<i id="mwAUo"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game)" id="mwAUs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (1991 video game)">Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i> is released in North America on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis" id="mwAUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sega Genesis">Sega Genesis</a> platform, beginning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog" id="mwAU0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sonic the Hedgehog">the popular video game franchise</a>.<sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"edge"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-edge-9"}}' id="cite_ref-edge_9-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_23#cite_note-edge-9" id="mwAU4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAU8">[9]</span></a></sup>