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The new form to the newsboard kept me from posting this earlier :P Anyhoo, Other-M (perhaps the most successful fan-comic on the net) has just released it's fourth issue.
With Season 2 less than 5 hours away, here's some quick info:
I will be opening SU.net's chat room at 11:30 P.M. EST to talk about Season 2. Lots of others are to be there, so I suggest you get there early by clicking here. Season 2 will be launch at precisly midnight, EST tonight. That's all for now. See you there!  Here's the long-awaited cover of Sonic #92! And in color, too! This is the story that goes along with the cover: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #92 - (Bollers/Fry/Pepoy) The Wrath of Khan! Monkey Khan, the cyborg-simian created by Doctor Robotnik returns, and this time the furry fury's got it in for his maker and all Overlanders in general. There you have it. Source: Worlds of Westfield Here's the long-awaited cover of Sonic #92! And in color, too! This is the story that goes along with the cover: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #92 - (Bollers/Fry/Pepoy) The Wrath of Khan! Monkey Khan, the cyborg-simian created by Doctor Robotnik returns, and this time the furry fury's got it in for his maker and all Overlanders in general. There you have it. Source: Worlds of Westfield
This is just an addendum to the article Knuckles posted about the "Day 9" pictures of Sonic Adventure. I just wanted to point out about the second picture, that looks like the Chao Doctor (with a different look than the SA Homepage), this time integrated in-game (possible for Chao Tutorials and Troubleshooting.) I mean, come on, hospital beds, a medical symbol slapped everywhere, "doctor" hair stuck on an otherwise normal Chao. (to distinguish it from one you grow, to make it recognizable to a normal player as a regular character.) Just thought I'd point that out, thanks.
 Be good to your Chao by rewarding him!
[CHAO: Artificial life] Chao which you all have grown to love has become more intelligent and cute! Improved intutitive communication and response with Chao increases Chao Fun! You won't be able to leave your Chao alone with the improved VMU Chao mini-game with secret features. Looks like everyone's favorite Chao are back with new features too. By the looks of the second pic, the Chao must get their own room with luxuries! Source: SonicTeam Over the past few days of the SonicTeam Fall festival, SonicTeam have added 2 new Samba De Amigo v.2000 Wallpaper designs for the public. The first is A Samba and his SISTER (I thought it was a love interest?!) on a Barbie Pink Background, the second shows what the new "Dance" mode goes like, on how you have to move your maracas around, not just pose. Source: Sonicteam Fall Festival
What do you get when you add one of the coolest artists around (J.Axer) and a fan comic team with a plan (us, the SonicVerse Team ^^)? Yes, another rendition of Sonic Adventure! Most of you guys have seen the Archie version of Sonic Adventure. Most of you have seen the Fleetway version of Sonic Adventure. We're not saying ours is any better but we want to give it a shot, darnit! ^^
 Dr. Eggman triggers the emergency alarm!
[Egg Mobile Blast-off] Enter Dr. Eggman riding high on his new powerful Egg Mobile. Armed with a powerful weapon, Eggman destroys all who enter the battlefield. One's true character is measured by battling with Eggman. What diabolical evil is Dr. Eggman planning this time around? Is it my imagination, or could it be possible that could play as Eggman? Just a thought, but if Dr. R. is taking out enemy robots... Feh, I'm sick so I'm staying home from international school in Taiwan... but enough about that... I just talked to Ken Penders in AiM. Originally I just talked to him to wish him an early Happy Birthday (his birthday is on the 28th). Before he left, he told me that: Lara-Su will make her first appearance sometime between SONIC #100 and #112 So there you have it folks. Now you know when Lara-Su will appear. And, being the BIGGEST Lara-Su fan around, I can't wait! =) Chao!
From SegaWeb...
Speaking of Capcom and army of robot developers, the company has announced they'll be offering the chance to snatch up some stock. Beginning October 4, 4.7 million shares of previously privately held Capcom stock will be available on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The price of the stock is expected to be announced sometime between October 2 and October 6. Credit: SegaWeb News Bytes
Dr. Eggman stands in front of a mysterious terminal. Can it be...Eggman is fighting with the enemy !? But why? The Latest Pictures Have Emerged! EGGMAN! And from the looks of that Second picture, he might be some sort of Playable Character! (I doubt they'd have some power up like that) also (THEROY TIME) The first picture looks kinda like a comet. And the Sonic "Clone" seems to be black. Is it just me, or does this look like it's gonna be a Spiderman/Venom type Story? :) Crazy mustache and round glasses...can only mean that diabolical scientist of evil, Dr. Eggman is back! Could it be that our leader of evil who's primary mission has been to stump the heroic efforts of Sonic... is engaged in a battle with the enemies? Check it out!
I didn't see this coming, but for the heck of it, I went to Sonic Zone's SU Site to see if ANYONE has done ANYTHING with it. Looks like Tom's gone and brought it back. Except a few things, not much has changed. If you remember, Sonic Zone's SU Site was one of the largest SU sites before SU.net in August of '99.
