User blog comment:Speeddasher/Future Sonic Games. What do you want to see?/@comment-4802891-20120521092827/@comment-4802891-20120521101557

Yeah, now that you mentioned it many other examples come to mind. Especially from Capcom...

Anyway, I've just checked it and it is in fact an oooooooooold rumor and I don't know why it is still in my head right now oO... the rumor was made because Sega didn't use the engine for Sonic 4. Some people might have assumed that Sega dropped it? Huh nevermind.