Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
| Sonic the Hedgehog | |
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North American cover art
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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 |
| Engine | Havok |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) |
Xbox 360
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| Genre(s) | Platform, action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (X360) 48.74% (PS3) 46.12% |
| Metacritic | (X360) 46/100 (PS3) 43/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C (Xbox 360) |
| Eurogamer | 2 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| Famitsu | 30 / 40 (Xbox 360) 29 / 40 (PS3) |
| Game Informer | 6.75 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| GamePro |
  (Xbox 360) |
| GameSpot | 4.4 / 10 (Xbox 360) 4.2 / 10 (PS3) |
| GameSpy |
 (Xbox 360) |
| GamesRadar |
(Xbox 360) (PS3) |
| GameTrailers | 4.6 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| GameZone | 4.5 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| IGN | 4.8 / 10 (Xbox 360) 4.2 / 10 (PS3) |
| OXM (UK) | 6.0 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| Play | 5.5 / 10 (PS3) 8.5 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| PSM3 | 4.7 / 10 (PS3) |
| TeamXbox | 6 / 10 (Xbox 360) |
| X-Play |
(Xbox 360) |
| The A.V. Club | D− |
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ Sonikku za Hejjihoggu?) is a 2006 platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles. The game was produced in commemoration of the series' fifteenth anniversary. To avoid confusion with the original 1991 video game of the same name, the game is often referred to with colloquial names that reference its year of release, such as Sonic 2006.
Sonic the Hedgehog follows Sonic's quest to protect Princess Elise after she is kidnapped by his rival Dr. Eggman, while Shadow the Hedgehog faces a supernatural entity and Silver the Hedgehog tries to protect the world from a forthcoming cataclysmic event. Players control the three each in separate campaigns; however, each character's abilities set them apart and allow them to access different parts of a series of levels.
Sonic the Hedgehog was announced in 2005, and was envisioned as being an innovative reboot of the franchise. Anticipation was high, however, the game faced multiple issues during development, which resulted in rushing the product despite existing bugs. Both versions gained infamy for receiving negative reception; it was criticized for long loading times, poor camera system, gameplay glitches, complicated plot and sloppy character control. Sonic the Hedgehog was de-listed from retailers in 2010, following Sega's decision to remove all Sonic titles with sub-average Metacritic scores from sale in stores.
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