  These are today's screenshots as one move shows Knux's new move, the Spiral Upper attack. Knuckles is world famous for all his variety of moves! Gliding through the air, traversing treacherous cliffs, burrowing underground still make Knuckles an awesome character. This time around, Knuckles gets added moves to Power up his game.
The Latest Sonic Adventure 2 Pictures are out! Knuckles finally gets his turn, i what looks kind of like Red Mountain. With the wide variety of playable characters...the charm of Sonic Adventure is back! Characters intertwine behind the scenes to reveal another Sonic epic. Our story would not be complete without the undisputed guardian of the Master Emerald, Knuckles the Echidna.
Sorry for using the news board to do this, but it's the fastest way to get Vector's attention! Vec, when I was uploading the main page today, my FTP program timed out and I wound up deleting the whole page. Luckly I had a backup in index2, but it was outdated, AND THE NEWS ISN'T POSTING!!! I'm REALLY panicking right now, and I want to know if you can help me with this. I'll erase the page info things in the news column, and add the counter and What's New, but that's about all I can do. Can you PLEASE take a look at this and try to get the news to work again? THANK YOU!!
Upon my regular visit to www.dcwarez.com, my jaw dropped as I noticed that all the goodies of information of upcomming released pirated games were, well, gone. The front page was only left with this message:
"Due to legal issues, www.dcwarez.com is suspended until further notice. However, a full statement will be issued regarding the future of this site in several days." Well slap me silly and call me a raving lunatic on drugs; SEGA has gotten to the second best "DC Scene" site on the web. However, one question pops up to everyones minds; Why? If anyone who visited www.dcwarez.com would know, they didn't contain any material which would be illegal in SEGA's eyes. No game covers, no illegal Dreamcast boot disk, no links to places to get the ripped games, nothing. All they really had was information on the next upcoming games that were ripped by the groups of DC hackers, and nothing more. Therefore, why is SEGA attempting to shut dcwarez.com down? I'm not clear on the whole legal issues, but I'm sure what SEGA is doing is wrong. Nevertheless, it's still good to see that they're stomping down and setting the line to people out there who are attempting to release more pirated games online, and saying, "No more." Yet, will this be enough to stop it? Not a chance. More and more sites pop up at least every week or so about the whole "DC Scene." Rest assured, the piracy of Dreamcast games will go on, but at least SEGA is trying their best to rid of it all.
Hello from me, with the news from this weekend. Today, release dates, hack threats, and Naomi 2.
T'is your friendly SHQ Special Reporter here with some grand news. As reported, new screenshots have been released on SonicTeam.com, but ALSO on the english site! Also tells about Sonic's new move, "The Grind" where he can slide down rails and other places. COOL MOVES!
Source: SonicTeam.com
Thats right folks Sonic Team has finally released more new screens of SA2! 4 of them being in the San Francisco level and the other 2 in the jungle level! Hang tight folks, they'll be more to come!
Check em out at Sonic Team Online@ www.sonicteam.com Shakka To Tamborine, A Game which looks mysteriously similar to Samba De Amigo, was reported as a game made by Sonic team themselves. However, during a chat with some top japanese blokes (I'm in their Chat! WHEE! and with My Translator on ;P) which I think include members of the Sonic Team themselves (although I don't think they even noticed that I posted links to Sonic BETA shots :)) That Skahha is NOT made by Sonic Team, but a Mystery Developer, who is most probably using the same engine. And while chatting, it has come to me that the Japanese are much more calmer in Chats then in english speaking chats, where you have trash talk. Also they aggree that The SonicTeam USA seem to be Lazy with their live Camera, and that Ozisoft are not very good :D This comes straight from Ken's MB: Are you taking a deep breath, Rick? Better sit down, as I announce that the story THE CHOSEN ONE is now on the schedule. Regretably, it won't be the 66-page epic originally planned, but it was either do it in 24 or nothing, so I accepted the conditions and put it on track. The storyline will see print in SONIC #94 - 96, followed by the return of the Dark Legion in SONIC #97 - 99, which leads into the SONIC/KNUCKLES crossover in #100. Look for the return of Dimitri as Enerjak, as well as other surprises. As for SONIC #100, discussions have begun on what the story will be like, and this much I can say: it'll be a full-length story featuring practically every character we can shove in there, it'll be written by both Karl and myself, and I'll probably be handling some of the art, but not sure what or how much just yet. What it won't have: any weddings or engagements involving anyone from Knothole Village. Justin, Karl and I have been discussing the issue at length, and it was decided that most, if not all of the characters considered -- Sonic, Sally, Antoine, and Bunnie -- are simply too young for any serious relationships beyond simply dating. (I had been a proponent for at least Antoine and Bunnie getting engaged, but I'm afraid that is one aspect where I simply may have let all the fan interaction get to me, and just wanted that monkey off my back. You have no idea how tiring it gets to receive e-mail practically every day asking when Sonic and Sally are going to get married. When Justin and karl made their case against it, I couldn't help but agree. It would be wrong for the series to proceed any further in that direction at this time.) I'll have much more to say at my online chat. See you there. This info REALLY clears up a lot of questions from fans regarding the comic. Well, for me, anyway : Source: Ken Penders' Message Board
The development site has changed a little now they are doing songs from other Sonic Team games and some japanise bloke put a note in front of the cam!
