See How Sonic Started as Sega's Answer to Mickey Mouse

One thing we need to own up to with all these video game icons coming up on 15, 20 and 25 year anniversaries is that we’re getting older, too. Just yesterday, Crecente was talking about all the trouble he has peeing lately. Poor guy. With that aging comes memory loss, so you might need a refresher on how Sega’s spiky blue mascot came to be. Or, maybe the young’uns amongst you need to learn it for the first time ever. This video in support [[link]] of Sonic Generations rounds up the folks who where the creators and decision makers behind Sonic’s debut and explains how the speedy icon came into the world. [[link]] Blast processing! https://kotaku.com/sonic-generations-the-kotaku-review-5857024 You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find [[link]] him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.