![It Could Be Nothing, But… Four top level domains–sonicadventure3.com, sonicadventure3.net, sonicadventure3.org, and sonicadventure3.info–have all been registered on or around April 22nd of this year by an unknown party, TSSZ has […]](http://www.tssznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rumor_alert_header-620x250.jpg "UPDATE: Six Sonic Adventure 3 Domains Registered By…Someone")
It Could Be Nothing, But…
Four top level domains–sonicadventure3.com, sonicadventure3.net, sonicadventure3.org, and sonicadventure3.info–have all been registered on or around April 22nd of this year by an unknown party, TSSZ has learned.
At present, all pages presently point to a default landing page, and nowhere near Sega’s own website.
In the past, Sega had a tendency to register domains for upcoming titles before a formal announcement, either in-house or via third parties, as a means to protect company IP. The way these domains were registered, however, gives plenty of cause for suspicion. This time around, the registrant is the French division of 1&1 Internet, a company primarily focused on web hosting. That is a change from the last three times a Sonic domain was registered. Domains for Sonic Generations, Sonic Free Riders, and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 all eventually fell under the management of EuroDNS, where they remain today. Consider also that, even if Sega’s French division was behind the registration of these, the arm closed its doors last month, along with numerous other subdivisions of Sega Europe.
So, the pattern here doesn’t really match Sega’s past behavior–making the jump to an actual Sonic Adventure 3 in the works very difficult. But with the domains active for over three months, one would think Sega would have caught wind of it and take action were the registrations unauthorized. We’ll keep it under Rumor for now, but don’t hold your breath. Thanks to Sawnik98 and Sonication for tipping us.
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UPDATE: Since this story was first published, we have found two more related domain registrations. One, sonicadventure3.fr, was spotted by tipster Bruno Guerrero via Twitter. We have also since found sonicadventure3.eu. Both domains appear managed by the same 1&1 Hosting division in France, and both appear registered around the same time as the aforementioned four. If this a hoax, it’s a very thorough one. We have contacts in France checking this out; if we hear anything more, we will pass it along.
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ChEck the website dude
@Ricardo
Silver was in Sonic Rivals 1 & 2.
Im fine with SA3 as long as the new gameplay stays. What’s the point of erasing an established gameplay to go back to an old one?
I did a little digging, and it seems that the other domains registered by this owner are about Russian automobiles and French go-karts. Plus, other recent Sega domain registrations have nothing to do with this hosting company. So unless Sega is being really sneaky, I’d have to say it’s a hoax.
Just hope they make this game someday, even if it isn’t called Sonic Adventure but have the same spirit, I would love to see:
-No more than 4 playable characters, each one with their own story mode (not like SA2 or Sonic 06)
-Different styles between them
-Open world optional
-Chao Garden
-Multiplayer similar to SA2: Battle, including Race mode, Battle mode, some other modes and mini-games.
-Online multiplayer, Chao garden and leaderboards.
Also I hope they come up with a good story too, like the plot of Sonic Adventure 2, it worked in so many levels, it was good, it was simple, it was fast and it was also deep when it needed, I think it’s the best Sonic story ever told in games.
@Dante Sparda – Sounds good. Except there will be more than 4 playable characters in the story. In all the Adventure games, there are 6 different characters with their own story.
If Silver was another creature I would have let it slide…but like so many have stated too many hedgehogs on the field.
@TrueBlue
True, but still I would want only 4 character so Sonic Team wont’ waste their time and resources with lame alternate kinds of gameplay (like Big’s fishing gameplay or Silver slow telekinetic gameplay), but if there were characters that play the same as other (like in Sonic Adventure 2) then I wouldn’t mind that much, as far as there aren’t more than 4 different kinds of gameplay.
There is no way there is gonna be a Sonic Adventure 3. It just ain’t gonna happen, sorry guys. But, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t release an all new Sonic Adventure Series. That would make more sense, considering the original series ended with Shadow the Hedgehog.
I guess these domain registrations are for reserved stuff, like you know, they don’t want fans to register the domain first before the main game company.
Sonic Adventure 3 is comig out June 2013….. I think
think about it…
Domains for SA3 NOT to taken down yet
SA/SA2 been re-realeased
Hunnid P working on new Knuckles theme
and the SA3 Chant at Sonic boom 2012
and Lizuka confirming a new 3D Sonic for 2012/2013
@shadowofsonic
good point.
Don’t worry….it’s a comin. I can feel it.
No… IT’S NOT….
It is not necessary that the next Sonic game is called Sonic Adventure 3. But what I would want to see would be a story, which is not dumbed down for the sake that kids play it.
There is only one reason for it – in Sonic universe, Sonic is not alone. There are other characters too. And the reason anyone hates them is that they are poorly written in games. I don’t think that the Generations formula works for it: just add them in the game, but not really. They can annoy Sonic, or cheer him… eh, whatever.
The only reason for the characters to have some good story (and in turn not be just annoying extras) is only to make the games more consistent and make the characters to be… well – characters. A character who just is in the game but not really does anything that affects the story (meaning that his absence does not affect any event) is not a character.
I know that majority of you hates the story. But think for a second: do you hate the story because it’s bad? If that’s the reason, than you should want the next game to have a story. It will never be fixed by procrastination. And if you hate the story from the Principe, then well… That’s a problem. But you should realize, that there in fact ARE other Sonic characters then Sonic. And if SEGA thinks, that making a story is a bad move, than they should just remove all characters and keep making every Sonic game from now on just like traditional 3D/2D platformer with X stages and perhaps different designs.
Yeah, real interesting.
I so hope this is fake. I’d much prefer Sonic Colors 2 on the Wii U.
I wonder what the story will be like. As more than a “True Blue” Sonic fan (seriously, I really AM the best fan of Sonic!), I’m excited to see this!