It's been fun running a large website for a while, but now it's just annoying and too much pressure. I have a job, a life, and whatnot and I can't be bothered to update it every day and put up with the weirdos who bug me. Anyway, If you would like to become a part of the SoL staff (the job I do) email me and SHOW me how you are qualified. Don't just tell me. Give me a URL to your site or something. HTML knowledge is REQUIRED! If you wish to see what alll you'd be running, go to this page and look under Sonique. I also run a few things on other pages such as music and the dictionary. If you can run most, that's also okay as I may stick around and run something. Thank you for your time :)
I don't think anyone else has noticed this, but in the new screen shots from Sonic Adventure 2, in the one where Sonic is jumping out of the helicopter, there is a pair of handcuffs attached to one of his wrists. (the one on the right side of the picture.) Now, considering we know that there is some kind of a dark or evil Sonic in this game, this pretty much confirms that at some point, Sonic will be framed and arrested, then escape. The helicopter could be a police copter, and maybe GUN stands for some kind of made up law agency in the game.
 Sonic Team has released two new screen shots from Sonic Adventure 2 in the new section of their site "SonicTeam *Aki Matsuri* (Fall Festival)." And, it says there that new shots will be released daily for the duration of the festival --- from 09.22.00 to 10.01.00. Out of the blue skies comes the sound of a roaring helicopter. From the helicopter, jumps our mighty blue hero, Sonic the Hedgehog! Sonic ready to take on the challenges that face him! The stage is set and the curtain rises for Sonic's next adventure! The first screen shot is of Sonic jumping from a large helicopter with the initials "G.U.N." on it. These stand for somethin', as there are words written under each letter, but, they're too small for me to make out. (Remember those "G"s in some of the earlier SA2 pics?) The second pic is of Sonic fallin' with a sky surfin' board attached to his feet.  Sonic Team has opened the Phantasy Star Online webpage which looks pretty darned sweet! ^__^ Available in English you can find such things as whats new, basic information, character profiles, techniques, and weapons! ^_^ Click the picture to access the English portion of the page. Source: Sonic Team  Regardless of how SoA's arcade division treats us, there's no questioning the fact that the DC division loves us. Remember how "Livin' La Vida Loca" and "Cup of Life" had to be removed from the DC version of Samba in Japan due to licensing issues? (Sony Music Entertainment ***grrr*** holds the rights to all Ricky Martin songs, in case you're behind the curve.) But we'll put up with no such nonsense on these proud shores, where freedom rings eternal! The US tracklist for Samba de Amigo has been released, and guess which two songs are in it? The bad news is that neither one (or Chumbawumba's Tubthumping, for that matter) are being performed by the original artists. Aw hell, who needs Ricky Martin anyway? Here's the complete tracklist, as well as the list of downloadable songs to be made available through the Samba homepage:
Source: Neo Green Hill Zone
Meet Pinobee.
About a year ago at this time, there were a million wicked rumors circulating about Sonic Team, ranging from the unlikely (Sonic Team splits into three divisions: the Naka division, the Ohshima division, and the Iizuka division) to the unearthly (Sonic Team breaks up). But as with any rumor, it all stems from a (usually) harmless truth, and the truth in this scenario is that a number of key Sonic Team players left Sega to form their own development house: Artoon. Green Gibbon (who originally revealed this) isn't sure at this point exactly which members of the Team defected during the upheaval, but the big word going around is that Naoto Ohshima is among the list of traitors. Actually, it kind of makes sense. Ohshima's style of direction is very mellow and fantasy-based, but the recent Team trend is towards off-the-wall, "wacky-cool" styles ala Samba De Amigo. It's not hard to predict just what we can expect from Artoon...think along the lines of Sonic CD and Ristar, both of which were made by certain members of Sonic Team. Artoon's first independent project, Pinobee: Quest of Heart for the Game Boy Advance, ideally reflects the sense of fantasy direction found in the aforementioned titles (as well as NiGHTS). Players control Pinobee, a robotic bee who dreams of becoming real. (The name is actually a play on "Pinocchio.") Apparently, it's an action platformer with luscious hand-painted backgrounds and rendered characters. Pinobee: Quest of Heart is being published in Japan by Hudson. Other titles from Artoon include a couple of cell phone games not really worth mentioning, but if you absolutely must know about them, you can read all the gunky details here (in Japanese, of course). Source: Neo Green Hill Zone  Microsoft has started the hype machine yet again to plug their upcoming videogame console, the X-box, with a press conference showing off 3rd-Party support for the console in a conference in San Francisco, London and Tokyo. To help kick the announcement