Sonic the Hedgehog was once a great name in gaming. Now, it's become a sort of laughing stock. I remember playing Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on my Genesis with fond memories, but no other experience has been able to match that. Maybe Sonic Mania will finally do the trick.
Like Macaulay Culkin, Sonic burst into the ’90s with immediate popularity, but struggled to age gracefully with their medium. The jump to 3D was mostly disastrous, and hit rock bottom with inter-species…