Episode 27: Sonic the Hedgehog Part 2
Indie and Retro
English - September 20, 2021 19:35 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Arts Visual Arts gaming indiegames retrogames videogames Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Part 2 of our Sonic podcast is about the marketing and legacy of his first game. Lots of good games are around, but very few had the cultural impact of this little blue hedgehog with attitude. If it wasn’t packaged specifically for the American market and showed people what the 90’s were all about, he may be more of an Alex Kidd today: just another platformer beaten by Mario. While the long-term hasn’t been completely kind to Sonic, there was a time he was on top of the world. How’d he get there? Listen and find out!