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trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog,^[2] is a video game character and the protagonist of the eponymous video game series released by Sega, as well as in numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. The first game in the franchise was released on June 23, 1991, in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship character Mario (see 1991 in video gaming).^[3][4] Since then, Sonic has become one of the world's best-known video game characters, with his series having sold 50 million copies.^[5] In 2005, Sonic was one of the first game character inductees into the Walk of Game, alongside Mario and Link.^[6]

Artist Naoto Ōshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character,^[7] a blue 15-year-old anthropomorphic hedgehog, who has the ability to run faster than the speed of sound^[8] and the ability to curl up into a ball, primarily to attack enemies. This is a major part of the gameplay of the series.