Some games include Special Stages, but not as a means of collecting Chaos Emeralds. As the Emeralds of the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog were hidden in the main stages, the game's spring-filled Special Stages were used to obtain 1-Ups and Continues. Just as the design of the Special Stages has changed, so has the means of accessing them. In both the 8 and bit versions of Sonic the Hedgehog , they were reached by finishing a level with more than fifty Rings; the player would then have to jump inside the giant ring that would appear just after the goal post.
In the bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , reaching a Star Post when they held this number would create a warp of stars which would take a player to the Special Stage when jumped through. Sonic 3D Blast required the player to deliver rings to Knuckles and Tails , who could be found within each level. Sonic Chaos changed the figure, with access to a Special Stage being the reward for collecting a hundred Rings, although only when playing as Sonic. Since the bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , Sonic has had the ability to transform into the faster and practically invulnerable Super Sonic once all seven Chaos Emeralds are collected.
After that, Super Sonic can be used in any of the following levels once fifty rings have been collected, although one ring is lost for every second Sonic remains in this form. In the Sonic Adventure titles, the Special Stages were omitted entirely and Chaos Emeralds were collected in non-interactive cutscenes as part of the story, with Super Sonic only appearing in the climactic final boss fight.
This dismayed many fans, who appreciated the additional replay value offered by retrying a game's levels with Super Sonic's additional abilities. Despite several games since returning to the emerald-collecting of the 2D platform titles including the Advance series, Heroes , and Rush , Super Sonic was again only playable at the end of the game.
However, Sonic Colors and Sonic Lost World returned the ability to access a super transformation in normal levels. They were also some of the few recent games to omit a Super transformation from the final boss battle.
Other characters have also been able to utilize the super transformation. A feature unique to Sonic is his ability to use super transformations using different sources of power other than the Chaos Emeralds, each with its own unique abilities.
Since Sonic's first appearance in , many more characters have appeared and most of them have been added to the main cast. Many of these characters have garnered steady fanbases since their inclusion into the franchise, while other longtime fans have criticized them for allegedly taking the gameplay focus off Sonic:. Orbot is the brains and more serious and firmer one. Although he carries out his master's orders with devotion and he completes his work diligently, his spiteful sarcasm sometimes angers Dr.
Cubot is a good-hearted and easy-going robot. Even though he is supposed to be built with the same CPU as Orbot's, he is somehow slow on the uptake. He admires Dr. Eggman, but his behavior is like a sloth that cannot be bothered to be woken up, so he does nothing but upset him. The music of the Sonic series is considered one of the aspects that make the series popular.
Sonic games have featured tunes composed by a variety of people; Masato Nakamura of J-pop band Dreams Come True was responsible for the music of the first two bit games. Sega's in-house music company, Wave Master , has done the majority of the remaining music in series.
One Wave Master employee, Jun Senoue, is part of the band Crush 40 , and through his ties to the band they have played the main theme songs of the two Sonic Adventure games, Sonic Heroes , and Shadow the Hedgehog. Tomoya Ohtani has been the sound director for most of the main series games since Sonic the Hedgehog The success of the Sonic video game franchise has led to a large number of spin-offs and adaptations in other media, such as TV shows, films, and comic series, starring Sonic.
Each spin-off incorporates aspects from the games to varying degrees. With few exceptions, each production takes place in their own fictional universe, independent of the video games. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog or AoStH for short is an American animated television series that was first broadcast in September and has been running in cartoon syndication ever since.
It follows the escapades of Sonic and Tails as they stop the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik and his array of vicious robots from taking over the planet Mobius.
The plots very loosely followed the storyline of the video games series; at the time the Sonic games were still quite new and lacking much plot or character development, which was in turn filled in by the show's writers.
The animated television series simply called Sonic the Hedgehog originally aired from September to June While Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog is known for its bright colors and whimsical humor, Sonic the Hedgehog featured darker stories which constituted a departure from the tone of the Sonic games of the time. To distinguish between the two series, fans typically refer to this series as SatAM because it was a Saturday morning cartoon while Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog aired on weekdays in syndication and using the show's full title would cause confusion in many situations because the show's title is the same as the character's name.
DiC's last Sonic cartoon Sonic Underground ran for only one season, to ; it bears little relation to other entries featuring Sonic including previous games, comics and the other animated series and shares few established characters.
Unlike its predecessor, SatAM, the heroes do not remain in a sanctuary-like refuge but instead travel around Mobius to battle Robotnik's forces on a global scale. The Mobian civilization featured in the series includes multiple cities, a poor underclass and an aristocracy for the heroes to interact with.
