SEGA 'hopes' to have Sonic the Hedgehog: Ep. 2 in 2012, says long wait was always the plan

"This year, 2011, is the anniversary, so we're focusing on the celebration title, but moving forward to 2012, Sonic will still be going, so I'd hope to provide Episode 2 then. It was always the plan (to release this late after Ep. 1). We knew about the anniversary year, and Generations was planned way in advance. It was always our plan to release Episode 2 after Generations. We can't say if there's going to be Episode 3 or not." - Sonic Team's Takashi Iikuza

So now we know that Episode 2 isn't coming out this year, which I find quite surprising. Just how far into 2012 are we going to have to wait?

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