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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 game)
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System(s): Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: 3D Platformer

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that was made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. It was developed by the Sonic Team and directed by Shun Nakamura.

The game shares its name with two earlier video games, a manga, a television series, a comic book series and, of course, Sonic the Hedgehog himself. To disambiguate, the game has been called by a number of different aliases, including Sonic 2006, Sonic '06, Sonic 360 (even though it was not exclusive to the Xbox 360) and Sonic Next-Gen. Xbox Live and the PlayStation 3 XMB refer to it in all-caps as SONIC THE HEDGEHOG.

This is the second Sonic the Hedgehog game to get an E10+ rating by the ESRB, the first being Shadow the Hedgehog. Other content rating organizations agreed with similar ratings. The PEGI rating is 12+, while the CERO rating is A.

Gameplay

Single player

Although each character plays the same levels, each character's unique abilities allow him or her to get to different areas of each stage, and deny them from accessing certain items.

Gameplay is broken up into two gameplay styles, similar to Sonic Adventure. Action Stages are where the bulk of the gameplay takes place, whereas Town Stages are free-roaming locations where the player can talk to non-player characters and explore, as in Sonic Adventure's Adventure Fields. For each of the action stages in the respective stories, gold medals are obtainable by achieving high ranks in these stages.

There are a total of eleven stages. A ranking system exists for each of the levels and town missions, providing ranks calculated from score, rings and time remaining. The highest rank is S Rank, followed by A Rank, down to the lowest, D.

Several downloadable extensions have been released that add features to single-player gameplay. These include Very Hard mode, a more difficult version of the game; Boss Attack modes, which allow a playable character to engage in continuous battles with all of the game's bosses; and Team Attack Amigo mode, which allows players to play through the entirety of the game as amigo characters.[1]

The PS3 version doesn't have the upgrade chips that are in the 360 version.

Multiplayer

Sonic the Hedgehog features two styles of multiplayer game play that offer two player action.

The first mode, Tag Mode, is a co-op type of play between Sonic, Silver and Shadow. Two players, each one controlling a character, must work together to clear levels and collect Chaos Emeralds. In this mode, lives are shared. The second game style available is Battle Mode. Battle mode pits two players against each other and has them race to a goal in the selected level.

The previously rumored mini-games that were to allow up to four players to play simultaneously/alternately (Quiz, Race and a few others) seem to be missing in the final release of the game. [2]

Manual

Levels

Production Credits

Staff

Director: Shun Nakamura
Producer: Masahiro Kumono Chief Game Designers:Shun Nakamura, Atsushi Kanno Game Designers: Takao Hirabayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Takako Nagase, Makoto Hirata, Daisuke Shimizu, Hiroshi Miyamoto Chief Programmers: Yoshitaka Kawabata, Makoto Suzuki Programmers: Ryuichi Ishiguro, Takuma Komatsu, Tsutomu Matsuo, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Koji Ogino, Yuichi Matsuoka, Kentarou Tomii, Naoko Shimura, Tomoatsu Imai, Yosuke Yamazaki, Hiromasa Kaneko, Takateru Ohyama, Ryouhei Yamada, Maki Nishimori, Yusuke Ichiyama, Daigo Matsuura, Hiroshi Iwasaki Chief Artist: Akira Mikame Character Artists: Yoshinari Amaike, Shinkichi Tanahashi, Akio Sakai, Takashi Iida, Masao Tsunoda, Sho Kunieda, Yuka Matsumoto Enemy Artists: Wataru Watanabe, Masatoshi Yasumura Motion Artists: Kentaro Niina, Motomu Hayashi, Tomoaki Yuyama, Hiroaki Take Event Scene Artists: Tamotsu Kushibe, Yusuke Kashiwagi, Mamoru Ohta, Hiromasa Yoshida, Fumihiko Kagawa, Yukihiro Ishida, Tatsuya Yabuta Effects Artists: Tadakazu Aramaki, Takafumi Yoshioka, Seiichi Tsuruoka Menu Screen Artist: Eriko Mikawa Field Artists: Yuki Takahashi, Kazuko Ito, Takeshi Matsuura, Yuji Yamaga, Kenji Odaka, Michio Abe, Hitomi Nagao, Hisae Jibiki, Mayo Sudo, Akiko Muto, Ryouhei Yanase, Naoko Irube, Masashi Kuma, Takashi Saito, Akane Hayashi, Ken Suganuma, Hideaki Fujisawa, Keihan Fujii, Shuhei Sakamoto, Ryuichi Yamanaka, Akiko Ikehara, Yuichi Komagata SEGA OF CHINA Staff: Makoto Uchida, Katusnori Kosuge, Cheng Li, Shao Mingzhu, Li MuZhang, Fang Jie, Sheng FeiFei, Bao JanGang, Mei Ling, Liu ChengLing, Yu YongQing, Li Shuo, Jing Huan, Digital Media Labo.,ink, Polygon Magic,ink. Storyboard: Tatsuya Yabuta (EnumaElisch.LLP), Masaya Suzuki (EnumaElisch.LLP) Lighting Imageboard: Yukihiro Ishida (EnumaElisch.LLP) Artist Special Thanks: AM2 AuthMotion Team, Masaharu Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Tomatsu, Seiju Taniguchi, Makoto Yonezu, Taro Hino Sound Director: Tomoya Ohtani Music Composer: Mariko Nanba, Tomoya Ohtani, Hideaki Kobayashi, tai-hey, Jun Senoue Recording & Mixing Engineer: Yoshitada Miya, Masahiro Fukuhara, Yutaka Yamamoto (ATTIC ARCADE), Yoshikazu Sasahara, Hideyuki Arima (POWER HOUSE STUDIO), Stan Katayama Recorded at: SOUND CREW STUDIO, POWER HOUSE STUDIO, ONKIO HAUS STUDIO, SOUND INN STUDIOS, OLYMPIC STUDIOS, DEL REY STUDIO Mixed at: SEGA DIGITAL STUDIO, ATTIC ARCADE STUDIO, ONKIO HAUS STUDIO, SOUND INN STUDIOS, MIT STUDIO

