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

10. Those Infuriating Water Levels Shouldn't Have Existed

Sonic the Hedgehog evolution history
Sega

Apparently, back when Sonic was being conceptualised (in an internet-less age, remember), designer Yuji Naka mistakenly thought that hedgehogs couldn't swim, resulting in the 'chase-the-air-bubble' underwater sections of the first game. Post-release, many fans have pointed out that was entirely not the case, although with no way to rectify their mistake, we had to suffer through them all the same.

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