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Publisher(s) | Sega |
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First release | Sonic the Hedgehog June 23, 1991 |
Latest release | Sonic X Shadow Generations October 25, 2024 |
Spin-offs | Sonic Boom |
Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game series. It is published by Sega, with entries developed by Sega, Sonic Team, Traveller's Tales, Dimps, SIMS Co., Ltd., BioWare, Hardlight, Aspect, Sumo Digital, Gameloft, Gamefam Studios, and Arzest. The series debuted in 1991 with the video game, Sonic the Hedgehog , released for the Mega Drive video game console (named Sega Genesis in North America). In its earliest history, most Sonic the Hedgehog games had been platform games released for Sega video game consoles and handheld game consoles (handhelds), dating from the Sega Genesis to the Sega Dreamcast. However, some of the original games were ported into versions on newer third-party home consoles and developed by various companies. As of March 2011, the series has collectively sold 89 million copies worldwide across both the platform games and spin-offs. [1]
The most popular games in the franchise are platform games, although the series also includes other genres such as racing games, fighting games, action-adventure games, role-playing video games, and sports video games. Each game focuses on the titular protagonist Sonic the Hedgehog, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog. It also features a large cast of other characters such as Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog, and the Chao creatures.
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| Release years by system: 1991 – Mega Drive/Genesis [2] 2006 – Game Boy Advance, Wii Virtual Console [3] 2007 – iOS, Xbox Live Arcade [4] 2013 – Android, Nintendo 3DS [5] 2018 - Nintendo Switch [6] |
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| Release years by system: 1991 – Game Gear, Master System [7] 2008 – Wii Virtual Console [8] 2013 – 3DS Virtual Console [9] |
Original release dates: [10] | Release years by system: 1992 – Mega Drive/Genesis [10] 2007 – Wii Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade [11] 2010 – iOS [12] 2013 – Android [13] 2015 – Nintendo 3DS [14] 2020/2021 - Nintendo Switch [15] [16] |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 1992 – Game Gear, Master System [21] 2008 – Wii Virtual Console [22] 2013 – 3DS Virtual Console [23] |
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| Release years by system: 1993 – Mega-CD/Sega CD [24] 1995 – Windows [25] 2011 – PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, iOS [26] 2012 – Android [26] 2013 – Ouya [27] |
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| Release years by system: 1993 – Master System, Game Gear [28] 2009 – Wii Virtual Console [29] |
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| Release years by system: 1994 – Mega Drive/Genesis [30] 2007 – Wii Virtual Console [31] 2009 – Xbox Live Arcade [32] |
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Original release dates: [33] | Release years by system: 1994 – Mega Drive/Genesis [33] 2009 – Xbox Live Arcade, Wii Virtual Console [34] |
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| Release years by system: 1994 – Game Gear [35] 2012 – 3DS Virtual Console |
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| Release years by system: 1995 – 32X [36] |
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Original release dates: [38] | Release years by system: 1995 – Game Gear [38] 2013 – 3DS Virtual Console [39] |
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| Release years by system: 1996 – Game Gear [40] 1997 – Master System [41] 2012 – 3DS Virtual Console [42] |
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| Release years by system: 1999 – Neo Geo Pocket Color [43] |
Original release dates: [44] | Release years by system: 2001 – Game Boy Advance [44] |
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| Release years by system: 2004 – Game Boy Advance [46] |
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| Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS [47] |
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| Release years by system: 2007 – Nintendo DS [48] |
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| Release years by system: 2010 – iOS, PlayStation Network, WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade [49] 2011 – Windows Phone 2012 – Android, Windows 2013 – Ouya |
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| Release years by system: 2012 – Android, iOS, PlayStation Network, Windows, Xbox Live Arcade, 2013 – Ouya |
Original release dates: [52] | Release years by system: 2014 – Nintendo 3DS |
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| Release years by system: 2017 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2023 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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| Release years by system: 1996 – Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Saturn [56] 1997 – Windows [57] 2007 – Wii Virtual Console [58] |
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Original release dates: [60] | Release years by system: 1998 – Dreamcast [60] 2003 – GameCube, Windows [61] 2010 – Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network [62] 2012 – Onlive |
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| Release years by system: 2001 – Dreamcast, GameCube [63] 2012 – Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, Windows [64] |
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| Release years by system: 2005 – GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox [67] |
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| Release years by system: 2006 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 [68] |
