2006 Sonic a Part of Slated Lineup
The next time you update your XBOX 360 dashboard, and you would like an immediate exercise in futility, you may be able to purchase a re-release of the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog.
That’s because on August 11th, the new dashboard update will launch Microsoft’s XBOX Live Games on Demand service. Microsoft made the official announcement to coincide with the beginning of the San Diego Comic-Con.
The service is expected to launch with more than thirty games, and the widely panned 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog may be one of them. Not totally clear right now–though expected–is whether this will be a straight port of the original game, as opposed to something more. There are fleeting hopes within some facets of the Sonic community that the glitches and errors that plagued the 2006 Sonic may be cleaned up for this release.
That remains to be seen. We’ll know for sure–possibly as early as August 11th–when Games on Demand rolls out. Be sure to keep an eye out on your XBOX Dashboard for the service and many other planned improvements.
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Is it possible to ‘fix’ 06? You’d need to complete revamp most of the levels, as the design of many were just lame.
Also, something needs to be done about Elise, she is the height of annoying! I thought Sonic was supposed to compete with Mario? Not make another Princess Peach! Peach is first and foremost a damsel in distress and crikey that’s annoying -_-’
Perhaps just remove her all together and replace her with somebody else.
Fangirl dreams, sorry I’m over that now.
It sounds cool, but perhaps the best thing to do is to just let the sting of 06 die from our memories.
To be perfectly honest, I REALLY want to get 06 right now. Just to see for myself how bad it is (I’ve played the demo already, but I want MOAR).
Let the ass-chewing commence!
@TailstheHedgehog: Yes Sonic 06 has a stupid premise behind it, however if some things about that game were patched up it would be that much more tolerable. For example, the physics need to be fixed, character speeds need to be increased, jumping needs to actually hurt, loading times need to be significantly cut, animations need to be redone, crappy enemy locations need fixing. These changes can be made without really altering the original game. Also the camera
Now I know this would never happen but I would love if they would make a download to change the in game models to look more like the Sonic Unleashed in game models. Those are good. 06′s models were crap.
Seeing as how this game is modeled after your run of the mill Sonic Adventure I don’t see why it can’t just play like Sonic Adventure 1. That game felt good when playing it (control wise).
Keep dreaming everyone. SEGA has no intention of patching Sonic 06. Otherwise they would have done it years ago.
wow, re-making Sonic 06 and fixing glitches?
I mean, if the download is more than 5.6GB then there might be a chance that it could be fixed but then again, re-writing the whole engine and faults on the game will be a very, very hard work. Not sure if they’ll do that…but hey, we can only hope.
*hopes it updates my retail game…*
Dammit I wish I was on Xbox Live
I need a glitch free Sonic 06
“Well I don’t look back I don’t need to. Time won’t wait and I’ve got so much to do!”
Seriously guys, Sega should just concentrate on Sonic’s next game. It is by far the most important thing for them right now. 20th Anniversary!
@Kits’Okami
If you havent played 06 then your missing out. I got it on the PS3 and 3sucksty
as unbelievable as it may seem other than the PS360 version of sonic unleashed its what I may call the second funnest game ever released. I actually use the glitches to my advantage! Their arent really that many glitches but the ones that do exist help me beat stages faster and give me better scores
@Tailsthehedgehog: The chances of that happening are about as good as you winning the lottery. They’ll give us the same glitchy buggy game that we all know and hate (I understand that some love it, but this is merely an exaggeration.). If you really want Sonic 06 edited, I sure as hell hope you can write in japanese and be persuasive in said language. But really, if a re-release of Sonic 06 even occurs, don’t expect anything more than the original bastardized piece of crap.
I think the only way to fix Sonic 06 is to tear everything up and start from scratch. Make a good quality game like Sonic Unleashed, where Sonic actually can run fast during stages, and not just the mach speed areas!
Well, other than the game that just won’t die (let it diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie! it isn’t canon anyways!) , this is a great announcement. Can’t wait to see what other games are on tap.
…especially considering that you didn’t give us any other examples. Way to force us to use Google.
*sigh* I wonder why never people see the bright side of the games rather than focusing on the bad things…
Sonic 06 is a bad game but IT ISNT THAT bad. It’s playable and doable and I been playing that game since it’s release and I BARELY EVER came up accross a glitch that killed me. I find one, I use it as a shortcut. l3
that was one of the worst games of all time. I see no need for sega to loose more money. Or do they lose money for downloadable content?
@flame6753: No they don’t. They may get charged for publishing the game but they dont get charged for the bandwith thank god.
You’d think Sega doesn’t like doing us favors, but looking at Mike’s comment, tha’s probably what they’re doing. Instead of looking back and trying to fix old mistakes, they’re (hopefully) working harder to make sure they don’t screw up next time.
Okay, kinda intresting. How will this look like??? I do’t know but I want to see how it looks like…if they have chaged anything that we can see…
But I don’t think Sonic 06 is so unbeliveable bad. Of course not a awsome game or something. But you can enjoy nearly every game ever created in some stupid way I think. I haven’t played all games that exsist, but you know what I mean.XP
Does every mention of Sonic 06 have to turn into an all-out bashing over why it sucks hardcore? shesh.
I personally enjoy it, and are glad i payed 20 bucks for it along with a few downloadable add-ons. If you don’t like it, then you don’t have to complain about how much it sucks all the dang time. Its like beating a dead horse.
Relating to the news, don’t think it be interested in games on demand. Ive only got a 30GB hardrive which i got as a discounted offer towards Xbox 360 arcade owners. The most i use it for is downloading demos and arcade games in the marketplace.
06 without the glitches?
BUY ME THAT!
Soul Gauge : What you said brother !
@SupahSonikku: Yes. Yes it does. So SEGA knows that we will not stand for that shit again. And also so there’s no chance they think morons like you are anything but the vast VAST minority.