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Sonic 4: Episode 2 May Arrive In 2012

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by Tim Turi on August 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM
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Has Sega been taking notes on the release schedule for Half-Life 2: Episode 3? The company revealed today that there is no room in 2011 for Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2, and that the game may release next year, possibly a full year after Episode 1’s downloadable launch.

"This year, 2011, is the anniversary, so we're focusing on the celebration title," said Takashi Iizuka of Sonic Team in a conversation with Eurogamer, "But moving forward to 2012, Sonic will still be going, so I'd hope to provide Episode 2 then."

Iizuka also revealed that Sega planned all along to shelf Sonic 4 in favor of Sonic Generations to best celebrate the hedgehog’s 20th anniversary.

When asked if Sonic 4: Episode 3 was a future possibility, Iizuka simply stated that he “can’t say.” I'll admit I'm a little relieved that Sega is letting the ink dry on their love letters to fans instead of overwhelming us with tributes to Sonic's heyday.

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  • by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Oh.  I thought it went without saying that Sonic 4 had been scrapped after the Generations announcement.  I guess I was wrong.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    it's Sonic 4 Episode 2. lol typo

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    They're still making this? Wow, i thought they gave up!

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    swtor.com/guilds/exiled/74400

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM
    Nowadays I just get bitter/angry whenever I hear someone reference another iteration of Half-Life; because of the seeming lack of fan loyalty Valve exhibits on keeping anyone informed about any progress that might be forthcoming on it. Good to hear Sonic is still alive and kicking, good for him.
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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    gee, sure has taken long enough

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM
    and cue the sonic-hate comments. again. sigh...
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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:06 PM

    Valve fans: Hey sonic guys, welcome to the waiting for your episode club lol

    Sonic fans: Well at least we have a date for our episode

    Valve fans: FFFFFFUUUUU

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:23 PM

    And this is why episodic content doesn't work out for most developers. If you want to make episodes, you should be sure you're able to push out episodic content... episodically.

  • by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:57 PM

    I just hope they're sticking to that fan-feedback development process they said they were doing, as well as taking some cues from the 2D Sonic levels in Generations.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 02:08 PM
    Tails please!
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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 02:11 PM

    I'm looking forward to this. If they can keep the style of Episode 1 and inject some of the gameplay elements that make the 2D sections of Generations great (at least what ive seen from the demo), then this could be great.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 02:47 PM

    I think I want Generations more than this.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 02:57 PM

    It's good to know it's still in the works, I was wondering if it'd been cancelled.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 03:39 PM
    wait did he write Sonic the Hedgehog 2 episode 4 O.o
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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 03:58 PM
    Honestly thought they cancelled the game and go straight for Sonic Generations. Nice to see its still going. And this along with Generations will be great.
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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 04:10 PM

    So it was all one team?  I just assumed that they had a fraction of the team or another team altogether to work on them and have a reasonable 6 month gap between games... that way we all can play them and want more by the time the next episode comes out...

  • by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 04:12 PM

    2 episodes across 3 years? Had this been a show it'd be cancelled. Thankfully though, it isn't. Looking forward to Generations and this should add to Sega's rebuilding of the hedgehog's image moving forward.

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 04:21 PM

    dang 2010 2 2012 and 2014 wow it might take two years 4 every episode just like the expiration date 4 sonic 3 but im still looking forward 4 every sonic game that comes out and sonic generations comin nov 1st (the true release date as i mentioned last time).

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    by Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 06:55 PM

    welll I already started, but only if it's for the same systems.

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