Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but putting him on Earth in the real world puts a new spin (pun intended) on the franchise. Unlike Sonic ’06, anthropomorphic animals and humans together somehow make sense. Yet where the first put the hedgehog into the real world, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film, its plot now hinging on entire setpieces that honour the game series. There’s a water-logged labyrinth! Snowboarding! The Tornado biplane! This is a film as much for the adult fans to pick apart as it is for kids to laugh at the silliness. Read more…<\/p>\n
Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":550288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nSonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":137,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Eurogamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News","description":"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News","og_description":"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series","datePublished":"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/"},"wordCount":137,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg","articleSection":["Eurogamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/","name":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-10T23:19:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"One of the best things about the first Sonic the Hedgehog film is it has its own personality. Sure, it features the blue blur you know and love, but","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270224,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550287\/revisions\/1270224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-puts-the-video-game-back-into-the-film-series.jpg\")
<\/p>\n