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 music to the series. For example, Bowling for Soup lead singer Jaret Reddick performed the main theme of "Sonic Unleashed", "Endless Possibilities"; and former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman played on "With Me", the final boss theme for "Sonic and the Black Knight". Cash Cash lead singer Jean-Paul Makhlouf performed the opening theme to "Sonic Colors", "Reach for the Stars", as well as the ending theme, "Speak With Your Heart". Hoobastank frontman Doug Robb performed and wrote the lyrics to the main theme of "Sonic Forces", "Fist Bump". DIC Entertainment's "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" is an American animated television series