Sonic the Hedgehog is Getting Its Own Cereal
Many old-school games once had cereal brands of their own. Pac-man, The Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda all had officially licensed breakfast foods, with Pokemon getting its own cereal twice. There was also the Nintendo Cereal System, which was a two-for-one package of Zelda and Mario-inspired breakfast cereals. However, despite a partnership with Honey Nut Cheerios in 1994, Sonic the Hedgehog never got a breakfast cereal of his own.
That’s about to change, though, with Sega and General Mills partnering to bring the blue hedgehog to breakfast tables across America. The companies have also announced a new line of Sonic the Hedgehog fruit snacks.
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The Sonic the Hedgehog tie-in product consists of honey-flavored rings with Chao emerald and “spin dash” marshmallows. The latter looks more like slightly wonky blue stars than a spinning hedgehog, though they get the point across. General Mills also shared an image of what the front of the box looks like, and its press release noting the cereal comes with a Sonic-themed back-of-the-box activity. However, the Minnesota-based food company didn’t offer much information about the Sonic the Hedgehog fruit snacks, other than saying it comes in multiple shapes and flavors inspired by the games and movies.
Sega and General Mills announced the new Sonic The Hedgehog cereal in a press release on Tuesday. It and the fruit snacks are special-edition products promoting the upcoming filmSonic the Hedgehog 2, which hits theaters on April 8th. This likely also means that the Sonic snacks and cereal may only be available for a limited time. Therefore, any Sonic fan who really wants to snack on ring and chaos emeralds will have to
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