off, Microsoft also showed off a demo reel of numerous titles headed towards the console, including a curious platformer that looks an awful lot like a hedgehog we know and love. After seeing the footage, it became obvious that the spikey lookalike was not Sonic, but just to help cut off the rumor mill on UseNet before it even gets started, IGN DC contacted Sega for the official word on the identity of this masked hop-aholic. Heather Hawkins, Manager of Gaming Press Relations for Sega of America stated, "That is not Sonic. Sure looks like him, though. There are no plans whatsoever to release a Sonic title on X-box." So sorry, kids. Much like the rumor of Nintendo and Sega co-developing an RPG, this one is obviously a heap of bunk. As for the true identity of the title, no one knows who this Sonic wanna-be is, but rest assured that we'll keep an eye out for the guilty party should he pop up again. As far as that Sonic/Mario RPG. Its been conflicting as to whether its valid or not everywhere, which it probably isnt (Ages and Odnetnin? Really now. ^___^) So no one knows for sure even though its one of the biggest whoppers I've seen. ^_^ But it certainly is fun to imagine what it WOULD be if it is. Hehehe Source: IGN DC Sonic Team have released a NEATO Live Camera, for coverage of the JAMMA Show for themselves! YAY! However, at the moment, They are just showing the Development site. Which at the moment has Chu Chu Rocket playing on a monitor, a few Sonic dolls stuffed around the area, and if your lucky, Some Japanese top Blokes wandering around ^__^ They've also brought out a Schedule of whats happening, although in Japanese, we've kindly enough got a good Japanese Translation for you here. It seems to have chats with developers of Samba, ChuChu Rocket, and PSO, and the boss himself, YUJI! To Acess the LIVE Broadcast, you need to snag Windows Media Player. Then click here!, Beware though, I've been sitting through it for 1/2 an hour, and the Chu Chu Rocket Music gets quite annoying. :) Happy Broadcasting, I'll let you nkow if anything pops up!  Sonic Team have just added a Neato Smaba Item to their page! A Samba Clock! Which has 2 pictures, a collection of the gang, and A Amigo head with Amigo's Gal :) What is also cool about this, is that It doubles as a puzzle! Both images can turn into a pu8zzle which you move around the pieces to get it right, if you can get it, good on ya! The little gizmo can be found here! Source: Sonic Team.com  SonicUnderground.net pulls off another stop as those who been waiting for a season 2 of Sonic Underground have nothing to fear. A new team by the name of Sonic Underground Project 2000 have taken over and are bringing out TXT episodes of the new season, starting with #41, "Taking the Fall". The new season begins October 1st, and a new episode will be released AS THEY ARE FINISHED WRITTEN. Here's a little teaser:SonicUnderground Project 2000 Presents... 10-01-00
Heres whats new with ver. 2000: a bunch of new songs have been added into the mix (along with the original games selection of Samba melodies), and there are two new modes available from the select menu. The first new gameplay mode is Normal Mode (the default system for the sequel), which introduces the practice of waving both maracas between two of the six positions. Youll also need to make wide, circular sweeping motions with both maracas. Whenever youre required to do this, the pose icon pops up, and voices start chanting. This does an exceptional job of making the player look even sillier, and it gets my seal of approval. The other addition is the Dreamcast versions notorious Love-Love Mode, which calculates the romantic compatibility between two players. This is specifically designed for young couples who frequent game centers (which are hot Tokyo dating spots really!), and is appallingly cute. To increase the games red-hot sexual tension, a new character has been dropped in a lovely girl monkey who plays the tambourine. Rrrowr. And thats about it. Ver. 2000 isnt particularly earth-shattering, but the new songs and the maraca-waving challenges are fun enough to warrant getting addicted all over again and I had a blast playing it at the show. Lets hope that this paves the road for future, fruitier endeavors from Sonic Team. There are movies and pictures, go check the source! Source: DC.IGN.COM
Using a similar arcade cabinet, the gameplay is oddly reminiscent of Samba de Amigo, requiring you to shake a single tambourine in one of six positions. Colored dots show you where to shake, and where to smack the bright, yellow button located on both sides of the musical peripheral to make a clapping sound. Since the arcade games sensors are capable of tracking the maraca in 3D space, youll also be required to make circular, sweeping motions with the maraca while shaking it (similar to painting graffiti in Jet Set Radio). Is it fun? Yes. Oh, hell, yes. If you dont move your butt to this game, theres something seriously wrong with you. The music threw us for a loop at first instead of the funky Latin beats of Samba, Shakkas tunes are all J-Pop songs from Nipponese super groups like Morning Musume and Ayumi Hamazaki. Ranging from traditional Japanese melodies to fast-paced techno, the song selection is great if