Sonic the Hedgehog Lies Revealed

You might remember this news piece about Sonic Gems Collection. It stated that, “According to not really very much at all, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage II and Streets of Rage 3 will be available to play as part of the medley of classic Sega titles SGC offers,” and followed the claims of several online sites (IGN being the primary offender) which reported the MegaDrive brawlers would be re-released.

Seemingly, it’s not true. Even a little bit. You see, this morning in Japan, Sega offered the full list of games it would make available in the GameCube-exclusive title. It reads:

Sonic The Fighter (Arcade, 1995)
Sonic The Hedgehog CD (Sega CD, 1993)
Sonic R (Sega Saturn, 1997)
Sonic Spinball (GameGear, 1992)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (GameGear, 1992)
Sonic & Tails 2 (GameGear, 1994)
Sonic Drift 2 (GameGear, 1995)
Tails Sky Patrol (GameGear, 1995)
Tails Adventures (GameGear, 1995)

So, unless the Streets of Rage Trio is a bonus (and let’s face it, it’s not the likeliest of inclusions) it looks like a case of rumour gone wrong. And at least if it had been a rumour we’d started, we’d have said NiGHTS was bundled or something actually exciting. Pah!

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