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Hello Smashers! Today we’ll talk about the fastest hedgehog around, that’s right Sonic!
Sonic the Hedgehog , is a video game character and the hero of the video game series released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. The first game in the franchise was released on June 23, 1991 in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo’s flagship character Mario. Since then, Sonic has become one of the world’s best-known video game characters, with his series having sold millions of copies. In 2005, Sonic was one of the first game character inductees into the Walk of Game, alongside Mario and Link.
Who would of had expected such a fortunate future for Sonic?
Sonic’s first appearance in the gaming video was in the platform game Sonic the Hedgehog (sometimes referred to simply as Sonic 1) for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, which also introduced his nemesis Dr. Ivo Robotnik (named Dr. Eggman in Japan, and, since Sonic Adventure, also in the West). His two-tailed fox friend Miles “Tails” Prower joined him in the game’s 1992 sequel Sonic 2. Sonic CD, released in 1993, introduced Sonic’s self-proclaimed girlfriend Amy Rose and his robotic doppelgänger Metal Sonic (not to be confused with Mecha Sonic an alternate model made later by Dr. Robotnik) as Sonic traveled through time to ensure a good future for the world. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and its direct sequel Sonic & Knuckles, both released in 1994, saw Sonic and Tails battle Robotnik again, with the additional threat of Knuckles the Echidna, tricked by Robotnik into fighting Sonic.
Here we see Sonic and Miles Prower (Tails) fighting together in Sonic 2
A fight agaisnt Ivo Robotnik in Sonic CD
Other two-dimensional platformers starring Sonic include Sonic Chaos (1993), Sonic Triple Trouble (1994), Sonic Blast (1996), and Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (1999). Sonic Advance in (2001), Sonic Advance 2 (2002), Sonic Advance 3 (2004), Sonic Rush (2005) and Sonic Rush Adventure (2007).
Sonic didn’t have enough running on a screen so he got two
Sonic Adventure (1998/1999) was Sonic Team’s return to the character for a major game. It featured Sonic returning from vacation to find the city of Station Square under attack by a new, very powerful foe named Chaos, under the control of Dr. Robotnik. This was also the first Sonic game to have a complete voice-over. Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) placed Sonic on-the-run from the military (G.U.N) after being mistaken for a new enemy, Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Life Form. Sonic Heroes (2003) has Sonic teaming up with Tails and Knuckles (along with other characters) against the newly rebuilt Metal Sonic, who had betrayed his master. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) features Sonic in the city of water, “Soleanna”, where he must rescue Princess Elise from Dr. Robotnik while trying to avoid a new threat to his own life, Silver the Hedgehog. Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007) features Sonic in a story book world of the “Arabian Nights” where he must help a ring genie, “Shahra”, regain the seven World Rings in order to defeat the evil Erazor Djinn.
Anyone with a Dreamcast must remember that whale
Sonic’s lastest adventure for the Wii
Sonic has also been featured in games of many genres other than 2D and 3D platform games. The first of these was a pinball game, Sonic Spinball (1993), which expanded upon the pinball sequences in the first three platform games. Sonic has also appeared in the “2.5D” isometric platformers Sonic Labyrinth (1995) and Sonic 3D Blast (1996), the racing games Sonic Drift (1994), Sonic Drift 2 (1995), Sonic R (1997), Sonic Riders (2006), Sonic Rivals (2006), Sonic Rivals 2 (2007) and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008), and the fighting games Sonic the Fighters (1996), Sonic Battle (2003), and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). He will also appear in the Bioware roly-playing game, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008).
I wonder if Sonic is quicker on a board
Video games such as Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (1993), Knuckles Chaotix (1995), Tails’ SkypatrolTails Adventure (1995), and Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) starred supporting characters of the SonicShadow the Hedgehog. (1995), series, although Sonic himself generally cameos in most of these titles, even going as far as assisting a boss in
Who’d imagine a Tetris-esque Sonic game?
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