Sonic Underground is the only animated series based on Sonic where Tails has not made an appearance. Unlike the games, the film takes place on a world named Planet Freedom that, as with many anime series, appears to be a crossbreed of a fairytale land and Earth. At the time of its creation, the anime did not differ as far from official canon as it does today; at this point, it could be considered to take place in an a different continuity than the games, just like other versions of Sonic from other media.
The anime series Sonic X is the longest-running and most successful animated series based on Sonic to date. Originally planned as a 52 episode series that would be inspired by the story lines of the Sonic Adventure series, Sonic X has now expanded to 78 episodes with the latest 26 episodes set primarily in outer space. Sonic X is also the only animated series to include Super Sonic.
The main difference that sets this series from the other continuities is that Sonic and his friends originally came from an unnamed planet that is in parallel dimensions with Earth. The CGI animated television series titled Sonic Boom features a comedic take on Sonic and his friends and their never-ending battles with Dr. Eggman as the main media of the Sonic Boom sub-franchise. More than one hundred episodes with a duration of eleven minutes each have aired.
An upcoming animation show for Netflix called Sonic Prime is scheduled to be released in The Sonic the Hedgehog film series is currently being produced by Paramount Pictures.
In the film, Sonic is on Earth in a town called Green Hills, but hides to keep his power from falling in the wrong hands. After Dr. Robotnik discovers him, Sonic befriends a cop named Tom Wachowski and they go on a road trip to get Sonic's Rings back and run from Robotnik. A second entry, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 , will be theatrically released in Sonic the Hedgehog was a comic series published by Archie Comics.
All of Archie's Sonic -related series, miniseries and specials take place in the same fictional universe. This universe features a mixture of characters, settings and situations from the video games, the SatAM cartoon, the various other incarnations of Sonic, and many elements unique to the comic universe.
The current status quo of the comic deals with a full-scale war between the Eggman Empire, ruled by Dr. Eggman , and the Freedom Fighters. However, it also features a variety of other villains and heroic characters whom Sonic and the other Sega characters interact with.
The comics were cancelled in Sonic X was a comic book series that is based on the anime series of the same name published by Archie Comics. It began in September and was originally meant to be a four-part series; due to the positive reaction to the series' announcement, it was extended to ongoing status before the first issue premiered.
The comic is unique in that it is not directly based on the games; the comic is based on the television show and takes place in its expanded fictional universe. The comic borrows elements from the series first two seasons of the show, including Eggman's fortress , which was destroyed in the first season of the series and characters from the storyline of Sonic Adventure.
Sonic Universe was a spin-off comic book series published by Archie Comics to the main Sonic the Hedgehog comic series. It mainly featured characters that are less prominent in the main series but the two comic series frequently tied-in with each other. Sonic Boom was an on-going comic book series for the Sonic Boom sub-franchise published by Archie Comics, taking the main comedic traits of the characters that the series had shown back then.
The announcement for the new comic series was made shortly after the termination of the Archie Comics partnership. The Sonic the Hedgehog manga series, published in Shogakukan's Shogaku Yonensei literally "fourth-year student" was written by Kenji Terada and it was illustrated by Sango Norimoto. The manga, which started in , was about a hedgehog boy named Nicky who can turn into Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic fights Dr.
Robotnik, with Tails tagging along to help him. Although it was the UK's official Sega comic, Sonic the Comic established its identity and ongoing storyline and setting when Sonic, Tails and their friends were sent forward in time six months.
During their absence, Doctor Robotnik successfully conquered the entire planet of Mobius, and Sonic's group were forced underground, operating as "freedom fighters" attempting to bring down Robotnik's rule of the planet.
Due to an aggressive series of budget cuts on the part of Fleetway, the series went into full reprint by issue ; the final story ended with a number of loose ends left untied. An online fan based comic, called Sonic the Comic-Online , has been set up to continue the comic story starting from where the original Sonic the Comic story left off and beginning with issue , due to STC being reprints from issues to It has received positive feedback from both fans and writers of the original Sonic the Comic.
The Sonic the Hedgehog series became an instant success, both commercially and critically, throughout the videogame industry. During its first decade of existence, it hit a mega-sensation and became one of the most popular media franchises worldwide, rivalling and drawing comparisons to Nintendo's Mario , which had made a similar impact in the s. Sega, capitalizing on this success, also made Sonic venture outside video games and into other media, such as television shows, comic book series, films, and toys see Spin-offs for more info on this.
