Since its début in 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog has undergone many changes. Even though the basic design has remained constant, the look and feel of the character underwent a sea of changes depending on the designers and artists on the creative team. While the original video character designed by Ohshima was short, childish with small quills and round body, the Sonic redesigned by Yuji Uekawa was taller with long legs, longer and drooping spikes. It had leaner body and green eyes. Since then many less obvious changes have been brought forth in the design of our beloved hedgehog.
The platform game Sonic the Hedgehog, also known as Sonic 1, featured its arch rival Dr. Robotnik, who later came to be known as Dr. Eggman. Next in queue was the second version of the game which brought Tails, the lovable sidekick of the Blue Blur. Released in 1992, Sonic 2 also introduced the character’s Super Sonic form and its famous Spin Dash. In the following year, a CD version launched Amy Rose and Metal Sonic, the famous superhero girl friend and counterpart respectively. This installment for the first time, had the Blue Blur time travelling to save the world.
1994 was the year when Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and its sequel Sonic & Knuckles were released. While the Blue Blur and Tails battled Dr. Robotnik in Sonic 3, its sequel featured Sonic fighting Knuckled the Echidna who had been swindled by Dr. Robotnik into fighting with our superhero. Indeed, Dr. Robotnik has remained the most popular enemy of Sonic through the years.
Minor games like Chaos, Triple Trouble, Sonic Blast and Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure followed the third installment of the game and it appeared as if the game series was facing its doom. But proving all its distracters wrong, Sonic Adventure was released in 1998 and became an instant hit with full voice over for Sonic and Dr. Robonik rechristened Dr. Eggman.
It took three years for Sonic Adventure 2 to hit the market. The Blue Blur made its foray in Nintendo handheld devices with Sonic Advances in 2001 which was followed by Sonic Advances in 2002. A third release of Advances 3 was released in 2004, followed by Sonic Rush in 2005. It was in 2006 that Sonic the Hedgehog found its way to underwater city of Soleanna on a rescue mission to save Princess Elise from Dr. Eggman while keeping a wide berth from Silver the Hedgehog.
But that is not all, 2005 had another installment in Game Boy with Sonic Rush Adventure. The Blue Blur superhero has also been made into a number of television series four of which has been released in United States. This move establishes sonic in other media besides the video game console. For years, Sega has been struggling with ways in which to promote, or make their Blue Blur Mascot bigger. Their efforts have taken them to the development of Comic books, online and console games, television series, and even a featured movie released in Japan. It is therefore very likely that the unlikely superhero will arrive to movie theatres in America within a very short period of time.
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