Musicians

Drums: Toru Kawamura, Nobuo Eguchi Electric Bass: Takeshi Taneda Electric Guitar: Chewtaro Moritake, Yasutaka Kume, Jun Senoue Acoustic Guitar: Chewtaro Moritake, Naganori Sakakibara Electric Sitar: Chewtaro Moritake Piano: Nobuo Kurata, Masaki Matsumoto Chorus: Miho Fujiwara, Kazuko Hamano, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Flute: Bob Zung Oboe: Hiroshi Shibayama Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato Strings: Kuwano Strings, Shinozaki Strings 1stVl: Hiroyuki Koike 2ndVl: Rei Koike Vla: Tomoko Fukuhara Vc: Tomio Yajima Cb: Shinji Tanaka Arranger: Takahito Eguchi, Yasutaka Kume Additional Recording Director: Tadashi Otsubo Recording Coordinator: Kiyoshi Yoshida (ATTIC ARCADE), Hidetaka "Carl" Shibata (POWER HOUSE STUDIO), Yoji Sugiyama (WITCH CRAFT), Kazuyuki Doki (RE-BIRTH), Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani

Game Sound Department

Supervisor Sound Editor: Tatsuya Kouzaki Sound Editor: Hiroaki Funane

Movie Sound Department

Supervisor Sound Editor: Eiji "AJ" Nakamura (RedAJ Sound) Sound Editor: Chiharu "Micchi" Minekawa (RedAJ Sound), Kenichi "KEN" Saito (RedAJ Sound), Yoshihiro "PIRO" Maeda (RedAJ Sound) Post-Production Manager: Masayasu Yamashita, Kazuya Taniguchi Mixing Engineer: Kazutaka Someya Assistant Engineer: Tomohiro Fuchikami Foley Artist & Editor: Yuka Kitazawa Visual Technician: Natsuko Yamashita Mixing Studio: DIGITAL EGG STUDIO MA-1 <THXpm3> Sound Section Special Thanks: Todd Singerman, Lynn Grossman, Melody Santos, Ken Sakata (A&K CORPORATION), Koji Matsumoto, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Ai Muroi, Naofumi Hataya, Masaru Setsumaru, Seirou Okamoto VP Product Development: Jin Shimazaki Voice Coordinator/Dialog Director: Eriko Kimura Dubibing Production Manager: Hiroyuki Inage, Yae Tateyama (TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION) Voice Recording Studio: STUDIO UNI, OMNIBUS JAPAN CG movie Director: Minoru Kusakabe, Tomokazu Takahashi, Tomohiro Yonemichi CG movie Modeling: Hideyuki Higashi, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Hiroaki Ohta, Toshiya Sugiura, Satoshi Takahashi, Hideaki Makinouchi, Takayuki Hayama, Yoshihiro Hanada, Takeshi Hoshino, Yutaka Yamaki, Satoshi Kounosu, Kazushige Hayakawa, Emiri Minagawa, Tomohiro Mitsui, Naoto Kawaguchi, Jun Masuda CG movie Setup & Animation: Jiro Yamagishi, Yusuke Sakai, Kiminori Kusano, Kenou Hakamaya, Mio Tagiri, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Takaaki Kise, Tatsunori Tomiyama, Tatsuya Akagi, Kengou Nukizono, Yoshimasa Kimura, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Kei Miyamoto CG movie VFX & Sequence: Yoshihisa Inoue, Keisuke Takahashi, Shuntaro Furukawa, Kouhei