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UK distributors Zavvi yesterday opened preorders for an exclusive version of the Sonic Colours Ultimate 2LP vinyl soundtrack through their store, and have followed up today with a new range including T-Shirts, a hoodie, and mobile phone accessories.
The items for sale include two shirt designs that come in women’s, men’s, and children’s sizes, and can be seen in the images below.
At time of writing, all items are still available through the Zavvi UK store.
While we had a fantastic time with Sonic Colours Ultimate on PS4, it seems that a number of fans have had trouble enjoying the game due to a range of bugs, glitches and crashes. Last night, SEGA reps confirmed that the teams behind the remaster are listening to the online feedback and will be ‘assessing’ the details for an upcoming patch.
Continue reading SEGA “Listening” to Sonic Colours Ultimate Feedback, Further Patches ConfirmedThe Tokyo Game Show will be holding a concert featuring video game music called “Tokyo Game Show FES” to commemorate its 25th anniversary, and Sonic Colors Ultimate will be among the games featured.
The Sonic Colors Ultimate portion of the concert will take place at Stage 01 at 5:00 PM JST on October 2.
Looks like some people who want to own Sonic Colours Ultimate physically will be waiting a bit longer than expected. SEGA of Europe has announced that unforeseen logistical problems have caused a delay in shipments of the game to most EMEA countries, the only exceptions being Australia and New Zealand. This means that anyone in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa who’s pre-ordered the game won’t be getting it at the same time as the rest of the world.
SEGA of Europe hasn’t yet elaborated on what these logistical problems are, but did specify that this will not be affecting the game’s digital release in these regions. Sonic Colors Ultimate will be going on sale on September 7 in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, and September 9 in Japan and Asia. Anyone who’s pre-ordered the digital deluxe version of the game will be able to play it September 3.
Stay tuned to Sonic Stadium as this story develops.
We are now a month away from Sonic Colors Ultimate’s release, which means we’ll be seeing a lot of this game for awhile. Today’s new thing? A trailer devoted to Sonic Colors’ wisp powers!
Not much else to really say about this, as we’ve seen all these powers before. But if you wanted a refresher, more footage from the game, or just another look at the Jade wisp, check it out below:
The critically-acclaimed Sonic Colours is getting a fresh chance to Wispon its way to hearts old and new with a remaster hitting modern platforms later this year. This time, the game will be free from strictly-Nintendo hardware, appearing on PlayStation and Xbox consoles as well as the Switch, and on PC to boot. For SEGA producers Aaron Roseman and Calvin Vu, this presents an opportunity to introduce the fanbase to a game that may have passed them by when it was originally released exclusively on the Wii in 2010. But it also presented a hefty challenge.
Continue reading TSS Interviews: SEGA Speaks On The Intense Work Improving Sonic ColoursAh, Sonic Colours. How we’ve missed you. When it arrived on Nintendo Wii in 2010, it offered a real breath of fresh air for the Sonic franchise; we were turning a corner from all the doom and gloom of previous games and were heading straight for a vibrant, punchy new platformer with environments, enemies, music and gimmicks that felt much closer to the spirit of the original Mega Drive titles than any 3D Sonic game that came before it.
Continue reading TSS Previews: Sonic Colours Ultimate Feels More Right Than Ever BeforeIt’s taken them a while, but it looks like Nintendo has finally opened up digital pre-orders for the Switch version of Sonic Colours Ultimate on its eShop. Go ahead and get your virtual foot in the door now!
Continue reading Sonic Colours Ultimate Switch eShop Pre-Orders Now OpenWe all love Sonic Colours (and if you don’t, you’re a heathen). And no doubt we will all love Sonic Colours Ultimate even more – SEGA has released a Spotlight video that aims to highlight the improvements and features of the upcoming remaster – including a special ‘Rival Race’ feature and unlockable customisations for Sonic.
Continue reading Race Against Metal Sonic With Customised Gear in Sonic Colours UltimateThere is perhaps nobody more eager or proud to be wishing Sonic the Hedgehog a happy 30th birthday than Takashi Iizuka. Having been deeply involved with the franchise since Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the Sonic Team leader’s hands have touched every single era of the blue blur’s legacy. From designing stages for the Mega Drive classics, to directing fan favourites like Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2, to producing the fine-tuned boost-era titles Sonic Colours and Sonic Generations – he’s seen it all.
Continue reading Exclusive Interview: Takashi Iizuka Talks Colours, Origins, 2022 and Sonic’s LegacySonic Team head Takashi Iizuka has confirmed to The Sonic Stadium that the recently-announced Mega Drive/Genesis classics compilation, Sonic Origins, won’t be a simple emulation job – opening up the possibility for games like Sonic 3 & Knuckles to include reworked visuals and gameplay features.
Continue reading Exclusive: Sonic Origins “Won’t Be Running Off Emulation,” More Classic Sonic Games May Be RemasteredWe might not have a game that specifically celebrates Sonic’s 30th Anniversary like Sonic Generations or Sonic Adventure 2 before it, but that isn’t stopping SEGA Japan! The company is using the remastered Sonic Colours Ultimate as a vehicle to promote the landmark occasion, with a special edition pack of the game that will make most of us Westerners very jealous!
Continue reading Sonic Colours Ultimate Gets Amazing Anniversary Special Edition in JapanThe Sonic Colors content just keeps on coming! Earlier today, SEGA released the new remix for Aquarium Park Act 1’s soundtrack. The remix was done by Tomoya Ohtani, who also worked on music for the original Sonic Colors. Check it out below:
Some new footage from Sonic Colors Ultimate also appears to reveal something else: new dialogue for Tails. Tails appears to talk at times throughout the game, such as at 0:49 into the below video. Take a look:
Special thanks to Bulbasquirtle over on our Discord for the news tip!
Sonic Colours Ultimate’s announcement might be timely for Sonic’s 30th, but new information suggests that it was going to be even more timely – for the Wii game’s 10-year anniversary. Data pulled from the Epic Game Store listings reveals that the remaster was first submitted to the platform on June 30, 2020, which suggests an announcement was originally planned for this time.
Continue reading Epic Game Store Metadata Suggests Sonic Colours Ultimate 2020 AnnouncementWe expected SEGA to show little more detail of Sonic Colours Ultimate remaster at E3 2021, after the company formally announced the game late last month. Turns out we were right, as today reps from the Sonic Pillar suggested that further news was to come over the coming week.
Continue reading SEGA Teases Sonic Colours Ultimate News for E3 2021SEGA’s Sonic Central stream has just formally announced the existence of Sonic Colours Ultimate, a remaster of the 2010 Wii classic that will launch on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Setpember 7th.
Continue reading Sonic Colours Ultimate AnnouncedFinally. We’ve all waited nearly six months for a morsel of information on what SEGA may be planning to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th Anniversary. For a character best known for his lightning-fast speed, updates have been almost-controversially slow. But yesterday, SEGA revealed a special livestream taking place on May 27th focusing on Sonic announcements and news. So, what could they have lined up?
Continue reading What Could SEGA Announce At Sonic’s 30th Anniversary Livestream Event?
