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Sega Once Floated Cancelling Sonic the Hedgehog, but the Movies Changed Everything
Sega was close to shutting the Sonic franchise down when the first movie's success proved the character could still work
polygon.com
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https://polygon.com/sonic-movie-saved-sega-franchise-from-cancellation
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Sega Once Floated Cancelling Sonic the Hedgehog, but the Movies Changed Everything
Sega was close to shutting the Sonic franchise down when the first movie's success proved the character could still work
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| September 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM EDT to September 23, 2026 at 12:16 PM EDT | Link resolves | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 255608 characters, landed on https://www.polygon.com/sonic-movie-saved-sega-franchise-from-cancellation/ The wording varied; every check is below.Every one of the 2
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| September 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM EDT to September 23, 2026 at 12:16 PM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. the page contains the quotation, exactlyEvery one of the 2
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