I remember the day I got into Sonic actually LOL. I was in the third grade in 2009/2010 and these 2 kids in my
class where debating who was better, Sonic or Mario? They had each drawn their respective choice and I remember
seeing the kids drawing of sonic and being like 'that's really cool actually'
I then proceeded to go home and look up sonic on youtube on my family's computer and the rest is history.
I really enjoyed the sonic fandom back in the day because it led me into so many things
that I love now and have nostalgia for that are all over this website! The games, websites, music, art, and even the job I have now
I would've never discovered without my interest in sonic!
Sonic had some BANGING music, both classic and modern. I lisitened to
multitudes of it as a child. My first video game was acutally Shadow the Hedgehog
on the PS2 (hilarious I know) so my first sonic song was actually "I Am All of Me" by Crush 40.
The hold that Crush 40 and Zebrahead had on me as a child is unmatched. I
have many favorites so I've compiled a playlist of them!
As a side note, back in the day people also made a ton of AMV's and memes with sonic characters.
For example, when Sonic Unleashed came out I remember everyoneeee use Three Days Grace's 'Animal I Have Become' for the Werehog (and i ate it up nom nom)
A huge aspect of the sonic fandom back in the day was speedpaints. MS Paint, Paint.Net, Paint Tool Sai, etc... it didn't matter!
Along with Windows Movie Maker and Unregistered Hypercam 2 anybody and everybody made their Sonic OC come to life! (me included lol)
For me, this was a huge way that I built my music taste as an adolecent. Alot of people would either put their personal favorite songs or
the Youtube editor music. This was commonplace for many fandoms back in the day as well! I recently found a video that touches on this subject very well.
Here is a playlist of some of my favorite speedpaints from roughly arround 2007-2011. Many of the ones I love have been deleted sadly, but these still are around! (I have also included some AMV's hehe)
(link in progress)
Here is a collection of some of my favorite sonic games, both from classic and modern era!!