Sun, May 01, 2011 | 23:32 BST
Rumour: Shelved Sonic game footage turns up
Footage of what is claimed to be a shelved Sonic prototype has turned up. It’s compellingly awful.
CVG turned up the video on YouTube; see it yourself below.
The level was purportedly unearthed from the depths of an Xbox development kit, or possibly a debug console.
Apparently called Sonic the Hedgehog Extreme, the game looks a little similar to Riders, or to Sonic 2′s into-the-screen special stages. Shadow makes an appearance, and there’s a mission mode and battles.
The YouTube denizen responsible appears to exist solely to share footage form the game, all via off-screen shaky cam. Take it with a pinch of salt. Still, interesting stuff.
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Posted in: Action, Sega, Xbox
Tags: canceled games, sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog Extreme
6 comments
#1
Alakratt
01/05/11, 11:50 pm
What is the point of having a super sonic speed character if you’re not gonna..i dunno, use its super sonic speed!!
#2
xino
02/05/11, 1:48 am
what is this?
funny how one of the tracks from Sonic Adventure 2 was playing in the background, track for Knuckles.
feels more like a Sonic Adventure 2 modded.
#3
Brenna Hillier
02/05/11, 3:33 am
It does, doesn’t it. Keep shaking that salt on.
#4
freedoms_stain
02/05/11, 3:45 am
Holy crap, someone at Sega actually stopped, thought for a minute and decided “shit, we’ve milked it too far now”. Of course they then went on to produce Sonic Riders, so that person must’ve got sacked.
#5
kupocake
02/05/11, 12:11 pm
Cancelled Sonic game with ‘Extreme’ in the title? SEGA really does have a blind spot for its own history.
#6
Robo_1
02/05/11, 1:29 pm
Cancelled eh, they do have some shame then?