@sonic_hedgehog now updated for Apple iPhone 6 – Apple iPhone 6 growth should make @SEGA consider a Sonic 3 Remaster

Love him or hate him, you've gotta admire that little hedgehog's resilience.

He's now back on iOS 8 on the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus at long last on Thursday April 30^th 2015, with the necessary compatibility updates having been made by Sega after seven (7) long months of waiting as reported in the article “Sonic the Hedgehog games on iOS finally get an update to work on iPhone 6”, published 30 April 2015 by Chris Priestman, Pocket Gamer.

All three (3) versions of the Sonic the Hedgehog games have been updated:

1.      US$2.99 Sonic The Hedgehog

2.      US$2.99 Sonic The Hedgehog 2

3.      US$2.99 Sonic CD

So now that it's finally out, why did it take so long, almost seven (7) months after the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 came out in September 2014 as related in my blog article entitled “Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus - No Sapphire Screen but 128GB Storage and NFC-powered Apple Pay in Apple's Biggest iPhone Launch”?

Sonic the Hedgehog now updated for Apple iPhone 6 – Apple iPhone growth should guarantee a Sonic 3 Remaster

Speculation abounds, but it appears that it may be related to Sega shutting down their San Francisco office while the focus on the re-mastering of Sonic 3 for PC and Digital Gaming. Albeit not a financially stable company, a port towards smartphone gaming has been helping their bottom line.

This may have been the same kind of boost that Nintendo is seeking when they made the decision to partner with DeNa in May 2015 to port Nintendo games to smartphones as reported in my blog article entitled “@DeNACorp and Nintendo partner for Smartphone and Tablet Games - Partnership to boost Mobile Games as VR and AR Beckons in 2016”.

Check out this concept video for a Sonic 3 Remaster. It’s not much, but anyone watching this can see where fans want the series to go to bring this iconic hero back to a place of veneration.

Still, the re-mastering of Sonic 3 may remain a pipe dream, despite a fairly successful petition that hit its peak with some 8,000 signature supporting the move. the success and critical praise of the previous Sonic re-masters that started since February 2014 still apparently are not encouraging enough for Christian Whitehead and his sidekick Simon Thomley to create a  re-mastered prototype of Sonic 3 running on an Apple iPhone 6.

However, with the current runaway success of the bigger screen 5.5" Apple iPhone 6 Plus, marking the age of Phablet being upon us as noted in my blog article entitled “Apple iPhone 6 ahead in Q1 of 2015 based on @K_Worldpanel Stats - Phablets are hot as Apple Watch Summer Storm coming”  , perhaps Sega may shake off their procrastination and throw the Sonic 3 remaster along with these recent updates for the Apple iPhone 6, as they're well worth the price!

Here's the link:

Sonic The Hedgehog on the Apple iTunes Store

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 on the Apple iTunes Store

Sonic CD on the Apple iTunes Store