{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4b705f9bbe8829cfb754e4cb","clusterId":"c_a0c09ab90bef09af7aacd1fa","slug":"sonic-pico-park-adds-espio-charmy-and-vector-ahead-of-november-12-release","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"SONIC PICO PARK Adds Espio, Charmy, and Vector Ahead of November 12 Release","summary":"PICO PARK Inc. revealed Espio and Charmy as playable characters and Vector as a large character for SONIC PICO PARK, the Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration entry in its cooperative action puzzle series, during episode 2 of the official program PICO MART: Open at Sonic Speed! on November 2. The game releases Thursday, November 12. Episode 3 of the program streams Friday, November 6 at 19:00.","whyItMatters":"The full Sonic roster is now laid out before release, and the reveal came through a weekly variety stream rather than a trailer, which is where PICO PARK Inc. is putting its marketing ahead of the November 12 launch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEspio and Charmy join the playable lineup, and Vector is listed as a large character. They round out a cast that already includes Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Cream and Cheese, Silver, Blaze, Big, Rouge, and Omega, plus PICO CAT and a Sonic Pico Cat variant from the PICO PARK side.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe series has passed 8.5 million cumulative sales, according to PICO PARK Inc. Episode 3 of PICO MART: Open at Sonic Speed! follows on Friday, November 6 at 19:00, with PICO CAT Blue voiced by Takuya Tani and Airi Hiruta as clerk.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"SONIC PICO PARK puts Vector in the large-character role while Espio and Charmy stay playable. The split tiers the team before launch, which shapes how co-op puzzles route around size.","twitterPost":"SONIC PICO PARK makes Vector a large character and keeps Espio and Charmy playable, a size split that changes how co-op puzzles route.","threadsPost":"SONIC PICO PARK slots Vector into the large-character role and keeps Espio and Charmy playable. That size split before the November 12 release decides how co-op puzzles route, since one oversized body changes what the smaller pair can reach.","newsletterBlurb":"Espio and Charmy are playable in SONIC PICO PARK, and Vector appears as a large character. The reveal came during episode 2 of the PICO MART: Open at Sonic Speed! program, ahead of the November 12 release. Episode 3 streams November 6 at 19:00.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/013/G101380/20261102050/\",\"title\":\"\\\"SONIC PICO PARK\\\" reveals Espio, Charmy, and Vector\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5362,"outputTokens":719,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793622550,"createdAt":"2026-11-02T12:24:12.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T12:28:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T12:28:01.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a0c09ab90bef09af7aacd1fa","canonicalTitle":"「SONIC PICO PARK」，エスピオ，チャーミー，ベクターを公開","representativeArticleId":"a_5a5c45cd5b8147ebdfce197f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"SONIC PICO PARK\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-02T11:41:09.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-02T11:41:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T12:28:01.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/013/G101380/20261102050/","title":"「SONIC PICO PARK」，エスピオ，チャーミー，ベクターを公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["SONIC PICO PARK"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Espio and Charmy are playable characters in SONIC PICO PARK, and Vector is a large character.","SONIC PICO PARK releases on Thursday, November 12.","The characters were revealed in episode 2 of PICO MART: Open at Sonic Speed!","Episode 3 of PICO MART: Open at Sonic Speed! streams Friday, November 6 at 19:00.","PICO PARK Inc. says the PICO PARK series has surpassed 8.5 million cumulative sales."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["sonic-pico-park"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"sonic-pico-park","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":2,"overall":"green","story_count":4,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}