That is Sonic. Next to him is Bowser and next to Bowser is Kirby.

 

I did not grow up with a Nintendo console. I was a SEGA-kid. I had owned a Genesis (or MegaDrive) ...and I did delve into a little bit of the Master System. I can't tell you much about the Master System because I was too young to comprehend the flashing lights emitted from the screen as I had shot down little Pixels on the Master System's Rambo title. I can go on and on about the Genesis though. In 1991, Sonic The Hedgehog (the one that was bundled with every Genesis at the time) was my first video game ever. At least, it was the first video game that I had ever played and comprehended. (....ohh, the haunting melody of the pending doom when Sonic had to reach one of those air-bubbles during a aquatic level....)

 

It is kind of nice having this thing in my possession. Considering the rarity of this item, I thought, why not?

 

Certainly, when my copy of Smash Bros. arrives, there is a good chance that Sonic is going to be my preferred character. Although I do not know whether to anticipate him as a tolerable or intolerable character, I am certain that playing as Sonic will indeed incite some warm and comforting nostalgia.