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That's why I said "Assuming", it's a question of what writer, developer, or creative in the Sonic franchise set a strong foundation for Sonic to have international appeal despite its understated origins, but was under appreciated (Barks) and what writer, developer, creative was able to appropriately adapt and elevate that appeal to the mainstream with their autism (Rosa).

Also, as a franchise, the Sonic series' development in the West has a lot of parallels to what happened to Donald Duck in Europe