Original Sonic the Hedgehog coming to 3DS as a 3D Classic

Original Sonic the Hedgehog coming to 3DS as a 3D Classic

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 08 May

Sega of Japan has announced that the original Sonic the Hedgehog for Genesis and Mega Drive is coming to the 3DS as part of the system’s “3D Classics” line of downloadable, remastered retro games.

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Sega announces “Model 2 Collection” for XBLA, PSN

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 19 Oct

Sega’s been going full throttle on the HD re-releases of their old games lately, but when you’ve got such a huge back catalog of classics like they do, can you really blame them? Following the re-release of console classics like NiGHTS and Jet Set Radio, Sega’s about to head back to the arcades with the [...]

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5 Franchise Reboots That Sucked

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 12 Sep

A few days ago I posted a list of 5 Franchise Reboots That Worked. There’s been a lot of hate tossed towards the new DmC and Tomb Raider reboots, and the point of that list was to show people that reboots aren’t always terrible. Of course, there a reason why people are so wary of [...]

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5 Good Games That Everyone Assumed Would Be Terrible

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 18 Jul

We all do it: we see a game that’s by a company with a bad reputation, or that’s a sequel to something we didn’t like, and we assume it’s a piece of garbage. We mock it or ignore it, and never actually play it. Sometimes this is justified, but sometimes these assumptions cause us to [...]

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Retro Round-Up 07/11/12 – A summer of 8-bit E-Shop releases

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS On: 12 Jul

Retro Round-Up is a weekly article (which I never get around to posting on time, sorry,) where I take a look at the world of retro games. This week, I’ll take a look at Nintendo’s line-up for their “8-bit Summer” campaign on the 3DS e-shop, and pick out which games have stood the test of [...]

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Sonic 4: Episode 2 Hopefully Won’t Suck on May 15th

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On: 08 Apr

Still like Sonic? I do, sort of, even though Sega doesn’t make it easy at times. Sure, Sonic Colors and Generations were good, but just bringing up Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is a good way to get me to start dry heaving. Sega is promising that the 2nd (and final) episode of Sonic 4 will [...]

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5 Stupid Ideas That Got Turned Into Terrible Games

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 19 Feb

Because sometimes you just look at a game and have to ask yourself, “How did this get made? Who thought this was a good idea?”

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Sonic Generations Review

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: PC, Playstation 3, Reviews, Xbox 360 On: 07 Feb

Sonic’s trip down memory lane is a bumpy ride.

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Sonic Sale Celebrates the Hedgehog on XBL

Posted By: Sean Bassinger In: Console News, Xbox 360 On: 28 Dec

Aside from the anticipated re-release of Sonic CD, Major Nelson’s blog now features information on a Sonic the Hedgehog game sale taking place on Xbox Live. Five classic Sonic games are included in part nine of the “Xbox 12 Days of Deals” sale, along with the more recent Sonic 4, Episode 1 throwback. Sale prices [...]

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Sega Sale on PSN, iOS, and XBLA

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 20 Dec

While Sega was my favorite videogame company growing up, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Sega over the last few years. I loved Vanquish. I loved Sonic Colors. I love Valkyria Chronicles… and well, I hated Iron Man, Golden Axe Beast Rider, Shining Wind, Sonic Riders, Sonic Free Riders, Sonic Unleashed, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, [...]

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Sonic the Hedgehog: 20th Anniversary Retrospective pt. 2

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 10 Jul

In the first part of our look back on Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20 year history, we examined Sonic’s birth and glory days on the Genesis, and now, in part 2 of our 3 part retrospective, we take a look back at Sonic during the Saturn and Dreamcast years, when Sega’s fortunes turned and Sonic was [...]

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Sonic the Hedgehog: 20th Anniversary Retrospective

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Blog On: 27 Jun

He’s fast, he’s blue, he’s rude, and if you grew up during the 90′s, he’s probably just as iconic of a character as Mario or Batman: He’s Sonic the Hedgehog, and he just celebrated his 20th birthday this past week. While Sonic no longer maintains the legendary reputation he once had, he remains a popular [...]

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