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[Eblo]

25 years and counting.

Whatever these symbols mean, they seem pretty in-your-face while also being semi-hidden. They appear to be the numbers 3, 21, and 00. Or perhaps those zeros are merely circles with dots in the center? Star rings, maybe? I'm not sure. In addition, Mike Pollock tweeted:

@sonic_hedgehog You know what the traditional 25th Anniversary gift is, don'tcha? #justsaying

Which is silver, by the way.

Tumblr post, with higher res video

lock if it's no use or old

Edit: The Sonic account also posted this picture, containing some of the same numbers

3 / 21 were numbers that appeared in the Game Grumps photo as well.

Edit 2: Double rings and the number 7 found in another tweet:

hold up hold up hold up:
there's a tweet with this:

Could be wrong, but the seven and the double rings appear to be added from the original source.

Edit 3:
Sega blog posted about Hedgehog Day with some relevant info:

I know at least half of you reading this are thinking: “Hey! Are you announcing anything big today, like Sonic Labyrinth 2 or Tails Sky Patrol IV? What’s the scoop?”, but you’ll need to be patient for a while longer. Good things take time, and we’re sticking to that. That said, you’ve probably noticed a few numbers floating around here and there. Who knows that they might mean? (By the way, in case you missed it – those weren’t eyes, they were zeros.)

 

[Verder]

sonic adventure 3 or gtfo sega

 

[Mr Swine]

Sonic at age 3
Modern Sonic at age 21
Sonic at age 00 (baby sonic?)

 

[SpaceWolf]

sonic adventure 3 or gtfo sega

Yep.

 

[JaseMath]

Half Life 3.

 

[Welfare]

06 remake/sequel

Let's go

 

[JeffZero]

Sonic Silver?

 

[Xbudz]

Real-time graphical style switching Sonic 5.

 

[Anth0ny]

3??????????????????

Sonic The Hedgehog 3: Sonic 06 2 incoming

 

[BiggNife]

sonic adventure 3 or gtfo sega

Ugh no. Please, no. And I'm saying this as someone who really liked SA1 and 2 when I was younger.

Generations 2 please.

 

[LouieGeetoo]

Which is silver, by the way.

Sonic 2006 remaster confirmed?

 

[Lights and Waves]

Uh...

 

[Chase17]

Detective Sonic pls.

 

[NotLiquid]

3 / 21 were numbers that appeared in the Game Grumps photo as well.

 

[ALLseeingEYE]

March 21st?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Knuckles

Tails

Amy

ALL MUST DIE!

 

[Tenki]

So a silver chili dog.

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

The o o looks like the eyes of Big The Cat!
So (and this is a bloody long shot) possibly an sonic type game Big The Cat Adventures, or some such, coming on the 21st of March?
Also I wonder what picture all of the floating polygons make up? Sonics colors are in there....Hmmmm

 

[TheGeniusArcana]

3+2+1=6
Sonic 006 confirmed.

 

[PinballRJ]

Shadow the Hedgehog 2

 

[sixteen-bit]

Sonic '06 remaster for the 10th anniversary

 

[Hatchtag]

I would love for the 3 to mean Sonic Adventure 3.
But I think it means 3/21 at midnight. This is relatively close to when Sonic Generations was revealed (April 7th). That's a good week to reveal an anniversary game, because there's bigger releases earlier in March and later in April that will steal the gaming communities attention, but March 21st falls in a relatively less packed week.

Even if I'm wrong, I think Late March/Early April is when it'll be revealed.

 

[OmegaSmash]

I would love for the 3 to mean Sonic Adventure 3.
But I think it means 3/21 at midnight. This is relatively close to when Sonic Generations was revealed (April 7th). That's a good week to reveal an anniversary game, because there's bigger releases earlier in March and later in April that will steal the gaming communities attention, but March 21st falls in a relatively less packed week.

That sounds pretty plausable. And hopefully another anniversary demo like with Generations as well.

As for the silver, the 25 on the logo is silver, but that's all I got.

 

[Mindman]

Sonic '06 remaster for the 10th anniversary

Haha, the remaster everyone really wants. Screw BioShock and Mass Effect.

 

[Eblo]

3 / 21 were numbers that appeared in the Game Grumps photo as well.

