Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog, commonly referred to as Sonic '06, is a 2006 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was intended as a reboot of the Sonic franchise for seventh-generation video…
Sonic the Hedgehog is an adventure developed by Sonic Team, released 14 November 2006 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Sonic the Hedgehog is
Sonic the Hedgehog is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2006. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It runs on Havok Physics.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sonic the Hedgehog, commonly referred to as Sonic '06, is a 2006 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It was intended as a reboot of the Sonic franchise for seventh-generation video game consoles. Players control Sonic, Shadow, and the new character Silver as they seek to defeat Solaris, an ancient evil pursued by Doctor Eggman. Each character has his own campaign and abilities, and must complete levels, explore hub worlds and fight bosses to advance the story. In multiplayer modes, players can work cooperatively to collect Chaos Emeralds or race to the end of a level.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, educational and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series
Sonic the Hedgehog is the 174th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic Rivals in 2006. Its critic score of 30 is 41 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Sonic the Hedgehog holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 35 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 28, across 123 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs.
What it launched against
Sonic the Hedgehog launched on 14 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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