Sonic the Hedgehog Virtual Items-
All of the items here are virtual, meaning that they exist only in games or online areas and not in the physical world. You can see fan made and professional virtual items here. Usually in the case of fan-created things the engine to do it is in a professional game (such as customizing a character in a certain Sonic way) Everything from collectible icons to statues will be found here. What other sorts of virutal goods could turn up as the internet and games become more advanced? SonicGear will showcase them all.
Here's a video of another sort-of virutal item sort-of fan item. In the wrestling game GPW, you can really get in to style the fighters, with skin paint and head accessories. So, using the character creator, this fan has made a Sonic and an Espio fighter and you can watch them wrestle. Sonic vs Knuckles
and Shadow vs Vector are also available. All videos made by: ZRo22
Usually actual Sonic Games aren't covered on Gear, but these un-released characters are sort of like virtual items. This game is Sonic the Fighters Arcade (a console still remains in LasVegas USA) but most of them were in Japan. With very polygonal graphics, it was early 3D. However, several characters were left out of the final game. Now that the game's ROM has turned up it has become possible to explore the entire game, even the parts that no one was meant to see.
This is interesting, because you can see things that didn't make it in...thus "Virtual Items"! With this video you can see several, including another version of Metal Sonic, Eggman in a power suit, some kind of fatter Eggman...and a feature-fight with Honey The Cat. She appears to be an all-new character they just skipped over, unlike the other items which were just other versions of things that DID appear in the final. Video discovered by SugarCube123
Here are some Little Big Planet 'costumes'. They're buy-able add-ons for the game which make your sack-boy look like the Sonic characters seen at left. Since it's LBP...the characters are all re-styled to fit that style, with the button eyes, zipper, and large lower-face area. This rather abstract-ifies Eggman (bottom right). You can buy each one, or get the whole pack of them at once. People had already been making Sonic-like levels and items in the user-content creation & sharing part of the game (you can even see videos of that in the Video Entertainment area of SonicGear) so these costumes are a great virtual addition and will provide lots of fun for the fans! Discovered by Taaron
On the Xbox 360 you can create your own avatar, and customize it. Naturally, there are promotional items you can give to it, that tie into games. Here, you can see the selection of Sonic 4 virtual items. The first (at left) is a Sonic 4 logo t-shirt. Next, you can get a wind-up-toy Motobug badnik (see the winding key?) then, your Avatar can carry around a virtual Sonic plush. The next toy is a chop-chop fish wind-up, complete with bowl of water to jump out of. The last (and most difficult to see because it's super tiny anyway) is a Genesis style cartridge with the Sonic 4 logo. Shots by SegaBlog, discovered by Piplupfan77
You can get your Xbox 360 Avatar these great Sonic themed items for FREE if you own & play Sonic Adventure on the Xbox. If you play for 5 hours, you get the shirt which has the SA logo at the top, 'Sega' logo on the back, and Sonic on the corner. You get the shoes (they do have Sonic socks with them) if you play for 10 hours. These are great give-aways to help out your avatar, and anyone can wear it. Screenshot & earned by RaeLogan
The Vocaloid virtual singing idols have a game Project Diva, which a division of Sega makes. Here, you can see they've included this cute Sonic costume. It has big white gloves, blue pants (possibly with logo), Sonic red shoes & socks, and a Sonic spikes/ears hat. If this is Hatsune Miku...what did she do with all her hair to be wearing the hat? The costume is a fun addition. Screencap by: Chris
If a Sonic shirt isn't enough for your Xbox 360 Avatar (seen above) why not give it one of these Sonic mascot suit themed outfits! The suits are a promo /preorder bonus for Sonic Generations. But some are only available in certain areas. It's downloadable content...why restrict it by country?
It doesn't make sense because it doesn't need 'shipped' anywhere. You can get Sonic, Super Sonic & Classic Amy...but not all 3 at once. (interesting they chose Classic Amy too...the Sonics you can't really tell apart modern/classic) Discovered by NeoGaf
This is "Sonicman" some sort of NPC (apparently) is he in Sonic '06 somewhere? It looks like he is. He is wearing visor style sunglasses, a Sonic spikes hat, and a Sonic 1 logo tee with bluejeans. His dialogue seems to be "I saved Princess Elise & I fight bad guys, I'm the superhero SonicMan". He may be an ordinary human/npc but his Sonic themed attire still counts as virtual Sonic items. Discovered by TheEmperor.