Added to the OP. Also of note is that 3 and 21 are not bolded, unlike the other numbers.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

you play these numbers in the sound test and you get the level select and the debug mode

 

[PROh1bited]

sonic adventure 3 or gtfo sega

No thanks.

I loved the first 2 when they came out back on the Dreamcast, but they have not aged well.

Give me Generations 2.

 

[RK128]

More support that we are getting this properly announced on 3/21/16 then? Good to hear .

Have a feeling its a Generations 2 or something even more ambitious.

Spoiler

For those that want Shadow the Hedgehog HD, Shadow 2, Sonic 06 Remastered or Sonic 06 2......you want to watch the world burn, don't you XD?

 

[Mariolee]

Sonic '06 remaster for the 10th anniversary

Would not mind this if they actually made it a good game.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I'm sick of this classic shit. I have the classics if I want to play them again. Any recreation will never live up to the old games. Enough.

Sonic Adventure 3, playable Sonic, Tails, Knuckles on an epic journey with wide open 3D stages and momentum physics. There. Done. Why is that so hard??

 

[Hatchtag]

hold up hold up hold up:
there's a tweet with this:

Could be wrong, but the seven and the double rings appear to be added from the original source.

 

[RK128]

I'm sick of this classic shit. I have the classics if I want to play them again.

Sonic Adventure 3, playable Sonic, Tails, Knuckles on an epic journey with wide open 3D stages and momentum physics. There. Done. Why is that so hard??

Because they would have to pad it out with gimmick characters . You really want to play as slow mechs, go fishing with a cat, slowly move around with a pink hammer, throw objects around using a slow walking hedgehog, and go treasure hunting with broken Emerald Radars?

I'm sorry, but I DON'T want a SA3 due to all the baggage that comes with the name :l.

I would love it if a SA3 played out like you have listed.....but it wont if they are trying to copy the set ups from SA1 and 2 .

 

[TheDinoman]

I'm sick of this classic shit. I have the classics if I want to play them again. Any recreation will never live up to the old games. Enough.

Sonic Adventure 3, playable Sonic, Tails, Knuckles on an epic journey with wide open 3D stages and momentum physics. There. Done. Why is that so hard??

The Adventure games aren't quite as beloved as you seem to think they are.

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

hold up hold up hold up:
there's a tweet with this:

Could be wrong, but the seven and the double rings appear to be added from the original source.

That was Sonic on the Amstrad Mega PC!
hmmmm...
But then again most of them are on Steam!
Sonic Colors would be nice!

 

[Eblo]

hold up hold up hold up:
there's a tweet with this:

Could be wrong, but the seven and the double rings appear to be added from the original source.

It appears you are correct. I wonder if that means the "00" is in fact two rings?

 

[Shift Breaker]

I'll be honest, given Sonic's recent social media profile I wouldn't be surprised if this was just one big hint for Frog Fractions 2.

 

[NotLiquid]

I'll be honest, given Sonic's recent social media profile I wouldn't be surprised if this was just one big hint for Frog Fractions 2.

Man if Sonic's big game this year is not any good that social media account is going to lose all nerd cred

 

[RK128]

The Adventure games aren't quite as beloved as you seem to think they are.

Yep. While SA1 is the better game to me due to having the option to ignore all the gimmicks and play Sonic's story, both games have big flaws that hold them back from being great games.

If they just used the Sonic/Speed level set ups and make an entire game out of it, we would of gotten a great game. Otherwise, we get some great parts sprinkled throughout a good/okay game with many issues.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Half Life 3.

& Knuckles

 

[8-Bit Sunset]

Anyone else getting Saturn boot up screen vibes when they look at the broken up polygon image:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yUfmYYdCpw

Sonic 3d blast or Sonic Jam?

 

[Ludger Kresnik]

Yep. While SA1 is the better game to me due to having the option to ignore all the gimmicks and play Sonic's story, both games have big flaws that hold them back from being great games.

You can ignore all the gimmicks if you want to never actually finish the game...

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

someone open Sonic 2 sound test menu and play those tracks.

 

[Chase17]

Isnt '06 essentially SA3? Whatever gets me more Big the Cat will make me happy.

