Nowadays playing Sonic games on a Nintendo console is a common occurrence, but in the Nineties it was absolutely unthinkable. The impossible happened in 2001 when, fresh from announcing it would no longer make consoles, Sega released Sonic Advance later that same year. It may have felt strange to see your beloved hero on a rival system, but Sega’s loss was ultimately Sonic’s gain as he’s now more popular than ever.