Sonic CafÃƒÂ© games come to the US

Post by **big_smile** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:18 am

Sega of America plan to capitalise on the increasing ubiquity of next-gen mobile phones by releasing four Sonic titles from the previously Japanese-only Sonic CafÃƒÂ© service.

Sonic Jump was originally released in 2005 and is some-what notable for being the first CafÃƒÂ© game to have a fully-developed story mode (previous titles simply used story frames that lacked a conclusion). Sonic must navigate trampoline-style floating platforms to defeat EggmanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s aerial creations.

Sonic Backgammon, Sonic Hearts and Sonic Darts are, as their names imply, Sonic-themed versions of classic past times.

Other non-Sonic games from the CafÃƒÂ© service are also scheduled to be released including Chu Chu Rocket, Pengo and Flicky.

Pictures and movies for all titles can be found here.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:52 am

http://www.segamobile.com/Flicky?PHPSES ... 40f7aeec3b

Okay, am I losing my memory, or does that image look uncannily like the model one of Esrever's many girlfriends or someone made and posted pictures of back on Hotboards?

Post by **Esrever** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:32 pm

WTF? That is from Claire's model! It's an older photo that we don't have on the site anymore, but there's no mistaking it.

http://kitty-bot.com/media/fanart/sonicsculpy.htm

I guess I'd better email them. Jesus! Thanks for pointing that out, man.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:59 pm

You know what I'd really like? All the Sonic Cafe' games given touch screen compatibility and put on the DS. I would actually enjoy that.

CE · Post by CE » Sun May 14, 2006 6:16 pm

Is Sonic Jump out yet? The site doesn't list any carriers, and I was under the impression that it wasn't gonna come out for another six months.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:28 pm

<strike>Eh? The carriers are listed at the top of the page: Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Telestra, and Bell Mobility.</strike> Oh, I see what you mean.

Hooray, now I'll have more than just Sonic 1 on my phone.

Post by Bo » Sun May 14, 2006 9:33 pm

Sega Copyright Infringement, this is interesting... will they even acknowledge your communication without a cease-and-desist letter, though, Esrever?

Wasn't there some blatant plagiarism of GHZ pages on the Sega site a while back? On the earlier incarnation of the Sega.com Sonic site, maybe?

Post by **Esrever** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:03 am

I notice they have changed it, even though they do not seem to be replying to my email. :/

Post by **Segaholic2** » Wed May 17, 2006 1:07 am

I wonder whose art they stole now.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Wed May 17, 2006 6:42 am

It's art from the old Japanese Flicky arcade flyer now.

Sucks that they didn't even have the balls to reply to Esrever's email.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:12 pm

It was time, since the virus for Cell phones came years ago.

And i wont be surprised if some of those games get more love than new Sonic games for Consoles.

Rlan · Post by **Rlan** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:59 am

Did anyone grab a picture of the original?