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The Sonic the Hedgehog series has been honored by the gaming community ever since its debut. Here is a list of awards awarded to the franchise.
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- The Sonic series was awarded the very 1st Outstanding Contribution Award by the Golden Joystick Awards.[1]
- The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition has given the Sonic series many records such as:
- Best Selling Game on Sega Systems[citation needed]
- Longest Running Comic Based on a Video Game[citation needed]
- Best Selling Retro Game Compilation (for Sonic Mega Collection)[citation needed]
- First official fan convention for a video game character[2]
- It was listed the 15 in the top 50 video game franchises.[3][better source needed]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I and Sonic Colors are Both Nominee for Favorite Video Game at Cameronelodeon's 2011 Kids Choice Awards[4]
- Sonic Generations is Nominee for Favorite Video Game at Cameronelodeon's 2012 Kids Choice Awards[5]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II was chosen as Starbucks "Pick of the Week" and Got Nominee Both Categories for Favorite Video Game and Favorite App at Cameronelodeon's 2013 Kids Choice Awards.[6]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic Unleashed, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Sonic Free Riders, and Sonic Generations were awarded an Xbox 360 Platinum Family Hits/Platinum Hits.
- Sonic Free Riders was awarded "Japanese Best Kinect Title" by Microsoft Japan on 18 September 2011.[7]
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Gems Collection, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Riders were all given Nintendo GameCube's Player's Choice.
- Sonic Heroes and Sonic Mega Collection Plus were both awarded Xbox Platinum Family Hits.
- Sonic Heroes, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic Riders & Sonic Unleashed were all given Greatest Hits on PlayStation 2.
- Sonic Rivals & Sonic Rivals 2 were given Greatest Hits on PlayStation Portable.
- Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and Sonic Generations were given Greatest Hits on PlayStation 3.
- At E3 2013, Sonic Lost World was given the following awards:[8]
- We Love It – The Escapist[citation needed]
- Best of E3 (Nominee) – Dvlzgame.net[citation needed]
- Best of E3 (Nominee) – Game Trailers[citation needed]
- Best of E3 (Nominee) – Gaming Excellence[citation needed]
- Best of E3 (Nominee) – IGN[9]
- Best Platformer (Nominee) – Pure Nintendo[citation needed]
- Best 3DS Graphics (Nominee) – Pure Nintendo[citation needed]
- Best of Wii U – Destructoid[10]
- Best of E3 – My Geek Review[citation needed]
- Best of E3 (Nominee) – Hardcore Gamer[citation needed]
- In May 2016, it was announced that the Sonic series had been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame.[11]
- Sonic Frontiers has won "Tokyo Game Show’s Future Game Award"[12][13]
- Sonic Prime won Best Netflix Original at the 2023 Cartoon Base Awards.
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 Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Player's Choice cover  Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut Player's Choice cover  Sonic Heroes Player's Choice cover  Sonic Mega Collection Player's Choice cover  Sonic Gems Collection Player's Choice cover  Shadow the Hedgehog Player's Choice cover  Shadow the Hedgehog Greatest Hits cover  Sonic Heroes Platinum Family Hits cover  Sonic Heroes Greatest Hits cover  Sonic Mega Collection Plus Greatest Hits cover  Sonic Riders Player's Choice cover  Sonic Riders Greatest Hits cover  Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Platinum Family Hits cover  Sonic Rivals Greatest Hits cover  Sonic Unleashed Platinum Family Hits cover  Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II Starbuck's Pick of the week (iOS) |
References[]
- ↑ http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sonic-claims-golden-joystick-award/086801
- ↑ SUMMER OF SONIC SETS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD!. Sonic Stadium (16 January 2014). Retrieved on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(series)
- ↑ The Top 25 Videogame Franchises. IGN (07 December 2006). Archived from the original on 07 December 2006. Retrieved on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ Guinness World Records 2015: Gamer's Edition. 123.
- ↑ Sonic 4: Episode 2 is the Starbucks Pick of the Week. SEGA Blog. Sega (21 November 2012). Archived from the original on 23 February 2013.
- ↑ 『ソニック フリーライダーズ』 Japanese Best Kinect Title 受賞. Sonic Channel (Old). (18 September 2011). Retrieved on 4 November 2023.
- ↑ E3 2013 Awards for SEGA’s Games. SEGA Blog. Sega (13 June 2013). Archived from the original on 24 July 2013.
- ↑ IGN's Best of E3 2013 Awards. IGN (11 June 2013). Retrieved on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ Destructoid’s Best of E3 2013 winners!. Destructoid (18 June 2013). Retrieved on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ 'Legend of Zelda' and 'Sonic' join Video Game Hall of Fame. Comic Book Resources (6 May 2016). Retrieved on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ セガ公式アカウント🦔 (@SEGA_OFFICIAL) on Twitter. Twitter (15 September 2022). Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved on 18 September 2022. "セガ公式アカウント🦔: <『ソニックフロンティア』情報> 日本ゲーム大賞フューチャー部門 『ソニックフロンティア』が受賞しました🏅 シリーズとしては初のフューチャー部門受賞🎉 いつも応援してくださっているファンの皆様のおかげです。本当にありがとうございます🙇🙇♀️ #ソニックフロンティア #ソニック #TGS2022"
- ↑ Stenbuck, Kite (18 September 2022). Japan Future Award 2022 Winners Include FFXVI and Wo Long. Siliconera. Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved on 8 September 2022.