Sonic the Hedgehog has been on an upswing lately. His movies proved to be better than people were expecting, which might as well be an Academy Award nomination by video game movie standards. Likewise, his games have been refined too. Sonic Frontiers had its hiccups but offered a new dimension of gameplay to the series, and Sonic X Shadow Generations managed to improve an already great game with its new story about Sonic's edgy rival, Shadow.