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Whenever Links: It’s Still 2013 Somewhere Edition

Bc1-qYbCIAExRe4I’m bored, it’s 2014 now, somehow it’s still the year of Luigi and I just realized that I wanted to do a Monday Links this week but then I forgot. So let’s just do this. This was the last week of 2013, so there’s not much that happened, but there’s still some cool stuff you should probably check out. And as long as there’s cool stuff, there will be Monday Links. Some of the time anyway. Hopefully more often in 2014.

Retro/Bits News

Sonic/SEGA News

  • Relic Entertainment is working on an existing Japanese MMO, surely it can’t be Phantasy Star Online 2? [Oh hey, it probably is]
  • A group of fans released the first version of their Valkyria Chronicles 3 translation [Fans of animu and wars rejoice!]
  • The beta of the Dreamcast version of Toejam & Earl 3 got leaked out [It’s a Christmas miracle]
  • SEGA gives people a closer look at Ryo Hazuki’s vehicle in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed [Here, here and here]

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Animation, Fan Works, Game News, Humor, Miscellaneous, Music

Kwanzaa Links: Christmas Edition

Yup, it’s almost Christmas. Meaning there’s Christmas stuff you can watch on TV,  the internet, your phone or some futuristic machine that hasn’t been invented yet that you’re reading this on at the moment. Or you could actually be spending time with your family or loved ones, because that’s a Christmas thing you can do. Anyway, this week Balena Productions made another Sonic Christmas cartoon, some of our staff did commentary on a different Sonic Christmas cartoon and cool music guy Falk made a thing. Also some other stuff including:

Retro/Bits news

Sonic/SEGA news

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Game News, Miscellaneous, Sega Retro

Monday Links: Edition To Be Determined Edition

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Unicorns.

Retro/Bits News

Sonic/SEGA News

  • Sonic Dash got a temporary update which adds Zazz from Sonic Lost World as a boss. [SEGAbits]
  • If you live in the US and own a PS3 with a Playstation Plus account, you’ll be able to downlaod the incredibly underrated Binary Domain for free [Go give it a try]
  • Typing of the Dead: Overkill was announced and released for PC on the same day [Steam]
  • SEGA’s 3D Classics line-up for 3DS has been priced and dated for the US and Europe [SEGA Blog]
  • SEGA-Sammy made some money [Yay finances] Continue Reading
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Humor, Miscellaneous

Happy Zalloween from Sonic Retro and SEGAbits

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Happy Halloween from your friends at Sonic Retro and SEGAbits! Whether you’re going out trick or treating dressed as Princess Elise (the Third, of course), or are staying in to watch Uwe Boll’s cinematic triumph The House of the Dead, we hope you have one zeck of a night. To celebrate, we’ve carved up a pumpkin to resemble Sonic’s new nemesis Zavok from Sonic Lost World, complete with a stem pony tail and horns.

What are your Halloween plans? Going out, or staying in to enjoy some Typing of the Dead: Overkill and Sonic Lost World? Let us know in the comments!

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Community, Humor, Miscellaneous

UPDATED: PSA: Sonic Lost World “First Play” Charity Marathon This Saturday

Watch live video from Nyteworks on www.twitch.tv

The stream is live right now, be sure to hit play in the player above and donate often!

Usually, we don’t really cover goings-on with other sites in the community, much less those outside of it. However, when a charity marathon pops up that is not only centered around the as-of-yet-unreleased-in-the-U.S. Sonic Lost World on Wii U but also features Archie Comics’ own Ian Flynn (the man behind the current line of Archie Sonic comics and Mega Man comics), exceptions can be made.

Mega Man Network site staffer LBD Nytetrayn will be streaming the game while chatting with Flynn about all things Sonic and Mega Man, and viewers will be able to grill the man behind the panels about all things comics. On top of donating to the Sick Kids Foundation, raffles will be open to donors for prizes such as Sonic Boom 2013 lanyards, the History of Sonic book from Udon, and even a Deluxe Wii U with a copy of Lost World.

For the Americans that can’t wait until Tuesday or don’t have a Wii U, here’s one more chance to see the game in action live. The activities kick off at noon Eastern time and will be available for viewing on Nyte’s own page, through Twitch.tv, and on YouTube.

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Animation, Game News, Interviews, Miscellaneous, Sega Retro

Monday Links: Animu Edition

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And by animu I only mean Kill la Kill. It’s a show in which school uniforms give people powerful powers and there’s different tiers of powerful school uniforms and it’s made by the same guys who made Gurren Lagann. Go watch Kill la Kill you guys. Also some big Sonic stuff happened.

