The Rapid Rise of Sonic the Hedgehog

At 7:06 for two seconds Mario is flashing because of his Star man power up, and at 1:29 there's a brief clip of a dragon shooting fire that flashes. Warning for those who may be sensitive to flashing light patterns.
Sonic Origins is about to come out, so I decided to talk about SEGA and the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog in the early 90s.
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[@kirotalksyt]

CORRECTION: Turns out the nickname "Mr. Needlemouse", was never actually used during Sonic's development! Oops. Minor mistake, but glad it was caught by @Devitos CoolRanch

[@theewl6xer166]

its fine!

[@VegitoBlueReal]

please make more vids i love your vids you deserve 10M subscribeers and your editing skills are 100/10

[@chrisp2960]

how dare you roast the best videogame character ever made mario

[@NoHandle44]

NeedleMouse. That name will only ever instill fear forever.

[@Alpha125]

Everyone makes mistakes sometimes (:

[@SonicDavid]

This shows how much passion and ambition they had when first creating sonic, it baffles me how little effort they seem to put into sonic games now a-days.

[@classiczephyr1829]

hey sonic david

[@FlowerMcBoi]

It's the man himself!

[@TravTrevTV]

Is tails still hostage

[@sonicthepro851]

Sonic David

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Have every original creator leave SEGA and you get that

[@tjz3158]

Pac-Man: Showed how just how fun video games can be Mario: Almost single-handedly saved the gaming industry Mega Man: Showed that third party games were just as fun as the first party games Sonic: Took down the Nintendo empire and opened up the gaming industry for everyone

[@OFFICALBREEMATIONSTATION]

Bubsy: w- we don't talk about him-

[@NeonBlueLight]

@@OFFICALBREEMATIONSTATION He tried, ok?

[@markchernyshev7785]

And then they’re all added to smash

[@Bombsbombsbombs]

@@markchernyshev7785 except bubsy

[@OFFICALBREEMATIONSTATION]

@@NeonBlueLight yea but. Ya know.

[@johncohagen2793]

Despite of Sonic’s rocky history after Adventure 2, Sonic still continues to show that he can never truly be stopped.

[@kirotalksyt]

Very, very true.

[@treyvonishere4375]

Heroes was okay

[@briannawilson8845]

I agree. Does anyone remember the Sonic Advance games? Those came out after Adventure 2 and those were great!

[@cay7809]

@@treyvonishere4375 I feel it’s one of those games that divide the fanbase

[@realblakelmao]

@@briannawilson8845 Oh yeah, the Advance series! Who could forget that?

[@memedude8303]

giga chad sega -makes cool 16 bit console -makes sonic the hedgehog and succeeds in outselling nintendo -allows new video game companies to enter into the market -makes a great start for 3d -refuses to elaborate -dies

[@number1kenyan]

Sigma Seganaire grindset

[@Maskon2Fite]

Yeah even frontiers is looking extremely rusty in quality rn 💀

[@gabe_motherboard3355]

Virgin Nintendo: - When Genesis released they still had the lame 8 bit NES. - Still tries to market Mario and got stomped by Sega - Hates and tries hard to outsell newcomers and fail - Makes Mario 64 🙄 - Elaborates everything - *Lives on to compete* (This is ironic, obviously.)

[@riggims]

@@Maskon2Fiteaged like milk

[@Megalania1]

@@riggimsit aged even worse now since the new trailer

[@devitoscoolranch4993]

The Mr.Needlemouse thing is actually a mistranslation due to the Japanese word for hedgehog being needle and mouse when separated. Funnily enough it was made public when Yuji Naka saw this piece of trivia on a sega themed quiz and said he had never heard of Mr.Needlemouse, as sonics real proto name was simply Mr.Hedgehog. Otherwise really great video keep it up !

[@kirotalksyt]

That's a good find, thanks for the feedback!

[@realblakelmao]

And for some reason, nowadays, the name 'Needlemouse' reminds me of Suicide Mouse.

[@flaxxei]

@@realblakelmao is it because he is a mouse and he has a needle

[@realblakelmao]

@@flaxxei yep

[@minute0420]

@@realblakelmao thought the same until i accidentally opened the internet and fell into 2014 but improved

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

This made me have a new found of respect for Sega and Sonic Team, they gave other companies the confidence they needed for their own gaming marketing. While Nintendo and Mario have saved the gaming industry, Sonic I feel was the one who opened the doors for everyone else to share a bit of spotlight. That gaming didn't just belong to Mario, but *everyone.*

[@LJXrot]

I absolutely love this story, i love the way Sega back then tried so hard to get themselves recognized with every game, and Sonic was just the one for them, they didnt do anything shady, immortal, they just showed themselves off to the public proudly and got what they deserved.

