Sonic The Hedgehog character concepts

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Let me tell you why that's bullshit.

Sonic was originally going to be called Mr Needlemouse, but when handed from Sega of Japan to Sega of America, they had to touch him up a little to make him appeal to kids, so they renamed him Sonic to match with his speed, and got rid of most of his porcipine like spikes.

Mighty the armadillo and Ray the flying squirrel were just designed to be Sonics followers (like Tails) in that SegaSonic arcade game in Japan.

I know my Sonic shit, Sonic Generations was going to be called "Project Needlemouse".