Sega Japan 15th anniversary website celebrations
Sega Japan 15th anniversary website celebrations
Sonic’s 15th anniversary is being celebrated across a number of Sega of Japan’s websites.
Sega Direct have released a limited edition figure and two t-Shirts:
Sonic Channel has published the results of the character poll, added a new history section and updated the download area.
When Sonic Channel re-launched in March, it asked a series of questions to identify the most popular characters from the Sonic universe. The results are as follows:
Favourite character?
1. Sonic
2. Shadow
3. Tails
Which character do you prefer to play as the most?
1. Sonic
2. Shadow
3. Tails
4. Knuckles
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Eggman
8. Metal Sonic
9. Chaos
10. Rouge
Which character should appear more often?
1. Shadow
2. Metal Sonic
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
5. Chao
6. Tails
7. Chaos
8. Sonic
9. Tikal
10. Mighty
Which characters form the best team?
1. Tails
2. Sonic
3. Shadow
4. Knuckles
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Eggman
8. Rouge
9. Metal Sonic
10. Espio
Which character would you want to hang out with?
1. Tails
2. Sonic
3. Amy
4. Chao
5. Cream & Cheese
6. Shadow
7. Knuckles
8. Charmy
9. Big
10. Rouge
Which characters are most suited to sport?
1. Sonic
2. Knuckles
3. Tails
4. Shadow
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Dr. Eggman
8. Jet
9. Big
10. Cream & Cheese
[Special thanks to Lizard for the proper translations].
The new history section seems to be an updated version of the timeline that appeared in Sonic Jam. It chronicles all the Sonic games and major events of the last 15 years. The front page contains a flash animation of the timeline that shows Sonic attempting an obstacle course that is made out of the game boxes that were released in each year.
The download section has been updated with a 15th Anniversary wallpaper, and, more interestingly, a paper craft version of the Green Hill Zone:
Finally, Sega Mobile has released two commemorative mobile screensavers:
Sega Direct have released a limited edition figure and two t-Shirts:
Sonic Channel has published the results of the character poll, added a new history section and updated the download area.
When Sonic Channel re-launched in March, it asked a series of questions to identify the most popular characters from the Sonic universe. The results are as follows:
Favourite character?
1. Sonic
2. Shadow
3. Tails
Which character do you prefer to play as the most?
1. Sonic
2. Shadow
3. Tails
4. Knuckles
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Eggman
8. Metal Sonic
9. Chaos
10. Rouge
Which character should appear more often?
1. Shadow
2. Metal Sonic
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
5. Chao
6. Tails
7. Chaos
8. Sonic
9. Tikal
10. Mighty
Which characters form the best team?
1. Tails
2. Sonic
3. Shadow
4. Knuckles
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Eggman
8. Rouge
9. Metal Sonic
10. Espio
Which character would you want to hang out with?
1. Tails
2. Sonic
3. Amy
4. Chao
5. Cream & Cheese
6. Shadow
7. Knuckles
8. Charmy
9. Big
10. Rouge
Which characters are most suited to sport?
1. Sonic
2. Knuckles
3. Tails
4. Shadow
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Dr. Eggman
8. Jet
9. Big
10. Cream & Cheese
[Special thanks to Lizard for the proper translations].
The new history section seems to be an updated version of the timeline that appeared in Sonic Jam. It chronicles all the Sonic games and major events of the last 15 years. The front page contains a flash animation of the timeline that shows Sonic attempting an obstacle course that is made out of the game boxes that were released in each year.
The download section has been updated with a 15th Anniversary wallpaper, and, more interestingly, a paper craft version of the Green Hill Zone:
Finally, Sega Mobile has released two commemorative mobile screensavers:
Last edited by big_smile on Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Sega Japan 15th anniversary website celebrations
Shit.big_smile wrote:Which character should appear more often?
1. Shadow
2. Metal Sonic
3. Knuckles
4. Amy
4. Chao (tie with Amy)
6. Tails
7. Chaos
8. Sonic
9. Tikal
10. Mighty
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Okay. For the first time ever, I genuinely hate Shadow. He has finally made me come to the realization that Vector and Bark will never, ever be popular. I mean, yeah, it was obvious, but really, did anyone vote for them? Soulless vessels.
Same with Fang, but you just know he's going to come back, right? I'll settle for Mighty, though.