[@havenisthebest99]

I love Sonic and I always will. And this video made me realize a statement that was said: Sonic helped achieve a good future for the industry. The fact that Sonic 1 became a universally acclaimed gem and broke the gold streak that the NES and the new SNES had was crazy. Sonic also helped to inspire the PlayStations and later on the Xboxes. Plus, Sonic is the reason we have animal protagonists in gaming today. Crash, Spyro, Sly, Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Kao and many more were all created thanks to this blue hedgehog. Say what you will about Sonic after 2002, but you gotta admit that Sonic and Sega were the reason for future companies being able to get a hand in changing the gaming industry for the better

[@fixedfunshow]

In America mostly, in Japan Sonic couldn't beat Mario hence why SEGA did stuff like Sonic CD to appeal to the Japanese market (but also failed)

[@HeroesRiseUp]

SEGA had it all in the bag in the 90s. Created the perfect character to rival Mario and executed advertising him PERFECTLY. It’s just too bad them continuously rushing out games only took them downhill. :(

[@CrimsonCreationAGM]

Sonic might be fast, doesn’t mean his devs should be trying to match his speed when creating his games

[@0b13F4st3]

@@CrimsonCreationAGM - Well said.

[@E2ForLife]

Sonic frontiers is bringing the fire 🔥 back

[@igirjei3717]

@@E2ForLife That's the hope anyway

[@lautarosz7679]

And a bunch of bad consoles or accessories for them. That also ruined them

[@MittensDoesThings2]

Actually the rabbit idea was scrapped then reused in ristar, where he uses his arms to grab items

[@nikolamatejic7596]

Similarly to the design of a man with the mustache wearing pyjamas who became the series iconic villan,the crocodile who was a part of Sonic's "band" eventually came back as vector and that "sonic band" formula came back within sonic underground,strange isint it

[@Sonicthehedgehog-ub2oj]

Proof

[@yellow94]

@@Sonicthehedgehog-ub2oj go search up a ristar playthrough lmao

[@hehe-IgoBRRRR]

"where he uses his arms to grab things" Wow...never thought of that idea before. I'm just kidding 😂

[@MittensDoesThings2]

*items I meant to say items

[@DimonKILL]

My man Sonic swept my heart at intense speeds when I had a Sega Genesis with 300+ games (some bootleg of Genesis with Sonic 1 built in, I got Sonic 2 in a separate cartridge with that game that featured Goofy from Mickey Mouse cartoons)

[@CrimsonCreationAGM]

So in summary, without Sega genesis, we may never have gotten xbox or playstation Imagine a world were the only console war was nintendo vs sega and xbox vs playstation never happened

[@SERMareep2007]

A peacefull world

[@Nerdface.]

NINTENDO WOULD WIN!!!!!!

[@IStandForTJandTAW]

Shoutouts to the 18 year old who forgot about women because sonic was so cool.

[@R4G3.a_s]

I'm truly a huge, ENORMOUS fan of Sonic the Hedgehog since I played it for the first time. I wasn't born before Sonic's appearance so my first game was Sonic Generations, then Sonic Unleashed, then again Sonic 06 and Sonic and SEGA All Stars Racing. He will forever be my idol, despite him not being real!!! Sometimes I even wish he really existed... Thank you SEGA and Sonic Team!!!

[@Gabril962]

Me too lol.

[@briannawilson8845]

I enjoyed reading about how you became such a fan. My first experience with Sonic was playing the first two classic games downloaded on a mobile phone back in the mid 2000s, the first 3D Sonic game I played was Sonic Adventure. Sonic was one my comfort characters back in middle school alongside Mario.

[@R4G3.a_s]

@@briannawilson8845 I honestly don't even know myself how I became such a super duper big fan of this non-existing friendly creature. I just liked playing those games a lot, like Assassin's Creed (especially A.S. Brotherhood idk why), Ice Era, Kung Fu Panda, Spyro games... and then for some reason I had this feeling giving me pressure inside my heart because of all the excitement I had by playing these games and I started LOVING them, and now I'm going crazy for Sonic! I think when I was little I played the games (Spyro etc.) too much that they don't work very well. In my Sonic Generations disc, Silver chapter/act can't be played so I won't be able to get every Chaos Emeralds, but I still enjoy playing it.

