Happy Birthday Sonic! Fun Facts You Might Not Know About Your Favorite Hedgehog | Geek and Sundry

In summer 1991, SEGA was about to announce their big answer to Nintendo’s Mario franchise. They plotted and pitched ideas, trying to find that golden answer to the big question on most gamers' minds: how will SEGA ever match Nintendo? Up until that point, Nintendo reigned supreme with their popular plumber and his brother. SEGA’S best response was Alex Kidd, the monkey-like little boy from Alex Kidd in Miracle World. SEGA was desperate for a savior. It was from this drive, this desire to bring children and gamers across the globe a character and story that would be entertaining, exciting, and lovable that they finally created a certain blue hedgehog with a knack for running fast. Sonic. That’s right, 24 years ago today onJune 23rd, 1991, the world met that familiar blue spike-ball for the first time. Finally, SEGA had the answer, and his adventures would span several video games, comic books, and TV shows. Toy stores across the world were filled with stuffed hedgehogs, alongside those