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

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.

This game marks the first appearance of Silver the Hedgehog in the series. Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog are also playable characters. Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Rouge, E-123 Omega, and Blaze the Cat make return appearances and are playable during short segments of the game. For this game Dr. Robotnik was given a drastic redesign, giving him a more realistic appearance. This redesign was not reused in any later games.

When released the game received criticism for its numerous bugs and unfinished features which were hinted at during development. It was also criticized for its flawed controls and excessive load times.

Gameplay

The objective of the game is to complete all of the levels and face ultimately fight a boss in one of the final levels, which is unique to each character. Ultimately, all characters face off with Solaris, the Sun God of Soleanna, in the Last Story segment.

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 fields, 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-playable 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. Gold medals are obtainable by achieving high ranks in these stages.

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 Sonics friends (Amigos), Tails, Blaze the Cat, and E-123 Omega.[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 multi-player game mode 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] There is no online multiplayer capabilities even though the back of the game case describes the game as online capable. The only use for the mention on the case is the games use of downloadable content.

Characters

There are three fully playable characters, which are progressively unlocked by playing each character's story in the game. Only Sonic is available initially, Shadow and Silver must be unlocked. In addition, the player may control partners for some sections of a level, aiding him with their unique abilities.

  • Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic's mission is to go to Soleanna to rescue Princess Elise and prevent Doctor Eggman from unleashing the power of the Flames of Disaster. Sonic's story has high-speed, Sonic Adventure-style gameplay. Sonic's allies are Tails, who can use his two tails to fly to higher areas, and Knuckles, to climb to areas and glide through the air. A story ark allows Sonic to turn Super, and to share the powers with others.
  • Shadow the Hedgehog: Shadow is a G.U.N. agent and is assigned to rescue another G.U.N. agent, Rouge the Bat and retrieve the mysterious Scepter of Darkness. Shadow uses vehicles, chaos powers, and variations of the homing attack to progress through the game. Shadow's allies are Rouge the Bat, a jewel thief and government spy who, like Knuckles, can glide through the air and climb; and E-123 Omega, who can hover and shoot rapid-fire.
  • Silver the Hedgehog: Silver is a time traveler from the future that traveled to the present. He comes to save his home world and stop the mysterious Iblis Trigger. Silver's gameplay involves the use of telekinetic powers to pick up objects and throw them at enemies as well as levitate in the air for differing amounts of time, depending on the energy bar. Silver's allies are Blaze the Cat, a princess from another world, with the power to control fire; and Amy Rose, who can double-jump, use her Piko Piko Hammer, and turn invisible.

Manual

Voice actors

Role English Voice Actor Japanese Voice Actor
Sonic the Hedgehog Jason Griffith Junichi Kanemaru
Shadow the Hedgehog Jason Griffith Kōji Yusa
Silver the Hedgehog Pete Capella Daisuke Ono
Princess Elise Lacey Chabert Maaya Sakamoto
Doctor Eggman Mike Pollock Chikao Ōtsuka
Narrator Mike Pollock
Miles "Tails" Prower Amy Palant Ryo Hirohashi
Maids Amy Palant, Lisa Ortiz
Blaze the Cat Bella Hudson Nao Takamori
Knuckles the Echidna Dan Green Nobutoshi Canna
Mephiles the Dark Dan Green Takayuki Sakazume
Solaris Project Scientist Dan Green
Rouge the Bat Caren Manuel Rumi Ochiai
Amy Rose Lisa Ortiz Taeko Kawata
E-123 Omega Maddie Blaustein Taiten Kusunoki
Duke of Soleanna David Willis Kenji Utsumi
G.U.N Communicator David Willis

Production Credits

Staff

Director/Game Story/Game Title: Shun Nakamura
Original Executive Producer: Yuji Naka
Producer: Masahiro Kumono
Chief Game Designers: Shun Nakamura, Atsushi Kanno
Game Designers: Hiroshi Miyamoto, Takao Hirabayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Takako Nagase, Makoto Hirata, Daisuke Shimizu
Chief Programmers: Yoshitaka Kawabata, Makoto Suzuki
Programmers: Ryuichi Ishiguro, Takuma Komatsu, Tsutomu Matsuo, Yoshihiko Toyoshima, Kouji 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(Art Director): 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 Inc., Polygon Magic Inc.
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, Taihei Sato, Jun Senoue, Takahito Eguchi
Senior Music Composer: Masato Nakamura
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 Studio, Olympic Studio, Del Rey Studio
Mixed at: Sega Digital Studio, Attic Arcade Studio, Onkio Haus Studio, Sound Inn Studio, Mit Studio
Original Director, Original Wii Planer: Yojiro Ogawa

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 Kousaki
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(Sound Effects): 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(Voice Recording Director): Eriko Kimura
Dubibing Production Manager(Voice Recording Producer): 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 Itou, 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 Kanna, Rumi Ochiai, Taitem Kusunoki, Nawo Takamori, Taeko Kawata, Hikari Yono, Keiji Okuda, Yoshikazu Kazuma, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Otsuka

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.

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

Game Engine: Havok
Sound Designed By: Dolby Digital 5.1

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


SWEET DREAM - 06 AKON MIX -
Lyrics : MIWA YOSHIDA
Music : MASATO NAKAMURA
Arrangement : AKON00
MIWA YOSHIDA & Vocal, Backing Vocal, Vocal Arrangement
MASATO NAKAMURA & Backing Vocals
AKON &. All Instruments Performance & Backing Vocals


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
Special Thanks to: All staff members and their families
Middleware Support: CRI Middleware Co. Ltd.
Technicalogy By: ADX, Sofdec
Created By: Sonic Team
Presented by: Sega

Resources

Original Sound Version Recordings

See Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 OSV for a download page.

Physical Scans

Xbox 360 Version

PlayStation 3 Version

Artwork

Trivia

  • Originally, there was going to be a gem that can be purchased at the store, which would allow you to play as Super Sonic in more than just the final stage, but that feature was removed from the final game, most likely because of its rushed development. However, that item can still be accessed through hacking, but isn't fully functional.
  • During Shadow's story, the Scepter of Darkness is mistakenly referred to as the "Book of Darkness" at one point.
  • This is the only game to feature a villain that succeeded in killing Sonic.
  • It is possible to play with Japanese voiceovers on both the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3. For the XBOX 360, use the XBOX Dashboard to change the language to Japanese, and for the PlayStation 3, change your console language option.
Sonic the Hedgehog games for the following systems
Xbox 360
 2006  Sonic the Hedgehog     2008  Sonic Unleashed     2009  Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection     2010  Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | Sonic Free Riders     2011  Sonic Generations     2012  Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed    
 Demos  Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 Xbox Live demo) | Sonic Generations (Demo 1/2)
Sony PlayStation 3
 2006  Sonic the Hedgehog     2008  Sonic Unleashed     2009  Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection     2010  Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing     2011  Sonic Generations     2012  Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed    
 Prototypes  Sonic Generations (Demo 1/2)