Same with Fang, but you just know he's going to come back, right? I'll settle for Mighty, though.
Some minor nitpickings
First of all Amy and Chao are not tied in any of the lists. Second, big_smile misslabeled the last list in his post, it should be "Which character would you want to hang out with?" or something like that. Third, big_smile forgot the last list "Which characters are most suited to sport?".
1. Sonic
2. Knuckles
3. Tails
4. Shadow
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Dr. Eggman
8. Jet
9. Big
10. Cream & Cheese
First of all Amy and Chao are not tied in any of the lists. Second, big_smile misslabeled the last list in his post, it should be "Which character would you want to hang out with?" or something like that. Third, big_smile forgot the last list "Which characters are most suited to sport?".
1. Sonic
2. Knuckles
3. Tails
4. Shadow
5. Amy
6. Chao
7. Dr. Eggman
8. Jet
9. Big
10. Cream & Cheese
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Hey, something funny from the ODCM from January of 2000
on Sonic plush dolls:
"Traditionally, dolls like these have been the solo preserve of those lucky Japanese otaku and their rucksacks full of disposable yen. But now you can get your hands on them, too (and thankfully, Sonic hasn't been given an Uzi at the request of some clueless marketing exec)."
on Sonic plush dolls:
"Traditionally, dolls like these have been the solo preserve of those lucky Japanese otaku and their rucksacks full of disposable yen. But now you can get your hands on them, too (and thankfully, Sonic hasn't been given an Uzi at the request of some clueless marketing exec)."
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I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it and I'm not sure how reliable it is, but according to here, Sonic 1 is getting yet another port, this time for GBA. Apparently they're adding in the spindash too.
If it's true, personally I don't really get it. I figured if they were ever going to do this it would've been a lot earlier on in the system's lifecycle.
If it's true, personally I don't really get it. I figured if they were ever going to do this it would've been a lot earlier on in the system's lifecycle.
It was mentioned in another thread. As I commented there it just sounds really pointless to me considering the number of times Sonic the Hedgehog has already been ported and the fact it will be available on the Wii's Virtual Console and Xbox 360 Live Arcade.
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Actually I don't think the home console ports really make any difference with this decision, since this is a proper official portable version (no horrible Sonic 1 mobile rubbish). I do think it's a bit late for them to start this now though, at least on the GBA. Although I dont own the system, a mega-collection on the PSP would've probably made more sense really.
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I understood it.Majestic Joey wrote:It seems to me sonic has turned into to pac man in the way that his games are going to be ported until the end of time.
I hope that sentence made sense.
Anyway, this isn't the only port of Sonic 1 we'll be seeing. As there may be another collection of retro Sega games on the way (This one actually looks awesome though).
Is it like the Sega Pocket Gear that will be released on July 3rd in France?
With those games:
SONIC TRIPLE TROUBLE / SONIC DRIFT 2 / ECCO TIDES OF TIME / ALEX KIDD IN HIGHT TECH WORLD / ALEX KIDD IN MIRACLE WORLD / SUPER COLUMNS / COLUMNS / ASTRO WARRIOR / QUARTET / BOMBER RAID / KUNG FU KID / ALTERED BEAST / FANTASY ZONE / FANTASY ZONE THE MAZE / PENGUIN LAND / ASSAULT CITY / AZTEC ADVENTURE / GLOBAL DEFENSE / THE NINJA / SNAIL MAZE
Price: 60€
With those games:
SONIC TRIPLE TROUBLE / SONIC DRIFT 2 / ECCO TIDES OF TIME / ALEX KIDD IN HIGHT TECH WORLD / ALEX KIDD IN MIRACLE WORLD / SUPER COLUMNS / COLUMNS / ASTRO WARRIOR / QUARTET / BOMBER RAID / KUNG FU KID / ALTERED BEAST / FANTASY ZONE / FANTASY ZONE THE MAZE / PENGUIN LAND / ASSAULT CITY / AZTEC ADVENTURE / GLOBAL DEFENSE / THE NINJA / SNAIL MAZE
Price: 60€
How optimistic can you really get about another repackaging of Genesis games, though? Or will there be other non-Genesis games in the collection as well?One Classy Bloke wrote:Anyway, this isn't the only port of Sonic 1 we'll be seeing. As there may be another collection of retro Sega games on the way (This one actually looks awesome though).
Also, SNAIL MAZE! WOOOO!
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