Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition

The Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition is a record book made by Guinness World Records. The book conatains Video Game related records, trivia, and countdowns.

2010 edition:

 * Page 206: mentions the Summer of Sonic convention; states according to "a number of polls", Sonic the Hedgehog is one of the most recgonizable of all Video Game characters; shows records for Sonic Rush and Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).
 * Page 207: shows records for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3
 * Page 191: the Sonic the Hedgehog series is placed at 15th in the Top 50 Video Game Series.
 * Page 97: states Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as the best-selling game on any SEGA platform; states 50 million unit sales have been made by "SEGA's long-running and ever-popular Sonic the Hedgehog series."
 * Page 96: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is placed 2nd in "ten 2D Platformers you should play"

2012 edition:

 * Page 63: States "4: The number of games that feature both Mario and Sonic, three of which are apart of the Mario & Sonic at the olympic games (SEGA Sports R&D) series.
 * Page 117: Mentions Sonic as a guest in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Page 185: Puts 2 Sonic games in "top 50 games endings": Sonic Adventure 2 (33) and Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) (28).
 * Page 196: shows records for Sonic & Knuckles & Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
 * Page 197: shows more records for Sonic & Knuckles & Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic the Hedgehog (1991); shows information on the "lock-on technology" in Sonic & Knuckles.
 * Page 109: States Sonic and the Secret Rings as the Best-Selling Third-Party 3D Wii Platformer.

Trivia

 * The summary of the Sonic Adventure 2 ending does not include the death of Shadow the Hedgehog

Enturnal links

 * http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gamers/index.html