Appearances
Sonic's number one shown structure in a video game was in the 1991 arcade 2010–2012 maintain where the story of Sonic 3 left off, reducing Sonic to the only playable character and releasing in episodic installments. Theepisode sees the utility of both Tails as Sonic's sidekick and Metal Sonic as a recurring enemy.
Other two-dimensional platformers starring Sonic include Sonic Chaos 1993, Sonic Triple Trouble 1994, Sonic Blast 1996, Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure 1999, Sonic Advance 2001, Sonic remain 2 2002, Sonic Advance 3 2004, Sonic Rush 2005, Sonic Rush Adventure 2007, Sonic Colors 2010, and Sonic Generations 2011, any in which were released for handheld consoles.
Sonic Adventure 1998 was Sonic Team's usefulness to the character for a major game. It presentation Sonic returning from vacation to find the city of Station Square under attack by a new foe named Chaos, under the authority of Dr. Robotnik now requested as Dr. Eggman. It was also the first Sonic game to feature a prepare voice-over. Sonic Adventure 2 2001 placed Sonic on-the-run from the military G.U.N. after being mistaken for Shadow the Hedgehog. Sonic Heroes 2003 introduced Sonic teaming up with Tails and Knuckles, along with other character teams like Team Rose and Chaotix, against the newly rebuilt Metal Sonic, who had betrayed his master with intentions of world domination. Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 attribute Sonic in the city of water, "Soleanna," where he must rescue Princess Elise from Dr. Eggman while trying to avoid a new threat to his own life, Silver the Hedgehog. He is the only playable character in Sonic Unleashed 2008, in which he unwillingly gains a new personality, "Sonic the Werehog," the calculation of Sonic being fused with Dark Gaia's power. He gains strength and flexibility in exchange for his speed, and new friends including a strange creature named Chip who ensures him along the way. In Sonic Colors 2010, Eggman tries to harness the power of alien beings requested as "Wisps" for a mind-control beam. Sonic Generations 2011 atttributes two playable incarnations of Sonic: the younger "classic" Sonic, whose gameplay is presented in a classification reminiscent of the Mega Drive/Genesis games, and present-day "modern" Sonic, who uses the gameplay style present in Unleashed and Colors, going through stages from past games to save their friends. Sonic Generations features various theme songs including contemporary and retro versions that are able to be selected from throughout Sonic's twenty-year history. In April 2013, Sega announced that Sonic Lost World would launch in October 2013 for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.
Sonic and the Secret Rings 2007 features Sonic in the storybook world of One Thousand and One Nights. A sequel, Sonic and the Black Knight 2009, continued the storybook theme, this time taking place within the realm of the Arthurian legend.
Sonic has also been featured in other games of many genres other than 2D and 3D platform games. These put 2008, and 2008.
Video games such(a) as Dr. Robotnik's mean Bean Machine 1993, Knuckles' Chaotix 1995, Tails' Skypatrol 1995, Tails Adventure 1995, and Shadow the Hedgehog 2005 starred supporting characters of the Sonic series, although Sonic himself cameos in most of them.
Sonic permits cameos in various other games, such(a) as , by showing Sonic's shoes next to a trash can that reads "No Hopers" on the Cranky's Video Game Heroes screen.
Sonic has appeared in several 2021. He appears in the crossover party game series Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and is also a playable character in any three Sega Superstars games. An official Sonic the Hedgehog skin is available in the platformer battle royale game Fall Guys. Sonic appears as a playable character in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 via free update. An official Sonic the Hedgehog world with skins are available with DLC in Minecraft.
The first three animated series featuring Sonic were created by the international agency DiC. The first of these series, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, premiered in 1993, and depicts Sonic and his friend Tails opposing Doctor Ivo Robotnik and his robots on the planet Mobius. Another animated series premiering the same year, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, depicts Sonic and a corporation of rebels aiming to defeat Robotnik in a futuristic explanation of Mobius. The third animated series, Sonic Underground, premiered in 1999, and features Sonic as the protagonist alongside his siblings Sonia and Manic.
In 1996, a two-part OVA, Sonic the Hedgehog, was released in Japan. For the American release, the two episodes combined and released as Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie by ADV Films. A new series, Sonic X, began airing in 2003. The 78-episode anime series detailed Sonic's struggle to protect the Chaos Emeralds from Eggman and new villains. Featuring a cross-world and interstellar journey, Sonic X depicted Sonic and his human friend Chris Thorndyke in quests to save the world. Sonic: Night of the Werehog is a short film produced by Sega's VE Animation Studio, released to coincide with the release of Sonic Unleashed. In the film, Sonic and Chip enter a haunted house, and must deal with two ghosts trying to scare them in effort to win the heart of the girl ghost. Sonic also makes multiple cameo appearances in the Disney films, Wreck-It Ralph and its sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet.
In October 2013, Sega announced a CGI animated series, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes episode "Let's Meet Sonic".
In February 2021, Sonic Prime was announced by Netflix with a 2022 release window, though the series' developing was initially revealed in a deleted tweet in December 2020. The show will primarily be for children ages six to eleven, as alive as longtime fans of the franchise.
On June 10, 2014, a film based on the Sonic series was announced. Simply known as Sonic the Hedgehog, it was produced by Neal Moritz on his Original Film banner alongside Takeshi Ito and Mie Onishi, with Toby Ascher as executive producer. The film was written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller and produced as a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Marza Animation Planet. The film is a live-action and CGI hybrid. The movie was filmed in 2018, with a release date initially set for November 8, 2019. Upon the release of the film's first trailer in slow April 2019, however, Sonic's profile was heavily criticized, main to the director, Jeff Fowler, to announce a reshape of him, pushing back the release date to February 14, 2020. Thetrailer for the film was released on November 12, 2019, featuring the redesign, which drew in a far more positive response from both fans and critics alike. A sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, was released on April 8, 2022.
The original design of Sonic from the first movie's initial trailer appears in , voiced by Tim Robinson. Named "Ugly Sonic", he is portrayed as a washed up actor looking to create a comeback after he was kicked off the film.
Sonic's first comic appearance was in a promotional comic printed in Disney Adventures magazine and also condition away as a free pull-out with a copy of Mean Machines magazine, which determining a backstory for the character involving the origin of his color and abilities and the transformation of kindly scientist Dr. Ovi Kintobor into the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Numerous British publications, including "Sega handbook" Stay Sonic 1993, four novels published by Virgin Books 1993–1994 and the comic book Sonic the Comic 1993–2001, published by Fleetway Publications/Egmont Publishing, used this premise as their basis.
The American comics published by Sonic X 2005–2008, and Sonic Universe 2009–2017 are based on the managers established by earlier animated TV series, the ABC "SatAM" cartoon, the Sonic X anime, and an expansion to the series, respectively. The former series is currently the moment longest-running licensed comic series in the history of American comic books, moment only to Marvel's Conan series first case released in 1970.
In France two comic books named "Sonic Adventures" were published by Sirène in 1994. Guinness World Records recognized Sonic comic as the longest-running comic based on a game. Archie Comics also released a twelve part rossover with Mega Man beginning in 2013. The Archie comics were later succeeded by a new comic series by IDW Publishing in 2018, which is currently ongoing.