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So this Sonic Chronicles DS RPG came out in America a few days ago, and so far the consensus both on TSC and Metacritic appears to be that it's pretty fun if you're a Sonic fan but flawed nonetheless. Take that as you will. Here's the Chronicles thread.

Also, tonight a new "DSi" was announced. It's much the same as the last, plus camera/music/storage/dlc and minus GBA, for a somewhat large $180 in Japan.

If you haven't heard of it, there's been a 'Sonic 2 HD' team at Retro working for awhile to draw up new art and enginery, and they've made their first public release. Here's the forum topic (where you can download it) and a showoff image. Pretty interesting stuff.

Wide-ranging actions are under consideration! Entire cities will fall into ruin in the ensuing chaos as the fabric of human societies tear apart at the seams! Inquire within.

There's a new Unleashed preview up on IGN (bear with me), and it's not pretty. They have no issue with the level design or the 2D/3D schizophrenia, but the game failed in the one most cripplingly objective measurement of suck: the frame rate. According to them, the 360 version strives for 30fps in the day levels but more normally ends up batting 15-20, while the night levels struggle to score double digits. If these issues end up making their way to the final product, and I don't see much reason to believe that they won't, then SEGA is delivering us a busted game, I won't be buying it and neither should you.

edit: SJ said it mockingly, but it's worth pointing out that the Wii/PS2 build is completely separate from the 360/PS3 build on display here, so it may or may not be affected by the same problems. (edit: but I'm not holding my breath)

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You'll notice the first couple levels have mostly minor changes, but play through them and some significant improvements start cropping up. Development ended under a cloud of smoke, so it's not quite as polished as a true final release, but it's still worth your time.