Sonic Unleashed = Sonic Disappointment

I played the brand new Sonic Unleashed game, which was released this month, on the Nintendo Wii the other day. I haven't got much to say on the subject other than that I am very very very very very very very disappointed with it!!!!

I had hoped for so much from this game, and while it isn't a bad game, it isn't a particularly good one either. Why oh why couldn't Sega have just expanded the really good daytime 2D side-scrolling bits of the game and removed everything else, especially all the nighttime "Werehog" rubbish, then it might have been the best Sonic game ever?!?!?!?! Good grief, another wasted opportunity.........

Sonic Unleashed = Sonic Disappointment

I played the brand new Sonic Unleashed game, which was released this month, on the Nintendo Wii the other day. I haven't got much to say on the subject other than that I am very very very very very very very disappointed with it!!!!

I had hoped for so much from this game, and while it isn't a bad game, it isn't a particularly good one either. Why oh why couldn't Sega have just expanded the really good daytime 2D side-scrolling bits of the game and removed everything else, especially all the nighttime "Werehog" rubbish, then it might have been the best Sonic game ever?!?!?!?! Good grief, another wasted opportunity.........

CHAO!!!!!!!

Ok, I know I was excited in the title but I edited some chaos and made Shadow chaos! It's only 2, so here they are:

Shadow chao!
Super Shadow chao!

Werehog pic

I know it's already on my blog in a later post, but I still wanted to add it again anyways. So ha!

BAM! The pathetic werehog pic that I edited strikes back! TAKE THAT WEREHOG HATERS!!! And hey, remember, I tried to make this look good, but I'm open to criticism if it will help me make this look better. It probably needs work! XD

Night of the Werehog (again)

Well, as of yesterday, aka November 21, 2008, SEGA's Night of the Werehog was completed. Yay! Ok, so I literally just finished watching it, and now these are only my ratings. For true Sonic fans that really love the werehog idea, (this includes me) I give this a 4 star rating. For those of you that don't really care, 2 stars. And for those of you who love watching random characters get scared and/or other characters making really funny/stupid faces, (this also includes me) I give this a 4.5 star rating. I know, I didn't give it a full 5 star rating, but I have my reasons. First of all, it's very random, and there's just strange characters and a whole strange concept. It's kinda hard to explain, but You'll understand what I mean if you watch it. Now then, there is also a LOT of faces that are guaranteed to either creep you out, or make you laugh hysterically. (I couldn't laugh that loud because my family would think I was way more weird than they already think I am...) And the werehog fans will love seeing Sonic the Werehog in this little animation/movie/whatever it is. So I'm not gonna spoil it for people that want a surprise. (I know I was pretty surprised!) So watch it and tell me your opinions on Night of the Werehog. I wanna know what everyone else thinks. And by the way, if you don't agree with anything I said, keep in mind that these are just my opinions. And opinions change over time. Sorry if I sound like a commercial supporting a product or something, but I'm just trying to leave all of the info I can. Before anyone watches it though:

WARNING! As I said before, there are a LOT of strange/funny faces. And the whole plot is a little strange... So if you don't like any of those things, don't say I didn't warn you!

Enjoy the show werehog fans! (man... now I really DO sound like a commercial... ugh...)

Mario stole's Sonic's newspaper

IT'S OUT!!!

So, I'm pretty sure that Sonic Unlashed is finally released. It will be out in stores tomorrow, but I think it's released today! Yay!!! So Sonic fans, enjoy the new game! And by the way, I tink if you order this game soon, you can get a free Sonic the Werehog action figure! At least that's what is gonna happen to me. I had the game pre-ordered and now I think I'm gonna get the action figure with it for free. Whether I want to or not. And for those of you planning to get it from Toys R Us, you can buy the game on Wednesday, (that's tomorrow) at 5:00PM. That's what I saw in a Toys R Us catalog. So again, enjoy!

