4/30/2024 0 Comments Sonic mania intro crush 40![]() I also got some play time on the new Sonic Dash Extreme arcade machine – an updated version of the popular mobile game, Sonic Dash, redesigned for the arcade. I then went to the Sonic Boom line, again read my hands-on impressions here. Straight after the opening video, I made my way to the Sonic Mania queue, where you can read my hands-on impressions here. – NOTE: VIDEO STILL TO COME – Getting my game on I was lucky enough to just about make it into the convention in time for the event countdown video – if you look really hard, you might recognise someone… Lining the outskirts of the room, guests could find the main attractions of the day, such as: the ‘& Knuckles’ stage (little Sonic 3 lock-on joke there for the stage names), Sonic Merchandise stand, artists’ corner, Sonic Dash Extreme arcade, Hardlight Studio’s table with autographed Dash posters, the Sonic Mania queue, Sonic Boom line, main Sonic stage, VIP autograph area and the retro gaming zone brought to the event by JoyPadBar. SOS 2016’s room was one flat, open space, giving more of a sense of freedom to the event and allowing for the hundreds of Sonic fans to happily gather around the main ‘Sonic’ stage for live performances and events. Previous events have always been held in locations with ‘oddities’ to them – such as one that was an old brewery, one that had about four-tiers to the floor and another that was a theatre, complete with giant stage. I don’t think this was necessarily the biggest room SOS has had, but it felt like the most spacious. Lewis Bentley – one of the lucky few to nab a limited edition Summer of Sonic Coin during the Kickstarter.įrom the lobby, we made our way into the open space of the convention room. There were VIP passes, giving exclusive access to certain areas of the event and also limited edition Summer of Sonic 2016 coins. I was unfortunately rather late in contributing to the Kickstarter and therefore was only able to pick up a t-shirt and single ticket (all the top-tier rewards had long gone). ![]() It was here, as they scanned our tickets, that we were directed to a stand where they were able to systematically hand out our rewards. As is the norm with Kickstarter projects, different levels of funding rewarded people with different extras. Now, if you didn’t know this was the first Summer of Sonic that was a paid-for event (all previous events were free) and it was funded by Kickstarter donations. ![]() ![]() Anyway, I hope you had a good day, Dennis!Īfter about an hour in the queue, I was finally making my way through the doors of the convention hall, attached to an IBIS hotel – I overheard someone in the queue make a joke about calling it the ‘IBLIS’ hotel (that’s a Sonic ‘06 reference, in case you didn’t know), so decided to quickly mock up this photo.Īnyway, once inside, we were asked to produce our tickets. Even though we were in one (reasonably sized) room, there were so many people around that it became very easy to lose people in the crowd. Unfortunately, after saying “Hi”, I thought it best to go to the back of the line, leaving Dennis ahead of me and I never managed to catch up with him properly once I got inside.īut that goes to show just how big the event was. I feel I should take this opportunity to give a shout out to Dennis Stachel, who came from Germany to the event and managed to spot me taking photographs as he was in the queue. I’ve attended almost all the Summer of Sonic events in the past – unfortunately I missed the last couple they held and the last one I attended was in 2012, I think… I actually lose track of the years.īut needless to say, I’ve seen the event grow from its original place of origin, online, into a small, but absolutely amazing, physical event some eight years ago, with Summer of Sonic ’08 and SOS 2016’s organisers, Svend Jocelyne and Adam Tuff (along with their excellent team, including SOS co-founder Kevin Eva) setup possibly the biggest and most impressive Summer of Sonic event to date… Get in lineĪpproximately 1,000+ Sonic fans made their ways into a lovely sunny London for the event, where I found myself once again joining the back of a queue full of people dressed in Sonic merch: t-shirts, dresses and (of course) pretty incredible hand-made costumes. As I’m sure every SEGA Nerd is aware, last weekend (August 6 th, 2016) saw the return of Summer of Sonic (after a two-year hiatus) for Sonic’s 25 th Anniversary year.
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