Kajisa, Satoshi Tomatsu, Tsubasa Nakai, Takeyuki Suzuki, Masayuki Tanaka, Takuya Hada CG movie Engineer: Taku Wakisaka, Toru Iwata, Jun Saito CG movie Management: Takeshi Ito, Masahito Imamura, Yoshifumi Sueda, Chikako Tanaka CG movie: AOKI Prod., Blur Studio, Inc., SHIROGUMI INC., FORO GRAFICO CO.,LTD., GEMBA.Inc. Motion Capture: SEGA Motion Capture Team, Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shunkichi Yukitake, Kimiko Nakaizumi, Hitoshi Noda, Yukie Hagiwara Motion Capture Actor: WONDERMAN, Tony Hosokawa, Iori Sakakibara, Ami Sakai, Tomomi Ohta, Naoyasu Achi, Wataru Koga, ACTION ACTOR GROUP "KATSUGEKIZA" Dancer: Kaori Nishimura, Sachiko Takagi, Mariko Tagami Choreographer: EASY Motion Capture Data Editing: DOUBLE-O-BUCK Inc., ORBITAL LINK Inc., Dynamo Pictures, Inc. Publicity Artwork: Yuji Uekawa Game Script: Kiyoko Yoshimura, Shiro Maekawa Web Team: Mayumi Moro, Yuichi Kikuchi, Takeshi Ichimura Special Thanks: Takashi Iizuka, Hirono Sato, Keith Palmer, Keisuke Nakamura, Yojiro Ogawa, Sachiko Kawamura, Masanobu Yamamoto, Tetsu Katano, Fumitaka Shibata (wave master), Tetsuya Hotozuka, Takeshi Sakakibara, Keiichi Noda, Eitaro Toyoda, Yoshihisa Hashimoto, Takashi Atsu, Yoshiaki Hattori, Hitoshi Ohta

Cast

English Character Voices: Lacey Chabert as Princess Elise, Lisa Ortiz, Bella Hudson, Mike Pollock, David Wills, Dan Green, Maddie Blaustein, Kathleen Delaney, Jason Griffith, Pete Capella, Amy Palant Japanese Character Voices: Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Koji Yusa, Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto, Takayuki Sakazume, Ryo Hirohashi, Nobutoshi Canna, Rumi Ochiai, Taitem Kusunoki, Nawo Takamori, Taeko Kawata, Hikari Yono, Keiji Okuda, Yoshikazu Kazuma, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ohtsuka

Sega Corporation (Japan)

Product Marketing Manager: Yasushi Yamashita, Naoko Ooka, Satoshi Imai, Takeshi Shimizu Retail Sales Manager: Akihide Ichimura Sales Promotion: Osamu Sato

Public Relations Leader Hiromi Seida Technical Support Takashi Shoji Akihiro Etori Osamu Ogata Toyoji Kurose

Localization Support Representatives at IBPD Aya Takeuchi Shinobu Shindo

Product Management Junichi Shimizu

Product Support Akira Nishikawa Hiroyuki Miyano Yuki Takahashi Daisuke Suzuki

Quality Control Sunao Murayama Yuji Nakamura Kenji Oohashi Support Team Masayuki Takahashi Kiyotaka Kondo Yukihiro Taguchi

Software Manuals & Packaging Yoshihiro Sakuta Hisakazu Nakagawa Hiroki Osawa Takashi Nishimura Tetsuya Honda Colin Restall

SEGA OF AMERICA, INC. CEO Naoya Tsurumi

President/COO Simon Jeffery

VP of Product Development David Cobb

Technical Director Jez Sherlock VP, Marketing Scott Steinberg Director, Marketing Don Mesa

