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Random facts about Sonic the Hedgehog. Why? Because. Note: These are all written from memory, taken from various other sites. Nothing is copy-pasted here - everything is typed manually. Yuji Naka, creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, said that Sonic's speed-driven gameplay was based on him trying to clear the first stage of Super Mario Bros. as fast as possible, since you always had to play through the level regardless of whether you used Warp Zones or not. He said "I always tried to get through the level as fast as I could, and that inspired the initial concept of Sonic the Hedgehog." The first design for the main character of the games was a chubby, egg-shaped man known as Dr. Eggman, named after the line "I am the Eggman" from the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus". Eggman's design was later reworked to look more villain-like and he was rewritten as the antagonist. It's also said that Eggman's design was based on former President Theodore Ro...