{"id":429578,"date":"2016-06-25T06:57:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T10:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=429578"},"modified":"2016-06-25T06:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T10:57:21","slug":"new-sonic-game-launching-in-2017-series-concept-art-for-various-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-sonic-game-launching-in-2017-series-concept-art-for-various-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sonic game launching in 2017, series concept art for various characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonic the Hedgehog&#8217;s 25th anniversary took place this week. A special event was held in Japan earlier today in Tokyo to celebrate, with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka in attendance. Iizuka was able to announce &#8220;officially&#8221; that a new game is happening, and it&#8217;ll be out next year. Specifics will be shared during the anniversary party on July 22.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from that, SEGA also shared a bunch of concept art from the Sonic series of various characters through the ages. We&#8217;ve rounded up those images below.<\/p>\n<p><div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-429610-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-1.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99217\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-1\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-1-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' 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data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-12.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-12.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99220\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-12\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-12-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-sonic-game-launching-in-2017-series-concept-art-for-various-characters\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"sonic-art-12\"\n                    alt=\"sonic-art-12\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/dynamic\/sonic-art-12.jpg-nggid0599220-ngg0dyn-100x75x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-13.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-13.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-13.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99221\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-13\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-13-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' 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data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-14.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-14.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99222\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-14\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-14-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-sonic-game-launching-in-2017-series-concept-art-for-various-characters\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"sonic-art-14\"\n                    alt=\"sonic-art-14\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/dynamic\/sonic-art-14.jpg-nggid0599222-ngg0dyn-100x75x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-2.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99223\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-2\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-2-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' 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data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/sonic-art-3.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/thumbs\/thumbs_sonic-art-3.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"99224\"\n               data-title=\"sonic-art-3\"\n               data-description=\"\"\n               data-image-slug=\"sonic-art-3-1\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-sonic-game-launching-in-2017-series-concept-art-for-various-characters\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"sonic-art-3\"\n                    alt=\"sonic-art-3\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sonic-concept-art\/dynamic\/sonic-art-3.jpg-nggid0599224-ngg0dyn-100x75x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n         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A special event was held in Japan earlier today in Tokyo to celebrate, with Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka in attendance. Iizuka was able to announce &#8220;officially&#8221; that a new game is happening, and it&#8217;ll be out next year. Specifics will be shared during the anniversary party on July 22. 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