[@dumblittleidiot1301]

I think Generations was my first sonic game too

[@briannawilson8845]

@@R4G3.a_s I love Spyro and Assassin's Creed! I never really had a chance to really play Spyro growing up since we mainly had Nintendo systems and Spyro was on Playstation but I always thought he was cool. I preferred animal characters as a kid so I thought playing as a purple dragon would've been cooler than playing as a mustachioed man in overalls.

[@HelluvaOpp]

Mario: I’m Number-A One! Sonic: Not until I show up. Sonic: Sega Does what Nintendon’t! We allow Fangames, while you? You just take them down for a dumb reason!

[@HelluvaOpp]

@@MegaDude10 Therefore, Sonic’s modern games are bad, but the Fan Projects are good.

[@AlexHedgehogLad8]

Sonic: At least my two movies and upcoming third one actually have effort a have a good company making it unlike you. Mario: But none of us has our original voice actor. Sonic: True.

[@SERMareep2007]

Sonic and Mario are like bros that argue over dumb things But still agree with eachother

[@krugerererehn9352]

This deserves atleast 100M views, the quality of this content is just superb and professionally done, great work i loved it!!!

[@wiltisdabest]

Man an 18 dude forgot about girls for Sonic. That's more than Mario could ever hope

[@afro025]

Just finished watching this video and I loved it man. The editing, the script, the audio, everything. It was all so enjoyable. I can't wait to watch anything else you make, and I really hope you channel makes it big. You got a new subscriber!

[@SpcCrawford]

I remember back in the day when Sonic came out! This game was my jam! I played it in 1991 on a black and white tv! Really shows how old I am! My friends would come over to my house back then and we would all take turns playing an act in the first Sonic game. Those were the days when multiplayer video games just started to become popular!

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

God, Sintendo having a monopoly on games would be hell.

[@armandoventura9043]

The current monopoly (Xbox-Tencent-Playstation) has proven to be much worse, ironically Nintendo (and Steam) keeps it afloat

[@tideio]

This video is unbelievably well edited and informative, even with the visual and music and the memes LMAO. I don’t know how you don’t have more subscribers but here’s another one from me.

[@mufinboi975]

This just gives way more perspective into the making of the game and to now their character making it to the big screen and be loved there aswell is just amazing. I hope they watched the sonic movie and enjoys that their creation, their idea became a Icon who would make it into the big screens

[@Tam3603]

I really hope that sonic can hit his stride again with the other three sonic projects that were getting this year.

[@briannawilson8845]

I hope so too. 2022 seems to be a good year for Sonic right about now I'd say, especially considering the Sonic 2 movie, then Sonic Frontiers releasing later this year. I adored Sonic so much but since 2013 after Sonic Boom Sega hasn't been releasing any new projects that caught my interest. I hope Frontiers will be amazing.

[@Tam3603]

@@briannawilson8845 Same

[@Neoniq41]

Prolly not. The trailers aren't really showing off anything good of quality

[@zermko6743]

Dude, youre underrated. Before i saw your sub count i thought you had hundred of thousands of subs. People needs to watch you.

[@kirotalksyt]

I appreciate it! Maybe one day we'll get there haha

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

I love learning Sonic history. This video was so well researched.

[@Faceless_time_traveler]

This is the first video game I've ever played ... As a ... What ... 4 years old kid ... I couldn't get past the Labyrinth zone , but I still enjoyed every second of it

[@rayryde1724]

1991-1994 sonic age 1995-1997 downhill age 1998-2001 Dreamcast age 2002-2007 cool era 2008 low budget era 2009-2019 mobile era 2020-present day movie era

[@zachpro5475]

The 2002-2007 was during the dark age and 2009-2019 was the meta era

[@watcherofcontent806]

As someone who likes both Mario and Sonic, I’m happy for the blue blur. I hope Sonic Origins becomes better in the future though because it has many current problems in my opinion.

[@Doormin]

How the fuck is Naoto Oshima's jawline so strong what the hell

[@MadderCommotion]

Let's remember as well that in the 80s in Europe and Brazil, the Master System was popping. It wasn't as much as a success as the American NES but it was a moment, people in my own family are nostalgic for the old Alex Kidd games

[@Yakel.]

