SegaSonic the Hedgehog (Arcade) Translated Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A translated playthrough of Sega’s 1993 arcade platformer game, SegaSonic the Hedgehog. Played through with Sonic on the machine’s default difficulty setting. Since the game was only ever released in Japan, I’ve translated and subtitled all of the Japanese text. Sonic has a fair few oddities in his line-up, and this certainly qualifies as one of them. Released on Sega’s System 32 arcade hardware in the period between Sonic 2 and 3 on the Genesis, SegaSonic the Hedgehog is an isometric platformer (think Sonic 3D Blast), but with a big, very literal spin on the formula - the entire game is controlled using a trackball instead of a traditional digital joystick. The analog control scheme allows Sonic to change direction smoothly in 3D space, and it gives you granular control over the speed he runs at, making the game feel like an action-oriented take on Marble Madness. It feels very different from what we’ve all become accustomed to in the day and age of dual analog sticks