1. The Anti-Piracy Message
Apparently, the makers of Sonic felt very strongly against the piracy of their games (as they should) but these guys took it to a whole new level with the message "fun is infinite, Sonic enterprises" appearing accompanied by a picture of Sonic that will bore into your soul and some equally disturbing tunes to go with it.2. Sonic's Comic Career Is Seriously Underrated
Sonic's Archie Comic series is still the longest running comic book tie-in having been running since May 1993 with 259 issues to date. The comic series was recognised in 2008 by Guinness World Records.
3. Sonic Was Nearly Never Sonic
Instead of the loveable rogue we know today, Sonic was almost "Feel the Rabbit", a star-like creature that utilised its ears to do most of the legwork we see today. This idea was thankfully scrapped and later used as inspiration for Ristar.
4. Michael Jackson's Involvement
It's not been confirmed by Sega, but Sonic The Hedgehog 3's soundtrack may have been composed by Michael Jackson explaining the similarities seen in the game and in Jackson's music. Apparently Michael Jackson is not credited in the game because he wasn't happy with the way it turned out but Brad Buxer (Jackson's musical director) has confirmed the rumours.
5. Sonic's Original Name
Sonic's original name was Mr Needlemouse when he was but an original concept. "Project Needlemouse" was then used as the official codename for Sonic The Hedgehog 4.
6. Hidden Playable Characters in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Wii
Hackers have found several characters such as Birdo, DK, Silver and Jet that are playable throughout certain stages of the games. Some of the characters are missing features due to being unfinished in the game's development but there are a whole host of characters to be used.
7. He's Pretty Damn Popular
In a poll taken in 2008, Sonic was voted the most popular video game of all time in the UK with 24% of the votes - a somewhat surprising 3% more than Mario.
8. ... But Not For Long
In 2011, Guinness World Records placed Mario at the top of their popularity leaderboards, with Sonic falling at 10th place.
9. Fangs
Sonic was originally designed with fangs that were removed to soften the character's appearance for the US market, however these can still be seen if he opens his mouth.
10. Alex Kidd
Alex Kidd was Sega's mascot before Sonic was on the scene but he was demoted after Sega decided to seriously compete with Nintendo.
11. Doomed To Fail?
Sega of America originally considered Sonic as a risk and thought it was doomed to fail. This was because they thought that Americans wouldn't know what a hedgehog was.
12. Recent Highest Score
On the 17th February 2014, Matthew Felix scored 1309290 on Sonic the Hedgehog - the highest score ever recorded.
13. Swimming Strife
One of Sonic's biggest weakness is his inability to swim, but this flaw was based on a mistake made by Yuji Naka who assumed that hedgehogs couldn't swim. It's kind of amended though because hedgehogs can swim they just can't get out of water so I can see where he's coming from...
14. Suicidal Sonic
In Sonic CD, if Sonic is left idle for 3 minutes he will jump into oblivion and commit suicide - bit extreme.
15. Yuji Naka's Birthday
To unlock the level select screen in the Sonic 2 screen test, the numbers that must be entered are 19, 65, 09 and 17. So it's no coincedence that Yuji Naka's birthday is 17th September 1965.
16. Macy's
Sonic was the first video game character to feature as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1993, the only other video game character to be featured was Pikachu 8 years later. Sonic's balloon then reappeared in the 2011 parade to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary and then again in 2013.
17. Cameos
Sonic has had cameos in various other games including The Simpsons Game, Tom and Jerry, The Incredible Hulk and Ultimate Soccer.
18. Nintendo Rage
Nintendo took a swipe at Sonic by including an unmistakeable pair of red shoes in one of its Donkey Kong Country 2 screens displaying video game heroes and placing a sign next to them suggesting that Sonic was a 'No Hoper' in the competition.
19. Object Interaction
The game was originally based around object interaction in so much as Sonic would use items around him to defeat enemies - throwing and dodging attacks using what was available to him in the game. However, this was changed due to the fact that it slowed gameplay too much for a character based around his speed.
20. Fresh Debut
Sonic made his debut as an air freshener in the 1991 arcade game Rad Mobile before his iconic video game series.
21. Birthday Confusion
Somewhat ironic is the confusion created by the Sonic comics over Sonic's actual birthday. It is assumed that his birthday is 23rd June 1991 (the reason this whole post exists in case you missed that) but the comics have cited Christmas Day and Boxing Day as Sonic's actual birthday - intriguing...
22. He Has No Neck
You can't unsee it - and you will always be haunted by it just as I have for an unreasonable amount of years but there's no escaping it, Sonic The Hedgehog has no neck.
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23. He's Made His Way Into Medicine
One of the three signalling pathway proteins in mammals has been labelled Sonic Hedgehog Homolog as a nod to the iconic game series and even better, the potential inhibitor to this protein is called the Robotnikinin.
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