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Sonic Spinball
Sonic Spinball (Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball) is a 1993 Sega Genesis pinball-platformer hybrid by Sega Technical Institute and Polygames, made as a fill-in for the delayed Sonic 3, with four tables, three lives, and no save system.
Sonic spray ionization
Sonic spray ionization is a soft, voltage-free ionization method for mass spectrometry, introduced in 1994, in which sonic nebulizing gas sprays a liquid sample at atmospheric pressure without heat or high voltage.
Sonic switch
A sonic switch, also called an acoustic switch, is a device that uses one acoustic or mechanical signal to control whether another acoustic signal is transmitted through a material.
Sonic Team (ソニックチーム)
Sonic Team (ソニックチーム) is Sega's internal studio, formerly AM8, creators of Sonic the Hedgehog. Founded around Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara; now led by Takashi Iizuka and known for the Hedgehog Engine and Sonic Frontiers.
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is Sega's 1991 Genesis/Mega Drive platformer by Sonic Team (Naka, Ohshima, Yasuhara) that introduced Sonic, sold over 4 million copies, and launched the franchise.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), or Sonic '06 (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ), is Sonic Team's 15th-anniversary 3D platformer for Xbox 360 and PS3, released November 14, 2006, rushed, glitch-ridden, and scored 46/100 on Metacritic, a franchise low point later delisted.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) was an American comic series running July 1993 to February 2017, 290 issues, the longest-running video game comic, ended when Sega moved the license to IDW Publishing after the Penders lawsuits and Genesis Wave reboot.
Sonic the Hedgehog (film series)
Sonic the Hedgehog film series (Paramount/SEGA live-action CGI franchise): three films 2020, 2022, 2024 plus Knuckles series, over $1 billion worldwide, Sonic 4 due March 19, 2027 and a 2028 spin-off.
Sonic the Hedgehog (film)
Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2020 American-Japanese live-action/CGI family action-comedy directed by Jeff Fowler, starring Ben Schwartz and Jim Carrey, which earned $319.7 million worldwide.
Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing)
Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Publishing) is Sega's licensed Sonic comic series since April 2018, written by Ian Flynn, set after Sonic Forces, succeeding Archie's 25-year run, with Imposter Syndrome, the Metal Virus saga, and DC crossovers.
Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)
Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) is DIC's darker 1993–1994 ABC Saturday-morning cartoon, 26 episodes, distinct from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, canceled on a cliffhanger, now on Paramount Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is SEGA's 1991 Mega Drive/Genesis high-speed platformer franchise starring the blue hedgehog; over 1.77 billion units sold or downloaded, expanded into films, TV, and merchandise, with a 35th anniversary in 2026.
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) (character)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) is Sega's blue hedgehog mascot, debuted June 23, 1991 on the Mega Drive/Genesis; supersonic speed, spin dash, rings, 1.77 billion game sales, and a $1 billion film franchise.
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ) (OVA)
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック★ザ★ヘッジホッグ), the 1996 two-part Studio Pierrot OVA for Sega, aka Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie; Planet Freedom setting, Hyper Metal Sonic plot, ADV Films 1999 English release.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Sega's 1992 Genesis platform game (Sega Technical Institute) that introduced Tails, the spin dash, and two-player mode, and the 2022 Paramount film that earned $71 million in its record video game movie opening weekend.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 2022 American live-action/CGI family action-comedy directed by Jeff Fowler, starring Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, and Jim Carrey, and the second Sonic film.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (soundtrack)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Music from the Motion Picture) is Tom Holkenborg's 2022 orchestral score album for the Paramount film, 22 tracks, 57:33, with a new Knuckles theme and 16 licensed songs including Pantera's Walk.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is a 1994 Sega Genesis platform game and the third main Sonic entry, also the name of a 2024 Paramount film directed by Jeff Fowler.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (film)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024 film), third Paramount/Sega Sonic movie directed by Jeff Fowler; Keanu Reeves voices Shadow, Jim Carrey plays dual Robotniks; grossed about $490 million worldwide, with Sonic 4 dated March 19, 2027.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (soundtrack)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 soundtrack covers two works: the 1994 Genesis game music (YM2608 chip; composers including Brad Buxer and Jun Senoue; unconfirmed Michael Jackson involvement) and Tom Holkenborg's 2024 film score album on Milan Records.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (film)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (film), also called Sonic 4 or Sonic Movie 4, is Paramount and Sega's fourth live-action/CGI Sonic film, releasing March 19, 2027, directed by Jeff Fowler, drawing on Sonic CD with Amy Rose (Kristen Bell) and Metal Sonic.
Sonic the Hedgehog fandom
The Sonic the Hedgehog fandom, also known as the Sonic fandom, is the community of fans of Sega's Sonic franchise, one of the oldest online video game fandoms, dating to 1994.
Sonic the Hedgehog in animation
Sonic the Hedgehog in animation covers the character's TV and direct-to-video series: Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and SatAM (1993), the 1996 OVA, Sonic Underground, Sonic X, Sonic Boom, and Netflix's Sonic Prime.
Sonic Underground
Sonic Underground, also broadcast in France as Sonic le Rebelle, is DIC's third and final 1999 Sonic animated series: 40 episodes in which Sonic, Sonia, and Manic, children of Queen Aleena, front a rock band and fight Robotnik while searching for their mother, ending unresolved.
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Unleashed (Sonic World Adventure, ソニックワールドアドベンチャー) is a 2008-2009 Sega platform game by Sonic Team, directed by Yoshihisa Hashimoto, splitting daytime speed stages from Werehog night brawling on the purpose-built Hedgehog Engine; Metacritic 60 (X360), 54 (PS3).
Sonic weapon
A sonic weapon, also called an acoustic weapon, uses intense or directional sound to warn, disorient, or harm people at a distance, most often as the LRAD hailing device.
Sonic X (ソニックX)
Sonic X (ソニックX) is a 78-episode TMS Entertainment anime aired on TV Tokyo 2003–2004, based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog games, in which Sonic and friends are warped to the human world; 4Kids produced a heavily censored 2003 English dub.
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth, American experimental rock band formed in New York in 1981 by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Richard Edson; known for alternate tunings, prepared guitars, and Daydream Nation; signed to Geffen in 1990, broke up in 2011.
Sonic Youth discography
Sonic Youth (ソニック・ユース) discography: the New York noise-rock band's studio albums from Sonic Youth (1982) to The Eternal (2009), SYR experimental EPs, singles, compilations, soundtracks, and post-breakup archival live releases across Neutral, SST, Homestead, Blast First, DGC/Geffen, and Matador.
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection in PAL regions) is a 2009 Backbone Entertainment compilation for PS3 and Xbox 360 with over 40 emulated Sega Genesis games, nine unlockable Master System and arcade titles, museum extras, and interviews.