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Trailer Mix: Sonic 4

Once Sega left the console market, it’s like they forgot how to make Sonic the Hedgehog games. The once-mighty Mario rival and system seller became a joke, with each subsequent game further sullying your childhood. Fans repeatedly begged Sega for one thing: a hedgehog with guns! No? Maybe hoverboard racing? Wait, I know, a werewolf!

So imagine my shock when Sega announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will be a 2D sidescroller that picks up after Sonic & Knuckles with only Sonic as a playable character. Sorry all you Cream the Rabbit fans. Interestingly, it will be episodic and available for download this summer on PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

Considering the only decent Sonic games to emerge in a decade were the 2D sidescrolling ones on Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS, this seems like a very promising first step for the ailing mascot’s big comeback.

Aaron on February 5, 2010

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Brian February 5, 2010

Two words:
Thank. God.

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