USA Sonic the Hedgehog Video Commercials Page 2
Even more great ads for you to watch!
These may be sorted in the future, with the newer ads on the later pages, but all advertisements must be aquired first. As usual, these are ad-free ads, as close to original content as Sonic Gear can find.		 Sonic Gear Main
USA Commercials 1
NOTE: Videos may be unstable. If you find one which won't load, email AzureBlaze @ msn.com and it will be replaced with a clip which works. Naturally, there's tons of these things and they can't all be checked every week or day to be sure they work. Because videos are large, another site is hosting these, (youtube & google), so Sonic Gear is not in direct control of the videos, or their stability.
Sonic & Knuckles Genisis

A funny commercial with a bit of plot. Santa's elves tell you about how great Sonic & Knuckles is, while game play footage shows. They show the idea to Santa Clause, who doesn't believe that anyone will like it. (!) So they give Sega the idea, and get super rich, leading them to a tropical area rather than the North Pole. Funny, and game-informative is a great combo for this ad.
Sonic 1 - Genisis

Here's a funny one for Sonic 1, where the H.A.G. society tries to stamp out Sonic!

A stuffy grownup with poofy hair makes a speech against Sonic, claiming he is too fast, and his attitude is all wrong. Why can't he be slow and nice, like Mario?

Well, an animated stock art poster will have none of it, so it scares her and runs off.

All the while, a TV is showing footage from Sonic 1, illustrating how fast he is, and how the 16 bit graphics look really cool.
Sonic Adventure 1 - Dreamcast

A fully CG ad, which answers the question "Why is Sonic not a good DJ?". In this ad, many famous characters from early Dreamcast games are having a party, while Sonic DJs the music and Tails dances on a box.

When Sonic starts thinking of game play footage from SA1, it gives you clips of the game. How many famous characters can you spot dancing?
Movie Trailer Type Shadow the Hedgehog

This advertisement for Shadows' game comes across more like a movie trailer, than a video game ad. It has bits of game play mixed in with mostly scenes from the CG cuts and plot pieces. This nice mix and description . It explains a bit of the plot, and the 'you decide his fate' feature.

This makes the game look really slick, and would tempt people to buy. A nice piece, if you collect Shadow--even if you didn't like his game all that well.

This may be an internet only spot, or something sponsored online.
Sonic Identity 3D Teaser Thing

This is a strange animated CG segment. It may be an ad of some sort, but was billed as an 'identity'. Maybe it was invented to remind developers or customers of Sonic or something...

This uses some early form of 3D that looks rather strange. There is no dialogue, but the words (what few there are) are in English. It shows pistons like the final boss of Sonic 1, but a silver Sonic statue rises out of one and blasts a badnick (sol-like) and then becomes colorized. This is really rare and somewhat confusing. Collect it right away!
Game Tap Ad -Service

Game Tap is a service you can subscribe to on your PC to play older games. You get their whole library if you sign up. Seems like it would be good for people who didn't keep their old systems...but why bother when you can just get Sonic Gems or another compilation.

This is on here because it has Sonic 2 footage, and Gametap is also known for fronting Sonic's games a lot in their ads and on their site.
Hand Held Sonic 3D Blast

It is unusual to see an actual TV ad for a handheld game that is NOT for GameGear or a Gameboy. There just isn't that much profit in the old-skool LCDs. (Well, the whole point of them is to be cheap so...) but here's an ad for the handheld version of 3D blast, Sonics' isometric journey into mediocrity.

*Commercial sound quality degraded somehow. Ad will be replaced with a good quality version as soon as possible. Stay tuned!
This is a co-commercial for Sonic and Honey Nut Cheerios the cereal. The cereal is oat based with a 'honey flavored' coating and no colors. The mascot is a bee that is always trying to tempt people to eat it. In this ad, the bee tries to run along with an animated Sonic through part of a Sonic 2 level, but various misfortunes befall him along the way. Sonic doesn't speak (as it is 1994) which is just fine. It also announces you can get game tips on the box-back, as well as a chance to win Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine or Toejam & Earl game if you enter. Sonic comes out of the TV at the end, to stand next to the breakfast. This is an entertaining and interesting old co-commercial. Discovered by SupeSonicBoom, added by SonikkuForever.
This ad is by Gametap.
It's subscription based, and lets you play various classic games online so you don't need to buy or rent them (just subscribe) It uses a mix of stop motion, videos of actual Sonic 2 levels and a talking artwork of Eggman to accomplish its funny goal.

What do you do while waiting on Sonic to get past all your traps? Why...send SilverMetal Sonic out for a latte, of course! But, they won't have long to wait!

Discovered by Berzerker, produced by Gametap.
Here's a 'all games' collection style Dreamcast ad. The ad is mostly for the system itself, telling you to use your superior skills (against a guy named Steve??) As a sort of showcase for the different games you can play on it, many different characters appear and interact in funny ways. Sonic runs through the crowd, starteling people, and a basketball player tells Tails to shut up (!) It's a pretty decent ad, as it showcases graphics and that the Dreamcast would have a good game variety. Video discovered by Berzerker
Sonic even has a cameo in this Crazy Taxi commercial. The scenario is multiple Dreamcast game characters waiting around in the DMV while another taxi driver...drives badly outside. Inside, all the characters are displeased, having to wait in line. You can see Sonic near one of the doors, and Tails appears to be behind (but he's on top of) the counter trying to direct people. Video discovered by Berzerker
This is one of those 'crazy style' old-school Sega type ads. It's for the Franco American Sonic shapes pasta (seen on Sonic Foods USA!) In it, a kid is playing a Sonic game and ignoring his mom who wants to serve him the Sonic pasta. So she gets mad instead, and hurls the can. Instead of killing him (by hitting him with it) he grabs it and plugs it into (!) an odd adapter on top of the Genesis which causes the pasta shapes to appear on his TV, which then pop out so he can eat it. It's all very 'extreme' and in your face, which was the style of the time. Interesting/funny to see! Discovered by: SonicRulz14
Tiger Electronics actually created a TV spot for their first hand held Sonic game. (Sonic 1) This can be seen on USA LCDs. This ad features an animated mini-Sonic who interacts with a kid who is playing the game. He runs really fast down the street, and does other gimmicky stunts due to the game. The start asks the odd question 'what do you get when you cross a tiger & a hedgehog?' referring to their own brand name. It shows some of the game-play footage as well, while telling you a little about what you can do in the game. Discovered by SonicRulz14