Sonic the Hedgehog (character) Sonic the Hedgehog (character) Sonic the Hedgehog is the title character and protagonist of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game series released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, animations, and other media. Sonic is a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds and curl into a ball, primarily to attack enemies. Throughout the course of the video games, Sonic most commonly has to race through levels, collect power up rings and survive against a host of natural obstacles and minions to achieve his goal. While many individuals at Sega had a hand in Sonic's creation, programmer
Sonic the Hedgehog October 2012 it was ported to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network with a version released on Steam in November the same year. The only other Dreamcast "Sonic" game was "Sonic Shuffle", which was released in 2000 and featured cel-shaded graphics and a board game concept similar to that of the "Mario Party" series. Dreamcast sales began to decline after the launch of the PlayStation 2, and therefore few "Sonic" games were released for the system. "Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure" was also released on SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color portable console, made in the same style of the Genesis/Mega