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Chili Dogs. Dr. Robotnik. Spin Dash. Death Egg. All things forgotten in the history of Sonic, and all things that make their return in Sonic Generations.

Sonic Generations begins, aptly enough, with classic Sonic playing through a new stage based on the original first Sonic stage: Green Hill Zone. Sure enough, there are all sorts of enemies like Motobugs (lady bugs on wheels) and Choppers (piranha bots that bite at Sonic while he crosses a bridge.) Sonic runs through a two-dimensional plane through the entirety of the stage, and with just the press of a button (or the traditional down + the jump button) he can charge up a spin-dash and take off.

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The new demo will be released October 25.

Sega announced today that players will be able to test out more of Sonic Generations with the release of a second demo tomorrow on Xbox Live. Unfortunately for PlayStation 3 owners, the second demo won't see release for another week, appearing on the service on October 25, 2011. The full game will be released on November 1, 2011 for the PS3, 360 and PC, as well as the 3DS later in November.

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Sonic didn't fair well on the PlayStation 3, but how does it play on the 360?

This year, we're doing something a bit different. In order to bring you coverage as fast as possible, we'll be posting audio recordings of notes from staff members at E3 and later adding in a written version of the impressions. Please click through and check out this staff member's recorded thoughts on the game from the E3 show floor.

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