Development
The game was first announced under the working title of Sonic Square in the June 2000 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. While the previous month's issue teased a reveal of the game Sonic Adventure 2, at the last minute Sega of America deemed it too early to unveil the game, and instead allowed the magazine to do an article on the previously unannounced Sonic Square.
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