The first Sonic I ever played was "Sonic 3 & Knuckles". It was a demo, and I later got the entire thing, which came with "Sonic and Knuckles", "Sonic 3", and "Sonic 3 & Knuckles", which was just a combo of the first two. I also got "Sonic R" and "Sonic CD" in that package bundle, all ported to the PC. But unfortunately, Sonic CD didn't work on my old Windows 98 at the time, so I never got to give that one a spin. But when I learned how to use the CD burner, I put all of the song files onto disks I labeled "Bgm" and I used to listen to music from the older Sonic games.
I also watched the original Sonic cartoon.
However, the first game console I ever owned was a Nintendo Gamecube, which I got on my 11th birthday. The first two games I got for it were "Pikmin", and "Sonic Adventure 2: Battle". I thought Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, was the best game I ever played in my life. The music was great, sonic was so cool, and Shadow was kick-ass. I talked and walked like those characters. (I was in 5th grade, what can I say?) I cried like a little girl when Shadow fell to earth in the end, presumably making him dead. And when it was time to write a "best moment of your life" essay, I wrote about "The Day I Beat Sonic Adventure 2: Battle".
But this was not my first time hearing of a Sonic Adventure game. I used to play this crappy-ass educational game with cute little anime characters in the school's computer lab. It was called, "Welcome to Japan". And in that game, they referenced Sonic Adventure during the technology lecture. I was probably in 4th or 3rd grade when I saw that, and I thought "when did Sonic get a super-cool makeover?" Well, I found out in 5th grade when I got Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
Then naturally, I loved Sonic Advance. Chao raising became a huge hobby of mine. I STILL have my primary chao from 6 years ago! The same one! I called him, "Reaco", and to this day, I still plan on turning him into a Chaos chao. Naturally, I loved Sonic Adventure DX. And when Sonic Heroes came out, I jumped for joy when I saw Shadow was still alive. And finally, when I read about "Shadow the Hedgehog", I was once again overjoyed that he would have his own game.
And you know what? I like that game! I don't give a damn what others say. I like "Shadow the Hedgehog" the game, and I'm damn proud to say so. Although, it didn't fill in as many gaps as I thought it would. It just left even more gaps in Shadow's history. But regardless, I still like it.
And you know what else? I like Sonic X! I watch it sometimes on Saturday mornings when my dad's out of the house because I'm embarrassed to admit I still look at kid's shows.
I also have a lot of Sonic comics.
In other words, everything ever made in Sonic, I like. When I was a kid, Sonic was all I talked about. All I wanted to do was kick my friends' asses in multiplayer. I recorded music from Sonic Adventure 2 on a cassette tape and played it during car rides.
Now I'm 17 years old, and my "focus" has shifted elsewhere. >.>
But regardless, I often dive back in to the world of Sonic. And I still love the game music. To this day, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, is still my favorite Sonic game. I will never ever forget the joy it brought me.
Damn, I just typed up an essay.