Hasta La Gadget!

Although he’s still a legend among fans of platform games, Sonic the Hedgehog hasn’t exactly had a great run in recent years. Perhaps some help from another famous mammal could boost his ratings?

This kawaii mashup is the first of Sega and Sanrio’s character collaborations. Sonic Hello Kitty will first be released in Japan, particularly at the reopening of Sega’s Joyopolis amusement park in Tokyo. The hedgehog-cat will then make its way throughout the world by summer next year, along with the other mashups. I’m looking forward to Hangyodon Seaman. Actually I’m not.

[via Andriasang via Albotas]

Those of you who are running Android on your smartphones instead of other mobile operating systems, here is a piece of news which might just cheer you up somewhat, helping this week being a whole lot less dreary. It is now available across all Android-powered devices, but of course, if you are running on Android 1.6 Donut (it requires Android 2.3 Gingerbread and above, this 350MB++ download does) and your Android device is a gazillion years old already, do not expect Sonic to stop by and give your handheld a go – he is just too fast for your smartphone’s obsolete processor to catch up with. Those who prefer a more juiced up version in terms of graphics, there is a Tegra version that can be downloaded here.

Sega is also proud to announce that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II is part of the developer sandbox at Google I/O, where this demo area certainly played its role in diverting human traffic over at Google I/O to have a look at this title. It is rather sad that Sonic, once Mario’s greatest rival on the console front, is now reduced to entertaining folks on a smartphone, while Mario still has his home and handheld consoles to work with. [Press Release]

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