In , Sega Sammy revealed in their annual investors report that the franchise has sold over 1. Through its history, the Sonic franchise has been nominated and won several awards as well. It won " Outstanding Contribution " by the Golden Joystick, the first ever to win that prize. The franchise also got onto the Walk of Game, and has had several graphic, gameplay, sound, and "game of the year" accolades per year. In the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition , the Sonic the Hedgehog series was listed number 15 out of the top 50 videogame franchises.
In December , IGN ranked Sonic the Hedgehog as the 19th greatest series of all time , claiming that "although recent 3D entries in the series have been somewhat lacking, there is no denying the power of this franchise". Besides this praise, the Sonic the Hedgehog series has attracted criticism, especially in recent years. A common complaint has been that the variant gameplay styles found in recent three-dimensional titles have strayed from the original formula of the series.
Specifically, the series' jump to 3D has been noted as a declining point. A strong point of controversy also hits the Sonic fanbase, claimed to be particularly "annoying" by several people. In late , Sega de-listed Sonic titles with "mixed" or "negative" scores in review aggregator Metacritic, such as the poorly received Sonic the Hedgehog , in order to increase the value of the Sonic brand after positive reception for games such as Sonic the Hedgehog 4 and Sonic Colors.
Some video game magazines and critics have also been very critical of the franchise. Despite some of its more scathing contenders, the Sonic the Hedgehog series still maintains a global position in the gaming world, continuing to perform well commercially, and with a very supportive fanbase that has continued to run strong up to this day. Sonic News Network. Sonic News Network Explore. Game Titles. Game features.
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Eggman's Number Guess Panic! Spinning into life in , Sega's spiky blue mascot took the gaming world by storm. But as he celebrates his 20th birthday, what's next for Sonic the Hedgehog? At the start of the '90s, Sega had a problem - a big, fat, moustachioed Italian plumber problem.
Although it had just launched the well-received Megadrive console Genesis in the US , the company was still no match for the might of Nintendo, with its NES games machine and rotund plumber hero, Mario. During its first full year on sale, the Megadrive sold fewer units than the NES, despite Nintendo's console being over five years old. If Sega was to survive, something drastic had to be done. The company's new boss, Tom Kalinske set about creating a megastar.
He tasked Sega's designers with inventing a mascot; a hero to take over from the moderately popular, but distinctly ordinary, Alex Kidd. It took several goes - an armadillo, a rabbit and a dog were all considered - before the team settled on Sonic, a speedy blue hedgehog. Much to the annoyance of the Sonic Team, Mr Kalinske - who was a former head of toy company Mattel - toned down some rather bizarre additions to the character, most notably a human girlfriend named Madonna, and a pair of menacing fangs.
Even more controversially, Mr Kalinske decided to make Sonic the new 'pack-in' game - the title that came free in the box with every purchase of the Sega console, which itself was to be drastically lowered in price. On 23 June, , the first Sonic game hit the shelves. As video game historian Steven L Kent recalls, it changed perceptions of Sega. For example, if you don't keep playing, he'll stare into the camera and start tapping his foot.
Largely considered by fans to be the best Sonic offering on the Sega Saturn, Sonic Jam was little more than a spruced-up compilation of the Genesis games. The idea was simple: The original four Genesis games in one package. Sonic Team immediately started porting the bit quintet of classics after completing Nights into Dreams. After the failure of the Saturn, Sega quickly abandoned the system and went full throttle into the future, aiming high with the Dreamcast.
This time, they made sure Sonic was ready for launch. The result was every bit what X-Treme should have been and more. Sonic Adventure was a rich, colorful adventure with a vast array of characters and gameplay, all spun around bit next-generation 3D graphics. The game featured six playable characters, including series stalwarts Knuckles and Tails, and newcomers Amy Rose, Big the Cat, and E Gamma, all joining Sonic in their search for the seven chaos emeralds to stop Eggman Dr.
Adventure was everything the original bit games were, in full-fledged immersive 3D realms. Sonic Team added depth to the platformer by offering unique gameplay for each of its playable characters. Despite consistently excellent hardware and software, Sega was struggling financially and announced their exit from the console business in The company shifted to become a third-party developer across all major consoles.
This period is remembered as a time of confusion, with countless ports of games like Phantasy Star Online, Virtua Fighter 4, and, of course, both Sonic Adventure games. The game retained the colorful and fast-paced gameplay from Sonic Adventure while also appealing to a wider audience. This meant a distinctive streamlining of the gameplay. Players chose a team of three to navigate the game world.
On the surface, it appeared as though Sonic had found himself. He continued moving forward from one adventure to the next.
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