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Well as the title says...Sonic Adventure 3 has been announced. Now this news isn't per-say "new" but was announced around a month or so ago. How accurate is it as well? Well umm...it's a rumor with promising sources. Now either way SEGA did say how they will be bringing back Sonic Series again around the end of this year (2013). Word on the block the game will be on Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, PS Vita, PC, and “Next gen” consoles. So with this said we can clearly say that Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 was NOT a fail reboot of the Adventure series. Now don't get ahead of yourselves you guys because like how I said this is a rumor from a couple sources. I will put the sources down below for you guys to check them out. No art or videos have been released nor has there been that BIG announcement from Sega, but the information thats been getting around sounds reasonably believable for an early game rumor. As said by Takashi Iizuka that it is "possible" for Sonic Adventure 3 to come out if enough people wanted it. Here is a little tweet from someone a while back who apparently finds out about some inside scoop on upcoming Sonic Information. Now some of this information is a bit older - Late January to Late February - so lets not try to get over dramatic with the info either we still got till November till even a POSSIBLE release if the game were to even come out. With Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) we had a year before the announcement, but with Sonic Unleashed we only had a couple of months and the first announcement for Unleashed was just rumors due to SEGA purchasing some domains for it. So the likely hood of hearing anything more about it soon probably isn't all that likely and that we'd have a couple months ahead. But what was a real big highlighter was that around last year in July Sega did some domain purchasing for Sonic Adventure 3 so just like what they did with Unleashed there might be a chance. To be exact they purchased about 6 domains relating to Sonic Adventure 3. Now to get with the rumor game details if the game is real - Gameplay: The game's development goes back before Generations so the game will be similar to Colors (Colours) and Sonic Generations, which will implement mostly 3D gameplay, but with the occasional 2D perspective gameplay. The game will be bringing back Genesis style gameplay in which there are multiple routes and such but with different endings, which if I'm correct is a new idea to the Sonic series. Also multiple characters are possibly playable on all stages meaning characters can achieve special routes others can't (will be discussed later on). Game Consoles: As I said above the game should be available on Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, PS Vita, PC, and “Next gen” consoles. Assuming that 3DS will be just like the Sonic Rush series gameplay and the PC will bring about new modifications to users - my assumptions. I won't say much for this topic of such mainly since I have no idea what we will be expecting. Characters: Yes! NO MORE NEW CHARACTERS! As hoping for, there are no more new characters in this game - said a source. Why are we happy that there are no more new characters? Simply because back in the late 90s to early 2000s Sega went on a crazy rage of mass producing characters that only left an impact on one game title and were super generic and nothing truly interesting about them, plus it sparked a crazy annoying fan base and mass number of kids started making up side stories hoping that the failed character would return again. So with that said they won't bring about any new souls. Now back on the subject, there will be about 10 playable characters that aren't new to the series. My assumptions lead me to believe that the playable characters would be Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Shadow, Rouge, Amy, and others. You will be starting out with Sonic and through then you'll unlock more characters which will then lead to different paths and different goal routes on levels. As said earlier it's starting sound like a Sonic Adventure style gameplay. What game it reminds me of is Sonic and Knuckles 3, but apparently the levels are the same but just not reachable with certain characters. Example would be: Sonic and Shadow cant climb walls to reach higher point so Knuckles could climb the wall or tails can fly on up. Now how I said once again earlier, these are all rumors and assumptions on the character play through so we can't say for sure what will be in and what would be out of the game. Levels: Other than 20 three-act stages, Generations/Colors style, and different ending routes don't expect more details until a later date in time. Level replay will be with any character of your choice - what I said in the Characters section. That is about all the info I could find around the Inter-web. SEGA MAY CHANGE THE NAME BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING SONIC ADVENTURE 3. Until Sega makes an official announcement these are all rumors made by insiders and sources that were able to get something from Sega without Sega saying anything to the public. - so may be all fake... Sources - http://www.sonicstadium.org/2013/01/rumour-sega-to-announce-new-sonic-game-next-month/ http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=195685 http://leviathyn.com/games/news/2013/02/06/rumor-new-sonic-game-is-sonic-adventure-3/ http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/24/new-sonic-to-be-revealed-in-february-rumour/ http://www.ign.com/blogs/troyfullbuster/2013/02/08/sonic-adventure-3-31313/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1gTaBGXZbA