MegaDriver, the covering-Sega-game-music-into-metal-music band has released MetalHog, a CD that covers songs from various Sonic games. It’s pretty cool if you’re into this kind of thing. Head over here to download the album.

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The Archie blog has updated again and you can view the first 6 pages of issue number #193. The cover has also been updated, showing we’ll have a Sonic Unleashed story in the back. Pick it up when it comes out!

“Otherside Part One”: Good comes face-to-face with evil… and it’s just like looking in a mirror as Sonic and the Freedom Fighters square off against their evil doppelgangers from another world! With King Scourge (the evil anti-Sonic from another dimension) and the Suppression Squad controlling Freedom HQ, Sonic and Amy are sent across time and space to Moebius… the Anti-Mobius, that is! They run into some familiar faces in this topsy-turvy world, but who is friend and who is foe? And back home, what sinister scheme is Miles hatching?
SCRIPT: Ian Flynn.
ART: Tracy Yardley! (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks).
Double-trouble cover by Tracy Yardley! & Jason Jensen.
Shipping Date: October 1st, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: October 8th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: October 21st, 2008
32-page, full color comic
$2.25 US.

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Nothing spectacular that we didn’t already know was revealed in the article for Sonic Unleashed except various controls for the Wii version.

• You move Sonic with the Nunchuk’s Control Stick and Jump with A.
• You do a quick side-step by holding B and moving the Control Stick in the desired direction (left or right).
• The new drift mechanism let’s you earn bonuses by holding B or Z to whip around tight turns.
• You use Sonic’s Homing Attack by shaking the Wii Remote
• Shaking the Wii Remote also lets you use a speed boost that’s filled from a guage at the bottom of the screen.
• While being the Werehog where you have a damage guage, you swing the Wii Remote for Sonic’s right hand and the Nunchuk for Sonic’s left hand.
• Pressing Z lets you block and by chaining together combos and mixing in advanced moves by swinging the remote and nunchuk up, down, or toward each other you can really dish out the pain on enemies.
• You can also use B to grab and toss the enemies.
• Pressing C let’s you activate Unleashed Mode; a powered-up state during which you gain new attacks and take less damage from your enemies.
• If you’re danging off an enemy, you can wave the Wii Remote to swing back and forth.
• You can climb poles by lifting the remote and nunchuk alternately, or raise a heavy gate by yanking up with both controllers.

Look for this game to arrive on November 18th in the US for the Wii, PS3, PS2, and 360.

As for the Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood review, it received an 8.0. The game was praised for the Elite Beat Agents style of attacks, the whitty dialogue, the great cast of characters each with an important role, how benched characters also level-up, equiping Chao to characters to boost their abilities, a series of Chrono Trigger inspired Team POW movies makes every new combination of fighters interesting, and the option to choose between lengthy chats or straight-to-business conversations. Some of the downsides being that the EBA sytles of attacks starts to get annoying after a while and some enemies being strong enough that you need to use POW attacks. Normal attacks do no damage to them. The game will take you about 15-20 hour to beat, but it will be well worth it. Look for it next week on the 30th for the US, or the 28th if you happen to be near the Nintendo World Store in New York City and wish to get the game a couple days early and an exclusive Chao.

Go out to a newsstand somewhere and buy issue 234 of Nintendo Power, which is November 2008. One other thing that I noticed about these two items is that the Unleashed articles was done by Chris Hoffman and the Chronicles review was by Casey L. Why didn’t Steve Thomason do them? He had always been the one writing anything related to Sonic in Nintendo Power. I would always check for his name, knowing he was a Sonic fan like us.

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She totally fits in with the Halloween theme. And here I am thinking it was going to be Blaze. Silly me. They look so similar when pixilated. Go, download, and install when the time comes in a couple of weeks! Here is the Wallpaper and the Calender.

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Sonic Channel posted a preview for what their October 2008 Wallpaper will be. Who could it be? That’s really the blazing question.

