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I guess that I have two big reasons as to why I like the series so much:

1. I like Sonic as a character. To me, he always comes off as an optimistic guy who always lives to the fullest; traits I strive for. While there are Sonic characters I like more, he still is a good role model for kids.

2. His games were entirely new to me. Before I got into him, the games I played always had some way around them, be it cheat codes, unlockable bonuses like invincibility, and other things like that. Looking back on them, they kind of sucked the challenge out of everything. When I started playing Sonic, I was open to the challenge of never having anything support me. If I did something awesome, I was responsible for that, not a cheat code from the Internet. Coincidentally, that was around the same time that I started to be proud of myself. I learned that no matter what happened in real life, I could still look to my virtual deeds to feel good about myself.

TL; DR version: Sonic's character is cool, and his games were my first real challenge as a gamer.