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    Sonic the Hedgehog - Wikipedia

    • Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main Sonic the Hedgehog games are platformers mostly developed by Soni… See more

    History

    By 1990, the Japanese video game company Sega wanted a foothold in the video game console market with its
    Sega … See more

    Characters and story

    The Sonic franchise is known for its large cast of characters; Sonic the Fighters (1996) producer Yu Suzuki joked that anyone who makes a Sonic game has the duty to create new characters. The first game introduced Sonic, a bl… See more

    Original workSonic the Hedgehog (1991)
    OwnerSega
    Years1991–present
    Gameplay

    The Sonic series is characterized by speed-based platforming gameplay. Controlling the player character, the player navigates a series of levels at high speeds while jumping between platforms, fighting enemies and bosses, … See more

    Music

    For the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega commissioned Masato Nakamura, bassist and songwriter of the J-pop band Dreams Come True, to compose the soundtrack. Nakamura returned to compose Sonic 2's soundtrack… See more

    Other media

    Outside the Sonic series, Sonic appears in other Sonic Team games as a playable character in Christmas Nights (1996), a power-up in Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003), and in a cameo in the 2008 Wii version of … See more

    Reception and legacy

    The Sonic platformers released during the 1990s were acclaimed and have been listed among the greatest video games of all time. The original Sonic was touted as a faster, cooler alternative to Nintendo's Super Mario World (1990). … See more

    Notes

    1. ^ Japanese: ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, Hepburn: Sonikku za Hejjihoggu
    2. ^ In the original Sonic the Hedgehog, there are only six Chaos Emeralds.
    3. ^ Senoue was the lead composer for Sonic 3D Blast (1996), Sonic Adve… See more

     
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