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| Release years by system: 2007 – Wii [69] |
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| Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 [70] 2009 – Mobile phone [71] |
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| Release years by system: 2009 – Wii [72] |
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| Release years by system: 2010 – Wii, Nintendo DS [73] 2021 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows [74] |
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| Release years by system: 2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Windows [75] 2024 – Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 |
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| Release years by system: 2013 – Wii U, Nintendo 3DS [77] 2015 – Windows [78] |
Original release dates: [79] | Release years by system: 2014 – Wii U |
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| Release years by system: 2017 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2022 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
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| Release years by system: 2023 – Apple Arcade (iOS, macOS, tvOS) |
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| Release years by system: 2024 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
Notes: Bundled alongside a remaster of Sonic Generations as Sonic X Shadow Generations [76] |
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| Release years by system: 1994 – Game Gear [83] |
Original release dates: [84] | Release years by system: 1995 – Game Gear [84] |
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Original release dates: [85] | Release years by system: 1997 – Sega Saturn [85] 1998 – Windows [86] |
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| Release years by system: 2006 – GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows [87] |
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Original release dates: [89] | Release years by system: 2007 – PlayStation Portable [89] |
Original release dates: [90] | Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 2, Wii [90] |
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Original release dates: [91] | Release years by system: 2010 – Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360, Mobile phone [91] |
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| Release years by system: 2010 – Xbox 360 [92] |
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| Release years by system: 2012 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation Vita [93] 2013 – Windows, Nintendo 3DS [93] |
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| Release years by system: 2019 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows |
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Original release date(s): [95] TBA | Release years by system: TBA - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Windows |
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| Release years by system: 2007 – Wii [96] 2008 – Nintendo DS [97] |
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Original release dates: [98] June 2008 | Release years by system: 2008 – Mobile phone [98] |
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| Release years by system: 2009 – Wii, Nintendo DS [99] |
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| Release years by system: 2010 – iOS [100] |
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| Release years by system: 2011 – Wii 2012 – Nintendo 3DS [102] |
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| Release years by system: 2013 – Wii U [103] |
Original release dates: | Release years by system: 2016 – Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Arcade |
Original release date(s): [104] | Release years by system: 2019 – Nintendo Switch 2020 – Arcade |
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Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Original release dates: [107]
| Release years by system: 2020 – Android, iOS |
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Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car Original release dates:
| Release years by system: 1991 – Arcade |
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| Release years by system: 1993 – Arcade [110] |
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SegaSonic Cosmo Fighter Galaxy Patrol Original release dates: | Release years by system: 1993 – Arcade |
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SegaSonic Popcorn Shop Original release date: [114]
| Release years by system: 1993 – Arcade |
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SegaSonic Cotton Candy Scramble Original release dates: | Release years by system: 1993 - Arcade |
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Sonic Athletics Original release date(s): [116] [117]
| Release years by system: 2013 – Arcade |
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Original release dates: [118] | Release years by system: 1994 – Sega Pico [118] |
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| Release years by system: 1994 – Sega Pico [119] |
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| Release years by system: 1996 – Windows [120] |
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| Release years by system: 2007 – Leapster [121] |
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| Release years by system: 2008 – Didj [122] |
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Sonic Tennis Original release dates: [123]
| Release years by system: 2001 – Mobile phone [123] |
Sonic Golf Original release dates: [124]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [124] |
Sonic Fishing Original release dates: [125]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [125] |
