Holidays
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:26 am
The two pieces of artwork were printed as a single A3 poster in the 18 July 1992 issue of British magazine Look in.
Three other holiday scenes exist. Orengefox of Sonic Retro found them in the UK magazine Computer and Video Games (see here). Unfortunately, the scenes are heavily obscured.
Several websites, including Ebay, are selling 1993 editions of the magazine, but I have contacted the sellers who state that these magazines do not contain the additional scenes. Sofox, from Sonic Retro, was apparently an avid reader of the magazine when it was originally published and he (she?) states that only the camping and sea scenes were published.
Although this artwork was only available in the UK, I suspect it came from Sonic Team Japan for various reasons which should be obvious. I think it might be possible that they still have the artwork as the long-lost raccoon animal friend appears in Sonic Rush in the proper animal friend style (instead of the small animal style from the Adventure games). However, the design might be a coincidence.
P.S. Sorry for the quality of the scans - I’ll try and post ones later in the week.
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