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 of Sonic the Hedgehog" is known for its bright colors and whimsical humor, "Sonic the Hedgehog" featured darker, more dramatic stories which still constitute a departure from the tone of most of the "Sonic" games. This adaptation follows Sonic and his fellow 'Freedom Fighters' who attempt to liberate Mobius from the grip of Robotnik, who plans to robotocise everything. The "Sonic the Hedgehog" comic book series by Archie Comics uses several characters from this series. A two-episode OVA adaptation was released in Japan in 1996. It was released in North America in 1999 under the name "Sonic the Hedgehog: The