Sonic Billiards Original release dates: [126]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [126] |
Good Friend Chao! Original release dates: [127]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [127] |
Sonic Bowling Original release dates: [128]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [128] |
Sonic Racing Shift Up Original release dates: [129]
| Release years by system: 2002 – Mobile phone [129] |
Sonic Racing Kart Original release dates: [130]
| Release years by system: 2003 – Mobile phone [130] |
Original release dates: [131] [132] | Release years by system: 2005 – Mobile phone [131] 2012 – Android, iOS [133] |
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Sonic Kart 3D X Original release dates: [134]
| Release years by system: 2005 – Mobile phone [134] [135] |
Sonic Speed DX Original release dates: [136]
| Release years by system: 2006 – Mobile phone [136] |
Sonic's Casino Poker Original release dates: [137]
| Release years by system: 2007 – Mobile phone [137] |
Sonic Jump 2 Original release dates: [138]
| Release years by system: 2008 – Mobile phone [138] |
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Sonic Eraser Original release date: [139] [140]
| Release years by system: 1991 – Mega Drive/Genesis [139] |
Notes: A falling block puzzle video game, it became available for download in Japan in 1991 and in Brazil in 1995 on Sega Meganet, a Japan-exclusive Sega Mega Drive add-on released in 1990 and later released in Brazil in 1995 that enabled players to download a select library of games via dial-up internet. Sonic the Hedgehog, controlled by the player, must arrange randomly selected falling clusters of shapes of the same variety to align on a grid in order to erase them. The falling shapes used in gameplay include a red tetrahedron, a pink cross, a green gemstone, an orange octahedron, a white gemstone, a yellow tetrahedron and a blue sphere. The general aim for all game-modes is to align two or more of identical shapes in any fashion as long as they lie adjacent to each other inside a 13x7 grid. When this happens, the shapes disappear, give the player a sum of points to add to their score, and subsequently make empty space on the grid for other shapes. The erasure of some shapes may cause other shapes on top of it to gravitate directly downwards in their column. If the fallen shapes also align with other shapes, it causes a chain reaction, giving the player more points. Inevitably, the grid will become filled with shapes, and when the shapes hit the top row of the grid, the game is over. The game also has two boxes labelled 'Next', which show the shape cluster being deployed after the one currently falling. The game also features multiple modes, those being a competitive two-player mode, a single-player mode against a computer, and a two-player cooperative mode. In the versus mode, players can attack each other like in Puyo Puyo . [140] In the two-player co-op mode, there are four game types; 'Round', 'Normal', 'Doubt' and 'Block'. [141] | |
Original release dates: [142] | Release years by system: 1993 – Mega Drive/Genesis [142] 1994 – Game Gear, Master System [143] 2007 – Wii Virtual Console [144] 2021 – Nintendo Switch [16] |
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| Release years by system: 2008 – Nintendo DS [154] |
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| Release years by system: 2014 – Android, iOS [155] |
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Sonic Forces: Speed Battle Original release date: [156]
| Release years by system: 2017 – Android, iOS |
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| Release years by system: 2022 – PC, Android, iOS, Xbox One |
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| Release years by system: 2023 – PC, macOS |
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| Release years by system: 2024 – Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows |
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Sonic Classics 3 in 1 Original release dates: [160]
| Release years by system: 1995 – Mega Drive/Genesis [160] |
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Sonic & Knuckles Collection Original release dates: [161] | Release years by system: 1997 – Windows [162] |
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Original release dates: [163] | Release years by system: 1997 – Sega Saturn [163] 1998 – Game.com [164] |
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| Release years by system: 2002 – GameCube [165] 2004 – PlayStation 2, Xbox [166] 2007 – Windows [167] |
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Original release date(s): [171] | Release years by system: 2009 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 |
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Sonic PC Collection Original release dates: [172]
| Release years by system: 2009 – Windows [172] |
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Sonic the Hedgehog Cancellation date: 1991 | Proposed system release: 1991 – Amiga |
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Sonic's Edusoft Cancellation date: 1991 | Proposed system release: 1991 – Master System |
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SegaSonic Bros. Cancellation date: [175] [176] 1992 | Proposed system release: 1992 – Arcade |
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Cancellation date: 1993 | Proposed system release: 1993 – Mega-CD/Sega CD |
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Cancellation date: 1994 | Proposed system release: 1994 – Mega Drive/Genesis |
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Cancellation date: 1997 | Proposed system release: 1997 – Sega Saturn |
Cancellation date: 2002 | Proposed system release: 2002 – Xbox |
Sonic DS Cancellation date: 2004 | Proposed system release: 2004 – Nintendo DS |
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