Move in Light of Increased Brinkmanship
It looked for a while that there was going to be a legal showdown between the YouTube Sonic Channel–claiming itself to be official and the source of a debunker rumor involving another Sonic compilation several days ago–and Sega, which debunked said rumor and took measures to protect its brand against the rogue channel.
It now appears that tensions have calmed down: In all but one or two instances, the “official” branding is gone from the channel, as well as its network of sites featuring several characters from the Sonic universe.
Previously, we had told you how ArchangelUK, speaking in his capacity as a Sega Europe employee, had brought the channel to Sega’s attention, with the company mulling its options in the wake of what appeared to be defiance on a part of the channel.
The channel likely would have never been thrust into the spotlight had it not been for a listing there that noted a third current gen Sonic compilation, dubbed Sonic Mega Collection 3, was planned for a 2010 release across all consoles. Interestingly, the website now lists its SMC3 entry as simply “cancelled.”
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Wow. Just…..Wow. People are freaking retarded.
You know what’s even more stupid? There are still idiots out there that vigorously defend this guy, insisting that his channel is official. If you comment on his videos explaining that it’s a fake, your comment will get thumbs down and the author will delete it. It sounds like this jerk’s still trying to hang on to “official” status.
Well, now all is well in the world.
Well, except for this mysterious SuperMariosChannel. Surely The Super Mario Zone News will take care of that, though.
There’s a Mario version of TSSZ?!
Soul : I think Hunter was joking … but it would be funny if there were one lol
I don’t care….. apparently SEGA doesn’t care, nor should you…… stop wasting our time with this topic! this site is getting annoying…..
Strip the channel from the face of Youtube.
I noticed he removed the “Sonic Mega collection 3 is canceled” thing days ago… you should double check yourself, Tristan.
Honestly, who cares about this stuff anymore? He removed the “official” status days ago, so you guys need to stop complaining. I come here to read worthwhile articles – not pointless internet drama. Write me something interesting again, please.
nothing better to do than pick at the most popular sonic based channel on youtube? why not spend all this time & energy on contacting SEGA about the lame sonic games they’ve been putting out…. tell then to make am all sidescrolling action game with super sonic usable in every level like in the awesome days of Sonic 3 & Knuckles!!!!
& by the way, “Official” was removed from SonicsChannel’s page way before you even noticed. these rumors are so hilarious, I may die of extreme laughter! please mr. Tristan Oliver, get over sonic’s channel… move on… or maybe I’ll just ignore Tristan Oliver’s updates altogether….
Yes, I still agree with Alfonzo. This stuff just isn’t worth an article. It doesn’t even matter.