This is sick! You deserve more subs than just 4!!!

[@kirotalksyt]

Appreciate it 👌 Gonna keep making videos!

[@ReaperProduces]

this channel is so underrated! keep up the grind

[@dannydayoutuber5357]

Honestly is it just me or is sonics design better than mario. I mean sonic is a legitimate mutant sort of hedgehog who has nice sneakers actually while Mario is just an Italian plumber.

[@mahadkhan5172]

man you are underrated you deserve MUCH more subs like one of the biggest youtubers, like come on less than a hundred subs and still such a proffesinal looking video??

[@HeavyRaiden]

Damn this is a very good, high quality video for such an small channel, i'm subscribing bro

[@korexxy1037]

This video is amazing the Editing is just magnificent

[@kirotalksyt]

Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@twallis10]

10:13 when it said "I wanted players to hum to the songs while they were playing" I was actually doing that with Spring Yard Zone lol

[@acrazed1]

Fantastic video, i really hope u reach somewhere around 5k subs this year or 10k. cause man, this is high quality deserves more views!! great video

[@AfterTheFirstNever]

Really good video, watched a ton of sonic videos, but this one hit me a little different. I think I want to try playing sonic for real now. I have a lot of respect for that team

[@joshwmeeks]

I really enjoy this channel. For a more recent channel it has the polish of someone who's been doing it a while.

[@GenesisDaRabbit]

The story of the hedgehog that changed my life Thanks for the video dude!

[@MLFreese]

I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers. I remember when stores had Genesis and Snes consoles hooked up to TVs and had SMW and Sonic running.

[@nikkihedged]

The story of Sonic’s creation and SEGA’s rise is really inspirational. There is no other company quite like SEGA, and no video game character like Sonic. :3

[@honord.1811]

You’re gonna be the next big KZbinr, man. Hope you get a million subs one day.

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

With how petty and self destructive SOJ was then, I actually really believe that's where the tension started. This wasn't just any ip, or hardware design/choice. It was redesigning the mascot they created.

[@Jimmietruck28]

13:56 bro played sonic so much he forgot there was another gender💀

[@magi8467]

your editing and sense of humour is 10/10

[@de132]

Sega actually didn't make John Madden Football, EA did. But Sega DID make (or tried to make) Joe Montana Football, the first version was not ready for the holidays so Sega paid EA to make a worse version of Madden and stick the Joe Montana name on the box.

[@SparkyTv_203]

Remeber us when you're famous, but no all jokes aside. Great upload, in a way sonic proved with the right team of people you can do the impossible.

[@Barcafan89]

It feels like just yesterday when this video released

[@ritaandrunt5767]

I'm gald sonics been rising back in popularity it makes me happy and very proud

[@cosmicminun59]

5:15 I can see the crocodile in the concept for Sonic's band likely being the initial inspiration for Vector the Crocodile during the development of Knuckles' Chaotix

[@The_NJG]

One change, when the Bassist for Dreams Come True was writing Sonic, they were working on their 4th Album, not their first.

[@brozlo1424]

God bless the guy who made sonic design! And this shows how much sega cares about there child

[@Dark_Mario_Bros.]

Wish sonic team could remember what made sonic so Iconic and put that effort over frontiers

[@ProjectJaxs]

Sega truly does what netendon’t

[@SERMareep2007]

Ruining their most Iconic ip

[@joshkjoby8400]

Love your videos about sonic's inception into the world. Sub++

[@coolgamergameing]

Keep up the good work, I did enjoy this have fun hitting 100k soon :) the algorithm likes you

[@CerealNumberWDW1984]

Kiro talks: and a human girlfriend Me: SONIC 2006 REFERENCES

[@Artfartsyarrrrrrr]

If you play the mobile version of sonic 1, you can spin dash and have more speed

[@Pytatoon]

yeah but he's talking about the og one, not the remaster

[@sumblwnup8695]

Sonic, he fights for the little guys

[@TheBohobemeister]

Wonderful video!

[@ludoPics06]

Nintendo and Sega were the two biggest video game company at the time. Then Half Life released.

