{"id":4790,"date":"2010-02-07T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2010-02-07T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T06:00:02","slug":"sega-announces-sonic-the-hedgehog-4-episode-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4790","title":{"rendered":"SEGA ANNOUNCES SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 4 EPISODE I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Previously teased as Project Needlemouse, the first Sonic the Hedgehog\u2122 title developed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">exclusively<\/span> for download is confirmed!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>LONDON &amp; SAN FRANCISCO <\/strong>(5<sup>th<\/sup> February, 2010) \u2013 SEGA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Europe Ltd. and SEGA<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> of America, Inc. today announced the first game developed specifically for the download market from the world\u2019s fastest hedgehog.\u00a0 <em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> will be available via download on Microsoft XBLA, Sony PSN and Nintendo WiiWare, bringing with it the addictive classic 2D side scrolling action that Sonic fans have been waiting for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> offers sublime 2D gameplay through beautifully rendered HD environments. Fans will be able to speed through each level with the classic Spin Dash move, and destroy enemies using the Homing Attack. <em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> sees the return of the much-loved special stages and takes players through a variety of different Zones, all inspired by the Mega Drive era.<\/p>\n<p>Each level from <em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> is separately selectable from the main menu, making it easy for players to replay their favorite sections as they wish. Long time fans will not be disappointed as they rejoin the action and face all new intense boss battles against everyone\u2019s favourite villain \u2013 the ever devious and evil \u2013 Dr. Eggman!<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> is a return to the classic game style of the original Sonic games\u201d commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director SEGA Europe Ltd.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great to be able to offer fans of the Sonic series the type of game they have been asking for in a high definition experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> will be available in the Australian Winter 2010 for XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare. For more information about <em>Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/em> please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.condemnedgame.com\/\">http:\/\/www.condemnedgame.com\/<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sega.com\/\">www.sega.com<\/a> and for assets please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sega-press.com\/\">www.sega-press.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously teased as Project Needlemouse, the first Sonic the Hedgehog\u2122 title developed exclusively for download is confirmed! LONDON &amp; SAN FRANCISCO (5th February, 2010) \u2013 SEGA\u00ae Europe Ltd. and SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. today announced the first game developed specifically for the download market from the world\u2019s fastest hedgehog.\u00a0 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=4790\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}