While a lot of people thought that there was something terribly wrong with Sonic the Hedgehog falling in love with a human woman in his self-titled previous game, Sega decided to go through with it and let the chips fall where they may. In the blue speedball's next outing, however, things aren't likely to get into the wild side like they used to.

A Sega representative demonstrating Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii) in the company's recent San Francisco event confirmed that there will be no more smooching between people and digital animals anytime soon. “I promise there will be no humans making out with Sonic," the rep said.

Good to hear, though we'd have to speak for ourselves on that one. Some people out there just might get their kicks from this sort of thing.