{"id":4460,"date":"2022-11-14T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/?p=4460"},"modified":"2022-11-16T13:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:56:30","slug":"game-of-the-week-sonic-the-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2022\/11\/14\/game-of-the-week-sonic-the-hedgehog\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of the Week: Sonic the Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4462 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/2022\/11\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/2022\/11\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1022\/2022\/11\/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>In the 1990s the SEGA Corporation had a problem, their rival company Nintendo had a popular mascot in Mario whose games were very popular and helped establish a strong brand. SEGA considered a lot of options when developing a competitor, but decided to focus on animals that could roll into a ball. Ultimately choosing a hedgehog and taking artistic inspiration from Felix the Cat, Micky Mouse, and even Michael Jackson\u2026 Sonic was born. Combine that character with gameplay focused on speed and a simple control scheme and SEGA had a huge hit, cementing the company a major competitor to Nintendo for the rest of the decade.<\/p>\n<p>The newest game in the series, <em>Sonic Frontiers, <\/em>was released last week, but why not take a spin through the one that started it all 30 years ago in the RLB library? As a bonus, if you&#8217;re interested in learning more about the SEGA and Nintendo rivalry check out the book <a href=\"https:\/\/ubalt.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/858354858\">Console Wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1990s the SEGA Corporation had a problem, their rival company Nintendo had a popular mascot in Mario whose games were very popular and helped establish a strong brand. SEGA considered a lot of options when developing a competitor, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2022\/11\/14\/game-of-the-week-sonic-the-hedgehog\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Game of the Week: Sonic the Hedgehog<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4460"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4468,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4460\/revisions\/4468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}