15 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Sonic The Hedgehog

5. Sonic Once Played Guitar In A Rock Band, And Had A Human Girlfriend

Sonic the Hedgehog evolution history
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Yes, unbelievably, Sonic's original designer Naoto Ohshima thought it would be a 'male fantasy' to have an attractive blonde woman chase a hedgehog.

Named Madonna, this was understandably thrown out the window when the design team took on board Sonic's more Americanised look, but not before they'd drawn up a ton of sketches showing him also playing guitar in a rock band, the blonde bombshell forever enamoured with him at every turn.

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