Sunday, October 23, 2011

Fact of the Day: President Dr. Robotnik

Sonic's main villian has an interesting origin. While Sega was looking for a new mascot someone had suggest a Theodore Roosevelt-like character in pajamas. Even though Sonic became the new mascot, the idea carried on. Now I can't unsee it. 

Things I Like: Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg

It's been quite some time since I rented this game, but I had a pretty good time. It was really Sonic Team's only non-Sonic game in awhile. It was also released on Windows and Mac in Europe. It was kinda like the Sonic Adventure games, but a lot slower in pace, and an emphasis on taking care your egg than running full speed. The egg thing got a little hard to manage after awhile, but it's a

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Fact of the Day: Sonic The Rabbit?

While Sonic became Sega's much needed answer to Mario, the search for a mascot was a hard one. As they were thinking up animals to make into a game, Sonic was almost a rabbit. That might be a little hard to imagine, but the idea carried more than a decade later with the character Cream the Rabbit.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Fact of the Day: Sonic Hated Sega Saturn

Do you remember Sonic X-treme? Well of course you don't because it never came out. That's right, it was suppose to be Sega's big Sonic game for their new console. It started out as a 2.5D Sonic platformer. But it eventually went to a more free-3D style like the Sonic Adventure games. After failed development issues, Sega canned X-treme. Thus making Sonic's only appearance on the system in just