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Sonic the Hedgehog

8-bit 1991 platform video game
VideoGame video_game Q37115
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Sonic the Hedgehog

Summary

Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (306 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonic the Hedgehog's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's composer is recorded as Yuzo Koshiro[4].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's publisher is recorded as Q122741[5].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's genre is recorded as platform game[6].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's logo image is recorded as Sonic 1 8-bit logo.svg[7].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's followed by is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog 2[8].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's developer is recorded as Ancient[9].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's part of the series is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog[10].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's IMDb ID is recorded as tt5477730[11].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0291490[12].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's Commons category is recorded as Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit video game)[13].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's platform is recorded as Q209868[14].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's platform is recorded as Q751719[15].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[16].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's MusicBrainz work ID is recorded as 82d0643e-3c82-49d9-8cb3-77227a015af3[18].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's MusicBrainz release group ID is recorded as f7f78b18-cde3-4af0-baec-44cca821b13f[19].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's country of origin is recorded as Japan[20].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's publication date is recorded as +1991-10-25T00:00:00Z[21].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sy79[22].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's ESRB rating is recorded as Everyone[23].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's CERO rating is recorded as A (All ages)[24].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's PEGI rating is recorded as PEGI 3[25].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's USK rating is recorded as USK 0[26].
  • Sonic the Hedgehog's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'Sonikku za Hejjihoggu'}[27].

Why It Matters

Sonic the Hedgehog ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (306 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Ancient Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Ancient
    Followed by → —
    Instance of → —
    Cero rating → A (All ages)
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7517]]: Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(8-bit)"
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