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- Hey, guys. Newscaster Ned just telling you Sonic the Hedgehog is awesome.
- Sonic
- Concept and creation
- S1 needlemouse super
- Sketches of "Mr. Hedgehog", the character that would become Sonic the Hedgehog.
- While several people have been involved in the creation of Sonic, the artist Naoto Ohshima, programmer Yuji Naka, and designer Hirokazu Yasuhara are generally credited with the creation of the character.
- In April 1990, Sega requested a game that involved a mascot for their company.[27][28] They wanted a character to rival Nintendo's flagship mascot Mario; Sega president Hayao Nakayama in particular wanted a character as iconic as Mickey Mouse.[29] Sega had previously used Alex Kidd as their mascot, but because he was considered too similar to Mario, he was deemed unsatisfactory.[27] Several character designs were submitted by its AM8 research and development department. These included a wolf, a bulldog, a robot, and a warrior character. However, the team put emphasis on speed for the game, which came from Yuji Naka attempting to get through Super Mario Bros.' World 1-1 as fast as he could.[30] Due to this, Sega started to only consider fast creatures, such as kangaroos and squirrels, while scrapping designs not associated with fast animals.[27] One of these ideas involved a rabbit who could grab objects with prehensile ears. It showed potential, but was too complex for the Sega Mega Drive's hardware. Afterward, the team narrowed its search down to animals that could roll into a ball, based on the idea for an attack-based move, which led them to consider armadillos and hedgehogs.[29][31] The hedgehog character, which was proposed by Naoto Ohshima,[28] ultimately prevailed. After that, Ohshima went on vacation to New York, taking sketches with him. There, he went to Central Park, where he would ask locals for their opinions on them, which led to the hedgehog character being deemed the favorite.[32]
- The new character was originally named "Mister Hedgehog" (ミスターハリネズミ Misutā Harinezumi?). However, due to a mistranslation of Ohshima's notes by English-speaking fans, it was believed that Sonic's original development name was "Mister Needlemouse" until it was corrected by Yuji Naka in January 2021.[33] Wanting a name that could convey an image of speed, the team initially went for light speed-related terms, including "Raisupi", a shortening of the Japanese "raito supiido" (ライトスピード? lit. "Light speed"), and "LS", an acronym of "light speed". However, none of these nicknames were found good enough for the character. Then, a member of the crew came up with the idea of a name representing the speed of sound instead, leading the final name to become Sonic the Hedgehog,[34] which Ohshima stated was chosen because it represented speed.[35]
- During the design of his debut game, Sonic was originally colored teal,[28] though he was later given a light shade of blue, but that got changed to dark blue fur so he would stand out against certain backgrounds[36] and so that he would match the color of Sega's logo. According to Ohshima, Sonic's basic design was created by combining Felix the Cat's head with Mickey Mouse's body.[37] He was also designed so he could be easy for children to draw and look familiar, as well as to exhibit a "cool" attitude, representative of the United States at the time.[32] His shoes had buckles that drew inspiration from Michael Jackson's boots on the album cover for Bad and Santa Claus' red and white color scheme, whom Ohshima deemed the most "famous character in the world".[28] Meanwhile, his personality was inspired by then-future president of the United States Bill Clinton's "get it done" attitude, who Ohshima felt embodied a modern sensibility of wanting to get things done right away, righting wrongs as they presented themselves instead of letting them linger.[38][39][40] According to Yuji Naka, Sonic's color was also meant to symbolize peace, trust, and coolness, which are the attributes of his character. Sonic's spikes were emphasized to make him look sleeker, and he was given the ability to spin while jumping so that attacking and jumping could be controlled with a single button.[41] However, Sonic was created without the ability to swim because of a mistaken assumption by Naka that hedgehogs could not do so.[42]
- Early concepts gave Sonic fangs and put him in a band with a human girlfriend named Madonna.[43] However, Sega of America scrapped these ideas to keep his identity simple. They also expressed concerns that most Americans would not know what a hedgehog is and initially proposed a full-scale recreation of the character. Nevertheless, compromises with Sonic Team led to them making some simple design changes instead.[28] To further help sell the idea to Sega, Ohshima also pitched the concept framed by a fictional American fighter pilot that had earned the name "Hedgehog" due to his spiky hair, and had decorated his plane with images of Sonic. When this pilot retired, he married a children's book author, Mary Grannet, who wrote stories about the Sonic character, the first of which became the plot for the first Sonic game; Ohshima stated that this influence can be seen in the logo of the game, which features Sonic in a pilot's wing emblem.[32] When Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released, Sonic's proportions changed. The original 1:2 head to height ratio changed to 1:2.5.[44]
- Sonic 175
- American promotional artwork of Sonic, from Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit).
- At the time of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega of America had little to no exposure to the established Japanese material for the game.[45] This led to them developing a new canon through what is known as the Sonic Bible, a collection of internal documents detailing the supposed backstory of the game. Notably, these documents established things not seen in Japanese sources, such as Sonic's home planet being named "Mobius" and that Sonic befriended a kind scientist named "Dr. Ovi Kintobor" who became Dr. Robotnik following a laboratory accident. They also appeared to contain information that was never used later on; for example, the first draft described Sonic as an ordinary hedgehog living in Nebraska with his mother and five sisters. This draft also stated that his true name was Sonny Hedgehog. Some modifications to Sonic's design were done too; these included a different fur color, sharper eyes, a brow in between his eyes, and a mohawk-like hairstyle. However, these changes were slowly abandoned as time went on, and the Japanese canon began being adapted worldwide.
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- There is a possible risk of severe weather today. Wind, tornadoes and hail are possible. Look out for large hail.
- Today
- Mostly Cloudy
- 83°
- /62°
- 5%
- S 18 mph
- Mon 01 | Day
- 83°
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- Areas of patchy fog early. Mostly cloudy. High 83F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph.
- Humidity
- 77%
- UV Index
- 6 of 11
- Sunrise
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- Sunset
- 7:49 pm
- Mon 01 | Night
- 62°
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- Humidity
- 80%
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- 0 of 11
- Moonrise
- 2:11 am
- Last Quarter
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- Tue 02
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- /47°
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- Wed 03
- Sunny
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- Sunny
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- WSW 6 mph
- Fri 05
- Mostly Sunny
- 81°
- /56°
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- S 12 mph
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- Cloudy
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- /64°
- 8%
- SSE 17 mph
- Sun 07
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- 59%
- SSE 10 mph
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- SE 13 mph
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- SSE 15 mph
- Wed 10
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- /58°
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- W 10 mph
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- AM Showers
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- /56°
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- N 10 mph
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- Partly Cloudy
- 78°
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- ESE 9 mph
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- AM Showers
- 81°
- /61°
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- SE 9 mph
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- Well technically all I have to do is the news and the weather so that's all for now, fuck you.
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