Here's a look at the successful launch of the MMX spacecraft, heading towards the Mars moon Phobos to collect samples for retrieval. 🌕🚀 Should the spacecraft reach Phobos by its scheduled arrival time in early 2029, a special message and image of Sonic created by Kazuyuki Hoshino will be transmitted to Earth, in collaboration with JAXA and NASA's joint MMX initiative. #SonicNews

ICYMI: CoroCoro Comic is hosting an art contest for Sonic and the Blade of Courage, offering participants a chance at designing a boss character for the manga! Readers of the magazine are encouraged to provide an enemy design based on an animal, insect, or plant alongside a name and ultimate move via postcard or the CoroCoro website. The grand prize winner will have their character design be featured in the manga, and will also win a Nintendo Switch 2 signed by Yūki Imada. Additionally, 4 runner-up winners will receive a signed illustration from Imada-san and a 5000 yen Nintendo eShop gift card, while 10 remaining winners will be selected to receive #SonicRacingCrossWorlds and #SonicFrontiers Super Deluxe. Deadline for submission is Nov 12, 2026. #SonicNews

Hello, this is Dex, reporting for Tails' Channel. I'd like to share an interesting - if minor - detail I learned while speaking with Takashi Iizuka during Club Chaos last week. After receiving Iizuka-san's autograph, I asked him about the context behind a piece of concept art shown in Sonic Origins, labeled as "Character Sketch 6" in the game. Due to speculation surrounding the nature of the art, I asked whether the art was just a doodle, or an idea for a game that had yet to materialize. Iizuka responded by saying that this drawing was made to explore ideas he had in his head, but it was never the concept for any particular game he had in mind. When I asked about the time frame the drawing was made, he stated that he drew the image after developing Shadow 2005.

New: #IDWSonic editorial has confirmed that Shadow the Hedgehog will play a "very large role" in the final few chapters of the current story arc, per the Sonic Letters Squad section of Issue 91. As the story continues to build towards its conclusion under the #Roadto100 initiative, characters such as Tangle, Whisper, Surge and Kit will come to blows against new and returning villains, all while the mysterious benefactor schemes in the shadows. #SonicNews

According to the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR) website, #SonicMovie4 is listed with a runtime of 2 hours. If accurate, this would make it one of the longest entries in the Sonic movie series so far. H/T: _itsamedfffaz #SonicNews

Breaking: The #Avatar Legends Festival for #SonicRacingCrossWorlds is now live! Players will compete among Aang, Katara, and Zuko teams until Oct 18 for Festival Points. Teams who choose the Travel Ring for the second lap will earn bonus Festival Points at the end of the match. Point Up 4x and 7x chances are also available during the festival. #SonicNews

Limited Run Games has announced that the statues for the #SonicxShadowGenerations Collector’s Edition are wrapping production and are expected to be shipped out to their office in November, with arrival expected by December due to international shipping. No timeline has been set for the statues being shipped out to customers. #SonicNews

Official b-roll footage of Aang racing in #SonicRacingCrossworlds, via SEGA. #SonicNews

Here's official #SonicRacingCrossworlds footage from SEGA of Aang racing in the Lion Turtle Island track of the Avatar Legends DLC. #SonicNews

SEGA provided us with footage of Katara racing in #SonicRacingCrossworlds. #SonicNews

Here's official footage of Katara racing in the Lion Turtle Island track of the Avatar Legends DLC in #SonicRacingCrossworlds. #SonicNews

SEGA has officially launched the Avatar Legends DLC pack for #SonicRacingCrossworlds. Players can enter the Avatar Legends Festival from Thursday, October 15 to Sunday, October 18 to earn rewards and play on the track for free. #SonicNews

Here's screenshots of Aang from the Avatar Legends DLC in #SonicRacingCrossWorlds, provided by SEGA. #SonicNews

SEGA has provided us screenshots of Katara for the Avatar Legends DLC in #SonicRacingCrossWorlds. #SonicNews