Sonic Colors Ultimate, Sonic Origins, a new Sonic game, plus others!
SEGA held a Sonic Central live stream yesterday to reveal various upcoming events regarding Sonic's 30th Anniversary. The first thing they discussed and showed off were the collaborations with other games.
At Summer Game Fest, Sega is planning on hosting a concert that will play various songs from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Some known members who will be playing are Crush 40 (who wrote theme songs for the series starting in Sonic Adventure) and Tomoya Ohtani (who has written songs for the series starting in Sonic Adventure 2.) The concert will be streamed for free on June 23rd.
Meanwhile, in "Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game", players can dress their character up in a - somewhat silly-looking - Sonic suit and have them compete in the various Olympic events while wearing it! (Guess Mario wasn't invited to this Olympic event.) This Sonic Outfit is coming July 22nd, but is available for pre-order.
Two Point Hospital is also bring some Sonic outfits to its game. In addition to have your doctors run around dressed as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy, you can also liven up your hospital with some Sonic Decor, such as an arcade machine that's playing Sonic Mania Plus, or a Sonic Statue! The Sonic content is coming July 30th and will be free.
In Lost Judgement - a legal suspense thriller - Sonic the Fighters will be available to play in the game! It will be a faithful recreation of the original arcade game. (Whether or not Honey the Cat will be playable is currently unknown.) This will arrive to the game on September 24th.
After that, they revealed the long-rumored Sonic Colors remaster, "Sonic Colors: Ultimate". In addition to improved graphics, this remaster will also have improved gameplay enhancements and a couple of other new features. One of them is a brand-new Wisp power called Jade Ghost, which allows Sonic to go through certain solid objects and discover new paths. There'a also a new game mode called "Rival Rush", which involves players racing against Dr. Eggman's nefarious creation, Metal Sonic.
Additionally, it appears that Tails may show up as a playable character, as shown in some screenshots from Famitsu. However, one of these screenshots clearly shows Sonic, so it may be that your life icon is customizable instead. Or it could even that the screenshots were taken from an early build before they added Tails. We'll probably know more as the game gets closer to release
Sonic Colors: Ultimate will come out on September 7th. Pre-orders are available. If you pre-order the Standard version, you will get an adorable Baby Sonic Keychain, some unique player icons, and can have Sonic's boost move resemble how it does in the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie. If you pre-order the Deluxe version, you will get everything that was previously mentioned in addition to early access to the game, 3 new remixes based on the game's soundtrack, Gold & Silver gloves and shoes for Sonic to wear, and some unique player icons based on Sonic's look in the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie.
Finally, to celebrate the release of Sonic Colors: Ultimate, a two-part animation will be released called "Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps." The short will involve Sonic and Tails heading to Sweet Mountain to help Jade the Wisp rescue its friends from Dr. Eggman and Metal Sonic. The first part of the cartoon will be released sometime this summer.
A new collection of Sonic games was then announced. Called "Sonic Origins", this collection features ports of Sonic the Hedgehogs 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles, and CD. Both games can be played in the original and the new widescreen format. Whether or not 1, 2, and CD are be based on the Mobile Port remakes or not is currently unconfirmed.
SEGA then announced that Team Sonic Racing and Sonic Mania are heading to Amazon Luna. On PlayStation Now, in addition to those two games, Sonic Forces will also be heading there.
For players of the Sonic Mobile games, Sonic Dash will be running an event where you can unlock Pirate Sonic and Captain Shadow. On Sonic Forces Mobile, players will be able to play as Super Sonic. Super Sonic is invincible and can tear through your opponents attacks, but using him quickly drains your rings. It was then revealed that Sonic the Werehog will be arriving for Sonic Dash and Sonic Forces Mobile as a playable character in October. Finally, the segment ended by revealing that in the Apple Arcade version of Team Sonic Racing, you can play as Classic Sonic! (Looks like Classic Tails and Classic Knuckles decided to stay behind.) Classic Sonic rides in his car, the Cyclone, from the Game Gear game Sonic Drift, and comes with a 3 new tracks stage with some brand new music.
Joe Kelly then talked about the new upcoming Sonic show called Sonic Prime. While not much new info was said, he did reveal that the show takes place in the "Shatterverse", as well as showing off what appears to be a new logo that Eggman will use in the show.
They then revealed some upcoming merchandise. The first one was a toy based on the final boss from Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the Death Egg Robot from Jakk's Pacific. For people into the Hip-hop culture, new jewelry based on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow from King Ice were shown off. Additionally, a Sonic Encyclo-speed-ia from Dark Horse was shown, which will feature various details about the franchise. For some memorabilia, some silver and gold Sonic coins from Apmex were also shown. Finally, they ended the show with a clip for an upcoming Sonic game. Not much is known, as it only consists of Sonic running through a forest, looping around a tree, and then a weird symbol showing up. More info will be revealed later, though.
What was your favorite part of the live stream? Planning on getting Sonic Colors Ultimate? Wish that they remade a different Sonic game instead? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
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