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Line 1: − + − Since its first game "Sonic the Hedgehog" was released in 1991, the series has differentiated itself from other platforming games with the high speeds at which Sonic and other characters navigate themselves through environments. Doing so is aided and hindered by loop-de-loops, slopes, half-pipes, and other features that utilize a character's speed and momentum. Jumping, spinning, and other techniques are also utilized to make it to the end of an area. Characters also gather golden rings, which serve as protection against enemies and other threats. When Sonic or another playable character is harmed, he or she usually loses all the rings they have accumulated so far, although it may be possible to recover some of them. Take damage without any rings, however, and the player will lose one life, or attempt to complete the game. Dr. Eggman's harmful robotic enemies can typically be destroyed by jumping or spinning into them. In earlier games, Dr. Eggman is usually confronted in one of his dangerous contraptions at the end of differently-themed areas, almost always taking multiple attacks to repel. Another prominent element are the Chaos Emeralds, powerful objects that typically be collected to access additional game features or to advance a game's story.+ − + + + + + + + + + + +
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The '''Sonic the Hedgehog series''' of [[video games]] are a collection of platforming games (a variety of video game in which a player-controlled character navigates through environments, typically while avoiding or destroying harmful enemies and obstacles)created and published by [[SEGA]]. The games center on the anthropomorphic blue [[hedgehog]], Sonic, who must always strive to thwart the plans of the [[evil]] Dr. Eggman, a [[human]] mad scientist who desires to take over Sonic's world with his robotic creations. In his adventures, Sonic is assisted by numerous friends, including Miles "Tails" Prower, a young [[fox]] who can fly by spinning his two tails like [[helicopter]] blades, Knuckles the Echidna, the guardian of some of the powerful artifacts of Sonic's world, and Amy Rose, a female hedgehog smitten by the titular hero. Other characters usually act as adversaries to Sonic, including Metal Sonic, a robot built by Dr. Eggman that matches Sonic's speed, and Shadow the Hedgehog, a character who can utilize powerful techniques such as "Chaos Control".
The '''Sonic the Hedgehog series''' is a video game franchise published by [[SEGA]]. The games center on the anthropomorphic blue [[hedgehog]], Sonic, who must thwart the plans of the [[evil]] Dr. Eggman, a [[human]] mad scientist who desires to take over Sonic's world with his robotic creations. In his adventures, Sonic is assisted by numerous friends, including Miles "Tails" Prower, a young [[fox]] who can fly by spinning his two tails like [[helicopter]] blades, Knuckles the Echidna, the guardian of some of the powerful artifacts of Sonic's world, and Amy Rose, a female hedgehog smitten by the titular hero. Other characters usually act as adversaries to Sonic, including Metal Sonic, a robot built by Dr. Eggman that matches Sonic's speed, and Shadow the Hedgehog, a character who can utilize powerful techniques such as "Chaos Control".
== Gameplay ==
Originally created to help SEGA challenge Nintendo's dominance of the video game market at the beginning of the 1990's, the series continues to this day and has created large amounts of Sonic the Hedgehog-related merchandise, including multiple [[comic-book]] series and animated television shows.
Most of the games in the Sonic franchise are platformers, a genre in which the aim is typically to navigate through obstacles to a goal. The series has differentiated itself from other platforming games with the high speeds at which Sonic and other characters move through their environments. Doing so is aided and hindered by loop-de-loops, slopes, half-pipes, and other features that utilize characters' speed and momentum. Jumping, spinning, and other techniques are also utilized.
Characters also gather golden rings, which serve as protection against enemies and other threats. When Sonic or another playable character is harmed, he or she usually loses all the rings they have accumulated so far, although it may be possible to recover some of them. Take damage without any rings, however, and the player will lose one life, or attempt to complete the game. Dr. Eggman's harmful robotic enemies can typically be destroyed by jumping or spinning into them. In earlier games, Dr. Eggman is usually confronted in one of his dangerous contraptions at the end of differently-themed areas, almost always taking multiple attacks to repel. Another prominent element are the Chaos Emeralds, powerful objects that must be collected to access additional game content or to advance a game's story.
== Popularity ==
Originally created to help SEGA challenge Nintendo's dominance of the video game market at the beginning of the 1990's, the series continues to this day and has created large amounts of Sonic the Hedgehog-related merchandise, including multiple [[comic-book]] series and animated television shows. Sonic the Hedgehog has also been featured as a balloon in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in 1993 and 2011<ref>http://blogs.sega.com/2011/11/07/see-sonic-in-the-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/</ref>, as well as being inducted into the video game "Walk of Fame" in [[San Francisco]] in 2005<ref>http://www.cnet.com.au/walk-of-game-mario-and-sonic-get-stars-240052700.htm</ref>.
Due to the series's enduring popularity, it has spun-off into numerous non-platforming games. These include racing games such as [[Sonic R]] and the [[role-playing game]] [[Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood]]. Characters from the series have also enjoyed numerous [[cameos]] in other video games and mediums, and have prominently featured in cross-overs with characters from the Super Mario Brothers and Banjo-Kazooie video game series.
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