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Old 13-July-06, 10:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Other: Mascots and Messages

Whatever happened to the videogame mascot? Here, Eric-Jon Rössel Waugh uses Sonic the Hedgehog as a prime example of the good and not-so-good sides of mascotdom.

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I wrote a while ago that there's maybe one good Sonic game for every two flops. At the time I was halfway kidding, setting up the premise for a silly "top ten" list. Where I wasn't kidding, I was speaking from a historical perspective rather than a contemporary one. As much as I have loved the guy, I'm aware that Sega hasn't done too well by Sonic for a long time – to the point where he's now the butt of dumb jokes on semi-respectable business websites. Since the Genesis we've seen, what, one truly great Sonic game?

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