Agreed entirely.

So this just got uploaded recently to the Sonic the Hedgehog official youtube channel...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhsj9J0BbqM

What.

Whoever is running the Sonic social media accounts now is a god among men.

agreed its like the guy who run power rangers facebook page he so much better then the lat guy.

25 years today, a legacy began. It began with a game to showcase a console. It became a franchise that would rival a titan. One that, through ups and downs, has endured. A franchise that despite its theme and its face, is all too human. One that has misstepped, one that has triumphed. One that has known all too well the stale taste of mediocrity. But one that has carried on through thick and through thin, through good and bad. One that has brought joy to millions, one that entertained us, one that shaped us, one that introduced us to lifelong friends, inside and outside of its world.

Today we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. Today we celebrate a milestone that few media, let alone video games, can say they have reached. And for all its sins, for all its failures... It's still here. He's still running. And in that... one can find hope. One can take solace. In a world where things are shuttered and erased far too quickly for underperforming, for failing to meet expectations, here is one that has proven time and again that whatever happens, you can still keep going. You can still get up and try again. Here is a franchise that, more than any other, shows us what it is to be alive, and inspires us to celebrate it.

Here's to you Sonic, my oldest friend. Here's to a quarter of a century of moving ever forward, no matter what obstacles we may meet. And here's to many more. For wherever you may run... so will I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2qD1h9mGF0

Sonic is one of my first video game franchises. I saw the animated series first before I played the games. I remember playing Sonic 1 at a KBToys store back in 1995 when I was only four years old.

It's nice to see Sega won't shy away from the fact 06 was not very good.

Intrigued that they won't acknowledge the Story Book games though.

They don't count as "main series"/major developments.