Sonic The Hedgehog: A Legacy Of Brilliance From A Failed System - #VideoGame #Blog

Sonic maybe running around in different video game consoles, but that wasn't always the case...

These days, 'Sonic The Hedgehog' is known for the video games that have been done for such systems as, 'Playstation', or, 'Nintendo Wii', but before Sonic became mostly a secondary character on various cross-platform systems,  Sonic brought to prominence the, 'Sega Genesis', in the same way that, 'Mario' brought to prominence the, 'Nintendo'!

And speaking of that... 

Ok, so not only did Sonic help bring the, 'Sega Genesis' to prominence, but one of the other things that it did was to make Sega dominate the video game market from the early 1990s, really up to when Sony released the, 'Playstation', and Microsoft brought to the world, the, 'X-Box'! 

The Sega Genesis was so popular in the 1990s, that it gave, 'Nintendo' a run for it's money!

And yet another thing that Sonic really did kind of help do very well, was to do with merchandising and cartoons for the 90s, what Mario did for the 1980s! 

Now to speak about the series... Ok, so the fact is, is I have connected Sonic and Mario very close together, and the truth is, is that, 'Yes' they have some connection, but the truth is, is they are two very different video games and let me explain what I mean by this: 

1. Sonic is an animal in a world that has mostly animals in it. Mario is a human that was transported to a world with his brother that is sort of a mix of both humans and various animals. 

2. In the Mario games, the big bad is a dinosaur, while in Sonic The Hedgehog, the big bad is a human. 

3. In most of the Mario games, Mario and Luigi are trying to save a, 'Princess' and Sonic and Tails are trying to save the Animal populace of his world. 

Sonic & Mario have their similarities and differences, but in the end, one of the main things that they both did is to bring to prominence their respective video game systems they started off with, and the companies they came from!

Now as far as the franchise itself goes, Sonic The Hedgehog... The best things about this franchise, is that in no matter what platform the current, 'Sonic' game is under, the characters are always kid friendly, and the games are always fun for all ages... And the truth... Sega may have failed in it's video game system design, but the truth is, is Sonic will always translate to the next generation! 

The First 5 Video Game Box Designs Used For Nintendo's U.S. Video Games

You know being a fan of art, and being a gammer since the late 1980s, I have begun to find that not just the video games themselves are incredibly fascinating, but I have begun to find just about all other facets of video games to be interesting...

A great example is the box art... well you might not think much about it, but I find the art to be surprisingly well done... And one aspect that I have never really thought about, that I thought for those of you who have played classic video games, is the boxes and cases that they came in, and so I thought that you guys might enjoy: 'The First 5 Video Game Box Designs Used For Nintendo's U.S. Video Games.'

Number 1: The NES Video Game Box.

The box for, 'Mega Man'... A classic NES game!

Back starting the 80s, and all the way up till Nintendo stopped making video games for the NES for the United States, when you bought a video game, you end up buying a similar box to what is mentioned above, with some beautiful uniquely designed cover art on it!

Number 2: The Super Nintendo Video Game Box.

The box for the Super Nintendo video game, 'Super Metroid'... A classic super nintendo video game based on the legendary Sci-fi nintendo game!

Back starting in roughly the early 90s, and all the way up till Nintendo stopped making video games for the SNES for the United States, when you bought a video game, you would end up buying the game in a similar box to what is mentioned above, with some beautiful uniquely designed cover art on it!

Number 3: The Nintendo 64 Video Game Box.

Super Mario 64... A great game on a classic video game system!

Back starting in the mid 90s, and all the way up till Nintendo stopped making video games for the N64 for the United States, when you bought a video game, you would end up buying a game in a similar box to what is mentioned above, with some beautiful uniquely designed cover art on it!

Number 4: The Nintendo Game Cube Video Game Box.

Harry Potter on the Nintendo Game Cube!

Back starting the early part of the new millenium, and all the way up till Nintendo stopped making video games for the Nintendo Game Cube for the United States, when you bought a video game, you ended buying the game with  a similar box to what is mentioned above, with some beautiful uniquely designed cover art on it!

Number 5: The Wii Video Game Box.

The Wii video game box!

Back a few years ago, and uptil the WiiU when you bought a video game, you end up buying a similar box to what is mentioned above, with some beautiful uniquely designed cover art on it!