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Originally posted by Sega fan
SOURCE - Electronic Gaming Monthly
ISSUE # - 157 (August 2002)
PAGE # - 50


ARTICLE
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Sega's blue, attitude-filled, sneak-wearin' mascot has gone on his last Adventure. But dry those eyes and buck up, lil' camper. He's not gone for good. Sonic Team is reportedly hard at work in Japan on a brand-new Sonic that will take the 'hog back to his roots. That's right - no more freakin' searching for jewels as Knuckles (gawd, I hated that). The gameplay will return to the tone of the original series, focusing on fast platforming action with no B.S. And to reflect the change in design, the game will reportedly drop the Adventures moniker it has clung to for the past few years. While a release date remains sketchy at this point, we could see the first fruits of Sonic Team's labor by the end of summer


Note that a guy at teamxbox posted this, and this has been confirmed by multiple memebers to be a "real" articles. Rumours have been spreading that the next Sonic game will appear on both cube and X-Box.

Thank god for that!