Sonic Fan Games Hq (2024)

FAQs

Is it legal to make a Sonic fan game? ›

Original copyright holders can order a cease and desist upon fan game projects, as by definition fan games are unauthorized uses of copyrighted property. Many fan games go as far as taking music and graphics directly from the original games.

It is generally considered that the first fully fledged Sonic fan game produced was Sonic Boom (not to be confused with the TV show) in 1995.

Sonic Team is a video game developer owned by the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No. 2 division. Sonic Team is best known for its namesake long-running Sonic the Hedgehog series and games such as Nights into Dreams and Phantasy Star Online.

Sonic.exe is the antagonist of Ordinary Sonic Fangame, otherwise known as X's Sonic Fangame in-game, and a remake of An Ordinary Sonic ROM Hack created by a group of anonymous users on /exeg/, the only one currently named being HATCHEROFDEMONS, the lead sprite artist and co-director of the game.

You can make your fan game and it is entirely legal for you to do so. Unless you distribute copies (including a full transfer the single copy you made), you do not violate copyright.

The stance of Nintendo, a video game company, towards fan games has historically been hostile, in accordance with their proactive protections on intellectual property (IP) usage. Fan games have been heavily targeted for removal by the company, resulting in numerous DMCA takedowns.

Development of Sonic Mania began in 2015, led by Australian programmer Christian "Taxman" Whitehead. Whitehead was a prominent member of the Sonic fangame community, and had previously been contracted by Sega to develop remastered ports of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, and Sonic CD for mobile phones.

Tails debuted in November 1992 with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, playing the part of Sonic's sidekick. He was a playable character from the second controller and could be chosen as player one for the main game, though he did not possess the ability to fly.

Sonic's real name is Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.

Amy Rose. Amy Rose is a pink hedgehog and Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend, who is an energetic tomboy. Amy was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino for Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993), although she appeared in Kenji Terada's Sonic the Hedgehog manga a year before.

What is Tails' real name? ›

Miles Prower (マイルス・パウアー, Mairusu Pauā^?), better known as Tails (テイルス, Teirusu^?), is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

However, he can use Sonic's real form whenever he feels like to give his victims a false sense of security. Sonic.exe's primary weakness is his overall childish nature when faced with failure or concepts he disagrees with.

It is graphic in nature, includes scenes that are bloody and is designed to generate jump scares. Some children will be disturbed by it.

X, also better known as Sonic.exe, is the titular main antagonist of the Sonic.exe creepypasta and its sequel Round 2. He is an eldritch interdimensional energy-based entity that was created in a void and took the form of Sonic, deciding to enslave all of humanity once it manages to fully merge its world with Earth.

Sonic is copyrighted. It's just sega's legal team are leniant when it comes to fan projects.

According to fans, Sega's rules state that Sonic can't "show excessive emotion", or even lose against the bad guys.

So it's refreshing to see Sega go to bat for fan games, even if that support comes with some caveats. In response to questions regarding fan games from the community, Sega social media manager Kate Chrzanowski wrote that "there is usually* no issue" with fan games as long as profit isn't involved.

A: Yes it is completely legal! Microsoft has put up a set of guidelines (that you can read here) for making projects like these. We are respecting these guidelines and ensuring that we do not violate any.