Swastika-Like Symbol Spotted in Holoska
This is one of the few times where I am happy to say that we were not the first organization to pick this up. Let’s be very clear that we are relaying a story first reported over at Sega Nerds.
Sega Nerds is running a relay of a story off of German Sonic site Sega Portal. The site spotted what appears to be a swastika symbol as Sonic runs though the daytime Holoska level. We have provided the image for your review below. Look toward the circled area on the right.
There’s still some question as to whether the symbol is being used to convey messages of good in the game. Before Hitler and Nazi Germany turned the symbol on its side to demonstrate its evil power in the 1930s and 40s, the symbol had a much different meaning for hundreds of cultures, spanning thousands of years prior to the regime. In those cases, the symbol’s meaning ranged from anything from the sun to good luck. There has been some speculation as to whether this was meant to be a Manji, which is from Buddhism. Other games in Japan have used the Manji but have then been edited for other releases worldwide.
Still, having a German Sega site pick up this information on the first wave of the game’s domestic launch–a launch meant to spring Sonic back into the mainstream after the abomination of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog–is not something Sega needs right now.
Also keep in mind that games have been recalled and refit for less. You may remember that LittleBigPlanet saw a worldwide delay of its release due to a song’s references to the Quran. The few that were released were then sold on EBay for quite a premium.
We invite you to decide for yourself, and sound off in the comment box below. Don’t write off a recall just yet–in a worst-case scenario this could completely throw off balance any notion of a release date for every console. We will let you know what develops, if anything.
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That’s just a pattern, or then again, there is a Kanji symbol in japanese that resembles the Swastika, but really isn’t with the same meaning. Most likely just a pattern.
Shirojyuu: I say the same, I don’t think it means something bad just a pattern….Probably, I hope so.
I think some people dedicate their time to find potentially offending material for unknown gains (and this one is a non-issue if you’re smart enough).. Perhaps this is the dirty side of gaming business practices?
What is so bad about THIS smbol???
Well, I also think, that Hitler took his swastika symbol from other folks` pattern. In my land, this symbol used as a pattern.
Remember there are other countries that uses a similar symbol as a pattern and it doesn’t mean bad to them ((that doesn’t make them Nazis or Hitler worshippers >:( ))… We Americans take it the bad way because of how we were taught.
Yeah, one questionable pattern on one piece of debris that you’re usually going way too freakin’ fast to notice as soon as you break the box that it’s a part of. Big whoop. Can we has game nao? >:U
I CANNOT BELIEVE:
1) Someone seriously sat and found that lol
2) ANYONE WOULD SEE SOMETHING RESEMBLING ANOTHER THING AND LABEL A VIDEO GAME AS A FREAKIN’ NAZI GAME! DOES THAT SOUND STUPID TO ANYBODY? just me? lol
It’s. JUST. A. SYMBOL.
Doesn’t that actually mean good luck or something…?
Either way, it’s moving by so fast no one would be able to tell. =P
Wow it’s just a symbol.
Darn those Nazis and their easter eggs
Could be a hoax or the developers weren’t thinking straight
Jeez how do people find this stuff? it’s TINY! Well it definetely looks like a swastika, but I doubt are actually trying to say anything here, I mean it is likely a symbol referring to some part of Japanese culture.
Omg… they found a symbol… A SYMBOL! HOW SCARY! HE’S GOING TO BLOW UP OUR MINDS WHILE WE ARE PLAYING IT, AND WE’LL BECOME HITLER ZOMBIES! =O
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HELL NOPE. Grow up, SegaPortal.De
It isn’t really that big a deal. If you look closely at the wall paper in Sonic Heroes, you can see the Boy Scouts symbol all over it.
Sorry, I meant the wall paper in the mansion level (what’s that level called?) in Sonic Heroes.
who the hell would notice a thing as small as that, IN A SONIC GAME (Sonic=FAST)?
Ok, now I find this hilarious. A swastika-like symbol in Sonic Unleashed and people are claiming that Sonic Team supported the Nazi party or some oddities like that. Look, it’s just a misunderstanding probably, or a texture issue, meant to be one thing, wound up being another. But seriously, even if it WAS a swastika, aren’t they blowing this a little out of proportion? I mean, not all Nazi supporters were completely evil. Look at Walt Disney: Nazi supporter and brought to life Disney World (and people seem to love him for it). I’m sure that this was all just a fluke.