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Sega Speaks Out on Sonic Adventure
Follow-up
Never
underestimate the ability of the press to embellish.
October 4, 1999
Recently,
trade publication GameWEEK's Online counterpart, GameDAILY indicated
that Sega Director of Marketing Communications Charles Bellfield
indicated not only a sequel to Sonic Adventure, but also a
spin-off title starring characters from the chart-topping Dreamcast
platformer.
In following up on the story, IGNDC has learned that this isn't
quite the case, so we decided to take time out to get you guys in
the loop. According to Bellfield, "The comment that was made was
that obviously, [Sonic] is a franchise that Sega plans return
to, and that one could even expect titles featuring other popular
from the seires characters in the future." The rest, apparently was
the product of eager journalists attempting to stretch said comments
for all they are worth.
Bellfield went on to say that while nothing concrete had been
announced at present, that the comments were directed at questions
regarding the future of the franchise which, of course, Sega has no
intention of abandoning. Given that Naka-san himself confirmed that
there were titles in development that have yet to be disclosed to
the public, we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for the return of
this franchise, among others, in the Sonic Team stable, and as
always, we'll be sure to keep you posted when news does manage to
reach the public.
-- Brandon Justice,
IGNDC
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