Sonic Birthday Event for Friday July 10th

[Gypsy72]

I found this announcement over on the official website

http://www.phantasystaruniverse.com/...em=sonicbday09

This past June 23rd was Sonic the Hedgehog's birthday, and he's decided to celebrate the occasion by touring the galaxy! It's been a while since he's stopped by the Gurhal System, and Sonic and Tails miss all of their friends in Phantasy Star Universe -- so the duo will be stopping by for an extensive tour this Friday, July 10th!

They year, the famous hedgehog & his twin-tailed sidekick are looking for an extensive tour of Parum, Neudaiz, Moatoob, and the GUARDIANS Colony -- and it will be up to players to escort them from lobby to lobby and show them the sights!

The Event

Starting early on Friday, Sonic and Tails will appear in one of the starting lobbies in Phantasy Star Universe. After a brief tour and stopping to say 'hello', Sonic and Tails will form separate parties with intrepid GUARDIANS. It's up to you to take them safely from lobby to lobby, and show them the most interesting sights all across Gurhal.

It will be your job to keep the duo safe and keep them from wandering off, and to guide the pair from one lobby to the next. Sonic and Tails will be back throughout the day, since they want to see as many areas of PSU as they can!

Sonic and Tails are able to run any mission rank, from C - S2, so GUARDIANS of all levels who wish to participate are encouraged to do so.


Schedule

Sonic & Tails have a lot of friends around the Gurhal System, and they're always interested in meeting new people -- so they'll be busy all day long to have a chance to partner with as many GUARDIANS as possible. All times listed below are PDT.

* 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: PC/PS2
* 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Xbox 360
* 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: PC/PS2
* 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Xbox 360
* 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: PC/PS2
* 5:00: PM - 6:00 PM: Xbox 360
* 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM: PC/PS2
* 7:15 PM - 7:45 PM: Xbox 360

Rules & Prizes

Participation in mission events with Sonic & Tails is not required in order to win a prize! All you have to do to qualify is say the following phrase -- once, and once only -- at any time during July 10th:

Happy Birthday Sonic!

You will then automatically be awarded the following prizes (both of these are decorative room items) at a future maintenance:

* NiGHTS Statue
* Birthday Candelle

The NiGHTS statue was previously only available on Xbox 360 servers from the Demo Weekend event, while the Birthday Candelle room item has never before appeared on Western servers.

[Ryoten]

Might as well get a group of people to gather on different planets to escort them when the time comes.

[Ranmo]

I want to out damage Sonic!

[Kylie]

Might as well try to get on for this. I don't like my collectibles...

[Konekochan07]

I want a Rogue statue though....>.> NiGHTS is kinda boring...

[Waki Miko Syamemaru!]

Goody, Sonic can suffer gettin DCed along with me.

[Thor131]

Well here is the pic of the (Birthday Candelle aka Happy rouku) straight from http://psupedia.info/Birthday_Candelle

This was originally a prize on the JP servers given out as an honorable mention prize to any one during the Casino de Fever! and Casino de Fever! Halloween Carnival to participants who hit at least one Gappo Gappo.

[Waki Miko Syamemaru!]

Nice, I get to use everyone's favorite blue hedgehog as a meat sheild. That'll teach him to churn out crap that is Sonic 06' and Sonic Unleashed!

[RubyEclipse]

Well here is the pic of the (Birthday Candelle aka Happy rouku) straight from http://psupedia.info/Birthday_Candelle

This was originally a prize on the JP servers given out as an honorable mention prize to any one during the Casino de Fever! and Casino de Fever! Halloween Carnival to participants who hit at least one Gappo Gappo.

The item we will be giving players for this event is actually a little different than the one in that picture.

It's quite similar, but the text will read "Happy Birthday!", and the colors of the candle are also different. Edward will have a picture of the item up on the SEGA Blogs soon.

[Ranmo]

That's cool! I still want to party with Sonic because it sounds jawsome and so I can out damage him...