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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.
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First release | Sonic the Hedgehog June 23, 1991 |
Latest release | Sonic Superstars October 17, 2023 |
Spin-offs | Sonic Boom |
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 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]
Game | Metacritic |
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Sonic the Hedgehog | (X360) 77[3] (GBA) 33[4] |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | (X360) 82[5] (iOS) 60[6] |
Sonic CD | (iOS) 93[7] (X360) 82[8] (PS3) 80[9] |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | – |
Sonic & Knuckles | (X360) 69[10] |
Sonic 3D Blast | – |
Sonic Adventure | (GC) 57[11] (PS3) 50[12] (X360) 48[13] |
Sonic Adventure 2 | (DC) 89[14] (GC) 73[15] (PS3) 65[16] (X360) 60[17] |
Sonic Advance | (GBA) 87[18] |
Sonic Advance 2 | (GBA) 83[19] |
Sonic Heroes | (Xbox) 73[20] (GC) 72[21] (PS2) 64[22] (PC) 66[23] |
Sonic Advance 3 | (GBA) 79[24] |
Sonic Rush | (NDS) 82[25] |
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) | (X360) 46[26] (PS3) 43[27] |
Sonic Rush Adventure | (NDS) 78[28] |
Sonic Unleashed | (PS2) 66[29] (Wii) 66[30] (X360) 60[31] (PS3) 54[32] |
Sonic 4: Episode 1 | (Wii) 81[33] (PS3) 74[34] (X360) 72[35] (iOS) 70[36] |
Sonic Colors | (NDS) 79[37] (Wii) 78[38] |
Sonic Generations | (X360) 77[39] (PC) 77[40] (PS3) 76[41] (3DS) 66[42] |
Sonic 4: Episode 2 | (iOS) 66[43] (PS3) 63[44] (X360) 61[45] (PC) 54[46] |
Sonic Lost World | (Wii U) 63[47] (3DS) 59[48] |
Sonic Mania | (PS4) 86[49] (NS) 86[50] (PC) 84[51] (XONE) 83[52] |
Sonic Forces | (XONE) 62/100[53] (PC) 58/100[54] (PS4) 58/100[55] (NS) 57/100[56] |
Year | Game | Platform(s) | Sales |
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1991 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Mega Drive / Genesis | 15 million[57] |
1992 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | 6 million[58][59] | |
1993 | Sonic Spinball and Sonic the Hedgehog CD | 1 million in US[60] | |
1994 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles | 4 million[61] (Sonic 3: 1.02 million in US[62] Sonic & Knuckles: 1.24 million in US)[62] | |
1995 | Knuckles' Chaotix | Sega 32X | |
1998 | Sonic Adventure | Dreamcast | 2.5 million[63] |
2001 | Sonic Adventure 2 / Battle | GameCube | 1.7322 million[n 1] |
Sonic Advance | Game Boy Advance | 1.515 million[n 2] | |
2003 | Sonic Mega Collection | GameCube | 1.453 million[n 3] |
Sonic Heroes | PlayStation 2/Xbox/GameCube | 3.41 million[67][68][69] | |
Sonic Mega Collection Plus | PlayStation 2/Xbox | 2.19 million[70][71] | |
2005 | Shadow the Hedgehog | PlayStation 2/GameCube/Xbox | 2.06 million[69][72] |
2006 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Mobile | 8 million in US & EU[73] |
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | 870,000[74] | |
2008 | Sonic Unleashed | PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | 2.45 million[75] |
2010 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows | 1.07 million[76] |
Sonic Colors | Wii, Nintendo DS | 2.18 million[77][78] | |
2011 | Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing | iOS | 16.7 million[79] |
Sonic Generations | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS | 1.85 million[80] | |
2012 | Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS | 1.36 million[81] |
Sonic Jump | iOS | 8.8 million[79] | |
2013 | Sonic Lost World | Wii U, Nintendo 3DS | 710,000[82] |
2014 | Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Shattered Crystal | 620,000[83] | |
2016 | Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice | Nintendo 3DS | |
2018 | Sonic Mania | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows | 1 million[79] |
2022 | Sonic Frontiers | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | |
Mario & Sonic series | 22.78 million[n 4] | ||
2007 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Wii, Nintendo DS | 11.31 million[89][90] |
2009 | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | 6.53 million[76][91] | |
2011 | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | Wii, Nintendo 3DS | 3.28 million[79] |
2013 | Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games | Wii U | 65,377 in Japan[n 4] |
2016 | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | Nintendo 3DS, Wii U | 430,033 in Japan[n 4] |
Series total | 123.32 million[n 5] |
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