youre Japanese. If Segas considering an American release, 99% of these songs are gonna get the axe (though I hope they leave in the Gatchaman theme). Shakka appears to use the same engine as Samba, sporting 60fps, cartoony visuals with stoopid-crazy amounts of background animation. And oo-wee, is it fruity! Seriously, this is one of the brightest, shiniest, happiest games weve seen since Super Magnetic Niu-Niu. Think the dancing monkeys in Samba de Amigo were weird-ass creations? They aint nothin compared to the white tuxedo-clad freaks who smile insanely as they shake their tambourines in a fit of ecstasy. These guys scare me. There are movies Avaliable at the source, check them NOW! Source: DC.IGN.COM Recently, Famitsu Magazine in Japan has brought out first screenshots of The New Daytona USA Title on the dreamcast, which will include tracks from DUSA1, Championship Edition, and DUSA2. And to no surprise, Sonic has once again showed himself up in the mountain in all his glory! Source: Gamers.com Sonic Team has opened the Phantasy Star Online webpage which looks pretty darned sweet! ^__^ Available in English you can find such things as whats new, basic information, character profiles, techniques, and weapons! ^_^ Click the picture to access the English portion of the page. Source: Sonic Team ... will be Wednesday, 8:00PM EST, October 4, 2000. I'll be online for at least an hour, staying longer if it's anything like it was last time. To avoid confusion and give everyone a chance to get their questions answered, I may ask everyone to refrain from chatting with others during the session. I only say this because many people were having trouble keeping up with the flow of the conversation as a result of the extra chatter. Please keep in mind that anything connected with this website is a work in progress, and while Bob and I do work hard to try to improve things overall, we're not quite there yet. We ask for your patience and consideration to others. Thanks. There you have it. I'll be there - what about you? Source: Ken Penders' Message Board
If you still don't own a copy of Sonic Adventure, you can get one for 20 bucks from Mplayer.com as a special offer to its members. I'm not sure if you have to be a member or not, but it's there and only $20 (US dollars) from the List Price of $57.99! Here's the URL:
http://store.mplayer.com/... Source: Mplayer Store Newsletter
That's what the biggest rumor to come down the pike in ages is saying. This comes from SegaWeb...
Holy just so wacky it might be true, Batman! A rumor has surfaced indicating Sega is teaming up with none other than Nintendo to create a new cross-platform game. Featuring characters like Sonic, Mario, Link, Virtua Fighter Kids, and more in an RPG-style outing, the game will see release on both the Dreamcast and GameCube. The game (tentatively titled "Sega and Nintendo: The Cosmo Cube") is supposed to be officially announced in November. Ah, so that's when Hell is going to freeze over. Thanks to The Magic Box for the scoop. Remember folks, and take THIS to heart; THIS IS IS JUST A RUMOR! It may or may not be true, but it's certainly very intriguing, is it not..... Credit: SegaWeb News Bytes
With a little hunting around with help from Sonique, I've found the address so all you SatAM fans can also email Teletoon Canada. (the Canadian equivelant of the Cartoon Network) These guys air Sonic Underground and many other "niche" shows, so there is a possibility of them airing SatAM. Without furthur ado, here's the address:
BCE Place 181 Bay Street P. O. Box 787 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3
Increadible news for SatAM fans. We heard DiC was bought, well it was DiC who bought their independence. YOU MUST WRITE LETTERS TO CARTOON NETWORK NOW! Cartoon Network would be the best because they adopt series and above all they listen to their fans. They listened to the Sailor Moon petition so the SatAM petition could work. Okay, here's what to do. Here's what WB said:
Write to CartoonNetwork AND Dic. For CartoonNetwork you need to give them reasons as to why this series is so good and show them how many people are behind it. For Dic you need to convince them the benfits of airing it again, new episode possibilities (think of interest in Sonic Adventure 2, study demographics) and why Cartoon network would be a good place DO NOT ASK FOR NEW EPISODES YET!! That will come in time and I'll keep everyone posted. Here's the addy to cartoon Network: Cartoon Network 1050 Techwood Drive Atlanta, GA 30318 And for DiC: DiC Entertainment 303 North Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank CA 91502 (USA) Phone #: (818) 955-5400 Fax #: (818) 955-5696 Executives: Andy Hayward: President & Cheif Executive officer Patricia Ryan: President of international sales Joy Tahjian: President of worldwide merchandising Robby London: Senior Vice President of creative affairs
Two new games have been added to Sega's All Stars program. Capcom has announced that both Power Stone and Marvel vs. Capcom will now be repackaged and sold for a measly $19.95. Woo-hoo! Now you have absolutely no excuse for never having played these games. Check out our review archive for the scoop on both of them and then get off your butt and go buy 'em already! Sheesh!
