Happy Birthday Sonic! [Updated]

Today, 20 years ago, the first Sonic sped into the homes of everyone who had a Genesis, including mine. Yeah, I was only born a few years before in 1989. What of it? Since then, the Blue-Blur has seen his share of ups in downs, tearing it up in the 16-bit era, and then struggling for relevance ever since. My hatred of Sonic Adventure 1 has been well documented. But we here at the O and E still love the little guy, which is why we praised Sonic 4 Episode 1 even though a lot of people hated it for stupid reasons. And now we have the great looking Generations to look forward to. But this isn't about successes and failures. It's about a character who has survived for 20 years (that wasn't from a Nintendo franchise), and shows no signs of stopping. Happy birthday, Sonic. May you have many more to come.


Update: Also, marking Sonic's 20th birthday, a demo is now available on XBLA for the up-and-coming Sonic Generations. You can play through the first act of Green Hills Zone (as old school "chubby" Sonic only, however). The full game is set to release "late 2011"