With the first Sonic the Hedgehog movie, Jeff Fowler and company managed to establish this cinematic version of the character in a more realistic scenario. It certainly contained a fair bit of Sonic franchise iconography, but it was a film that was considerably more grounded and may have left Sonic fans a little wanting. With the foundations now laid, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 fully leans into the more extravagant concepts of the games it is based on and delivers one of the best video game-to-movie adaptations there has ever been.
Boxed copies of The House of the Dead Remake are now open for pre-order through Forever Limited. The game is available in 3 editions: a standard unlimited edition, a limited edition and an exclusive edition.
The unlimited edition includes a sticker and a numbered certificate. The limited edition is limited to 2000 pieces worldwide and includes a collector’s box, a metal case, enamel pins, cleaning cloth, sticker and numbered certificate. The exclusive edition is limited to 500 pieces worldwide and comes with a collector’s box with lenticular screen, a statue of the Magician boss, sticker and numbered certificate.
Click below for direct links to the Forever Limited store pages for each edition:
The House of the Dead Remake has been developed by Megapixel Studio and is being published by Forever Entertainment, Microids and Forever Limited under license from SEGA. The game releases exclusively on Switch on April 7th 2022. Boxed copies from Forever Limited will ship in a 2 to 6 month period.
The wonderful people over at SEGA Dreamcast Info have released an astounding collection of 44 Dreamcast prototypes that are sourced from an ex-Acclaim beta tester.
Dubbed ‘Duffy’s Dreamcast Collection’, this collection features prototypes of games like Shadow Man, Vanishing Point, Re-Volt, F355 Challenge, Fur Fighters, Dead or Alive 2 and the infamously terrible/amazing Spirit of Speed 1937.
The final trailer for the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie is upon us! Click the embed below to see Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Dr. Robotnik in action alongside returning characters Tom Wachowski and Agent Stone:
Alongside the new trailer is a brand new movie poster that hearkens back to the cover artwork of the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Drive game. You can see the new poster at the top of this article.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 releases worldwide on April 8th 2022. Jim Carrey reprises his role as Dr. Robotnik alongside Ben Schwartz as Sonic the Hedgehog, Idris Elba as Knuckles the Echidna and Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Miles “Tails” Prower. Jeff Fowler also returns to direct.
While not directly related to SEGA, our readers will be pleased to hear that during the most recent State of Play event from Sony, Konami have revealed a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles retro compilation that includes the 2 Mega Drive entries in the series. Both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist and the Mega Drive version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters will be getting re-released via the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection from Konami. You can check out the reveal trailer below:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will also include every single 8 and 16 bit TMNT game that featured on the NES, Game Boy, Mega Drive, SNES and arcade for a total of 13 games. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC via Steam at some point in 2022.
A new expansion for Lost Judgment called The Kaito Files will release on March 28th 2022 across PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
This new expansion features new story-based content and will be free to owners of Lost Judgment Ultimate Edition and the Lost Judgment season pass. The expansion will also be sold separately for players who don’t have the Ultimate Edition or a season pass.
There is currently no gameplay footage for The Kaito Files expansion at the time of writing. We also don’t know the price of the expansion for those without the Ultimate Edition or a season pass. The official Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Twitter account promises more information is coming soon.
The House of the Dead Remake from Megapixel Studio and Forever Entertainment arrives on the Switch’s eShop on April 7th 2022. The game will be available to pre-order from March 31st.
In addition to a complete visual overhaul, the game will feature a local 2 player co-op mode, a photo mode, in game achievements, an armory with unlockable weapons that can be used in subsequent playthroughs, a new game mode that promises “hordes of the undead” and a gallery for viewing enemies and bosses. Check out the latest trailer below:
The House of the Dead Remake is being developed by Megapixel Studio and published for Forever Entertainment under license from SEGA. This is the same arrangement as the 2020 remake of Panzer Dragoon. There is currently no word on a boxed release for the game.
We also have a couple of new Clothing additions. These come in the form of a Sonic the Hedgehog necktie sold in the UK in the early 1990s and a SEGA World baseball cap that was originally sold via the London SEGA World venue’s gift shop. Click here to view the Clothing section.
The Wonder Boy Collection will now receive an additional ‘Anniversary Collection’ which will include ports of Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap. In addition to these titles is news that the collection will feature every officially SEGA-licensed port which means arcade, SG-1000, Master System and Mega Drive ports are all present. This brings the total games included up to 21 total versions of the various Wonder Boy games released from the original game to Monster World IV.
Strictly Limited Games will be publishing the game physically on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. 3 editions are available: a standard edition, a collector’s edition and an ultra collector’s edition. See below for the frankly ridiculous list of included Wonder Boy titles:
Wonder Boy – Arcade (SYSTEM 1)
Wonder Boy (JP) – SG-1000
Super Wonder Boy (JP) – Master System / Sega MARK III
Wonder Boy – Master System / Sega MARK III
Revenge of Drancon – Game Gear
Wonder Boy (JP) – Game Gear
Wonder Boy in Monster Land – Arcade (SYSTEM 2)
Wonder Boy in Monster Land – Master System
Wonder Boy in Monster Land (JP) – Arcade (SYSTEM 2)
Super Wonder Boy: Monster World – Master System / Sega MARK III
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap – Game Gear
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap – Master System
Monster World II (JP) – Master System / Sega MARK III
Monster World II: The Dragon’s Trap (JP) – Game Gear
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair – Arcade (SYSTEM 16)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair – Mega Drive / Genesis
Wonder Boy in Monster World – Master System / Sega MARK III
Wonder Boy in Monster World – Mega Drive / Genesis
Wonder Boy V: Monster World III (JP) – Mega Drive
Monster World IV – Mega Drive / Genesis
Monster World IV (JP) – Mega Drive
Click the listings below to go to each edition’s store entry on Strictly Limited Games:
Pre-orders will open on March 6th 2022. Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection is being developed by ININ and being physically published by Strictly Limited Games and digitally published by BlissBrain.
SEGA has announced a collaboration with virtual marathon company Medal Dash; they’ll be putting on a Sonic-themed ‘virtual run’.
The idea is simple: run or walk 5K, 10K or 13.1 miles by the end of 2022, and you’ll get Sonic merch. That said, this is a paid event with limited slots, so it’s not just freebies. Sign-ups start at $34.95, and the swag on offer includes a die-cast medal, a running bib and some shirts.
It’s certainly a fitting way to leverage the Sonic brand, even if our aging brains can’t quite wrap our head around the entire ‘virtual run’ concept. The website does mention participants across the world, so it would seem this is open to UK residents too.
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