Good news for Dreamcast fans. Credit: SegaWeb News Bytes
For those of you who know, I recently sent out the SatAM Petition to quite a lot of compainies. Here's the bad news from ABC:
Thank you for your submission to American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. However, worthwhile, we cannot assume any obligation for ideas contained in your unsolicited submission. In an effort to avoid misunderstandings over the orginazaion or story ideas, it is our policy not to accept or review any ideas, suggestions or creative matericals not solicited by us. As a nation orginization, we recieve a great number of program suggestions, many of which have similar plots, story lines, formats, and/or ideas to those created internally and/or already incorportated in other programs .(not a misprint, that's how it was written) Accordingly, enclosed please find your unexamined submission. We thank you for your interest and wish you all the best in your pursuits. Sincerely Some ABC Jerk.... Anyway, if they'd payed attention, they'd see I was more so asking for them to rerun the series, rather than make a new one. Then, eventually, maybe a new series or season. Anyway, this is gonna be harder than I thought, but hell if I give up. I will not give up and just hope others are writing letters and having more luck. If Ben Hurst is right, the new president of ABC doesn't give a damn about ABC, so I suggest writing elsewhere.
Good evening friends, Tristan here. In today's report, Peter Moore testifies before Congress, a Genesis/Sega CD hybrid called the WonderMega hits EBay, and something that has hit home for all of us here at Sonic HQ brings a wonderful turn of events.
Good evening friends, Tristan here. In today's report, Peter Moore testifies before Congress, a Genesis/Sega CD hybrid called the WonderMega hits EBay, and something that has hit home for all of us here at Sonic HQ brings a wonderful turn of events.
For those who ordered the Sonic Adventure wallscrolls when they "came out" last month, you may have noticed that Express.com never got the wallscrolls on time. Well, I got an e-mail the other day from them, and all Sonic Adventure wallscrolls are ready for shipping!
Okay, so you people will stop emailing me, I asked for Sonicpandemonium account to be removed because everything is now at Shadow of Light. A few hoax pages may be missing, and I'm sorry as I wasn't aware that they all weren't on SOL. You can resend them to Trez if you wish. But that's it, it's done, no more emails.
BTW, we still have a lot of uncut SatAM episodes for those looking.  I would KILL for that Sonic T-Shirt... In fact - I would kill for over half the items I'm about to show you guys from something I found called "The Sonic Fashion Project". While searching through my translator some more, I've found some pretty awesome pictures of various items and merchandise within the Sonic store in Nagoya Japan. Clothing, plushies, jackets, giftboxes. The AMOUNT of stuff on the page is AMAZING. I never knew Sonic Teams page went into all this stuff. And I know I'd go practically BROKE in this store in Nagoya. See for yourself - :)
I wont post all the pictures (cause not many of them are really good shots - the one shown was the best one) but according to ST.com, the display is gone. :( Perhaps the European fans that have access to this vicinity can check it out. I posted what I could translate of the adress if this means anything. I hope you ghuys can read it because I'm not familiar with the setup of European Phone numbers and such: CONCEPT STORE
Believe it or not - Gamecube was the name that was supposed to have been Dreamcast! ;)
Yuji Naka posts a column to Sonic Team's web page every now and then (see previous and below articles), and the latest entry contains an interesting revelation. Apparently, when Sega was deciding upon the name for its new 128-bit console, Sonic Team looked at the shape of the system and suggested "G-Cube." If Sega had taken Sonic Team's advice, we may just have ended up with the Sega G-Cube instead of the Sega Dreamcast. Hmm… perhaps Nintendo would have then opted to release the Nintendo Dreamcast? Source: IGN DC Yuki Naka has put some interesting material on the Sonic Team website. ^_^ One of which is new pictures of the Sonic Store in Nagoya, Japan. :)
I've managed to find a way to translate some of the stuff he has on the page. (Yes, I've found a way to reliably translate some Japanese now. YAY! ^__^) And one of the other entries from his "web diary" (see article above) talks about the recording session for Sonic Adventure 2. One of things said is that a new character has been confirmed! ^__^ He talks about something that was called a "Volume of Post Recording" on Sonic Adventure 2. The translation is a bit wacky in areas and _VERY_ hard to follow (I believe its due to errors in grammar during translation), but here's what it got translated to: [It] had gone to the studio of a Touhoku new company in Akasaka for the audition of a new character etc. of 'Sonic adventure 2'on this day. It is anxious because [it] thinks as going, and it is not done to SCE separately that it is bad whenever the studio in this Akasaka is in the vicinity of SCE whenever [it] goes. (^_^;) Video production for the Tokyo game show of '(*fantashestaronrain*)'was the vicinity of SCE. ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚ [ has been reconsidered in the studio because there was no audition recently. I said the thing was wacky - I didn't say it was legible :P Remember these pictures below? I've managed to get a lot of different stuff translated and its REALLY cool. ^^ One of the things (concerning an article that was posted a few months ago) was concerning the "Pokemon Train" where people were wondering why Mr. Naka had pictures of Pokemon on the ST website. It turns out that this entry of the diary was comparing Pokemon's train advertisements to the Sonic Adventure train advertisements before its launch. And he mentioned how the SA advertisement campaign was much smaller than how Pokemon is being advertised.
