Sony needed a mascot so they went with a mutant bandicoot in jorts, and fair play it worked.
Fun fact: Naughty Dog internally codenamed the project "Sonic's Ass Game" because the camera always showed Crash from behind.
Changed his entire personality every couple of years, which is either genius or deeply unsettling.
Fun fact: His mismatched eyes were caused by a permanently dilated left pupil from a teenage fistfight.