Here, we take a trip down memory lane and look at Sonic’s highest highs and lowest lows.

Try and keep up.

So, Sonic Team gave them both in this mashup that shouldn’t work, but somehow does.

25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog

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Bigger, better, and faster,Sonic 2introduced best bud Miles “Tails” Prower (get it?

), as well as the spin dash, which instantly catapulted the player to supersonic speeds.

The gorgeously animated pixel art sparkles, while the bouncy soundtrack hits all the right nostalgic notes.

BEST: 4. Sonic Generations (2011; PS3, Xbox 360)

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The game continually surprises, playing on players' expectations by introducing fresh new ideas in familiar places.

AsShakirasang in “She Wolf,” “Darling it is no joke/This is lycanthropy.”

Sadly, the joke was on us Sonic fans.

BEST: 3. Sonic CD (1993; Sega CD)

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said no one ever, except possibly the NRA.

Oh, and she’s voiced byMean Girls’Lacey Chabert.

That is so not fetch.

BEST: 2. Sonic Adventure (1999; Dreamcast)

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BEST: 1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992; Sega Genesis)

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WORST: 5. Sonic Unleashed (2008; Xbox 360 PS3)

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WORST: 4. Sonic Riders (2006; PS2, GameCube, & Xbox)

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WORST: Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014, Wii U)

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WORST: 2. Shadow the Hedgehog (2005; PS2, GameCube, & Xbox)

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WORST: 1. Sonic the Hedgehog (2006; PS3, Xbox 360)

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