File:Sonic Heroes Grand Metropolis.png

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Description	Gameplay screenshot from the 2003 video game Sonic Heroes, showing Team Sonic in one of the game's levels. The copyright is believed to belong to Sega.
Author or copyright owner	Sonic Team USA / Sega
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://info.sonicretro.org/index.php?title=File:Sh_Grand_Metropolis.png&redirect=no
Date of publication	December 30, 2003 (screenshot taken on 22:17, 21 February 2010)
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sonic Heroes
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	The primary purpose of use is to illustrate basic gameplay in adequate depth. This screenshot shows numerous elements of gameplay, such as basic environments, the teamwork (which distinguishes it from previous Sonic games), the enemies, and rings. It also illustrates the colorful, bright art style, which is a major point of critical commentary in the article's reception section.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No such free equivalent exists because the game itself is a copyrighted work and therefore no free equivalent can exist.
Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1)	Provides visual aid and helps the reader understand gameplay better.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This file is only used to illustrate the game, and is provided at the lowest resolution possible while still maintaining fidelity to the original work.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	This low-res image is not reproducible at a size that would detriment Sega's ability to profit from and market the game.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sonic Heroes//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sonic_Heroes_Grand_Metropolis.pngtrue

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This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots

to visually identify the game in question
on the English Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use

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Horizontal resolution	28.35 dpc
Vertical resolution	28.35 dpc

File:Sonic Heroes Grand Metropolis.png

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