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Now while I don’t like how the idea worked out in the long run, I do understand why SEGA had gone through with that decision. Jurgen Post, who served as SEGA of Europe’s President at the time, had announced in that October that they would be pulling games like ’06, Unleashed, and the Storybook titles off store shelves. In anticipation of the launches of Colours and the console versions of Sonic 4 after positive pre-release reception, the publisher had announced that they would no longer be selling Sonic games that have received “ poor or average” aggregated scores during that generation, officially delisting a litany of games from retail. Unfortunately, SEGA had made a surprise decision earlier that same year that went down in infamy and broke the hearts of many, including my own.

Lo and behold, both titles were released to widespread positive acclaim, much to our satisfaction and relief. They made us feel hope for the future of Sonic again, to a degree that even the most jaded of fans hadn’t felt in years. S4:E1 aimed for true-to-form 2D platforming we hadn’t seen since the Genesis era (though whether Dimps and Sonic Team actually succeeded or not, well… the physics and game design really speak for themselves) while Colours retained and built upon the Daytime stage gameplay many have enjoyed from Unleashed.

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Then came long-awaited rebirths for Sonic with Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 and Sonic Colours, a pair of games that launched in 2010 and restored faith in the series for both fans and critics alike. The fabled day that at last killed the meme.

Yes, we all heard the stories about how the franchise had declined not long after the jump to 3D, how gaming news outlets and critics even now would begin their pieces with some variation of “ Sonic has had a rocky history,” and how every new Sonic game released around the “ dark ages” period couldn’t shake off the dreaded “ Sonic Cycle.” 2010 was the year Sonic the Hedgehog came back.

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