ESPIO'S NEWS

Here's the reported news for July 2002.

July 23

Archie Spoilers
Here are the spoilers for the following issues: Sonic #114, Sonic #115, Sonic #116, and Sonic #117.
Source: Comics Continuum

GameFAQs "Popularity" Contest
They're trying to figure out who's the most popular video game character and Knuckles is one of the contestants (so is Sonic, unfortunately Tails got knocked out already). You can read about it here.

July 17

Yuji Naka Interview
XenGamers just posted an interview with Yuji Naka. You can read it here.
Source: XenGamers

July 16

Upcoming Sonic Games for GC & GBA
Sonic Team has posted info on Sonic Advance 2 for GBA including some screen shots. The 3 levels shown so far are called Leaf Forest, Hot Crater, & Music Plant. You can check out the screens here.

Also, Sonic Team is has the Sonic Mega Collection coming up for the GC. The games on it are Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis version), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, and Sonic Spinball. There are some screens up for it here. A port of Sonic Adventure is coming to the GC as well.
Sources: Sonic Team & IGNCube

Ken Penders' May 29 Chat Transcript
For those (like me) who couldn't attend, there's an uneditted log of the chat here, or you can check out an editted version with just the key points here.
Source: Ron Bauerle's Sonic Mailing List