Okay okay... so I wanted to take some time to discuss a wacky story of mine.
I was 6 or 7 years old (so 2012, 2013, or the beginning of 2014), and my grandfather and I were outside just chillin. Here he yells at me to come over to him, and he places a Nintendo DS cartridge in my palm. "I found it across the street in that parking lot" he tells me. I look at the cover and see a blue cartoon hedgehog, and instantly I'm intrigued.
I was no stranger to characters like Sonic. Previously I had Mario Kart DS on my 2DS, and I also wasn't a stranger to watching characters such as Felix the Cat. I popped the game into my DS and was instantly hooked. The game was Sonic Classic Collection, and the games that were in front of me reminded me of Mario and Felix a bit, but in it's own unique style.
So uh, long story short, now Sonic is still my all-time favorite franchise (tied with Mario) almost 10 years later, and I know all sorts of stupid and pointless Sonic trivia that no human really ever needed or will need for use in their daily life.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk for me flexing about how I am aware of the existence of Tails And The Music Maker.