In the past sixteen years many things have happened inside the Sonic universe, none of which included a true sequel to Sonic 3 (Sonic and Knuckles). Sonic has competed in the olympics, raced around go-kart tracks, and even ventured out into the 3D world - and yet nothing has continued canon. Thankfully with Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 we get to pick up right where Sonic and Knuckles left off. That’s right folks, our favorite blue hedgehog is back, and ready to kick some Eggman butt.

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Were you excited about Sonic Colors for the Nintendo Wii and DS? Are you over the age of twelve? If you answered yes to both of those questions, forget about buying Sonic Colors. Apparently the game isn’t for you. Normally I love brutal honesty from developers, but I think lead designer Takashi Iizuka just created a bit of a PR disaster when he basically sent off some seriously mixed signals recently.

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Sega had a massive presence this year at E3, with a lofty sum of the Seganian Army dedicated to five upcoming Sonic releases that have been, should be, and will be receiving some props and attention for putting Sonic back on the fast track that he had strayed ever so far from in the past few years. The Sonic games present at Sega’s E3 booth this year were Sonic Colors - one for the Wii and one for the DS, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, the Kinect title Sonic Free Riders, and also a port of the Dreamcast favorite Sonic Adventure for XBLA and PSN. I was able to get some hands-on time with Sonic Colors for the Wii and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

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The Sonic franchise is no stranger to heralding the latest game as a return to form, only to fail hard upon it’s release. But Sonic 4 is looking to change all of that by taking the series back to it’s roots.

And of course, by roots, I mean 2D gameplay, with nothing but running fast and collecting rings. Sans the upgraded graphics, this could have easily been released some 15 years ago.

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The eyes of the internet, or at least those of us who grew up playing countless hours of Sonic games on our little black boxes, were on the video included below. Supposedly, this video shows leaked gameplay footage of Sega’s upcoming Sonic game, Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, which was recently announced.

Even if this video turns out to be a fake, I’m still super pumped about the upcoming game. My only hope is the price isn’t too steep. For now, enjoy the video.

[Source: Gametrailers, via Joystiq]