Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is the star of many games made by, andlongtime mascot of, SEGA, a producer of video game software, and onetime major competitor with Nintendo in the video game console wars of the 1990's.

Sonic was often viewed as the counterpart to Mario, each representing their respective rival company in the video game market. After SEGA dropped out of producing console and handheld hardware, they turned their focus to creating games tobe played on other companies' gaming systems. Because of this, Sonic remains a popular and iconic character in the video game arena, although he has now ironically mostly become a mainstay on the video game systems manufactured by SEGA's former rival, Nintendo.

Because of his new position as a freelancer, with connections to Nintendo, Sonic has finally made his long-awaited first appearance alongside Mario, as well as co-stars of both, in the Wii game, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games. He was also recently confirmed as a character in the upcoming game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, giving players the chance to finally have the two icons really duke it out, alongside the larger group of classic Nintendo-owned characters, as well as Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series, the only other third-party character announced as playable in the game, as of November 25th, 2007.

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