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_dywRHaKy/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt_ddUVnU...

I'd personally like to see them do a Sonic game that was free of recycled content (especially as it was Iizukia who mandated the old stuff). I've been playing Freedom planet lately, which originally started off as a Sonic fan game. As nice as it is, the Sonic elements are so strong that I wish it wa...

https://gonintendo.com/stories/328969-rumor-new-sonic-cartoon-coming-this-year At the recent Toy Fair Jakks Pacific announced they had acquired the Sonic licence. In addition to showcasing their forthcoming Sonic toys, they also mentioned a new cartoon would debut later in the year. None of Jakks to...

Christian Whitehead recently announced the formation of Evening Star a new studio which is made up of the Mania Team. They'll be making games using the Star Engine which is an evolution of the Retro Engine. So I wonder if this means we will be seeing more 2D Sonic games from them. Or if it means tha...