The original Sonic the Hedgehog games for the Genesis and Sega CD remain some of, if not the best Sonic games to date. So popular that they are still being bundled together and resold for the latest consoles via 2022's Sonic Origins. However, the trajectory of the hedgehog after his very first appearance might have been forever changed had a Sega CD follow-up starring a "sexy" female version of the blue blur ever seen the light of day.
Dubbed Sister Sonic, rumblings about the canceled RPG starring the hedgehog's sister have been out there for years. However, in an attempt to find out if Sister Sonic was the real deal, not only has YouTube channel DidYouKnowGaming confirmed the rumors, but it has discovered some concrete details about the canceled hame. Turns out while the rumor that the game existed and was eventually canceled was true, most of the other information about Sister Sonic was inaccurate.
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For starters, despite the game's name, the star of Sister Sonic would not have been Sonic's sister. In an early '90s edition of Beep MegaDrive, Sega Falcom's director confirms the studio had five titles in development at the time, adding that Sister Sonic was furthest along out of all of them. It's in that same interview that the director confirms Sister Sonic would not have been Sonic's sister, just a female relative of the hedgehog. No explanation as to why she needed to be a more distant relative than a sister, but there you go. It's also in that interview that the director confirms Sister Sonic would have had "a flirtatious and sexy charm".
The other rumor often connected to Sister Sonic is that it would have been a simple reskin of Nihon Falcom's Popful Mail. A somewhat
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