P.S: HA! You see? I told you I would get the box art for the game! I try to keep my promises. And with that, the suspense for waiting for a new Sonic game, has ended. Have fun playing Sonic Unleashed! I know I will!

THINGS I LIKE

NAME:IMRAN(NICKNAME:YAN)
MY FAVOURITE MUSIC IS THE S.O.S
MY FAVOURITE ITEM IS PRIZES
MY FAVOURITE ANIMAL IS CAT'S
MY FAVOURITE CARTOON'S ARE SAMURAI X,SONIC X,FLAMES OF RECCA,YAKITATE JAPAN,GOD(?)SAVE OUR KING!
MY FAUVORITE HOBBY IS WATCHING TV
MY FAVOURITE GAME IS SONIC X


LIVE IN:DAMANSARA PERDANA
SCHOOL:SETIABUDI
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY...

Count-down!

Well, I don't have much to say but: 3 DAYS UNTIL SONIC UNLEASHED IS FINALLY "UNLEASHED". Ok ya, I'm sorry for the corny joke. It was just so tempting. Please don't kill me, ok?

My exam number for final exam

I got number 3 for overall...My friend Amar got 2 in overall,Eizzah got number 1 in overall......So anyone who get the worst number work harder next time..!Good luck then...!!!

Hello everyone....

Hello everyone there...Hope you will see my blog sometime..!!

More clothes with Sonic on 'em

Here's some stuff I got a few months back that I took photos of but didn't get around to uploading here. Some bloke at a car boot sale had tons of Sonic promo gear, mainly t-shirts and hooded fleeces, but also caps, of which he only had one of left, and some Virtua Tennis...things. I bought up two of everything, but probably should have just made him an offer on the lot, as seconds after I walked away some obese woman did exactly that. I decided to keep one lot sealed up for the loft collection, and the other lot for wearing.

More photos after the jump..


All the gear was based on Sonic games from the last couple years, such as Sonic and the Secret Rings, Sonic Rivals and Sonic Riders. The designs are actually quite nice because they're quite minimalist and subtle. The Secret Rings t-shirt and fleece, for example, has a flame on the front, as if to say your heart is ON FIRE like Sonic's was in the game (or something like that), and the logo is on the back.

The Sonic Riders T-shirt (like the cap he only had one of these left) has a silhouette of Sonic on his surfboard thing from that game in multiple colours, though it could also be Sonic with his thumb mutating into Knuckles fist. The back has a nice full colour logo from the game and a Sega logo.

The Rivals shirt is in a sort of greenish Grey and has Sonic's disembodied head floating over the PSP game's logo. There's nothing on the back of this one., but there's a little sega logo lurking where the size is written. A bit less abstract than the other two designs but still quite decent despite being based on a sub par at best game.

The cap is also promoting Rivals, with the same Sonic head floating on it and the logo in orange and white sitting on the bill. Can't say I would wear it myself, mind.

Finally here's the Virtua Tennis thingys. I presume they hook onto a mobile phone or something, and they are promoting the PSP game World Tour. So exciting! The bloke only wanted 10p each for these.

Despite car boot sales being filled with nothing but junk 90% of the time, I do occasionally stumble among unusual stuff like this, as the only way you'd get this stuff normally is if you worked in a game shop or if you worked for Sega, I guess. I also have a Sega Rally (the recent one) red shirt that I ought to get a photo of at some point.

Another New Blog

I know what you're thinking. "Why does she keep making new blogs?" Well this one is a little different, and it's for Shadow fans ONLY! This is gonna be a blog where Shadow, the ultimate life form himself, is the one putting up posts! Shadow's gonna have his own blog! (I love websites that make you feel like you're talking to the character, so that's what this blog will be.) Basically, Shadow will be using my account on Blogger. If you still don't understand what I mean by all this, Shadow will explain in his new blog.

Which are the best Mario and Sonic online games?

