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20 YEARS OF SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

The world’s most famous hedgehog speeds through two successful decades of gaming!

TOKYO (January 5, 2011) – SEGA® Corporation is proud to announce their company mascot will celebrate his 20th anniversary on June 23, 2011.

From the first day of the release of Sonic The Hedgehog™ back in 1991 on the SEGA Mega Drive console (Genesis for North America), Sonic the Hedgehog quickly became a popular gaming icon due to his super fast speed and his cool, edgy character. In the twenty years that the video games have been available, Sonic the Hedgehog has notched up over 70 million units sold worldwide.

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Last week, word of a new Final Fantasy title called something like Final Fantasy Type 0 became a registered trademark, and now a website sharing the same name has appeared, created by none other than Square Enix.

The company will be having a conference thing (that’s the official name, anyhow) later this month, and I think with this evidence as well it’s fair to assume that “Type 0” will be talked about at it. I’m guessing it’s a new game, but really it could be anything relating to the franchise!

Via Dtoid

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Final Fantasy Type-0 is a pretty interesting name, don’t you think? The listing was found in Europe’s trademark database, along with a logo for Type-0 with “type zero” written in kanji. Of course, no one can be completely sure what the trademarks are, though Siliconera speculates that it could be a Final Fantasy spinoff. Square Enix will have a press conference next month to share a fair amount of announcements. Might Final Fantasy Type-0 be revealed?

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This information comes from series director Akitoshi Kawazu…

“There are many fans who want a Romancing SaGa 4, so I believe that it is my duty to make it before I die.”

It’s not a matter of if anymore, but when. Let’s just hope fans won’t have to wait another twenty years to see Romancing SaGa 4. Perhaps he could give the game a shot on the 3DS…

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The chart below is based off of Famitsu data taken up to December 19, though the New Super Mario Bros. figure is based off of data up to December 26.

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This information comes from Katsura Hashino, leader of the Persona team…

“Next year, we will be able to announce various titles, I think.”

We know that a new Shin Megami Tensei: Persona title is in the works for the 3DS, so hopefully we’ll hear more about that next year. That being said, the Persona team develops other games, such as Catherine for the PS3/Xbox 360. So, it’s very possible that we’ll hear about announcements outside of the Persona series.

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Lost Levels seems to have gotten their hands on a rare, early prototype version of The Legend of Zelda. Quite a number of changes that have been discovered relate to the game’s difficulty. For instance, in the prototype, less enemies appear on screen and often weren’t as challenging compared to the foes you encounter in the final version. Other changes include differences in music, sprite design, level design, and more. You can check out the full list here. Also, you can download the .fds image here as well as the NSF here.

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It looks like this may be the end of Nintendo’s super play videos for the Mario series…

Thanks to Chestah for the tip!

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So… Nintendo is making the next Okami game?! Ah, just kidding! That is a pretty interesting trademark, though…