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In a move that totally surprised me, Sega has ported the original Sonic the Hedgehog game for play on iPod. This really shouldn’t have surprised me, as Sonic is usually one of the first franchises to hit every handheld device out there since the Game Gear. That includes the N-Gage, folks, with Sonic N.

I find myself extremely curious as to how the port went, but not curious enough to plunk down five dollars to find out. I’m sure it looks fine, but how does it move? How does it control? Sonic’s supposed to be fast, and if the LCD on the iPod, which is not known for its refresh rate (and why should it be?) can’t keep up, it would just give me motion sickness.

Sega says the game will run on a fifth-generation iPod (that’s what I’ve got) or any of the sixth-gens, which are the iPod Classic and the unattractive, squat new Nano. I wish great luck to Sega, and I hope they’ve done a good job on the port. Let’s just say the GBA port of the game was… unforgivably lackluster in the wake of the stellar Sonic Advance games.

Sonic The Hedgehog Comes to the iPod

Fan-favorite Sonic The Hedgehog Now Available for Purchase or Gifting on the iTunes Store

SAN FRANCISCO (December 18, 2007) РSEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic The Hedgehog is now available for play on the new iPod nano with video, the iPod classic and the fifth generation iPod. Sonic The Hedgehog was originally introduced in 1991 and has become one of the most popular video game franchises in history, selling well over 45 million copies. Sonic fans can purchase and download the game from the iTunes Store for $4.99 (www.itunes.com). Sonic has been designed specifically for the iPod and is available on the 22 iTunes Stores around the world.

“Sonic The Hedgehog is one of the most beloved video game characters of all time,” said Simon Jeffery, President and COO of SEGA of America, “And with the installed base that iPod enjoys Sonic now becomes available to a whole new group of casual and hardcore gamers just in the time for the holidays.”

iTunes customers can buy the game for themselves, or easily give the gift of Sonic The Hedgehog. Similar to music and video content on the iTunes Store, customers simply find the game on iTunes and click the “Gift This Game” button.