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 the exclusivity agreement. At the end of 2014, Sonic also returned as a fighter in both installments of "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U". Sonic was added as a playable character in the Lego video game, "Lego Dimensions", in November 2016; he is distributed via a "Level Pack" that includes an additional Sonic the Hedgehog-themed level and vehicles. Two "Sonic" games were revealed at the Sonic 25th Anniversary Event during San Diego Comic-Con 2016. The first game was "Sonic Mania", which emulates the gameplay and visuals of the original Sega Genesis games, and was released in August