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 4: Episode II going, so I'd hope to provide Episode 2 then." He also said that Sonic Team "knew about the anniversary year," and that ""Generations" was planned way in advance." As such, "it was always our plan to release Episode 2 after Generations." In preparation for "Episode II"s release, Sega re-released "Sonic the Hedgehog CD" to digital platforms in late 2011, billing it as a 'prequel' to "Sonic 4", as the events of "Episode II" would rely heavily on what occurred in "CD". On December 29, a teaser trailer for "Episode II" was released, and it was revealed that both Metal Sonic