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Sonic Turns 20 Today

Posted on Thursday, June 23 @ 13:00:48 Eastern by Josh_Laddin

Today marks a milestone anniversary for the blue blur, exactly 20 years after the original Sonic The Hedgehog debuted on the Sega Genesis to run right up to and past the Super NES [NSFW if your boss has a stick up their ass]. While Sega may have faded out of the hardware market, Sonic himself has never looked back and is still going strong (except when he turns into that damned Werehog). At 20 years, Sonic has lived about 6 - 7 times longer than the average hedgehog's lifespan (it's true, I googled it).

Sega's already been celebrating for a while, most notably with their Sonic Boom party during E3 where the majority of GR got royally wasted and generally lowered the respectability of the whole event just by being there. Later this year Sega is releasing Sonic Generations, the iconic hedgehog's new game that bridges the gap between old, speedy Sonic and new Sonic (who is more likely on speed). Sega's made the Sonic Generations demo available on Xbox Live and PSN for a mere 20 days, so if you want to check it out download it now!

Share your birthday wishes and fond or not-so-fond memories below!

Related Games: Sonic Generations, Sonic the Hedgehog

Tags: sonic, sega

Comments

De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 2:09 pm
He's aged...horribly.

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sliverstorm
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 4:26 pm
I nominate this for The People Speak.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Done, that was easy.

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Ha ha. That's my first.

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KevinS
Joined: Dec 2008

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 8:47 pm
I liked him better before the drugs made him all skinny.

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Diabolus
Joined: Nov 2008

Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 at 9:55 pm
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Nintendo needs to purchase the rights to Sonic. Then, and only then, will we see a GOOD Sonic game. Sega has systematically destroyed all of the series that brought them glory in the past. Sonic, Shinobi, Golden Axe, the list goes on.

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warmaster670
Joined: Jun 2007

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 6:25 am
What makes you so sure Nintendo would fair any better? personally I don't feel like playing Sonic Fit.

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Diabolus
Joined: Nov 2008

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 6:53 am
Because they can still make great Mario games. Mario is even older than Sonic, but Galaxy 1 and 2 were both great games.

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Kese_Arcade
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 8:03 am
At least Sega tried to do something different with Sonic, Nintendo rehashes the same thing every year and the unimaginative fanboys would have you believe it was the 2nd coming of Christ. The last decent Mario games I played were Sunshine and Super Paper.

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Diabolus
Joined: Nov 2008

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 8:28 am
I'm not a long time Nintendo person, so I'm not as burned out on those games as most other people are. I can undertand why people would be getting tired of them though.

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Kese_Arcade
Joined: May 2011

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 8:57 am
I'm not tired at all Diabolus I can say the Mario games have generally held up better than Sonic games on average but I think a lot of people just like to complain and jump on the hate wagon about Sonic cause some general mistakes have been made. Sonic 2006 wasn't finished (and the bugs among other stuff showed that panifully), Shadow the Hedgehog tried to be too extreme and it didn't have a targeting system and having to get 10 endings to see the end was horrible. The Werehog levels while to me sort of interesting would have served Sonic Unleashed much better if they weren't there. I'm just saying all the 3D games weren't these broken, unplayable messes a lot of "internet critics" would have you believe. I loved Sonic Colors to death.

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OniAkuma2126
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
" most notably with their Sonic Boom party during E3 where the majority of GR got royally wasted..."

I must have this job.... You guys must have a blast working (( most of the time lol ))

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