[@k4rma685]

13:40 i beg everyone of you, tell me what this song is called

[@LobsterCameramanProductions]

Stardust speedway soundtrack

[@dylongoulding714]

Stardust speedway from sonic cd

[@k4rma685]

@@dylongoulding714 THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO

[@YourSetch]

5:17 glad they scratched that- NOPE, YOU HAVE HER

[@-MrPinapple-]

This was when a legend was born…

[@ArcadianLegend]

It's funny how this story changes a LOT when talking about Europe or Japan instead of North America.

[@danielvieira8978]

"The Rapid Rise" make it make sonic even *S P E E E N* *S P E E e E E e N*

[@ShyboiRisky]

this video deserves more views

[@kirotalksyt]

Thanks, hopefully the algorithm picks it up

[@3191DX]

i feel like every 5 Anniversaries Sonic gets more popular.

[@loudhedgehog1116]

This is really good

[@kirotalksyt]

Thanks, much appreciated 👌

[@yateoi]

Kinda left me on a sour note with the thing about companies not crediting devs and artists. I'd like to remark my interest on videos about it or just people talking about it. Anyways, great video!

[@dellosayshello5405]

It’s been a year since this how time flies

[@abnormality3345]

12:10 “bro hell no we’re gonna lose money by going with that plan” “do it bro” “nvm it’s a great idea”

[@Xman800]

couldn’t agree more with one 16 minute video

[@Newchannel-ot4mr]

10:45 banger song

[@Maxwell_theOne]

More like the “speedy” rise of sonic the hedgehog

[@theewl6xer166]

yo here before 100! Hope you get popular soon.

[@kirotalksyt]

The real OG 👌

[@calebdouglas7622]

That devotion and time for the first Sonic game is what is lacking in todays Sonic games this making fan games the saving grace for the franchise. I hope Sonic Frontier can deliver. Sonic Colors was a diamond in the rough for the 2010’s though.

[@aservant1284]

This was an excellent video! One of the best gaming history videos ive seen

[@EngineerMaan_]

CHAPTER 1 : THE BEGGING OF KIRO

[@AlmondTheGuy]

watching this on june 23rd hits different

[@theweird4thewe281]

Did you know Lego made toys for the Mario theme , and sonic only got two sets , which was a mania and modern sonic.

[@tatertot64]

Honestly subbed for the Burnout 3 drop. Loved this and the Sonic 3 or Knuckles vid.

[@N00dlesOnGfuel]

wow, amazing video. how do you have such little subscribers you should have way more. anyways keep it up 👍

[@kirotalksyt]

Thanks for the support 👍

[@Irishstile]

13:41, Rad! Go, Sonic!

[@ChristianDixie11]

nice reference to Burnout 3 in the beginning lol😂

[@gamegenie7105]

Kiro: Talking about Nintendo. Also Kiro: Plas Sonic R music in the background

[@KatOverseer]

woah! just realized this was your first vid! im subbing.

[@greentrurple7490]

I hope your channel blows up you deserve alotta subs!

[@strikergaming6393]

I was 6 when i first started playing Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) in 2016, because my mom was 9 when the game dropped. i think i still got the genesis. i also have a copy of Sonic 2. then i got into more modern games around 1017 with Sonic Generations and Sonic Unleashed. Then, in 2019, i stopped for a bit to shift towards other games like Call of Duty. Then, 2021, i pick up my old Sonic 1 copy and begin playing again. man, without sonic my gaming history wouldn't be so expansive and just consist of CoD and Nintendo

[@caseylemme8080]

The Genesis and Master system were both sold at my Target in 1990.

[@jasofficial6438]

I’ve been watching this channel for a year

[@abyssalblack8623]

SEGA spin dashed NINTENDO out of the market!

[@tjlnintendo]

But…. Isn’t sega the one that went 3rd party. 🗿

[@williord3050]

@@tjlnintendo Trust me, they’re too dumb to get it

[@kayihuraaa]

This is a crazy good first video

[@maxhemenway]

10:37 Chiptune beep boop

[@hunkahjunk]

here before 100k!

[@bonniebunz3716]

Same!

[@RockyFluffyWhiskas]

The first sonic games I played were Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 in the Master System. From what I remember Sonic 2 was released on the Master System before the Mega Drive version in the U.K. 🇬🇧

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Sonic: I broke the video game to movie adaptation curse! Twice! Nintendo: (laughs over a billion times)

[@noahalcantar2431]

@WhatIsMatter69 Toho and Legendary: *steals Nintendo's money and hogs it*

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Irrelevant and nonconsequential. Their movies arent game to movie adaptations. Try again. Harder.