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Segaholic2 wrote:You can upload zip files, know. :p That might save you a little bit of work.

I was going to do that originally, but each file is only permitted to hold 500K and most of the zips I made were slightly over that limit (even when they just contained 2 scans). ^_^

Vlad the Vampire (of Sonic website Sonic-online.net ) very kindly scanned both the Japanese manuals of Sonic & Tails 2 and Sonic Labyrinth and sent them to Crazy Penguin who forwarded them onto me. At last the finer details of these games, such as enemy names and attack moves, can be known. ^_^ Soni...

The Japanese are fuckin' obsessed with blood type. In every profile of any character the country ever produces, one of the listed categories is inevitably 'blood type' (along with 'height' and 'favorite food'). This does not happen anywhere outside Japan. Sonic was always one of the few exceptions ...

Sonic was the mascot for Sega Japan’s recent Cup Boy Football convention, which is the company’s way of giving back to the community by allowing young boys to demonstrate their football skills. Being a community event, Mr Otayori (who, if you remember, previously interviewed Yuji Uekaw...

I suspected that the Plus suffix would represent nothing more than the addition of the Game Gear games, but I didn’t think Sonic Team were so lazy that they would only include half of them. I guess, on the ‘plus’ side, we will finally get to see some of the Game Gear manuals that...

So there are no listings for character moves? That's the main chunk of missing information I was after... Sadly, the only moves information is on the speed/flight/power pages. Although, I noticed that on the pages there is a picture of each character performing their moves with a caption underneath...

Rlan wrote:Neato, any pictures of the actual Metal Sonic?

Nope.

Rlan wrote:The second Metal Madness image doesn't work.

Fixed.

When playing Sonic Heroes, I always face the same frustrating problem when battling the enemies – I don’t know their names and so can’t create a witty insult before attacking them thus preventing me from progressing. Good thing I bought the official Sonic Team strategy guide! ^_...

Is it worth buying? I decided against Sonic Advance 3. I've finally reached the point where I won't buy a shitty game just because Sonic is in it. Unless of course it is the next main Sonic game. If you enjoy the stories of the Sonic series then Battle is a must have. The story seamlessly combines ...

After a bit of waffling, I decided to buy the US verison of Sonic Battle. Here's what I've found so far. * The voices are just snippets like the original version, but I haven't played through far enough to determine voice quality for all characters. Tolerable so far (though I worry for when I hit C...

WhoopA wrote:Now here's the question. Did they take the time to hack out a decent Mega CD emulator (which would make it worth the purchase price), or is it the same as the Cube version (in which case it's not worth the waste of money)?

Sega has yet to reveal what new features will be in the plus version.

While I'm here, I think I missed the whole Blue Burst thing, possibly because I stopped caring about PSO in early 2000. What are the "new" features for this version? Something about offline quests, new items, and unhax0rable programming, I'll wager. Blue Burst features a new NPC character and a sli...

Sega have announced that the Windows version of Puyo Pop Fever will go on sale in Japanese stores from the 24th of September. Perhaps sensing consumers' immunity to the already over–exposed game, Sega have added two new features to this latest strain of the fever. Firstly, the game can played...

There are two official Japanese guides - one by Sega and one by Sonic Team. I should be getting my Sonic Team copy within the next 12 days, so I'll scan and post the relevant information when it arrives. Just to keep everyone up-to-date - I know 12 days have passed, but I still haven't received the...

What does that mean? It means Nintendo will get unique games, yes but it also means they aren't going to get a terribly large amount of these unique games because developers aren't going to strain their brains enough to take advantage of a one-off feature when they can keep doing what they've alway...

Phantasy Star Racing According to Gamecube Europe , Phantasy Star Universe will allow for teams of more than four people and feature new planets and races. What re-merger? It seems Sonic Team isn’t the only development house to be retaining its name after the recent restructuring, as Segaââ...

I hate it when you get so frustrated and you work your ass off and all you get is a friggin' "Thank You" screen at the end. As Super Hard Mode was a reward for getting all the Emblem A-Ranks, I was surprised they even gave a thank you screen. However, the player should be rewarded for beating the m...

A detailed Mary story was given in a document translated by STI . Does anybody know anything this document? The only copy that seems to exist is the transcript made by Stealth and he doesn't know much about its origins. Does anyone have a scan of the actual document itself (i.e. not the transcribed ...

I recently unlocked Super Hard mode, so I thought I would post some pictures of it: S P O I L E R S P A C E http://homepage.ntlworld.com/big_smile/Stuff/GHZ/smhl.jpg ^Super Hard Mode unlocked http://homepage.ntlworld.com/big_smile/Stuff/GHZ/TV%20SnapShot(80).jpg ^Menu Option http://homepage.ntlworld...

It’s a little known fact that the UK resides in a year-old time warp. Sure, the calendars in the country say 2004, but the year is actually 2003. How else can you explain UK McDonalds’ latest Happy Meal Promotion, which features the Sonic/Sega mini-games that originally went on sale la...

Hey, excellent. Where do you buy those from? The place I got it from isn't selling Sonic game guides to everybody at the moment, but as soon as they do (which should be in less than 10-14 days), I'll post the details. but gameplay was it's really good IMO. I had tremendous amounts of fun when playi...

Help Wanted - Must be willing to serve java Sonic Team recently advertised for a mobile phone game planner, which suggests that Sonic Café games will still be produced now that the division has been reintegrated into Sega. Coming this Friday... Shogakukan will be releasing the official Japanese ...

I assume this information could be found in a Japanese strategy guide, but I don't even know if such a thing exists. If anyone can help with that, it would be grandly appreciated. There are two official Japanese guides - one by Sega and one by Sonic Team. I should be getting my Sonic Team copy with...

Two interesting features I noticed about the Sonic Team quiz. Firstly, answers translated from English to Japanese are allowed, implying that Sonic Team are expecting Westerners to enter, yet the front page explicitly states the contest is only open to Japanese residents. Secondly, the first section...

Would this help?

It's from the August 2000 issue of Official Dreamcast Magazine, which means the separation must have occurred during July 2000.


Edit: Actually it was April 2000

^_^