Producer Justin Lambros

Producer Assistant Marta Khosraw

PR Anne-Marie Stein, One PR Jeane Wong, One PR Dana Whitney, One PR

Creative Services Jen Groeling Heather Luchetti Bridget Oates Head of Operations Tom Dudley

Online Chris Olson Leri Greer Mike Dobbins Mastering Lab Rey Buzon Andrew Byrne Rhianna Kellom

QA Manager Deni Skeens

QA Supervisor Josh Morton Senior Test Lead Shawn Dobbins Project Lead Lee Frohman Assistant Lead Chad Ginsburg

Testers Chris Pierce Jesse LaGrange Andrew Thanyawatpokin Peter Koenig

Compliancy Test Lead Stephen Akana

Compliancy Assistant Lead Lawrence Mann

Compliancy Testers Andrew Weaver Joe Floyd John Belcher Eduardo Camacho

Special Thanks Beejey Enriquez Kevin Frane Takashi Iizuka Jason Kuo Keith Palmer Yosuke Moriya Ben Harrison 4Kids Production, Inc.

Voice Directors Christopher Collet Julie Rath

Production Coordinator Salvatore Oppedisano

Pro Tools Engineers Suzy Goldish Paul Grassini Mike Knoblauch Alon Namdar Questar Welsh

Blindlight Casting Director Dawn Hershey, C.S.A.

Voice Director Lisa Schaffer

VO Producer Alexandra Dorris

Casting Assistant Dave Lieber

Production Assistant Wes Gleason

Recording Engineer J. David Atherton

SEGA EUROPE LTD SEGA Europe Limited Staff Credits SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

CEO Naoya Tsurumi

President//COO Mike Hayes

Development Director Gary Dunn

Creative Director Matthew Woodley

Director of European Marketing Gary Knight

Head of Studio, Localisation Kuniyo Matsumoto

Senior Producer, Localisation Akiko Uchida

European PR Lynn Daniel Kerry Martyn

Senior Brand Manager - Japanese Studios David Allen

International Brand Manager Ben Chalmers-Stevens

Creative Services Alison Warfield Tom Bingle Morgan Gibbons Akane Hiraoka Arnoud Tempelaere

Head of Operations Mark Simmons

Operations Caroline Searle Natalie Cooke Online Services Justin Moodie Nina Ahmad Bennie Booysen Mike Evans Romily Broad

Head of Development Services Mark Le Breton

Master Tech. Group John Hegarty Jigar Patel

QA Supervisors Marlon Grant Stuart Arrowsmith

Senior Team Leads Dominic Berzins Julie Metior

Assistant Team Leads Gabriel Ralls Alex Humphries Renée Teloka Marlon Andall

Standards Coordinators Mohammed Ajaib Michael Hanley Ali Hassan Language Team Leads Jean Baptiste Bagot Sven Wittmaack

SWEET SWEET SWEET - 06 AKON MIX - Lyrics : MIWA YOSHIDA Music : MASATO NAKAMURA Arrangement : AKON0 MIWA YOSHIDA & Vocal, Backing Vocal, Vocal Arrangement MASATO NAKAMURA & Backing Vocals AKON &. All Instruments Performance & Backing Vocals

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HIS WORLD.... Ali Tabatabaee & Matty Lewis from ZEBRAHEAD Music : Tomoya Ohtani Words : Johnny Gioeli & Ali Tabatabaee Strings Arrangement : Takahito Eguchi Vocal Tracks Producer : Jun Senoue

ALL HAIL SHADOW.... Crush 40 Music : Jun Senoue & Mike Szuter Words : Mike Szuter DREAMS OF AN ABSOLUTION.... Lee Brotherton Music : Mariko Nanba Arrangement : Tomoya Ohtani Vocals & Words : Lee Brotherton Vocal Tracks Producer : Remix Factory, UK

MY DESTINY.... Donna De Lory Music : Mariko Nanba Words : Candie Y Arrangement : Takahito Eguchi Vocal Tracks Producer : Jun Senoue Executive Management Hiroyuki Miyazaki Masanao Maeda Hideki Okamura Chief Producer Takayuki Kawagoe Akinori Nishiyama Executive Producer Hisao Oguchi

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Resources

Boxart

Xbox 360 Version

US Boxart
French Boxart

PlayStation 3 Version

JP Boxart