I get asked this question quite a lot by visitors to the MarioSonicGames.com site. In my opinion, the top 5 online games featuring either Mario or Sonic (or both) are as follows:

  Super Smash Bros. Brawl Flash

  New Super Mario Flash

  Super Mario Sunshine 64

  Ultimate Flash Sonic

  Ultimate Robotnik Duels

However, this is a very subjective list, and I might give a different answer on a different day. Why not visit the MarioSonicGames.com site and check out the more than 150 Mario and Sonic games there to see for yourself which are the best ones.....

Which are the best Mario and Sonic online games?

I get asked this question quite a lot by visitors to the MarioSonicGames.com site. In my opinion, the top 5 online games featuring either Mario or Sonic (or both) are as follows:

  Super Smash Bros. Brawl Flash

  New Super Mario Flash

  Super Mario Sunshine 64

  Ultimate Flash Sonic

  Ultimate Robotnik Duels

However, this is a very subjective list, and I might give a different answer on a different day. Why not visit the MarioSonicGames.com site and check out the more than 150 Mario and Sonic games there to see for yourself which are the best ones.....

Is something afoot with the classic Sonic range?

So we're now in November, and the Sonic statue and vinyl figures from first4figures are still not out. Play.com has the statue listed for the 7th of December, but judging how they have given us random dates before only for it to be pushed further away, something tells me they have no idea when it will be available. As for the Vinyl toys...they don't even list them anymore. The Vinyls are still on play-asia, where they are still listed as nothing more than "Q4 2008". They list the statue as December. First4figures website says the same, so here's hoping.

On another note, remember how those classic Sonic plush toys that were released had a tag that stated "collect all four!", which included an image of Dr.Robotnik? We eventually got the Knuckles toy, but there has been no sign of the Eggman at all, not even an image of what it looks like? There's no evidence of it's existence even on the Impact Innovations site, so it looks like we'll never get one, let alone all of that other stuff they had planned, like USB drives, race track sets and radio controlled cars. Now would be a perfect time to release them, just in time for Christmas. What could possibly be a better present than a cuddly mad scientist that traps animals in machinery? I've always wanted one of those.

Meanwhile, a action figure of Sonic the Werehog (that new form of his in the upcoming game Sonic Unleashed) has been popping up on Ebay. All I know about it so far is it's a pre-order bonus in Australia, and apparently is "only in Toys R Us" in America. The toy isn't particularly brilliant (see above), but this might just be the start of a new toy chain, so who knows what will come from it? The werehog (shouldn't that be "Hedge-wolf"?) kind of reminds me of My pet Monster, so maybe they should do a Sonic version of that, complete with breaking chains.

Night of the Werehog

Ok, first of all, I did not make up the title. Actually, I went on the Sonic Unleashed website recently and there was a link to another website. The website had a Halloween trailer for the game. A whole separate website for just one trailer. Well, actually, it said it was sort of a movie. The full movie will be available sometime in November. (For those of you who lack a calendar of are just confused about what day or month it is. We are beginning the month of November.) So the whole movie will hopefully be added soon. Anyways, here's the website: http://www.nightofthewerehog.com/. So werehog fans out there, go on the website now. You get to see the werehog in action! (And a few stupid faces ^_^) The "movie" is actually titled, Night of the Werehog, so I just want to clear that up. I'm telling you the truth, and I'm not taking any credit for the title. And of corse, if you want to visit the actual Sonic Unleashed website, go on www.sega.com/sonicunleashed. Hope ya liked the websites! I loved them!

P.S: I got the werehog picture above from the Night of the Werehog website. ^_^

Splendid Japanese Sonic plush toy of 1991

After my last plush toy find at a car boot sale led to this abomination, I was convinced that finding some of the nicer, older Japanese toys would be quite a long stretch (although I did mange to find a small Japanese one a while back with a SegaSonic tag on it which wasn't too bad). To my surprise the other week I found this one sitting amongst someones junk. I recognized it from one of Rhia's many photos of her collection and it was only a quid. An over abundance of photos ahoy (after the jump)!



