If you’ve been keeping your ear to the dial-up, you know Sonic Team is deep in the trenches with Sonic Adventure 2. The game was shown (barely) to select press in Tokyo last week, but very little has surfaced since. Fans are buzzing with rumors — and we’ve managed to dig up a few tidbits worth sharing.
SEGA’s officially tight-lipped, but we’ve heard talk of streamlined levels, more split character paths, and a stronger push toward high-speed design. "Dark Sonic", first teased in the E3 2000 trailer, is already raising eyebrows across the fan community.
Okay, so this is very speculative. But a few posts on Japanese dev forums are hinting at something way beyond normal scripting. The name "Sleep Mode" comes up more than once, supposedly some kind of embedded AI logic system tied specifically to Dark Sonic. The claims? It reacts. It learns. It remembers things you do in-game. Wild, right?
It’s probably nothing. Or maybe it's a testbed tool we’re not supposed to know about. Either way, tons of references to it online were wiped in the last few days — maybe that’s telling?
We’re not saying Dark Sonic’s going to go Skynet on you, but there’s clearly more going on behind the curtain than SEGA wants known right now.
Expect more leaks — or "testing accidents" — in the weeks ahead. E3 is coming, and someone’s bound to break NDA by then.