Sonic the Hedgehog is generally perceived as a family friendly gaming franchise.
But the Sega mascot has had his fair share of tense moments over the years in the narrative
of his games, some of which have proven to be rather terrifying.
So today, we're counting down our picks for the top 10 scary sonic the hedgehog gaming
moments.
We've talked about Sonic moments plenty in the past, but this time around we'll be focusing
particularly on moments within the games that gave us quite the scare.
So with that in mind, let's get to it!
10 Suicidal Sonic Well, that's one way to start off a list,
isn't it?
In at our very first spot on this list, we have a moment from Sonic CD that gamers would
wait and idle around for, all to see if it was really true - that Sonic commits suicide
if you leave him standing still for too long in the game.
I guess standing still was a fate too tragic for the blue blur.
Anywho, after a while of Sonic tapping his foot and starring at you through the screen,
he eventually wags his finger and jumps right below the map, with the game over sign popping
up after he's departed.
While some players believe he's just being dramatic, others began to call this Sonic's
suicide, and the internet caught on.
9 Sonic Adventure DX - Red Mountain (music is creepy, human like figures in prison cells)
Sonic Adventure DX is a pretty beloved title in the Sonic fan community.
But some of the finer details in the game concerning level design popped out to players
for other reasons that being enjoyable or entertaining.
When you're playing the Red Mountain level, during the portion of the level where you're
inside the mountain itself, you might notice that there's prison cells featured along part
of the rocky walls towards the end of the level.
Look closely at those cells - inside of them are human like figures, dressed in white and
purple stripes.
Moments after you pass the prison cells, there's a chunk of rock with a few rings on it that
you pass that looks like a miniature grave yard, decked out with grave stones.
And following that, you pass by an area heading out of the mountain that features human skulls
that shoot fire at you.
In addition to that, if you listen closely to the music that plays inside of the mountain,
it kind of sounds like a mashup of hip hop and screams.
Just saying.
8 Sonic Adventure 2 - King Boom Boo Often, you'll find that long running video
game franchises will featuring re-occurring foes; familiar enemies unique to that gaming
universe, some of which are notoriously nuisances.
And some who are notoriously eerie.
Sonic is no different - King Boom Boo, a minor villain to appear in multiple sonic games,
is one of those eerie foes.
He's the king of the ghostly boos, and literally resides in the Death Camber level.
The boss battle against him in Sonic Adventure 2 is nerve wracking to say the least, and
playing as Knuckles, you must avoid his attacks in order to stay alive.
7 The Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Trailer Because it's a scary day for gaming when a
live action movie turns your protagonist into this:
6 Biolizard The Biolizard is a creature who has appeared
in a slew of different Sonic games over the years, although its first appearance in Sonic
Adventure 2 is perhaps where it is remembered the most vividly.
Created by Gerald Robotnik, this grotesque creature was concocted when Project Shadow
was launched by the President of the United Federation.
It was the prototype of the ultimate life, a predecessor of Shadow's.
The biolizard itself evolved into something that was so unruly that it could not be controlled.
And lucky you has to fight against it.
5 Sonic Spinball - Scorpius Sonic Spinball might not be the most memorable
Sonic title to date, but it does feature one memorable boss level that's left many younger
generations of Sonic players creeped out.
We're talking about Scorpious, the giant robotic scorpion made in the image of Doctor Robotnik,
who you duke it out with in a boss battle room covered in oozing green slime.
Yum.
4 Sonic Unleashed - Dark Gaia Dark Gaia is arguably the scariest boss battle
to ever be featured in a Sonic game.
Dark Gaia is immense, it's intimidating, and it's literally a creature who looks like it
crawled out of a HP Lovecraft story.
And it just continues to get worse as you go - Dark Gaia has a whole other transformation
that, if you didn't feel grossed out before, definitely will make your stomach churn.
Those eyes.
Those teeth.
That slime.
It takes Sonic transforming into Super sonic in order to even be a viable threat to the
beast.
3.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - Sonic and Elise kiss
The 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game, commonly referred to as Sonic 06, is a title that's
widely viewed as the worst of the Sonic franchise.
Perhaps the worst game to ever come out of Sega as well.
Long story short, the game was filled with flaws and development issues, and also featured
one of the most cringe worthy stories in the entire series.
One moment really takes the cake in terms of cringe though - it's when Sonic, the anthropomorphic
HEDGEHOG kisses a human girl, Princess elise.
It's weird.
It made gamers uncomfortable.
And it's gone down in history as one of the creepiest cut scenes of all time.
2.
Drowning Ask anyone who has been a fan of the Sonic
games since they first came out in 1991 about what moments freaked them out the most, and
surely, Sonic drowning will be within the top few picks on their own personal lists.
It's not only Sonic's drowning animations that scared young players, it's the music
that plays along with it.
It's practically anxiety inducing.
And seeing Sonic gasping for air after the initially count down doesn't help matters
either.
The Genesis versions were always the worst for this, and by the time Sonic CD came around,
that drowning music had disappeared, although the animation was there for the long haul.
1.
The Execution of Gerald Robotnik Did you know there's an execution of a character
featured in a Sonic game?
Well, technically, the lead up to an execution.
In Sonic Adventure 2, the last story cut scene features an image of Robotnik's grandfather,
Doctor Gerald Robotnik, tied up in chains, about to be executed, all while he explains
his plan to crash the ARK into the Earth.
After he's finished, we hear an off screen voice say Is there anything else you want
to say?
To which Gerald responses no, and you can hear the off screen man shout the word Ready!
The whole thing plays as if it were a recorded execution.
And if you don't believe that this was footage leading up to his execution, turns out there's
a Sonic Adventure 2 tie in via Sonic X in which you can hear the gun shots in this scene,
something that many believe was a detail cut out from the Western version of the game.
You can also hear the gun shot that kills his daughter Maria in the Dreamcast version
of the game too.
There we have it friends!
Which of these moments freaked you out the most?
What other moments in the Sonic video games scared you over the years?
Give us a shout in those comments below and let us know!
If you dug this video spread the love, hit that like button, and be sure to subscribe
to top 10 gaming for more.