And Donkey Kong has had two different takes on rhythm genre with both the traditional Donkey Konga and its bongo drum peripherals, and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, which used the drums to let you navigate side scrolling levels. Rhythm games and mascot platforms actually have a fair amount of history already. Nintendo paid tribute to the Super Mario series with a whole Dance Dance Revolution spin-off dedicated to its characters and music. With a soundtrack this bangin’, how has the franchise never ventured into the new territory of a rhythm game? And it got me thinking, the Sonic franchise has gone plenty different directions over the years, from kart racing to turn-based RPGs.

Because I’m the type of person who makes something his entire personality for a day if I spend enough time poring over it, I also opened up a Spotify playlist of all the series’ vocal tracks to further push me into a Sonic-driven haze for the rest of the day. Yesterday I fell deep into a hole of watching YouTube videos of several Sonic the Hedgehog games.

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