

The most notable of these, and the one that puts it on this list over the original Sonic the Hedgehog, is the spin dash move. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 starts out similar to the original game, but it features a number of improvements. In total more than 150 million units have been sold, making Sonic one of the best selling video game franchises of all time.Sonic the Hedgehog's sophomore outing first appeared on the Sega Genesis in 1992, but 30 years later, it still holds up as one of the character's best games. He has, however, appeared in games of all genres, including puzzle, racing and even RPGs, for a wide variety of consoles and computers from 1991 to the present day.

Sonic games are typically action platformers, initally 2D, but moving into the third dimension as technology progressed through the second half of the 1990s. Sonic's speed and quick wits usually gets the better of Eggman, and he is often joined by friends such as Miles "Tails" Prower, Amy Rose and Knuckles the Echidna, among others. The world of Sonic typically sees the titular blue hedgehog attempting to thwart the villainous Doctor Eggman and his evil schemes, typically ranging from converting the local populace into robots, or to conquer the world through some diabolical means. In a way, this was done to compete aganst Nintendo's Super Mario series As usual, the games start easy and get harder as the player goes along the way.

Games in the Sonic series were made to be cool, and be played and enjoyed by video game players of all ages, though in some games there are darker and more mature tones. The series began with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive in 1991, whose success led to over fifty further video games featuring Sonic and his friends in the decades which followed.

The Sonic the Hedgehog series primarily consists of video games owned and published by Sega, starring its corporate mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Mega Drive.
