Sonic 360
| Sonic the Hedgehog | |
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| Developer(s) | Sonic Team |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Shun Nakamura |
| Producer(s) | Masahiro Kumono |
| Artist(s) | Akira Mikame |
| Writer(s) | Shun Nakamura Kiyoko Yoshimura Shiro Maekawa |
| Composer(s) |
Hideaki Kobayashi Tomoya Ohtani Mariko Nanba Taihei Sato Takahito Eguchi |
| Series | Sonic the Hedgehog |
| Platform(s) |
PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
| Release | Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Platform, action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 46/100(X360) 43/100(PS3) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C(X360) |
| Eurogamer | 2/10(X360) |
| Famitsu | 30/40 (X360) 29/40(PS3) |
| Game Informer | 6.75/10(X360) |
| GameSpot | 4.4/10(X360) 4.2/10(PS3) |
| GameSpy |
   (X360)
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| GamesRadar | |
| GameZone | 4.5/10 (X360) |
| IGN | 4.8/10(X360) 4.2 / 10(PS3) |
| OXM (UK) | 6/10(X360) |
| Play | 5.5/10(PS3) 8.5/10(X360) |
| PSM3 | 4.7/10(PS3) |
| TeamXbox | 6/10(X360) |
| The A.V. Club | D− |
Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2006 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. It is a reboot of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and was produced in commemoration of the series' fifteenth anniversary. The story follows three hedgehogs—Sonic, Shadow, and Silver—who battle Solaris, an ancient evil pursued by Doctor Eggman.
Development of Sonic the Hedgehog began in 2004 following the completion of Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003). The game was designed to relaunch the franchise for the seventh generation of video game consoles. The development team was initially led by Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka, but Naka resigned to form his own company, Prope. The team then split to work on the Wii game Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007). The game was rushed to market in time for the holiday season; versions for the Wii and Microsoft Windows were cancelled. The game is often referred to with colloquial terms that reference its year of release, such as Sonic '06.
Despite receiving praise in pre-release showings, Sonic the Hedgehog was released to notably negative reception. Criticism was directed at the game's perceived lack of polish, with reviewers citing long loading times, a poor camera system, gameplay glitches, a complicated plot, and imprecise control. It has been considered among the worst games not only in the Sonic series but also in the video game medium. Sega delisted the game from retailers in 2010 following its decision to remove all Sonic games with below-average Metacritic scores to increase the value of the brand.
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