 

[TimmiT]

Added to the OP. Also of note is that 3 and 21 are not bolded, unlike the other numbers.

None of that's bolded. 4 1 16 is in Comic Sans and 3 and 21 is Papyrus.

Ruby likes Undertale. :V

 

[RowdyReverb]

I can't find anything significant about 3/21/00, so that's probably a dead end.
So we have 3, 21, 00 and 4, 1, 16
Hmm

Switching between 3D and 2D Sonic is reminiscent of Sonic Generations

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

They are finally going to release Sonic X-Treme in 2017, 21 years after it's original release date.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Because they would have to pad it out with gimmick characters . You really want to play as slow mechs, go fishing with a cat, slowly move around with a pink hammer, throw objects around using a slow walking hedgehog, and go treasure hunting with broken Emerald Radars?

I'm sorry, but I DON'T want a SA3 due to all the baggage that comes with the name :l.

Notice how I only included the original trio in my post. That's as many playable characters that this franchise needs.

In addition, it wasn't until Adventure 2 that the extra playable characters became a chore. In SA1, playing as Sonic/Knuckles/Tails was fun, swift and an excellent mix-up to the gameplay. Scaling new heights and discovering new shortcuts as Tails was fun. Climbing and exploring as Knuckles was well paced. Even the E-102 stages were quick fun shooting galleries. Amy arguably is the slowest paced platformed character, but it was still a nice challenge to master her momentum jump and hammer attacks, albeit not as fun. We won't speak about big.

SA2's accomplishments:
-Let's make Knuckles stages hour long nightmares with the emeralds hidden in unspeakable crevices! Yeah!
-Clumsy robo-walkers shoved into endlessly cramped hallways with fixed camera angles. Woo!
-Barely any Sonic-style stages force fed to you in a fixed order for the sake of variety. RAD.
-Let's throw out simple character-driven stories in favor of ow-the-edge plot shenanigans like throwing Sonic in jail! Talking to the President of the USA! The Moon being blown in half! Dead teenage girl! Her grandfather getting executed by shooting! I can't hold all this edge!

Yeah, no. SA1 had a flawed but working formula with the potential to improve. It wasn't until SA2 that they shit the bed. I want ST to pick up where SA1 left off with competent programers to avoid an 06, and the restraint to avoid another SA2.

 

[Eblo]

None of that's bolded. 4 1 16 is in Comic Sans and 3 and 21 is Papyrus.

Ruby likes Undertale. :V

Ah, well. Nevertheless, they are noticeably different in typeface, and to me that's noteworthy.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

43 1 21 16
DC A U P

Dreamcast Adventure Under Production.


You're welcome, GAF

 

[Chase17]

Notice how I only included the original trio in my post. That's as many playable characters that this franchise needs.

In addition, it wasn't until Adventure 2 that the extra playable characters became a chore. In SA1, playing as Sonic/Knuckles/Tails was fun, swift and an excellent mix-up to the gameplay. Scaling new heights and discovering new shortcuts as Tails was fun. Climbing and exploring as Knuckles was well paced. Even the E-102 stages were quick fun shooting galleries. Amy arguably is the slowest paced platformed character, but it was still a nice challenge to master her momentum jump and hammer attacks, albeit not as fun. We won't speak about big.

SA2's accomplishments:
-Let's make Knuckles stages hour long nightmares with the emeralds hidden in unspeakable crevices! Yeah!
-Clumsy robo-walkers shoved into endlessly cramped hallways with fixed camera angles. Woo!
-Barely any Sonic-style stages force fed to you in a fixed order for the sake of variety. RAD.
-Let's throw out simple character-driven stories in favor of ow-the-edge plot shenanigans like throwing Sonic in jail! Talking to the President of the USA! The Moon being blown in half! Dead teenage girl! Her grandfather getting executed by shooting! I can't hold all this edge!

Yeah, no. SA1 had a perfectly working formula with the potential to improve. It wasn't until SA2 that they shit the bed. I want ST to pick up where SA1 left off with competent programers to avoid an 06, and the restraint to avoid another SA2.

Let's not forget the terrible radar change they made on Knuckle's stages in SA2.

Spoiler

I still have SA2 over SA1.