10 Terrifyingly Dark Implications In Otherwise Cheerful Video Games
6. You Cause The Deaths Of Innocent Animals - Sonic The Hedgehog
As much as Sonic is ostensibly trying to save the animals Robotnik has kidnapped and trapped inside his robots, it's fair to say that, a lot of the time, he does much more harm than good.
Because, while you do save plenty of these critters, you are the thing these robots are programmed to target, and so when you cause them to explode, you're also taking a helpless being with it.
This is especially cruel with robots like the Jawz enemy you first encounter in Sonic 3, which is basically a missile with a rabbit or squirrel strapped inside it.
Fail to dodge this incoming enemy and it's explicitly stated that the animal inside dies, all because you pressed A slightly later than you actually needed to. How many cute bunnies are you accidentally responsible for killing? Let's maybe not think about that.