BlazeHedgehog Addresses Sonic Dimensions Rumor

Back in late 2011 TSSZ News reported about a possible new Sonic game “Sonic Dimensions” which was allegedly planned for the Wii U. Sonic Dimensions was essentially a sequel to both Sonic Colors and Sonic Generations. There was an accident in the story which split the universe so all of the characters were broken apart with Sonic being split into different personalities with each one given a unique color and special abilities.

Many news sites picked up on the rumor, however time passed by and there was no official announcement. This damaged TSSZ News’ reputation with readers. Recently, TSSZ News permanently closed after 21 years. With the site permanently closing, TSSZ News writer BlazeHedgehog was asked about the Sonic Dimensions rumor and has addressed it on his blog The Hotdog Laserhouse.

Everything I was ever told about Sonic Dimensions made it sound legit. Tristan brought the information to the staff not as “how do we report on this rumor?” but as “how do we publish this leak?” People on staff had trouble believing the info because it seemed too good to be true that something like that fell in our laps.

For the sake of the source’s identity, I cannot say who it was. I don’t necessarily remember their name, even, but I do remember their position within the game industry and why they were talking to Tristan about this, and everything sounded rock solid. This was a person who would know what they were talking about; not some kid on 4chan pretending to be an insider, but a real person with real connections in this space. It passed my sniff test.

It was also a person that had no motive to lie to us. The chances of this being some sort of deeply-layered hoax or prank were practically zero – if this person was pulling one over on us, it would have been some Ocean’s-11-heist-level business. Everything about where this information was coming from looked like it checked out, even if the information itself was too outrageous to believe.

When Sonic Dimensions did not get announced, many rightfully pointed fingers at us, and we followed up with the source… who admitted they had only seen the pitch for Sonic Dimensions. When we were told about the game, it had yet to be greenlit, and obviously it appeared that Sega ultimately rejected the pitch. The source told us about the game because they thought it was a shoe-in to get final approval.

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