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[Mihael Mello Keehl]

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The next title in SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be exclusive to Nintendo’s 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.

The Nintendo Direct also announced Mario & 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. Outside of SEGA news, Nintendo announced that select Wii U games featured at E3 2013 will soon be playable at participating Best Buy stores, the launch date for New Super Luigi U, new Pikmin 3 game details and additional information about a variety of previously announced Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games.

“The onetime rivalry between Mario and Sonic has grown into a friendship that has never been closer,” said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. “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.”

To view the Nintendo Direct in its entirety, visit http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct. Today’s announcements included:

http://sonic.sega.jp/SonicLostWorld/

 

[kinggroin]

Sonic is in it

 

[GrizzNKev]

This better not be Sonic Adventure 3.

 

[kittens]

That concept art pic was pretty.

 

[Visualante2]

dat money hat

 

[Morfeo]

OMG This is awesome please be like Sonic Colours!

 

[BriBri]

It's 3DS too. Iwata says so in the EU broadcast.

 

[Vanille]

Sonic killed GAF.

 

[Tenki]

This better be the rumored Sonic Dimensions, developed by the Sonic Team + EAD. Iwata said it's a collaboration iirc.

 

[erpg]

I'm a little disappointed, but oh well. Hope it's a good entry.

 

[Hot Coldman]

TWO STONE STATUES

A DOOOOOOR TO THE PAST

 

[Manu]

Wii U exclusive? Really? FUCK.

 

[Ein Bear]

Is it just this particular game that's exclusive, then? Iwata kind of made it sound like it was a franchise wide exclusivity agreement, similar the Gamecube Resident Evil one.

 

[Coldnoodle]

Great, now go buy Pac-Man and Megaman.

 

[marrec]

Sonic's got some power left in him yet if he can cripple GAF like that.

 

[drspeedy]

nice OT


HD screenshot:

 

[Davey Cakes]

I take it as the follow-up to Sonic Colors, considering the Wii U and 3DS exclusivity.

If it's anything like that game it'll be great for fans of quality Sonic games.

Perhaps after Colors and Generations, Sonic's darkest days truly are behind him.

 

[SturokBGD]

Huh. Well, if Nintendo are gonna money hat anything, it might as well be Sonic.

 

[Metaroo]

Please be gewd. And for the record, I would love for this to be SA3. Give me my Chao Garden.

 

[Endless]

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[Kajiba]

The image they shown looked cool.

 

[Nemesis_]

Is it just this particular game that's exclusive, then? Iwata kind of made it sound like it was a franchise wide exclusivity agreement, similar the Gamecube Resident Evil one.

WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP with SEGA. Whatever that means.

 

[Gartooth]

So is this "partnership" between Sega and Nintendo just for this game, or is it for several future Sonic games?

Also this is pretty much a solid indicator that Sonic will probably be returning in the next Smash Bros. (if there was ever any doubt)

 

[The Main Event]

Wii U is the new Dreamcast indeed :bow

 

[Banana Kid]

So is this the only new Sonic game coming or is it just a separate game for Nintendo systems?

If this is the actual follow-up to Generations maybe it'll be worth playing.

 

[sfried]

dat money hat

..."They spent it on the wrong company!" j/k j/k

But seriously, as expected, nothing remotely good. They even barely mentioned W101 too.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

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thank you

 

[BlackJace]

Holy shit

 

[Sacul64]

Only image shown.

http://i.imgur.com/uJDrOHm.jpg

 

[RagnarokX]

Sonic developed by Nintendo? Yes please.

The best part of the screen/concept art is that they used the original Genesis Tornado design

 

[Kai Dracon]

I take it as the follow-up to Sonic Colors.

It better be.

Sonic Colors was the best Sonic game since the Genesis, and the first one since then I would rate as a good all around game, not just an acceptable Sonic game.

 

[Phonomezer]

Oh.

 

[enzo_gt]

The way he phrased it made it sound timed.

The screen/art they showed made me super curious though, I think I'll be watching this title to see if anything good comes out of it.

 

[Coloress_Kafka]

So is this "partnership" between Sega and Nintendo just for this game, or is it for several future Sonic games?

Also this is pretty much a solid indicator that Sonic will probably be returning in the next Smash Bros. (if there was ever any doubt)

Eurogamer says it's 3 titles. Sonic: Lost World, New Sonic and Mario at the Olympics, and another mystery title.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Wow. I thought Wii U was history!

Anyway, the concept art looks very interesting. It could be anything, but it's definitely going to have a lot of neat locations and settings to roll around.

 

[Jackano]

Sonic killed GAF.

Pretty much this, is the most important thing today.

Unprecedented partnership too!

 

[sketchsanchez]

when he said this i just burst out laughing. like "well that expains why gaf is down"

Spoiler

yes i know that wasnt the reason

 

[J@hranimo]

This better be the rumored Sonic Dimensions, developed by the Sonic Team + EAD. Iwata said it's a collaboration iirc.

I gotta go re-read that rumor. The fact that Nintendo mentioned "partnership" is interesting.

Also that planet is made of hexagons.

 

[Hoodbury]

WORLDWIDE PARTNERSHIP with SEGA. Whatever that means.

It means it's an unprecedented partnership.

 

[NotLiquid]

Japanese website.

This was the megaton announcement for me. Sonic has really been picking up lately and a fully focused Wii U exclusive Sonic game is going to be awesome to witness to.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

dat money hat

The Wii U SKU of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was the bestselling. Think about it.

 

[Hero]

Three game deal supposedly.

 

[daxgame]

alright, looking forward to gameplay footage in the next direct then.

 

[Spinluck]

Sonic returning in Smash 4 confirmed.

With a potentially less shitty moveset this time.

 

[drspeedy]

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...that's no moon

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

I'm worried. So is it just this game that's exclusive or is the Sonic Franchise exclusive now?

 

[GulAtiCa]

megaton!

But seriously, that's pretty awesome and totally unexpected.

 

[Mpl90]

All the rumours were talking about the next main Sonic game as Sonic 14: it was going to be released on PS3,360,Wii U,Vita,3DS,PC,PS4 and 720. Now, it's just Wii U and 3DS. Something must have happened...

 

[Paralyzing]

Reserving my hype until I see gameplay footage

 

[GAMERG0D]

This is so ironic