Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog
Genres	Platform
Developers	Sonic Team Sega Dimps Traveller's Tales SIMS Co. Backbone Entertainment BioWare Sumo Digital Hardlight Aspect Gameloft
Publishers	Sega
Creators	Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara
Artists	Naoto Ohshima Yuji Uekawa
Platforms	List Android Arcade Game Boy Advance GameCube iOS Mobile phones Java ME Microsoft Windows Neo Geo Pocket Color Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Sega Genesis Sega Game Gear Sega CD Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Sega Master System Sega Genesis 32X Sega Pico Leapster LeapFrog Didj Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One
First release	Sonic the Hedgehog June 23, 1991
Latest release	Sonic Superstars October 17, 2023
Spin-offs	Sonic Boom

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese platform video game series and media franchise created by Sega and featuring their mascot, Sonic. It is a series of fast platform games. Sonic is the main character. He is a bright blue hedgehog with supersonic speed. Usually, Sonic must stop the villain, Doctor Eggman's, plans for taking over the world. Sonic is often helped by his friends like Tails, Amy Rose, and Knuckles.

The first Sonic the Hedgehog game was released in 1991. It was created by Sega's Sonic Team division after Sega wanted a new mascot character. This was because they wanted to replace Alex Kidd, and they wanted to compete with Nintendo's mascot, Mario. Its success made many sequels, and it helped Sega become one of the biggest video game companies during the 16-bit era of the early 1990s. The first major 3D Sonic game, Sonic Adventure, was released in 1998 for the Dreamcast. The first 3D Game is technically Sonic 3D Blast released on November 5, 1996 on the Game Gear.

The series made over $5 billion by 2014.^[1] As of 2018, the series has sold 800 million copies. This includes free-to-play mobile game downloads.^[2]

1. ↑ Gaudiosi, John (July 9, 2014). "Sonic the Hedgehog still running fast for Sega". Fortune. Time. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
2. ↑ SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS – INTEGRATED REPORT 2018 (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings. 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2019.