Behind Two of those Padlocks…
UPDATE: With thanks to TSSZ News reader Graxer, we’ve learned Sega may have left the cat out of the bag early when it comes to that Newsletter section. It appears the area has been unlocked as of this afternoon, and it simply links to a form to sign up for the SEGA Pass service.
Our original story follows below.
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TSSZ News has learned that Sega may no done with revelations regarding Sonic the Hedgehog 4 this week, as one of the padlocks set for release tomorrow indicates a formal game introduction will be on the official Sonic 4 website at 11AM ET Friday morning.
The information was sent into us via an anonymous news tip. As part of that tip was a quick screen cap with two of the padlocks removed, before they were loaded.
As you’ll see in the image below, the top padlock–currently on a 20+ hour countdown as of the time of this article’s publication–will reveal an Introduction section. This may be a storyline, or basic information–that much we don’t know yet.
You’ll also notice another unlocked feature–a newsletter. It appears Sega will be going all out to promote the next Sonic on all platforms–not just through forums and social media. An old Internet favorite may be coming back–but there’s no countdown on that particular padlock, so the timetable is unknown.
This is the new information coming in after the Sonic 4 website is going through intense scrutiny since its launch this morning, and we thank our news tipster for providing it to us. Our coverage will continue throughout the day, into the evening, and it appears tomorrow right at 11AM. Be here for the latest.
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I am glad I know what to look forward to tomorrow!
Thank you!
…I visited the site earlier today; looks really cool. A newsletter is a great way for fans to get info simultaneously.
The only thing that has me puzzled is the Characters tab; there was another title under “Featured”, but now its gone. Another secret, perhaps?
(EDIT – Inflammatory -T)
character featured. wow, i sure do hope for Amy. she’d made an awesome choice if playable as DLC in the future.
Newsletter is unlocked already for me. It just takes you to register for the Sega Pass newsletter. As far as I can see it’s nothing specifically to do with Sonic.
the newsletter option is hardly “let the cat out of the bag” it links to SEGA pass, big whoop.
Water Mark Zone, newly revealed today.
While an intro section is interesting, I’m more wondering when that second character is going to be revealed.
Well, if they’ve already said that only Sonic is playable, I’d have to guess that the second character is Eggman
@Pickle:
The padlocks with counters are separate “animations”. The idea here was to see what is, you know, under them. In case of “INTRO”, the image itself was already present on site at the moment of cap; in case of whatever second section of characters, it’s just not present yet, as Sega didn’t upload/link image of the text to the site. No shock to me, though, as intro is already present – this suggests they add images under padlocks just before the actual padlock removing, to prevent leaks.
The padlocks without counters are simply loaded instead of “insert random text here”, and that’s why there are present – browser loads images and then it loads animations, in this order.
Sorry for my English.