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Sega recently send out an e-mail telling us about various free things you can get from preordering Sonic Chronicles. Go out to either GameStop or Game Crazy for a three pack of Stylus’ or head over and preorder it at Circuit City for a Sonic Chronicles DS Lite skin. You only have until the 30th! That’s a week and a half. Hurry!

The Sonic Chronicles Facebook page updated today saying that Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood has now gone gold. This means that the game is completely finished and is ready to be printed and shipped out. Look forward to it’s release on September 26th for Europe and September 30th for NA.

“If you cannot wait until the 30th and live in New York, Sega is also hosting an event on September 28th at Nintendo World Store from 1-4pm where you will have the opportunity to purchase the game early. You will also have the chance to get an exclusive collectible Chao that is not included in the game. So bring your DS if you are attending this event!”

That’s not the chao you’ll be getting, but I figured it would be a nice image to put with this post. Chao!

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The Archie blog has updated again with a preview of #195 and Sonic X #40. Look at all those hedgehogs!

“Hedgehog Havoc, Part One”: It’s the story fans have wished for for years: all your favorite hedgehogs together in one pulse-pounding epic that spans New Mobotropolis, Moebius, New Megaopolis and more! You’ll thrill to the excitement as Shadow, Amy Rose, Rob O’ the Hedge, King Scourge, Metal Sonic, and of course, Sonic the Hedgehog collide in this explosive tale that finds Scourge accelerating his assault against the Freedom Fighters and his hated enemy, Sonic. You simply cannot afford to miss this-after all, the outcome could result in long-lasting ramifications that could change everything forever!
SCRIPT: Ian Flynn.
ART: Tracy Yardley! (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks).
Hedgehogs-a-plenty cover by Tracy Yardley! & Jason Jensen.
Shipping Date: December 3rd, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: December 10th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: December 20th, 2008
32-page, full color comic
$2.25 US.

“The End”: A peaceful gathering of Sonic and his friends remains anything but when Shadow the Hedgehog and Metal Sonic crash the party - literally! Even Dr. Eggman is reeling in horror over the souped-up Metal Sonic, but that doesn’t stop him from forming an alliance to attack the blue blur. Meanwhile, Shadow remains inextricably linked to Metal, the only one who can help him find his correct place in the universe. It’s a melange of friends, foes and overlapping alliances… and Sonic and his friends are caught in the middle! This issue’s title is only the beginning, as it leads into a brand-new series called SONIC UNIVERSE that promises to chronicle the outcome of the Shadow and Metal Sonic conflict, as well as the further adventures of the entire Sonic-verse!
SCRIPT: Ian Flynn.
ART: David Hutchison (pencils) and Terry Austin (inks).
Double trouble cover by man-in-the-mirror Spaz!
Shipping Date: December 17th, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: December 24th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: December 30th, 2008
32-page, full color comic
$2.25 US.

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GoNintendo got a hold of the official artwork for the characters of Sonic Chronicles and they look pretty spiffy. Check it out!

You can view the rest of the images over at the Sonic Chronicles Artwork page.

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The official Archie Sonic blog has updated today with a first look at Sonic #192.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #192
“Metal and Mettle, Part Two”: You’re not just seeing double, you’re seeing quadruple when Sonic and Scourge fight for their lives against the sleek killer robots Metal Sonic and Metal Scourge! Why isn’t Scourge’s Suppression Squad doing anything to help? And what is the sinister secret Dr. Eggman is using to keep the Dark Egg Legion under his control?
SCRIPT: Ian Flynn.
ART: Tracy Yardley! (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks).
Dimension-hopping cover by Tracy Yardley! & Josh Ray!
Shipping Date: September 3rd, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: September 10th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: September 23rd, 2008
32-page, full color comic
$2.25 US.

We’ll get you more info about the comic as well as the second story as soon as it is available.

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