“We are proud to have worked with him”
If you saw part of our coverage on Friday, you saw the first reaction from within Sega on the sudden and shocking death of Michael Jackson via their Twitter feed, and how a possible re-release of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker could factor in to remembering the King of Pop–hours before any other gaming site had anything.
Later on Friday, it appears that Sega sent out a more official and more general statement acknowledging Jackson’s death. That word was passed along to MTV’s Multiplayer blog, and it reads:
We here at SEGA were very sad to hear about the passing of Michael Jackson. He was a true music legend whose songs touched each of us at some point in our lives. We are proud to have worked with him and included his music in some of our most well-remembered games and are sure that his genius will live on through his great body of work. We have no doubt that future generations will be moonwalking to all his greatest hits.
In addition to the video game adaptation of Moonwalker, Jackson made cameos in both Space Channel 5 for the Dreamcast and its sequel. Most in Sonic fandom are also well aware of his purported involvement with the soundtrack of Sonic 3–involvement that has never been officially confirmed by Sega. In our new @Issue poll, we ask whether you believe now is the time to come clean on those rumors. We welcome your vote and input.
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Yes I think that Sega should confirme those rumors even if they are true or false.
But I think that they should make SONIC UNLEASHED 2 or something too
@SU: Why bring those matters all of a sudden? Serously, I respect you, but you can’t put fanboyism on top of these matters.
Besides, wasn’t Unleashed released not too long ago? Unless you don’t want the ST people to think before they act; causing another mediocre game?
Hey, he also made a cameo in Ready 2 Rumble.
It would be fucking win if they released the original MJ version of the Sonic 3 soundtrack. I guess we can dream…
“One day, when the time comes, I will give you the information!” – Yuji Naka
i think unleashed 2 might relasse 2010 – 2011
@RS: Did he seriously ever say that? XD
@Phillip: There won’t be an Unleashed 2. SEGA isn’t THAT stupid. There’s no way they’re that stupid. There has to be a limit.
Damn, serpx, leave him alone, even though what he said was inappropriate.
@phillip – http://games.kikizo.com/features/yuji-naka-prope-interview-feb-2009-p2.asp
Sorry i meant HeadFace.
If they make an Sonic Unleashed 2 it should just have Sonic, Tails , & Knuckles playable to bring back the retro feel of the series but I think an Unleashed sequel is very unlikely at the moment
ppl keep goin on about SU 2!!!!!!
WHY????????????????????????????????????????????? lol. nah seriousliy stop goibn on about it! but @Edwin shy, has a good idea there! It`s what i had always wanted…..
I thought SEGA said back at E3 08 that SU was going to have shadow and knuckles on it! sigh….
blueblur : I was happy that Shadow wasn`t in Unleashed he needs a break but I was ticked that Knuckles didn`t appear …
I think it would be better to wait on any confirmations or denials of rumors. If for instance, they were to finally say, “Yes MJ worked on Sonic 3″, then it would be seen as a company simply trying to cash in on the death of MJ. If they are going to do/say anything about that rumor, they should wait a while.