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The franchise was on its last legs<\/div>\n

Source – kotaku.com<\/p>\n

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The franchise was on its last legs Source – kotaku.com All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30,27],"class_list":["post-75396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-pc","tag-pc","tag-pc-games"],"yoast_head":"\nSega Was Ready To Scrap Sonic Until The First Movie Proved How Popular He Still Was | Xtreme Servers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"View Sega Was Ready To Scrap Sonic Until The First Movie Proved How Popular He Still Was for free, here on XtremeServers. Discover more great articles on our site. 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