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Sonic fandom
The video game franchise Sonic The Hedgehog is known for its eccentric and passionate fandom. Many video game critics were engaged with the fandom, despite of the widespread negative reception of the 2006 video game Sonic The Hedgehog. Fans has seems the character Sonic as the antithesis to Mario.

Sage
Sage is a character in the 2022 video game Sonic Frontiers.

Concept and creation
Sage is created by Sachiko Kawamura and desgined by Yoshitaka Miura, who thanks to their long history with the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, their main rule for creating new characters is to ensure the character design doesn't feel disarrange from existing characters. While they also created other characters for Sonic Frontiers, they aimed to create a character with the impression of a young girl who is mystical and mysterious. They paid special attention to her proportions, to make sure she fits in the franchise and how players would perceive her.

Appearances
Sage served as an impartial antagonist in the 2022 video game Sonic Frontiers. She commands an array of AI enemies to battle Sonic and prevent him from continuing his quest of finding the Chaos Emeralds. He attempts a reason with Sage, while she plays both sides and is told by Dr. Eggman to keep supervision on the protagonists. As the game progress, Sonic continually try to call a truce with her which made her had thoughts about what side she’s on, and flickers her default state into a lighter outfit.

Reception
Chris Carter of Destructoid commented that the relationship between Dr. Eggman and Sage, occasionally work into the story and are fun to watch.