7Prime's Journal: Sonic Confirmed for Brawl...

In a surprisingly early move (or late, depending upon how you look at it) Nintendo has officially confirmed that Sega's mascot: Sonic the Hedgehog, will be a playable contender in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl, according to the official Smash Bros. website. They openly acknowledge that Sonic is the "most desired" challenger in the Smash universe, and ccompanying the update is a short video containing gameplay footage and some ideas of Sonic's gameplay: wavedash, spin jump, and Super Sonic transformation (most obviously his Final Smash), as well as his own expectedly cheesy buttrock soundtrack.

On a bit more worrisome note, however, the release date, previously confirmed as December 3rd on the website, has been removed and replaced with, simply "TBD". Whether this shoves the game back into 2008 or not remains to be seen.