I'll be going through my translator pretty much half the day. So if I find anything interesting, I'll be sure to post it here! Later! ^___^ Source: Sonic Team  Sonic Team has updated thier website - and located on it are new wallpapers featuring the "Sonic The Skateboard" theme! ^__^ The picture is available in: 1280 x 1024:BMP file(1339KB) Each file is available as a zip! ^_^ Source: Sonic Team
This has been posted on SUML, so listen up: Sonic the Movie comes on Starz October 1st at 3:35 P.M.
Source: Sonic Underground Mailing List
It's here, and it has SAGE coverage...in fact, most of the SHQ RA News this time around focuses on the expo. You can either stream it, or download it all. I'll be back Monday with a news update.
Well, folks, we have some Sonic E-Bay related auctions to pass your way, including yet another offer of all 26 eps of SatAM.
First up, here is an auction for Sonic 26. Next, another auction here has Sonic 31 on sale. To wrap up the comics, here is one for Sonic 24. The one selling all three of these ships worldwide, so don't let being outside of the US bother you here. Here, we have all 26 eps of SatAM. This dude ships to US and Canada. Finally, here, we have a book of how to Draw Sonic and company. Unfortunely, this person only ships to the US. :( Well, there you have it for now, folks...  Thought I forgot - DIDNTCHA ^___^ ! Well the Poll Position is back for the New School Year, and for the month of September we open up with the results of our 3 previous polls! And the responses were EXCELLENT! ^__^ In June we polled you all with 3 questions concerning Sonic and Sega. We got some REALLY good response (most of which you can probably attest to them being up for so long). The questions are as follows: You'll be ESPECIALLY surprised (or maybe not) at the Sonic Adventure results...The results to all polls and info on the new one can be found in our extended Poll Position artcle, link below! :)
Some serious news involving the whole piracy of Sega Dreamcast games has been brought up.
Sega is taking no prisoners this time, and has now officially shut down one of the largest Dreamcast sites out there that contains the most information on how to copy your own DC games and everything. The site? www.dcisos.com. This site was totally into the whole "DC Scene," as the whole Dreamcast piracy business was called. This site explained on how to burn your own DC games, contained the files to make your Dreamcast work with copies. It also contained covers to the DC games for those that wanted their copies nice and neat. They even contained manuals in Adobe format, not to mention a forum where people could discuss things that were going well, or things that screwed up and warn people not to obtain certain things. All to keep the scene going. Yet, since it didn't contain any files that illegally distributed any actual DC games, there was no way Sega could touch them, seeing as all they did was give out information. Apparently, something caught Sega's eyes and soon hacked down on their site, which will truly slow down the distribution, however, not by a long shot. There are other websites out there that focus on the whole DC Scene, basically replicas of DC ISOS, and this won't stop broadband users with CD Burner's from getting more games. In other news, last week, Kalisto, a major online distributor of the DC games released their latest, and final, DC game to the public, and with it, they had this to say: "Sega has offered us stock options to stop releasing DC, so this will be it, our last release." Sega had found a new piracy protection code for it all to end. Kalisto, however, found their way around it and ripped their last few games to the public. Rumor's have it that Sega was devistated that no matter what, Kalisto would always get through the protection code, and it scared Sega. So, they offered them a way to "shut their mouths" and basically bribed them. Another rumor is that they were caught and arrested, and that they used that bit to cover up what really happened. It seems Sega's finally gaining the upperhand on the piracy business, but with more groups showing up to distribute games online, there's no telling when it will all end. One thing's for sure, Sega's much more ordered than Sony when it comes to piracy.
S.A.G.E, The Sonic Ameture Game Expodition has opened today! The S.A.G.E is to Sonic Fan Games as Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is to Video Games. A whole heaps of online "booths" have been created by different teams of creators to show their stuff to the adoring public. Sage will be taken place from the 9th (today) to the 11th of September, with new goodies popping up everyday! Go now to
The latest Gamefan Spaz cover is in! This issue Spaz graces us with that Super Powered Super Fighting Robot Mega Man for a depiction of Capcom's Cannon Spike!
