Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game franchise produced by Sega centering on a series of high-speed platform games. Sonic, the protagonist, is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog with supersonic speed. Typically, Sonic must stop antagonist Doctor Eggman's plans for world domination, often helped by his friends, such as Tails, Amy, and Knuckles. The first "Sonic the Hedgehog" game, released in 1991, was conceived by Sega's Sonic Team division after Sega requested a mascot character to compete with Nintendo's mascot Mario. Its success spawned many sequels and helped Sega become one of the leading video game companies during
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 other Americans. The American side worked on "Sonic Spinball", while the Japanese side developed "Sonic the Hedgehog 3". Yuji Naka and Hirokazu Yasuhara were the primary creators of the "Sonic 3" design document and project schedule. The original prototype for "Sonic 3" was not a side-scroller; rather, it was an isometric game. The concept was abandoned early as the team did not want to change the "Sonic" formula too radically for a sequel. It was eventually used for "Sonic 3D Blast" in 1996. According to Naka, the team felt that they needed a deeper story to expand the world of