Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Japaneseソニック·ザ·ヘッジ ホッグ, Sonikku za hejjihoggu to German "Sonic the Hedgehog" ) is one of the most famous video game characters and mascot of the game manufacturer Sega. The figure was developed in 1991. Subsequent parts of the series were also developed by the Sonic Team named after him.
History
Sonic the Hedgehog replaced Alex Kidd, who was Sega's mascot until 1990. The fast hedgehog should (then) adjust the speed of Sega's new console Mega Drive to the test. Naoto Oshima designed the character while Yuji Naka was the main programmer for the corresponding game. Later, Yuji Naka head of Sonic Team. Originally Mr. Needlemouse was provided as the name of the new character, but this was rejected in favor of the shorter and catchy name Sonic. For over a decade, Sega's Sonic provided a head-to -head with Nintendo's mascot Mario.
Description
Sonic is a blue hedgehog who has the ability to run with the speed of sound, hence its name (english sonic, sound '). He can also curl up and thereby destroying objects, and enemy characters. Sonic is also a non-swimmer and therefore avoids deeper waters. In Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games so he wears a life jacket. Sonic is one meter tall and weighs 35 kg.
Sonic's first name in the second produced by Archie Comics and published only in the United States comic book series is Maurice. In addition, Sonic is there not his real name, but just a nickname, his real first name is never mentioned first. Later, he leaves his name officially change but also there in Sonic.
Sonic's age is in most continuities 15 years in the Archie comics, he is but 17 years old in the course of the story. Also in the series Sonic the Hedgehog, he has twice and once in Sonic Underground birthday, but it is not known how many years he will be there in each age. Also in Sonic Generations celebrates Sonic birthday, but it is not clear whether it is actually his 16th birthday. In the series, Sonic Underground Sonic's birthday is March 4, in the Archie comics, however, of the 162 day of the year, so the 10th or 11th of June. Sonic's date of origin is June 23, as this is the date on which his first game was released.
Sonic has set itself the goal of the insane Doctor Eggman prevent them from conquering the world with the help of his machines. But his greatest passion are the race and the speed itself
Skills and super-shapes
With the help of the seven Chaos Emeralds - Sonic can transform into Super Sonic. In the U.S. comics he can instead use seven Super Emeralds, such as in the adaptation of the comics of Sonic Adventure in other circumstances.
As Super Sonic Sonic's spines are up and its blue color is replaced with a golden. In Sonic 3 & Knuckles is also changed his eye color from green to dark red. Super Sonic is invulnerable, faster than flying in its normal state, and partly also in the situation. However, Super Sonic consumes every second of a ring, and if he has no rings, he transforms back into Sonic. Furthermore, Sonic transform other characters in their super forms, provided they have one. This happened in Sonic Adventure 2 with Shadow, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles Heroes with, as well as in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) with Shadow and Silver.
In Sonic 3 & Knuckles, he could also use the power of the Super Emeralds to become Hyper Sonic. Hypersonic is the same as Super Sonic. Instead of the golden coloring but he has a rotating color scheme, which seems to change between the colors of the Super Emeralds in this form. He is also able to perform another jump in any direction in the air, while a flash of light, the screen brightens short and all robots on the screen, except the bosses destroyed. In the Fleetway comics, the transformation into Super Sonic has been described as a kind of intoxication in which Sonic has a great destruction and can not control.
In Sonic and the Secret Rings Sonic is also able to use the power of the seven emerging in the game world rings. Sonics other skills include, in addition to the race at the speed of sound, among other things since the very first game of the spin attack (spin attack) and the vortex jump ( Spin Jump). 1992 was added in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the Spin Dash ( Spin Dash ), the Insta- Shield of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994 ) was not adopted permanently. With the 3D era, new techniques such as the Verfolgunsangriff ( Homing Attack ), the speed of light came Sprint ( Light Speed Dash ) or Chaos Control to use. In Sonic Unleashed, he can transform into a werewolf or Werigel. He can fight, by extending mysteriously his arms.