Sonic the Hedgehog Speeds Over to Netflix in the All-New Animated Series 'Sonic Prime' ". Netflix Media Center . Retrieved 1 February 2021. Ng, Kaeng (March 2, 2009). "Sonic Unleashed's Werehog Will Return". Escapist Magazine . Retrieved October 21, 2013. In the same vein, it can be seen as a reference to the angelic Ultra Instinct technique from the same series, given Sonic's animations and demeanor in the form, along with Perfect Parry being in a similar vein.

Sega of America. "Tails's official character profile from Sega of America". Sega of America. Archived from the original on March 5, 2005 . Retrieved June 25, 2008. Yin-Poole, Wesely (February 1, 2021). "Netflix's Sonic Prime animated series confirmed for 2022". Eurogamer. Development of Sonic Mania was handled by Christian Whitehead. Whitehead had previously worked on a number of remastered ports of old Sonic the Hedgehog games including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2 and Sonic CD. Working alongside Whitehead on Sonic Mania were studios Headcannon and PagodaWest. Zones in Sonic Mania GameSpot Staff. " Sonic the Hedgehog Q&A." GameSpot. September 8, 2009. Retrieved on November 29, 2009.The first three animated series featuring Sonic were created by the international company DiC. The first of these series, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, premiered in 1993, and depicts Sonic and his friend Tails opposing Doctor Ivo Robotnik and his robots on the planet Mobius. Another animated series premiering the same year, simply titled Sonic the Hedgehog, depicts Sonic and a group of rebels aiming to defeat Robotnik in a futuristic version of Mobius. The third animated series, Sonic Underground, premiered in 1999, and features Sonic as the protagonist alongside his siblings Sonia and Manic. Lewis, Ed (September 26, 2004). "TGS 2004: Sega SuperStars Hands-On". IGN . Retrieved October 24, 2014. Cryer, Hirun (October 14, 2020). "Fall Guys gets a Sonic the Hedgehog skin later today". GamesRadar . Retrieved October 17, 2020.

Sonic has also been featured in other games of many genres other than 2D and 3D platform games. These include Sonic Spinball, Sonic Labyrinth (1995), the racing games Sonic Drift (1994), Sonic Drift 2 (1995), Sonic R (1996), Sonic Riders (2006), Sonic Rivals (2006), Sonic Rivals 2 (2007), Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008), and Sonic Free Riders (2010), the fighting games Sonic the Fighters (1996) and Sonic Battle (2003), the mobile game Sonic Jump (2005), and the role-playing video game Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008). Machkovech, Sam (14 June 2018). "Smash Bros. Ultimate hands-on: We put new fighters, new features to the test". Ars Technica . Retrieved June 27, 2018. Kit, Borys (October 22, 2017). " 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie races to Paramount (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 22, 2017. Sonic Boom gives Sega's series a new look, two new developers". Polygon. 6 February 2014 . Retrieved February 10, 2019.Sora Ltd. (March 9, 2008). Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Wii. Nintendo. Area/Level: Trophy Hoard. " Super Sonic - His abilities in this form far surpass his normal ones, and he's even able to fly." Occasionally, Super Sonic's quill arrangement changes, resembling Shadow's more, with four quills pointing upward and the other two downwards.

Super Sonic 2 is viewed as a homage and reference to Dragon Ball's Super Saiyan 2 transformation, from both the name and appearance itself. a b Sega Video Game Illustrations. Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Deutschland) GmbH. 1994. ISBN 3-910052-50-9. Sonic 06 Developer Interview". Sonic Team USA. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03 . Retrieved October 21, 2013.

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It is also possible that Super Sonic 2 may have been a retool of this idea, and a potential reference to Hyper Sonic. Hyper Sonic looks virtually identical to Super Sonic, sharing the same body proportions and raised quills. However, instead of a golden hue, Sonic's body rapidly flashes in pink/bright red, sky blue, lime green, yellow, white and violet - the same colors as the Chaos/Super Emeralds. He also has large flashing sparks floating around him. When moving, he leaves several after-images. a b c Sonic Team. "Sonic's official character profile". Sega of Japan. Archived from the original on July 31, 2008 . Retrieved April 12, 2006. Hyper Sonic's name comes from the term hypersonic, which is a speed above supersonic (which is defined as any speed Mach 5 or greater).