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New Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screenshots

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New Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Screenshots

Now that Sonic 4 has officially been announced for one of our portable friends, the iPhone, we can finally begin bombarding you with information on the upcoming game.

Thankfully, Sonic 4 is mostly in the hands of Dimps, with members of Sonic Team taking a back seat as co-developer. Dimps did spiffing jobs on the Nintendo DS Hedgehog games Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure, so this new game should be in good hands.

As you can no doubt guess from the name, Sonic The Hedgehog 4 is a back-to-its-roots project, and will be a direct sequel to the Mega Drive's Sonic 3 and Knuckles. And while it may use 3D character models, the game is indeed a retro, 2D side scroller.

Sega's released a new batch of screenshots, showing off Spring Hill Zone, to commemorate the iPhone and iPod touch announcement. Click the image above to see the full gallery of screens.

Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode I will be out later this year for iPhone and iPod touch.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer