Sonic the Hedgehog - Virtual Console

Sonic the Hedgehog was originally released on the Sega Genesis on June 23, 1991. The game has seen several re-released versions, and one of those versions was for the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console. Sonic the Hedgehog was re-released for the Virtual Console service on November 19, 2006 at a price point of just 800 Wii Points, which is $8. The game received an ESRB rating of Everyone with no content descriptors listed for parents/gamers to be aware of. With Sonic having just had his 20th birthday this last week, how many hours Wii owners have reported playing Sonic the Hedgehog with over 4 years of game-play reported? Let's take a look!, says CoffeeWithGames in the introduction section.

SPOnG: The Summer of Sonic convention is set to return to London on the 25th June, to give Sonic the Hedgehog fanatics the perfect chance to celebrate the blue blur's 20th Anniversary - and it's already looking like the most popular year in the event's history.

The melodies of Sonics adventures have been ingrained into every gamers head for close to 20 years now. Sure, the sounds of the Green Hill Zone may have received everything from metal riffs to orchestrated melodies, but none have received as much collaborative effort as OCRemixs latest album, The Sound of Speed.

Andriasang: Sega sent out a press release just as the clocks turned 2011 announcing that it will be celebrating this year's 20th anniversaries for Sonic the Hedgehog and Puyo Puyo with a variety of projects.

Joystiq's Jc Fletcher lists the games coming out this week on WiiWare and DsiWare. It's sort of a Yuji Naka day on the Wii and DSi shops today, with Naka's old game series (Sonic the Hedgehog) receiving a new entry WiiWare, and his latest series (Ivy the Kiwi?) marching onto DSiWare. Screenshots included in the article.

The game-play data shown below is based on each Sonic game's information provided on the Wii's Nintendo Channel. Sonic 1's game-play data reflects 1,416 days of reporting. Sonic 2's game-play data reflects 1,212 days of reporting. Sonic 3's game-play data reflects 1,121 days of reporting., says CoffeewithGames. CwG covers the number of players reporting data, and sales information for the games. Before looking at the data, CwG says, So, how much have Wii owners been playing the 2D Sonic games? Let's take a look...

For many, making current gen games into 8-bit remakes might be fun, but for others its all about bringing classics into the modern era of gaming. Here is a look at five great retro games updated to please the fans.

The summers hottest gaming event has had its musical act announced and boy have they got it spot on this year. Legendary band Crush 40, responsible for some of Sonics iconic songs including I Am All Of Me, Escape From The City and What Im Made Of have been booked for Summer Of Sonic 10!

SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that they have launched a video contest to celebrate Sonic the Hedgehogs 19th anniversary. Two lucky grand prize winners (one from America, one from the UK) will each receive a trip for two to Tokyo to visit SEGA Japan and meet the Sonic development team.

SEGA Europe has been running a promotion in cooperation with Nintendo this festive season, and here at Electronic Theatre we thought we'd take this time to draw your attention to the fantastic selection of titles available at a reduced price, before it's too late. Right now on the Virtual Console service for Wii, ten SEGA Mega-Drive releases are available with a 40% price reduction.