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Sonic appears in the top Japanese magazine, 'Third Grader in Elementary School' (小学三年生), if you look at the lower-right side of the magazine. Well, errr... kinda. If you squint really hard, he's there. Not sure what Sonic-related feature is included in this particular magazine, but if anyone can find a copy and let us know that would be fantastic! Check out the latest issue on the website here. Original Post Content: View full story

Fresh details of Sonic Heroes' gameplay have been revealed, courtesy of the latest issue of US magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. We learn more about the available skills and abilities of each playable character, as well as the length of the game itself and some hints relating to Metal Sonic! According to SFGHQ forum member 'Epon', who picked up a copy of the latest EGM issue, the four Teams in Sonic Heroes (Team Sonic, Team Dark, Team Rose and Team Chaotix) will all have similar movesets, but styled differently to match each particular character. For example, all 'Speed' type characters in a team will have a homing attack and a 'rocket acceleration', but Sonic will be able to perform a Tornado Attack, "a twister to fly up poles or hurt enemies", Amy uses her Piko Piko Hammer and Espio is able to turn invisible like a ninja. 'Power' characters will be able to attack enemies at close range, but for Knuckles this will involve him chucking Sonic and Tails at baddies like meteors, while E-123 Omega in Team Dark will use a bazooka to do the job. Big the Cat, in Team Rose, will use a fishing rod and Vector the Crocodile uses his mouth to spit Espio and Charmy at Badniks. Finally, you have 'Fly' type characters, who can use 'Thunder Shoot' - which uses the other characters as bullets to take out airborne enemies while flying. In terms of other details, it seems like Metal Sonic will be involved in the game as an antagonist in some way - or at least, the character's designer will be! "Sonic will face a brand-new villain, very similar to Metal Sonic," reads the EGM article. "They have the original designer here on campus who is updating that character (o.o) You definitely won't be disappointed if you're a Metal Sonic fan." There will be 14 missions in the game, but apparently each will play a little differently depending on your choice of Team. Team Chaotix might use stealth, for example, while Team Sonic would just blast through the same area at mach speed. You can read the whole SFGHQ post from Epon below, for context. Source: EGM (via Sonic Fan Games HQ) Original Post Content: View full story

A Sonic Stadium Exclusive! SEGA has been a motivator in the games industry ever since the master system came out all those years ago. SEGA has always done what not other game company has. Since their recent decision to go multi-platform, news about them has been scarce and many fans have been disappointed. The purpose for this unofficial magazine is to help aid those lost SEGA lovers with a something new that can represent SEGA by the fans. This is SEGA Magazine: 100% Unofficial. 100% Free. Issue 3: March 2002 Another Special themed Sega Magazine, looking at all the way past cool 'Sega Sports' brand video games. Includes 'Sports Talk' with Andrew from Sonic News, and every third party sports title compared with Sega's own. Next Issue Preview A Sonic Stadium exclusive, brought to you by SonicVerse Team. View full story

A Sonic Stadium Exclusive! SEGA has been a motivator in the games industry ever since the master system came out all those years ago. SEGA has always done what not other game company has. Since their recent decision to go multi-platform, news about them has been scarce and many fans have been disappointed. The purpose for this unofficial magazine is to help aid those lost SEGA lovers with a something new that can represent SEGA by the fans. This is SEGA Magazine: 100% Unofficial. 100% Free. Issue 2: February 2002 Sega Magazine goes all Role-Play this issue, as SVT review all the best Dreamcast RPG’s you can find. Includes Skies of Arcadia, Grandia II, PSO, Time Stalkers and ‘Shenmue: RPG or not?’ A Sonic Stadium exclusive, brought to you by SonicVerse Team. View full story

A Sonic Stadium Exclusive! SEGA has been a motivator in the games industry ever since the master system came out all those years ago. SEGA has always done what not other game company has. Since their recent decision to go multi-platform, news about them has been scarce and many fans have been disappointed. The purpose for this unofficial magazine is to help aid those lost SEGA lovers with a something new that can represent SEGA by the fans. This is SEGA Magazine: 100% Unofficial. 100% Free. Issue 1: January 2002 Previews: Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Sonic Advance Space Channel 5 [PS2] Features: Top 10 Dreamcast Games A Sonic Stadium exclusive, brought to you by SonicVerse Team. View full story

The latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly comes with a huge Sonic the Hedgehog poster! It includes all six characters from Sonic Adventure 2, along with profiles for each of them on the back. The freebie also says "the Sonic giveaways continue", a reference to their contest to win a Sonic Team-signed copy of Sonic Adventure 2. Want to be in with a chance of winning that? Better rush to the stores and grab the magazine then! See the cover below. View full story

Gamepro's July 2001 issue is out, with Sonic on the cover! The magazine includes the first review of Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast, plus new screens of Sonic Advance on GBA. Get to the stores right away and pick up a copy! See the cover below. View full story

If you live in the US, get to your local game store right away to pick up the new Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. This month's issue features Sonic on the cover - not only that, but characters from Phantasy Star Online are reflected in his eyes! Don't forget that another US games magazine, GamePro, also has a Sonic 10th Anniversary special too! We'll be posting our own 10th Anniversary Special section on The Sonic Stadium very soon too, so be sure to keep an eye out for it! See the EGM cover below. View full story