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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhi2W3NmDoY#ws
At the start of the game, everyone is attending a picnic in honour of Sonic's 20th, when all of a sudden a mysterious dark force intrudes and sends everyone, including our spiky blue protagonist, back in time. Sonic is finding a way to get himself and everyone else back to the present time and along the way he bumps into many familiar faces including his younger (albeit chubbier) self! The two Sonics team up and work together to save their friends once again.
Crazy details on the opening cutscene:http://www.allaboutgames.co.uk/previews/PS3/Sonic+Generations/108/I'd assume the birthday will not mention the age. Otherwise, Sonic being 15/16 years old will be over and he'd be stuck at twenty. The idea of a picnic in a Sonic game is so silly, but I love the concept. Why not? It's an easy way to get all the characters together.
I know it has been confirmed several times from retailers and even sega themselves (even though they don't want to admit it) but I have in fact, managed to preorder the game from my local game station store! I'm a big PC gamer and wanted a solid confirmation that the port was coming out so I decided there was no harm in trying so I asked and three of the workers there were able to confirm it was coming out and showed me their PC release charter as proof but they also managed to inform me on a few important things:This port is STEAMPLAY compatible so there will be achievements and cloud syncing of save files, but this also means this version WILL in fact get DLC since steam supports it and they told me I would be getting the casino nights DLC with my preorder!
Psst- I see chilli dogs on the table!
Emerald Coast? I bet this actually takes place in Ocean Palace!