Retro/Bits News

  • Forum member Jayextee is making his own neat-looking game called [SLAVE]
  • George, Barry and Bartman did a commentary on Shenmue the Movie [SEGA Cinema]
  • The SEGAbits The Cave contest ends tomorrow, you can still enter and try to win some stuff [Contest]
  • Speaking of The Cave, here’s an interview with Ron Gilbert by [SEGAbits]
  • My Life with SEGA revisits the Alien Trilogy [Youtube]

Sonic/SEGA News

  • Nintendo brought the incredibly shocking news that Sonic will be in Super Smash Bros Wii U/3DS [Smuggy smug]
  • The first CG Sonic cartoon is coming to Cartoon Network next year [Sonic Boom]
  • Gametrailers dug up some new details on Michael Jackson’s involvement with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 [Gametrailers]
  • If you’re one of those guys who likes to spoil everything before he plays a game, here are all of the worlds and color powers in Sonic Lost World [I’m not looking]
  • Ikaruga is on Steam Greenlight, vote for it if you want the game to be released on PC! [Steam Greenlight]
  • SEGA is making a Plants vs. Zombies arcade game [Arcade Heroes] Continue Reading
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Community, Game News, Humor, Miscellaneous, Podcasts, Sega Retro, Site News

Tuesday Links: TGS Happened Edition

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So either because not much was shown this year or because everyone is playing GTA V, I don’t think anyone noticed that TGS happened last week. But even though nobody cares anymore, SEGA still had a decent showing at the event. With them showing the first gameplay footage of Yakuza Ishin and Puyo Puyo Tetris. Also they bought Atlus and now everything is ruined for people in western countries who want Atlus games.

Retro/Bits News

  • Forum member Jason spent his summer making a Sonic Generations stage called Titanic Timber and released the alpha version [Forums]
  • We did another Vidya Retro live stream, and I actually joined in for about 20-30 minutes! [Vidya Retro]
  • This week’s Swingin’ Report Show guest stars our very own Bartman3010 [Swingin’ Report Show #51]
  • There’s also a new episode of the other SEGAbits’ podcast [Sonic Talk #23]

Sonic/SEGA News

  • There was all of this Sonic Lost World stuff [Here’s the round-up]
  • There’s also this TGS trailer for Sonic Lost World I didn’t mention in there [Youtube]
  • Mario & Sonic at the 2014 Winter Olympics will be released on November 8th [CVG]
  • Atlus joins the SEGA family [SEGAbits]
  • The Dreamcast version of Toejam & Earl 3 has been discovered [Forums]
  • A new fighting game called Dengeki Bunko Fight Climax has been announced [Shoryuken]
  • This new trailer for Yakuza Ishin shows what the gameplay is like [Youtube]
  • There’s also a trailer for Puyo Puyo Tetris [Youtube again]
  • And one for Phantasy Star Nova as well [Another gosh darn Youtube link]
  • Speaking of which, there are currently no plans to release Phantasy Star Nova in the west [SEGA-Addicts] Continue Reading
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Game News, Miscellaneous, Sega Consoles, Sega Retro

Monday Links: Obligatory Dreamcast Anniversary Post Edition

20090909dreamcastBecause only the American release date of a console matters, people decided that today is the 14th anniversary of the Dreamcast. And to celebrate this on Sonic Retro is me: the one staff member that didn’t even know about the Dreamcast until it was already dead! Or you can just take a look at the things SEGAbits is doing, that might also be a viable option. Also we might stream something later today.

Retro/Bits News

Sonic/SEGA News

  • Phantasy Star Nova was announced at a Japanese Sony press conference today for the Playstation Vita and is being developed by tri-Ace (known for Star Ocean and Resonance of Fate) [SEGAbits]
  • Another likely Japan-only game, Yakuza Ishin is coming to the PS3 and PS4 [Youtube]
  • A new trailer of Hero Bank was released [Also Japan-only]
  • SEGA has some new hardware named Nu, and the first game to use it is Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone [Siliconera]
  • The Creative Assembly got Extra Credits to do a video series about Roman history for Total War: Rome II [Youtube]
  • The Castle of Illusion remake was released on XBLA, PSN and [Steam]
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Miscellaneous

Have some fun with Ruby!

PAX Prime 2013 has come and gone. On the last day, however, we had a special surprise for our favorite Brand Manager at SEGA, Aaron Webber, aka RubyEclipse, to celebrate the Western release of “Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F.” I think he liked it.

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Animation, Game News, Miscellaneous

Mighty Monday Links: No. 37 Edition

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This game is going to be awesome. Unlock the $3.000.000 stretch goal for an extra sentence in this opening paragraph.

Retro/Bits News

  • Strife’s upcoming game Freedom Planet has been greenlit on Steam and will feature various Steamworks features as well [Steam, Forums]
  • SEGAbits teamed up with Age-Media, DCS and DC Emus to interview David Munoz, the author of the book “Service Games: Rise and Fall of Sega ” [SEGAbits]
  • Will has reviewed the American version of Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F [SEGAbits]

Sonic/SEGA News

  • The Sonic balloon will be at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade again this year [Cititour]
  • Before working on the Castle of Illusion remake (out this week), SEGA Australia worked on a pitch for a series of re-imaginings of old Sega classics that’d take place in the same universe [Kotaku]
  • SEGA is publishing a neat looking indie game called Heroki for iOS [SEGA Blog]
  • Here’s some more info on Yakuza Ishin [Siliconera, SEGAbits]
  • A few Bayonetta characters make cameo appearances in The Wonderful 101 [Not Enough SEGAbits Links] Continue Reading
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