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Sonic 4 Soundtrack Ripped

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Forum member infinity has somehow managed to obtain a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 4‘s soundtrack and has posted it on the forums! Link. My thoughts? Splash Hill Act 1 was just really shoddily done; this soundtrack is nowhere near as bad as I thought it’d be! I recommend checking out Mad Gear in particular [...]

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Two new Sonic games announced

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Contrary to what you may think, the two newest Sonic games coming out this year aren’t coming to the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 or Xbox Live Arcade–they’re just coming straight to the arcade. Sega Amusements USA has released two new arcade games under their new “Sonic Allstars” (no apparent relation to Sega All-Stars) series: Sonic [...]

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Remember those Sonic sackboys?

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Good news US players! Sonic’s ReturnToLittleBigPlanet representation is finally landing on the PSN. And usually I would post details but you know me! When there’s a video I don’t say shit! Enjoy this lovely preview. The kit will be available for $5.99, or the characters individually are $1.99. The kit also includes some Sonic level [...]

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Two Splash Hill Remixes to Rock Your World

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Today, in honor of the recent release of Splash Hill screenshots and music, we’ve got a pair of remixes (holy shit, already?).  This first one is a modern twist on the latest obligatory green zone by remixing it in the style of  the Adventure games or Sonic Heroes: Reminds me of Seaside Hill, so big [...]

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Sonic 4 Website Updated; New Assets Revealed

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Today the official Sonic the Hedgehog 4 website was updated with a hefty amount of new material. The site’s design was revamped to look more like Splash Hill Zone, the first planned level in the game, and several more assets–namely screenshots and the music for the level itself–were released to suit. In addition, the second [...]

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New Sonic Fan Project Shows Promise

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Forum member pelikan13 surprised the Retro forums earlier today with his as-of-yet unnamed Sonic fan project. Sporting wonderful 3D graphics and running on the Unity3D engine, the project shows immense amounts of promise, even being instantly praised as how the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 “should have been done.” Here’s a screenshot: More screenshots and [...]

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Why Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will SUCK (Courtesy of Destructoid)

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Destructoid has an article up over here proclaiming the reasons why Sonic 4 will suck – essentially it’s a piss-take on the nitpicky little things that some have been complaining about Sonic 4 that will make zero difference to the game in general, everything from eye-colour to Robotnik/Eggman’s naming argument. Go and take a look, [...]

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Sonic Nets the #9 Spot in GT’s “Most Disappointing Games of the Decade”

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Video Games | GT Countdown | Top 10 Disappointments of the Decade XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

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Sonic 4 Achievements Revealed; Super Sonic Confirmed

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French website Succes Full has allegedly obtained 12 of the available achievements for Episode 1 of Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Among the facts confirmed about the game include the presence of E.G.G. Station in the first episode, the existence of leaderboards for both  time and score in levels, and the presence of Super Sonic playable [...]

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More Tails Remnants Found in Chaotix

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Forum member and resident wiki sysop Andlabs has been very busy tearing through the Knuckles’ Chaotix ROM recently for the sake of documenting its internals entirely. Among the oodles of information he’s uncovered, though, one particular find stands out… It’s Tails in the Tornado! It’s been known that Sonic and Tails had leftovers in prototype [...]

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