The News, Reviewed: February 12-19

19 February, 2012 14 July, 2024

Apologies for those of you wondering why TNR has been missing: a combination of work and wanting to move this to Sundays caused the delay. I was contemplating calling this ‘The Sunday Digest’ but decided to stay consistent. Anyway, it’s back, and here’s the week in news on TSSZ:

Sunday

• According to Kotaku the next Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing game is in the works, with branding for it at the New York Toy Fair being shown off

Monday

• While Archie’s legal battles continue, and we potentially contemplate the Archie comics not being in existence, 53% of TSSZ readers would still like the comic to continue elsewhere

• Ken Balough said only one zone would be a “throwback” to previous game in Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II

• We dived in to the Archie versus Penders pre-trial report. There’s a lot to it, and Tristan wrote an excellent review of what’s being battled out.

Tuesday

• The House of the Dead 3 was released on PSN, with trophy support and a HD facelift

• We go inside the pages of Sonic Universe #37, where Eggman is taken by surprise as his rule is threatened

• Microsoft’s Sonic 4: Episode II Xbox.com page showed off plenty of screenshots of the game before being pulled. Luckily, we got them just in time

• Online co-op was confirmed for Episode II, Sonic 2 style.

Wednesday

• Microsoft removed the Episode II screenshots, and the uploaded them … again.

• Xbox.com shows a release date of May for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II

• Eddie Lebron reveals more behind-the-scenes development of his upcoming Sonic film, showing off the 3D side of production

Thursday

• Famitsu teases a nearby Sonic 4: Episode II reveal, and we also snatched a component of what looks like the upcoming website for the game

• Nine new Episode II screenshots went live

Friday

• Episode II was unveiled in Famitsu

• Concept Art Friday showed off a new polar bear enemy type

• In Fan Fridays we highlighted BloodyRenegadeX for his awesome Sonic animations (and not of the type you’re thinking)

Sunday

• Of course, we finished the week with the games releasing across these seven days

10 Comments

FIRST! HaHHahHHHahHahHHah.

Awesome post, btw.

Online co-op may get annoying in Episode 2. Think of it, a little kid playing online w/u. There might be sections were Tails HAS to help Sonic fly, and if the kid is Tails, he might not know what to do, and you might get pissed off lol. Just a thought.

^Also, we don’t know if online will have two screens, or one screen. If it’s one screen, there are 2 possibilities:

1. Sonic/Tails won’t be able to progress the screen, if Sonic/Tails is staying still, or trying to go to the left, instead of right.

2. It’s just like single player, except you’ll be seeing Tails/Sonic run right pass you every now and then….then again, that’s not really multiplayer, its just another character gaining and losing your rings, and just getting through the stage.

Ahhh! I’m so confused :SS Let’s just hope multiplayer won’t be a bust.

@Metal
Or,
3. There’s a main 1st player and a secondary 2nd player, just like in Sonic 2 (Well, Sonic 3’s version would be more accurate seeing as Tails can manually fly in that game).