{"id":2782,"date":"2013-05-17T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2016-03-20T20:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T00:54:05","slug":"nintendo-snags-exclusive-rights-to-sonic-the-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2013\/05\/nintendo-snags-exclusive-rights-to-sonic-the-hedgehog\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Snags Exclusive Rights to Sonic the Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"sonic_the_hedgehog\" width=\"642\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog.png 642w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog-128x72.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe next title in SEGA\u2019s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be exclusive to Nintendo\u2019s Wii U home console and Nintendo 3DS portable system. Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata announced the details of a new partnership with SEGA during a new Nintendo Direct video announcement today. Sonic Lost World is a new action platforming game, and more information about it will be announced before the E3 2013 video game trade show begins on June 11.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These announcements in conjunction with SEGA demonstrate the commitment we have to bringing great games to the Wii U platform, and set the stage for our upcoming announcements at E3.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo Direct also announced Mario &amp; Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games for Wii U, and revealed that additional SEGA Game Gear games would be coming to the Virtual Console service for Nintendo 3DS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The onetime rivalry between Mario and Sonic has grown into a friendship that has never been closer,&#8221; said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. &#8220;These announcements in conjunction with SEGA demonstrate the commitment we have to bringing great games to the Wii U platform, and set the stage for our upcoming announcements at E3.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SEGA Game Gear: Games from the classic hand-held system are headed to the Virtual Console service. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Columns<\/li>\n<li>Crystal Warriors<\/li>\n<li>Defenders of Oasis<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Robotnik\u2019s Mean Bean Machine<\/li>\n<li>G-LOC: Air Battles<\/li>\n<li>Shining Force II: The Sword of Hajya<\/li>\n<li>Sonic Blast<\/li>\n<li>Sonic Drift 2<\/li>\n<li>Sonic Labyrinth<\/li>\n<li>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/li>\n<li>Sonic the Hedgehog 2<\/li>\n<li>Tails Adventure<\/li>\n<li>Vampire: Master of Darkness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think of the news?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next title in SEGA\u2019s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be exclusive to Nintendo\u2019s Wii U home console and Nintendo 3DS portable system. Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata announced the details of a new partnership with SEGA during a new Nintendo Direct video announcement today. Sonic Lost World is a new action platforming game, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21,75],"tags":[118,1515,1386,1385,1395,76,582,580,199],"class_list":["post-2782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-game-gear","tag-mario-sonic-at-the-olympic-games","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-nintendo-wii-u","tag-sega","tag-sonic-lost-world","tag-sonic-the-hedgehog","tag-virtual-console"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic_the_hedgehog.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-IS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6233,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2014\/10\/new-sonic-boom-trailer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2782,"position":0},"title":"New Sonic Boom Trailer","date":"October 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sega released a new trailer for the Sonic Boom games. 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