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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 ]
As Sega's mascot and one of the key reasons for the company's success during the 16-bit era of video game consoles, Sonic is one of the most famous video game characters in the world. In 1993, Sonic became the first video game character to have a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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).
The character would later appear in Issue 269 of Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie Comics, in which he faced Sonic the Hedgehog in a fighting tournament inspired by the game Sonic the Fighters. [10] Segata Sanshiro also has an appearance in Rent A Hero No. 1 , a Japanese game released on both the Dreamcast and Xbox .
Sonic the Hedgehog [a] is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese developers Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega.The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist.
Along with Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog, Joe Musashi has long been one of Sega's flagship characters, acting as a mascot for a short time in the late 1980s when ninjas were popular in mainstream media. The series' games are a showcase of Sega's technical accomplishment, noted for their high quality of graphics, gameplay and music, as well ...
An add-on by the name of Sonic Origins Plus was released in 2023, which added all twelve Game Gear Sonic games: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Spinball, Sonic Blast, Sonic Labyrinth, Tails' Skypatrol, Tails Adventure, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.
Shadow is an anthropomorphic black hedgehog appearing in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series of platform games and its various spin-offs. He first appeared in the 2001 installment Sonic Adventure 2, [6] the final Sonic game released for a Sega video game console. [7] His roles in the games vary.