Anniversary: Sonic Adventure Japanese Launch (26 Years)

On this day, Sonic Adventure launched in Japan in 1999, alongside the Sega Dreamcast. The Dreamcast would end up becoming SEGA's final home console, but it arrived with a pretty fantastic set of launch titles, with Sonic Team receiving critical acclaim for its next-generation take on Sonic the Hedgehog.

The game's launch was considered a substantial event in Japan, with a large-scale advertising effort across the country and a special conference held in Tokyo to fully unveil the game's features and development history. Sonic Adventure is iconic for introducing players to a fully-3D Sonic experience for the very first time, and brought on a whole new design for the blue blur and his friends - since known as the 'Modern Sonic' art style.

Celebrate your love for the original Sonic Adventure today!