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 Since Emeralds of the 8-bit version of "Sonic the Hedgehog" were hidden in the main stages, the game's spring-filled Special Stages were merely used as a means of adding variety, increasing score and earning continues. Similarly, "Sonic 3 & Knuckles", in addition to the main Special Stages, featured entirely optional bonus stages, one of which combined the rotating maze of "Sonic the Hedgehog" with the pinball gambling of "Sonic the Hedgehog 2". "Sonic Heroes" contained an alternate Special Stage for a chance of earning additional lives. A super transformation is a state certain characters go into that gives them incredible