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Celebrate Hedgehog Day's 20th Anniversary Here on Sonic Paradox!; 1/22/2014
Topic Started: Wednesday Jan 22 2014, 08:50 PM (2,328 Views)
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Groundhog Day is February 2nd. So is Super Bowl Sunday here in the United States. But so is something else. It's Hedgehog Day! And Knuckles the Echidna's 20th birthday! But what is Hedgehog Day, you may ask?

Hedgehog Day, a spoof of Groundhog Day, was declared by Sega to promote the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, on February 2nd, 1994. On this day the United States would be the first to get the game as Europe and Australia got it on February 24th and Japan got it on May 24th. In the period leading up to the big day Toys "R" Us rewarded preorders of Sonic 3 with the limited edition Sonic Boom CD that contained music from and inspired by Sonic CD and Sonic Spinball. On the day itself an event was held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania where people could see the original Sonic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon and play the game for the first time. The event, as the video below shows off, was a success:



Since then Sega has used Hedgehog Day as a means to make announcements and hype up upcoming news. Case in point Sonic 4 Episode I was hyped and teased extensively along with a nice flash animation on Hedgehog Day 2010 and Tails was teased for Sonic 4: Episode II on Hedgehog Day 2011.

But just as importantly, Sonic 3 introduced us to Knuckles, Sonic's gullible friend and rival who originally started out as Sonic's foe and apparent ally to Robotnik until Sonic & Knuckles' release later in the year put an end to that. And now our favorite little echidna turns 20. So there's going to be a day long event to mark the occasion!

Starting February 2nd at 9:00am Eastern/2pm UK time I will be streaming Sonic 3 and attempting to beat the game with all emeralds as Sonic and Tails teaming up followed by their own respective solo run throughs. If I manage accomplish these tasks early, which is very possible, I'll boot up the level select and/or debug mode of the game and people can suggest me do silly challenges or tasks that I have to do. Afterwards I will be holding a special Hedgehog Day episode of Sonic Paradox's flagship podcast, The SonicNews Show, at 3pm Eastern/8pm UK time. This means that the Hedgehog Day marathon will go for potentially 7-8 hours! Since this is Hedgehog Day you never know if Sega will have something up their sleeve to show off so I will also be keeping you guys up to date through out the day on the latest Sonic and Sega news in case anything is announced and on the podcast later on.

I hope you guys are ready so insert your Sonic 3 cartridges and prepare to wish Sonic 3, and Knuckles the Echidna, a Happy Hedgehog Day and 20th birthday!
Edited by SSF1991, Wednesday Jan 22 2014, 08:55 PM.
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Don't tell it that I had an affair with my left foot, though.

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Hedgehog day, you say? A Sunday, you say? Count me in!

Looking forward to a reveal or tease from SEGA this year -- being fed the Red Herring line last year was, despite being entertaining, slightly rage-inducing. The streams sound great; it should be fun to see someone blast through S3&K in one sitting.
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Can't wait. If I don't show up its most likely because I didn't wake up in time, but I'll try
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Thursday Jan 23 2014, 03:32 PM
it should be fun to see someone blast through S3&K in one sitting.
It won't be Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It will be just standard Sonic 3. Meaning no Sonic & Knuckles locked on to it. Sonic & Knuckles will probably be streamed for its 20th anniversary in October later this year.
See this hand I'm holding in front of my face? Is it handsome? Is it clean? Good, because I'm married to it.

Don't tell it that I had an affair with my left foot, though.

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Thursday Jan 23 2014, 03:32 PM
it should be fun to see someone blast through S3&K in one sitting.
It won't be Sonic 3 & Knuckles. It will be just standard Sonic 3. Meaning no Sonic & Knuckles locked on to it. Sonic & Knuckles will probably be streamed for its 20th anniversary in October later this year.
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*Ahem -- Calculates Time...* -!!- You gotta be kidding me... 6:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time? That means I oughta sleep for the major part of Saturday, then wake up to evening so I can catch Sword Art Online, Immortal Grand Prix, then get back to bed by 5:00 A.M. or otherwise, feed animals, walk mutt outside to go potty, clean catboxes, & get here by 6 on time...!


I'm not sure if I can make it...! I'll see what I can do...! :what:
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Happy Hedgehog Day! Five minutes late...
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Wow. Hedgehog day. Wish I was there. :/
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