Sonic the Hedgehog Is Coming to Topgolf

Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise and its collaboration with multinational golf gaming company Topgolf launches on November 15, 2024. This brand-new Sonic the Hedgehog-themed golf game features characters and elements from Sega’s franchise. Iconic faces like Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles, are playable in the game, and the courses take the form of locations from the franchise as well.

Topgolf has a variety of golf-themed games, using a combination of a physical driving range bay and virtual segments to try and complete an objective. These activities range from needing to score multiple points by sinking the golf ball into nine sections or simply getting closest to the hole. There are also crossover games at Topgolf, such as one based on Angry Birds and the player needing to knock down a virtual tower using their golf balls. The Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration will use a similar format and gameplay style.

Just like the other games at Topgolf, the Sonic the Hedgehog variant uses a combination of physical golf clubs, tracker balls, and virtual environments. Combining the fast-paced action of the Sonic series with elements of golf results in a game where players have to hit their balls to guide either Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Amy around the course. Depending on where the player ends up hitting the ball, their characters can collect rings, jump off springs, and destroy badniks along the way, trying to get the best score in the familiar locales of Green Hill Zone or Sky Sanctuary. All Topgolf locations in the U.S. and Glasgow will launch this variant on November 15.

When Is Sonic the Hedgehog Coming to Topgolf?

• November 15, 2024
• U.S. and Glasgow locations only
• Additional locations to come Q1 2025

Additional Toptracer-enabled franchise venues will have localized versions of this Sonic collaboration in Q1 2025. This collaboration with Topgolf is the first time that the Sonic franchise has done a golf-themed sports game spin-off. Topgolf is offering players 30 minutes of free play time with any walk-in reservation using a special redeemable code. In addition, Topgolf will have exclusive limited-time Sonic the Hedgehog-themed merchandise at every venue, which includes hats, sweatshirts, and T-shirts.

Sega has been growing the Sonic franchise into multiple media avenues outside the games, as seen with the collaborations it has done in the past few years. Earlier this year, Sonic Superstars had an exclusive collaboration with iHOP, releasing a retro diner costume for Amy Rose to wear in-game. The Sonic video games have also been on fire lately, as seen with how the latest release, Sonic X Shadow Generations, sold over a million units on launch day. Sonic is also gearing up for his third film appearance this December, which also features his black-and-red doppelganger rival, Shadow, in a starring role.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is a prolific game franchise that started life on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. Covering both 2D and 3D iterations through the generations, Sonic is known for speedy movements and interesting platforming mechanics.

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