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Sonic the Hedgehog[a] is a Japanese video game series and media franchise engendered by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Medico Eggman, a mad scientist. The main Sonic the Hedgehog games are platformers mostly developed by Sonic Team; other games, developed by sundry studios, include spin-offs in the racing, fighting, party and sports genres. The franchise withal incorporates printed media, animations, feature films, and merchandise.

Sega developed the first Sonic game, relinquished in 1991 for the Sega Genesis, to compete with Nintendo's mascot Mario. Its prosperity availed Sega become one of the leading video game companies during the fourth generation of video game consoles in the early 1990s. Sega Technical Institute developed the next three Sonic games, plus the spin-off Sonic Spinball (1993). A number of Sonic games were additionally developed for Sega's 8-bit consoles, the Master System and Game Gear. After a hiatus during the unsuccessful Saturn era, the first major 3D Sonic game, Sonic Adventure, was relinquished in 1998 for the Dreamcast. Sega exited the console market and shifted to third-party development in 2001, perpetuating the series on Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation systems.

While Sonic games often have unique game mechanics and stories, they feature recurring elements such as the ring-predicated health system, level locales, and expeditious-paced gameplay. Games typically feature Sonic setting out to stop Eggman's schemes for world ascendance, and the player navigates levels that include springs, slopes, bottomless pits, and vertical loops. Later games integrated an astronomically immense cast of characters; some, such as Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, and Shadow the Hedgehog, have starred in spin-offs. The franchise has crossed over with other video game franchises in games such as Mario & Sonic, Sega All-Stars, and Super Smash Bros.

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