2024-12-19 20:03:47

SEGA Is About to ‘Live and Learn’ After Crush 40 Sues Over Iconic ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Song

If there’s one thing that Sonic the Hedgehog has over its contemporaries, it’s the fact that it always has a killer soundtrack. While most of our memories of Sonic Adventure 2 revolve around the Chao garden, its smattering of musical selections also made quite an impact. City Escape is one of the most iconic tunes […] The post SEGA Is About to ‘Live and Learn’ After Crush 40 Sues Over Iconic ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Song appeared first on VICE.
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