 Stop thinking and SCREAM !!! Ladies And gents - the Sega Scream that defined Sega in the early 90's is officially back! And with it comes a new commercial that features a guest stint of not only Tails, but E-102 Gamma as well! ^___^ Sega recently announced the introduction of a multi-million dollar advertising and marketing campaign to support the launch of Sega.com's much-anticipated SegaNet, the only high-speed online console gaming network providing Sega Dreamcast and PC users with the ultimate in speed, reliability and content. The campaign, which includes one 60-second TV spot and two 30-second spots, was created by Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco and includes animated footage from Pacific Data Images, the creators of the award-winning animated feature film, Antz. ^___^ To kick off the campaign, Sega debuted the commercials on September 7th during the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The Play Online advertisement features the Sega characters whistling “America the Beautiful” while an announcer speaks about “whipping each other’s booty” using SegaNet. Kids are shown throwing their controllers around, screaming, tearing up teddy bears (no joke) and even blowing up their houses after competing in some fierce NFL2K1, NBA2K1, and Quake III. All this is highlighted by the Sega Scream, which is done in true oldschool Sega style. Those with VERY sharp eyes can pick up characters from Power Stone, Resident Evil, Fur Fighters, and Amigo from Sonic Teams Samba De Amigo - but most importantly Tails The Fox and E-102 Gamma From Sonic Adventure! Can you spot them in the picture above? ^__^ Download The Commercial: "Play Online!" - 25337K  Haven't you ever wanted to spray graffiti all over your hometown? Well - BESIDES the fact that you can get arrested for it, Sega is now letting us do it for thier videogames :) New Sonic Team graffiti designs have been made available for VMU download at the Jet Set Radio (aka "Jet Grind Radio") website! The designs include three Sonic logos, three PSO logos, and four Samba logos. Happy Spraypainting! ^___^ Download Files from: Jet Set Sonic Downloads Andy Wolan - owner of Emuzone, the website that hosts us has opened up a new project that benefits gamers of all genres! The press release is below. :) As part of Emulation Zone's on going commitment to the emulation scene and to video gamers alike, we are proud to announce EmuLinks.Com . The goal of this new web site is to pick-up where many search engines, like Yahoo, leave off by offering a complete database of links geared toward emulation and video gaming. Since it's coded, owned and operated by us, a non-profit organization, you can be sure that we will strive to offer our viewers an unbiased service they can depend on. What makes our site unique from many "link sites" on the web is that our site is completely automated. This allows us to do things to our database of links unimaginable or too difficult to incorporate on site that are edited by hand, such as real time user feedback. The site is currently in its final beta testing phases, but just about all the bugs have been ironed out. I would like to cordially invite everyone with a related web site to on stop on by and submit a link to your site. Our team of reviewers will go through the link submission and review the sites accordingly. If you don't have a web site, we would like to welcome the public to play around with the site, add links to their favorite related home pages and give feedback on what they think of the place. :)
Dub here! Its _SUPER_ late my time and the Sonic #92 Spoilers are just in - and it looks like the return of a love him or hate him character. But THIS TIME - another writer and another artist are handling the chores....
Sonic The Hedgehog #92 "The Wrath of Khan" "Bagging The Big One" Written by Karl Bollers and Ken Penders Art by James Fry and Steven Butler Inks By Andrew Pepoy and Pam Eklund. The Wrath Of Khan! Monkey Khan, that is. The cyborg-simian created by Doctor Robotnik returns, and this time the furry fury's got it in for his maker and all Overlanders in general. In an ironic twist, Sonic goes from protecting the newly arrived Overlanders from the Eggman last issue, to defending them against Monkey Khan this issue! If he doesn't they might go running scared into Robotnik's clutches after all. And in the backstory, "Bagging The Big One," As his search for the Floating Island continues, Knuckles discovers he's the quarry of more than a few interested parties, each racing to beat the other. Unfortunately for them, this isn't the Knuckles they've all dealt with before... 32 pages, $1.99, ships on Dec. 22. Eh. Looks to be somewhat decent - but then again I'm not a big fan of the Amazing Jackie Chan Chimpanzee either. :P Whenever he's been around its always been under the pen of Frank Strom. For once its Karl Bollers and since James Fry is handling artwork there is SOME hope. :) 8 Issues From This One Till The Big Double Zero!!! ^___^ |
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SEGA Japan have opened a small site deticated to Sonic Shuffle. Although fully Japanese, a translator like 
The USA Samba De Amigo page has added some new Samba De Amigo wallpaper for your downloading pleasure, which includes faces of all the characters from Samba De Amigo 2000, Including the new monkey girl, and also shows us her name, AMIGA! (oo, what a original name eh? ^_^ Its also an old console :P) Download: 
On top of that, they have created Brand new Game/Clocks! Now which include Sonic Adventure 2, Chu Chu Rocket, and Phantasy Star Online (To the left is the SA2 one) All have 2 pictures each and can become puzzle games via the menu.
The Samba De Amigo v.2000 Upgrade has been shown at the JAMMA Show, Including new modes and songs, and surprisingly, THIS NEW MONKEY GIRL! (which I'd bet alot of money for, that shes in because of the Love Love Mode, You Go Amigo!)
The JAMMA Show has begun in Japan! And Sonic Team have brought out a new game! Shakka To Tamborine! The Sequal (Technically) To Samba De Amigo! However, instead of Maracas, we've got Tamborines instead, and a buncha of new characters!
And get this folks - THERES WAS A SONIC STORE IN PARIS....PARIS STINKING FRANCE !!!! ^___^ 
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