David Low
14 Aug, 2007
More evidence Sonic will appear in Smash Bros?
Wii Rumour | Two separate retail promotions jump to conclusions.

Ever since it was announced that Snake from Metal Gear Solid would appear in Super Smash Bros Brawl, speculation has run rampant that other third party game characters could be added to the series' large stable of otherwise Nintendo developed personalities. And top of that list is arguably the second most famous character in videogame history, Sonic the Hegehog. While information dribbles out daily from the game's official website, the Sonic speculation has become something of a running joke, including a number of posts on the game's PALGN thread. At this point there's been so much speculation, and Sonic seems such an obvious choice, that it seems many people will be bitterly disappointed if the blue furball does not make an appearance in the game, despite never having been announced.
But it's not just forum dwellers' baseless speculation - faceless multinationals want a piece of this rumour pie as well. Kotaku reports that Sonic has appeared on a promotional voucher for the game, put out by retail giant Best Buy. While it's obviously a crude photoshop designed to drive pre-orders, other retailers have also promoted the game with images of Sonic - a pre-order image used by EB games has Sonic appearing in a slightly better photoshop attempt, although it should be noted that this particular mock-up is otherwise well researched, character wise.
Whatever the truth, it's likely PAL gamers will be left crying into their copies of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games this year, as Super Smash Bros Brawl has been confirmed as a 2008 title for Europe, and most likely Australia.