Sonic the Hedgehog's Self-Berating Twitter Account is Amazing
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— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 10, 2015
Now that he has something of a saving grace and a rather unexpected one: a Twitter account. More often than not, corporate run social media accounts for fictional characters are just plain embarrassing, mishandled attempts at product promotion (the Facebook account for Mass Effect's Commander Shepard is one of the most cringe-worthy things I've ever had the displeasure of scrolling through) but whoever is managing Sonic's account seems to know what's up.
@SeppBlatterP You need to hurry up and finish that retirement.
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 11, 2015
Between biting back against fake Sepp Blatter, jokingly denying that half the Sonic games that came out between now and 2003 even existed and referencing Game of Thrones on a semi-regular basis, Sonic has found a way to take his tattered reputation and turn it into one massive in-joke. It's obviously working, the account currently sits at a modest 162,000 followers, but it's climbing rapidly.
@Poketon96 No way, we're ahead of the curve. It's all about MySpace.
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 11, 2015
That's not to say that the account doesn't have any kind of promotional ethos, there's a (likely terrible) new Sonic Boom title incoming and may of his tweets are angled towards bigging it up, but seemingly Sega are well aware that overdoing it on the sales pitch is only going to hinder them on this front. It is entirely possible that if the account breaks half a million or even a million followers some time in the near future that the self-deprecating, dry humor might fall by the wayside, but for the time being it's ceaselessly entertaining to behold. It's nice to see Sonic being good at something again.
@CptWiggleFuffle The lights suddenly go out, and the music distorts into a demonic melody. Then, you see him: pic.twitter.com/LVurkavv6x
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 10, 2015
@RedScareBot @weedgoku69 @frendazoned McCarthy, bro, we talked about this. Stop right now or I swear we'll bring in Eisenhower again.
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 11, 2015
@IzayaChii This is the internet! We love memes and cats, and now we present to you both. pic.twitter.com/FU3RdzS2Jl
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 11, 2015
@InaneCuttlefish Look at that blue verified icon. Now back to me. Now back to the blue verified icon. Now back to me. pic.twitter.com/qhs4gaBjWL
— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) June 10, 2015
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Sonic the Hedgehog's Self-Berating Twitter Account is Amazing
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