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A video game mascot is a mascot that is used by video game companies to promote both the company and their specific video game series and franchises. [1] Video game mascots are sometimes considered to be similar to those at sporting events , with larger-than-life animals, such as Pikachu or Crash Bandicoot . [ 1 ]
Sonic the Hedgehog has been Sega's mascot since the character's introduction in 1991 While Sega was seeking a flagship series to compete with Nintendo's Mario series along with a character to serve as a company mascot, Naoto Ohshima designed "a teal hedgehog with red shoes."
Sonic the Hedgehog [a] [1] is a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog and the main protagonist of the series. Developed as a replacement for their existing Alex Kidd mascot, as well as Sega's response to Mario, his first appearance was in the arcade game Rad Mobile as a cameo, before making his official debut in Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).
Later in 2010, Sega released Sonic Colors for the Wii and DS, which expanded on the well received aspects of Unleashed and introduced the Wisp power-ups. [145] For the series' 20th anniversary in 2011, Sega released Sonic Generations for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows; [146] [147] a separate version was developed by Dimps for the ...
Sega Corporation [a] [b] is a Japanese multinational video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo.It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Angry Birds, Phantasy Star, Puyo Puyo, Super Monkey Ball, Total War, Virtua Fighter, Megami Tensei, Sakura Wars, Persona, and Yakuza.
Fast forward two years, and we already have a sequel, “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” that ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Review: Knuckles and Tails Join the Sega Mascot in Rush-Job Sequel Skip to main ...
June 23 – Sega releases Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis which later becomes the pack-in game and defining title for the console. It introduces the eponymous character, who would go on to be Sega's mascot. Sega also releases a version of the game for the Master System and Game Gear.
Sega built their marketing campaign around their new mascot Sonic the Hedgehog, [5] pushing the Genesis as the "cooler" alternative to Nintendo's console [6] and inventing the term "Blast Processing" to suggest that the Genesis was capable of handling games with faster motion than the SNES. [7]