10 Video Games That Were Ruined By Their Own Fanbases

9. Sonic The Hedgehog

Has there ever been a stranger group of fans? Well, maybe Bronies, but besides those weirdos, there€™s hardly anyone on Earth who could hope to match the raw intensity of the Sonic the Hedgehog fanbase. I don€™t know what it is about the little blue guy, but people just can€™t seem to get enough of him; the series is being constantly expanded by fan fiction, and disturbingly enough, Sonic the Hedgehog-inspired pornography is rampant on the internet. Not that I looked.

Why has such a simplistic game been so utterly abused? I have no idea. I only know that it scares me, and that it€™s all I see when I look at Sonic the Hedgehog. The games themselves are a mixed bag (much like the fanbase), some good, most terrible, but for whatever reason, the series just brings out the weirdness in people.

No one wants to read fan fiction involving cartoon hedgehogs making love to one another. Well, some people do, but they really shouldn€™t. Call me old fashioned.

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Formerly an assistant editor, Richard's interests include detective fiction and Japanese horror movies.