The game was Sonic the Hedgehog’s first major arcade outing, and featured Sega’s mascot alongside two new characters: Ray The Flying Squirrel and Mighty the Armadillo. Mighty is one of the oldest characters in the Sonic franchise; he was a prototype for Sonic and thus bears an uncanny resemblance to him. Mighty would later feature in the low-profile Knuckles’ Chaotix for the Sega 32X; Ray has not appeared in any other official games, but appeared in some Archie comics. All three characters have identical controls and abilities.

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Sonic Rush’s storyline follows the intertwining adventures of a new character, Blaze the Cat, and the series’ main character, Sonic the Hedgehog. Blaze battles Doctor Eggman, the series’ main antagonist, to recollect the Sol Emeralds which he stole from her world, and Sonic battles Eggman Nega, Eggman’s mysterious lookalike, collecting the Chaos Emeralds—colored jewels that are a central theme to the series—along the way.

The game received mostly positive reviews from critics upon its release, with praise stemming from the game’s music and similarity to older games in the series and criticism stemming from its overall quickness. It sold 2.87 million copies worldwide. A sequel, Sonic Rush Adventure, was later developed and released in 2007.

The story of Valkyria Chronicles II takes place two years after the conclusion of the original game. A group of young Gallian Military Academy cadets find themselves plunged into a bitter civil war when the newly formed Gallian Revolutionary Army stages a coup. As the epic drama unfolds in the game, players will experience stories of friendship, love and growing pains during a time of war and revolution.

“Valkyria Chronicles received widespread critical acclaim when it launched on PS3 last year,” said Gary Knight, European Marketing Director, SEGA Europe Ltd. “It has quickly become one of our most respected franchises, so we’re delighted to be able to continue the saga on the PSP. We hope that fans of the series will enjoy the freedom of experiencing Valkyria wherever they are and that a new audience will be able to discover the universe on their PSPs.”

The “CANVAS” engine, originally developed internally by SEGA Game Studios Japan for Valkyria Chronicles™ on the PLAYSTATION 3, is being fully redesigned for the graphical capabilities of the PSP. This incredibly distinctive engine will power over 20 new distinct and visually stunning environments within which players will have hundreds of different missions to explore.

Valkyria Chronicles’ “BLiTZ” battle system has also been re-designed to offer players the freedom to strategically move around the environment and attack enemies using real-time controls, something never before seen in the tactical role-playing game genre.

Valkyria Chronicles™ II will be available for the PLAYSTATION® Portable in summer 2010.

Like Sonic and other characters in the series, Amy is significantly shorter and lighter than humans her same age. To be precise, she is 12 years old, 90 cm (2ft 11in) tall, and her weight is a secret. She was originally described as being 8 years old in Sonic CD, but as of Sonic Adventure and onwards, she has grown older. Also, with the addition of Cream the Rabbit, Amy seems to have found herself a sidekick similar to Sonic’s sidekick, Tails.

Knuckles has four knuckles, two on each hand, which are actually sharp spikes. According to official Sonic Team polls, Knuckles is the fourth most popular character in the series, following behind Tails, Shadow, and Sonic.

Artist Naoto Ōshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character, a blue 15-year-old anthropomorphic hedgehog, who has the ability to run faster than the speed of sound and the ability to curl up into a ball, primarily to attack enemies. This is a major part of the gameplay of the series. Sega has lately announced “Project Needlemouse” which they hope will bring Sonic back to his 2D roots.