The first thing you notice about this one is it's eyes. They stare into your soul. They kind of remind me of Bomberman's eyes, actually. Kind of odd, but charming at the same time. Other features are rather nicely done, like he's pointy ears and big old nose. The mouth is a string and the face is a nice shape. It's very distinctively retro, even more so than the Retro range by Impact Innovations, although that is to be expected when the toy came out around 1991/92, which you can tell by it's "SEGASONIC THE HEDGEHOG" tag. Why Sega and Sonic are the same word is beyond me, but a lot of early Sonic stuff from japan says that.

One of my favorite things about this toy compared to my other ones is how they've built it so it can be sit on the edge of something without falling over. It's legs are thick and sturdy enough to hold the toy up, and they curve over the edge of a shelf perfectly. He also has quite a fat arse which looks odd from the side but means it can sit well. Most other sonic toys have short flimsy legs and fall over a lot.

In general this toy is really nicely made. He even has some nice golden buckles on his shoes, although the bottom of the shoes are brown for some reason. Was there a mud hill zone we never knew about? Either way, there's not a lot to fault with this one, especially when it cost me a quid. I'm not sure how hard to find this is, but I'd imagine it doesn't pop up all too often, so that's a bonus.


EDIT: I found a piece of Sonic CD artwork that features Sonic with the same eyes as this toy. It's the new logo side art for the moment. =)

26th UK Annual Golden Joystick Awards

The 26th UK Annual Golden Joystick Awards took place yesterday, and the combat game "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" scooped many of the major prizes.

There were 17 categories of awards which were all decided by UK gamers, with more than 850,000 of them voting this year.

Call of Duty 4 received the "Ultimate Game of the Year", "PC Game of the Year", "Online Game of the Year" and "Multiplayer Game of the Year" awards. The next game in the series, Call of Duty 5: World at War, received the "One to Watch" award. And Activision, publishers of the series, won the "Publisher of the Year" award - so a resounding all-round success for them, then.

Rockstar, developers of Grand Theft Auto IV, the fastest-selling video game of all time, won three awards, picking up "Developer Of The Year" plus "Soundtrack Of The Year" and "Xbox Game of the Year" for GTA IV.

"Family Game of the Year" went to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the "Handheld Game of the Year" prize went to Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on the Nintendo DS.

The "Nintendo Game of the Year" award went to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, while the "Playstation Game of the Year" was named as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Other award winners were Bejeweled 2 (Mobile Game of the Year), Fallout 3 (Most Wanted), Stickman Madness (Grand Master Flash) and Play.com (Retailer of the Year).

26th UK Annual Golden Joystick Awards

The 26th UK Annual Golden Joystick Awards took place yesterday, and the combat game "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" scooped many of the major prizes.

There were 17 categories of awards which were all decided by UK gamers, with more than 850,000 of them voting this year.

Call of Duty 4 received the "Ultimate Game of the Year", "PC Game of the Year", "Online Game of the Year" and "Multiplayer Game of the Year" awards. The next game in the series, Call of Duty 5: World at War, received the "One to Watch" award. And Activision, publishers of the series, won the "Publisher of the Year" award - so a resounding all-round success for them, then.

Rockstar, developers of Grand Theft Auto IV, the fastest-selling video game of all time, won three awards, picking up "Developer Of The Year" plus "Soundtrack Of The Year" and "Xbox Game of the Year" for GTA IV.

"Family Game of the Year" went to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the "Handheld Game of the Year" prize went to Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on the Nintendo DS.

The "Nintendo Game of the Year" award went to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, while the "Playstation Game of the Year" was named as Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Other award winners were Bejeweled 2 (Mobile Game of the Year), Fallout 3 (Most Wanted), Stickman Madness (Grand Master Flash) and Play.com (Retailer of the Year).