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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

One of the best selling SEGA games of all time - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is now available for free on mobile! Rediscover SEGA’s super Sonic masterpiece! Dr. Eggman is back to his old tricks, trying to find the…

12 December 2013

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an arcade developed by Headcannon, released 12 December 2013 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an arcade game developed by Headcannon and released in 2013. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Retro Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

One of the best selling SEGA games of all time - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is now available for free on mobile! Rediscover SEGA’s super Sonic masterpiece! Dr. Eggman is back to his old tricks, trying to find the seven Chaos Emeralds that will enable him to complete his ultimate weapon, the Death Egg. Only the triple threat of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles can defeat him in this remaster from the team behind Sonic Mania! Sonic The Hedgehog 2 joins the ever-increasing line-up of ‘SEGA Forever’, a treasure trove of free SEGA console classics brought to life on mobile for the first time.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the 291st of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Lost World: Yoshi's Island Zone in 2013.

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What it launched against

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 launched on 12 December 2013, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Walking Dead: Season Two. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World, The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two.

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When did Sonic the Hedgehog 2 come out?
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was released on 12 December 2013 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone.

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