Somehow makes doing homework and catching the train home feel like the coolest thing you've ever done.
Fun fact: Started as a spin-off of Shin Megami Tensei, a franchise it now outsells by a wide margin.
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.