It`s 1990, and SEGA isn`t making very WORD games. Nintendo`s mascot, Mario, is making more and more games that are way better than any of SEGA`s. Then SEGA had an WORD, what they needed is a Mario of their own...they had the WORD of making a rabbit that can stretch his WORD out and WORD things. That plan didn`t go so well. They needed an animal that can WORD itself and WORD enemies by doing only a spin. They noticed that hedgehogs have quills that WORD and WORD. So they went with the hedgehog. Since he was planned to be a rabbit, they programmed him to run at a WORD speed. Then, in 1991, `Sonic the Hedgehog` was released for the SEGA WORD. In the first year, it out-WORD Mario by WORD Copies. Sonic was then known as SEGA`s WORD. Over the years, Sonic has taken on many WORD. In 1998, he took on a WORD style in the game `Sonic Adventure.` Today, Mario and Sonic are still WORD rivals. Also, in Winter 2007, Mario and Sonic will compete in the 2008 WORD Olympics in `Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games` for the Nintendo WORD and Nintendo WORDWORD.