Good Question: What Happened to the Sonic LBP Pack?
Tristan Oliver | December 30, 2009
Did Sackboy–or Sony–Forget Something?
Informally, we’d like to introduce the Good Question segment to TSSZ News with something you may have forgotten. Problem is, you may not be the only one.
In looking through the comments this evening, we found something on a story about a month or so old. It was a remark from reader ThisSiteHasAlotOfNoobs, and it was in response to a story about Sonic themed costumes coming to LittleBigPlanet. Simply put, in his words, “What happened to these?”
Good question.
We reported back then that the Asian Playstation store listed the release of the DLC, which included Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Eggman and the Werehog, for December 17. That was two weeks ago.
It seems the purported release date–at least in that region–came and went. Instead, LBP users this month were treated to a Santa suit, a Holiday pack, and costumes from Pirates of the Caribbean.
What gives?
We went back to the Asian Playstation store, the original source of the story, and you may find our research unsettling–because the research today has turned up nothing. Indeed, the listing for the Sonic costumes, release date and all, have been wiped out, leading to a broken link. A search in the U.S. Playstation store has also turned up nothing. Further, there’s no mention of the Sonic costume’s on LBP’s official guide to DLC.
That can’t be good.
What happened? No one can say for sure right now. Did Sega and Sony have a conflict? We thought they were buddies. Is jealousy being detected in the ranks?
The fact that any mention of it on an official Playstation site may lean the prospects toward “cancelled” as opposed to “delayed,” but that isn’t crystal clear right now. The one thing we do know is that a planned release date for the costumes has missed the mark…and it largely went unnoticed.
We will try to get a clearer answer to this Good Question in the coming days. And in the coming weeks, we’ll provide a form for you to ask your own news questions to us.
Filed Under Gaming News, Sega, Sonic Scene, Sony
Huh, I completely forgot about it. That IS a good question…I wonder what’s up?
I was hoping that it was because they were getting modified. Like, adding in a white color around the eyes, to make them look less weird. I dunno. =P
I’m sure it’ll come sooner or later. We waited forever for a water pack but we got it eventually.
And what is this jealousy you speak of?
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Haha… I apologize for that rude name. When I attempted to first comment on this site, my intentions where to kinda poke fun at a certain user (who shall remain nameless). I actually think this is a great site. =P
I don’t even have the game, but I’m still curious to what happened. What up Sony?
As one of those biased-against-Sony-for-ruining-SEGA people, I admit I did wonder about what happened to this, but at the same time I kinda expected this to happen.
No Sackboy Sonic?
NOOOO!!! Anyway, I don’t have the game so it doesn’t matter. 
That’s rather disappointing. I was going to get those Sackboys for my li’l bro (who loves LBP).
Fuck you, SEGA.
Since the day this was posted on Retro, I haven’t seen the Playstation site display the Costume Pack, and that was weeks ago.
It’s a shame, I got LBP for Christmas, and was really looking forward to these. I guess there are always the fan-made costumes, if nothing else.
Shhh.. It’s for marketing Needlemouse.
Seriously though, it’s only been a little bit. Sure, a couple of weeks is a little more than expected, but one word can describe this: patience.
And I agree with whoever that said they should fix the eyes to where there’s white around them. :p
Either the Sonic LBP pack is Asian Playstation store exclusive or the pack will come in 2010. We will never know.
Hey Tristan! Can’t We contact Sega of America to answer our question?
My guess is that they:
A) Delayed it because of the other packs during the same time of it’s supposed release.
or
B) Removed the pack from the Asia Playstation store because they never intended to reveal it then anyway.
Option B makes more sense, because the pack never was formally announced by either Media Molecule, Sony or SEGA.
Oh, uh… how terrible?
It’s too bad. They looked pretty good to be honest.
yea they should either have it in the skin of the character or have it as a new eye choice like (sonic eyes,knuckles eyes..etc) but shiiiiiiiiiit the borderlands dlc comes tommorow and i left 6 $ in my wallet for this pack and the dlc for borderlands is 10$
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