SEGA president John Cheng has revealed that Sonic: Lost World will feature all new gameplay and enemies, as well as some new friends to accompany Sonic. Cheng has said:
“With ‘Sonic Lost World,’ we’re going to introduce new gameplay and enemies, which is always fun. In terms of Sonic and his friends, he’ll have his same friends there, and I think there’ll be some new ones as well. It’s not a reiteration. It’s going to be all new.”
Cheng has also commented on the deal between Nintendo and SEGA which means the next 3 Sonic games are Nintendo exclusive:
“It should be a win-win situation. Don’t count Nintendo out.”
The 3DS eShop will be getting a slew of new Game Gear titles. The newly announced additions include:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic Blast
Sonic Labyrinth
Sonic Drift 2
Tails Adventure
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Crystal Warriors
Columns
Defenders of Oasis
Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya
G-Loc Air Battle
Vampire: Master of Darkness
No release dates have been announced at this time.
News has broken that SEGA will re-release Sonic the Hedgehog on the 3DS eShop with added 3D support to show depth in the backgrounds. This news follows the release of 3D Space Harrier and 3D Super Hang-On, all of which are still Japan exclusive.
The re-release will launch on May 15th to mark the 25th anniversary of the Mega Drive in Japan and it will be priced 600 yen. Additional features include the already mentioned 3D effect, all the bug fixes and added details from the later revisions of Sonic 1 (rippling water, scrolling clouds), the addition of the spin attack, a classic view mode which simulates a CRT monitor and an option to choose a Mega Drive model 1 or 2 sound balance.
This re-release is unrelated to Christian Whitehead and Stealth’s port of Sonic the Hedgehog which runs using Whitehead’s custom Retro Engine and supports a widescreen display.
Take a look at some screenshots below:
No word on whether this version will make it to the West at this time.
SEGA have made the announcement of Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai 2 official. The game’s announcement was leaked early thanks to Famitsu, but now the official website is live and we have high quality screenshots to go with it.
The new Project Diva game that was being teased on Monday is Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai 2 for 3DS according to scans from this week’s Famitsu.
The first Project Mirai game was released in March last year and acts as a cutesy spin-off based on the Nendoroid line of vocaloid figurines.
A European trailer for Project X Zone has gone live. Project X Zone is a crossover RPG featuring characters from Capcom, Namco and of course SEGA games. Valkyria Chronicles and Sakura Wars characters feature in the trailer:
Project X Zone launches on July 5th for Nintendo 3DS.
Website Dead End Thrills has been given a debug version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed to play with and produced some amazing screenshots of scenes from the game in a super-high resolution for your viewing pleasure.
Our affiliate and new 3DS fansite 3DSBlessed is offering the chance to win a carry-case with space for your 3DS, adapter, games, styluses, headphones and SD cards. It does have a Nintendo franchise stamped on it but we can let that slide
Head over to the site now where all the details can be found on how to enter. The competition closes this Friday the 29th of March 2013.
Being a Japanese 3DS owner must be a wonderful thing because all these fantastic arcade classics keep getting re-released for your machine in shiny 3D!
Super Hang-On is making its’ way onto the Japanese 3DS eShop next week for ¥600 (roughly £4). You can even control the bike using the 3DS’ gyro-controls.
Here’s hoping this and 3D Space Harrier will make it to the West as well.
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