Team Sonic Faces Its Biggest Threat Ever in Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla Crossover | IGN Fan Fest 2026

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This post might contain affiliation links. If you buy something through this post, the publisher may get a share of the sale. By Jesse Schedeen  Updated: Feb. 24, 2026, 2 a.m. Related reads:MapleStorySEA Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Massive Summer Updates Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends are about to face the biggest threat of their lives, literally. IGN can exclusively reveal Sonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla, a new crossover miniseries that sees Godzilla dragged into Sonic’s world. He’s fast, but can Sonic do anything to stop this massive kaiju from rampaging through the Green Hill Zone? We’re about to find out.More like thisOpen Back Headphones: A Sound Experience Like No OtherSonic the Hedgehog X Godzilla is written by Nick Marino (Godzilla Rivals) and drawn by Jack Lawrence (Sonic the Hedgehog), with colors by Reggie Graham. Check out an exclusive preview of the cover art to issue #1 in the slideshow gallery below, and then keep reading to learn more about the series from Marino and the editorial team.Sonic and Godzilla are easily two of IDW’s biggest licensed properties, especially with IDW redoubling its focus on the Godzilla line over the past year. In that sense, it’s not surprising that the publisher would seek to bring the two together, and IDW Sonic Editorial reveals that they’ve been looking for ways to make that happen for some time now.”IDW is constantly brainstorming new potential crossovers, and we’ve always been especially excited about the possibility of bringing these two iconic licenses together,” Sonic Editorial tells IGN. “This crossover in particular is also one that fans have been asking us for loud and clear for years, so it’s been high up on the list to try to make happen. Who wouldn’t want to see the Blue Blur vs the King of the Monsters, after all? So this idea has actually been on the IDW team’s radar for a very long time, but it wasn’t until the last year or so that all the pieces fell into place and we could get to work on it! We’re lucky to have such a great creative team to bring this story to life, and of course, this crossover would not have been possible without a tremendous amount of support from Sega and Toho!”As mentioned above, Marino is no stranger to the Godzilla franchise, having previously penned the series Godzilla Rivals. But that was a very different type of Godzilla story, and Marino explains what makes Sonix X Godzilla such a unique writing experience.”The main difference between writing Godzilla and writing Sonic X Godzilla? HUMANS! Aside from Dr. Eggman (who, let’s be real, is a very specific kind of human), SxG is populated solely by talking animals, kaiju, and robots,” Marino says. “My previous Godzilla work was set in Pittsburgh along my old pizza delivery route. The conflict in that story was all about how the kaiju disrupted human life in that very real city, and my own human experience informed the narrative. SxG takes the Toho monsters to Sonic’s world, a place where sassy technicolor animals move at blinding speeds. What does a pink hedgehog with a giant mallet think when she sees an enormous flying insectoid beast the size of a city block? That’s a totally different kind of writing challenge.”We were also curious what Godzilla movies or Sonic projects Marino drew inspiration from for this project. Suffice it to say, Sonic Adventure fans will be pleased.”Sonic Adventure became a huge inspiration on this project somewhere in the second-ish year of development (it’s been a long ride!),” Marino says. “When you’re dealing with giant monsters, you have to think on a bigger scale, and Station Square provided an incredible canvas for us to splatter with destruction and mayhem. My collaborators, Jack Lawrence and Reggie Graham, have risen to the challenge, depicting that special city with jaw-dropping detail.Art by Jack Lawrence & Reggie Graham. (Image Credit: IDW/Sega/Toho)Marino continues, “When it comes to the Toho side of things, I sought inspiration from some of my fave flicks that feature rotating battles between multiple kaiju like Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Godzilla vs. Megalon.”Obviously, these are two franchises with two very distinct visual styles. How is the creative team working to combine the two into one cohesive comic?”Ultimately, it all comes down to Jack Lawrence’s brilliant vision for this adventure,” Marino says. He’s unbelievable. I’m doing my best to cook up fun scenarios for him to draw, and then I’m making sure my panel counts leave enough room for him to properly play around with the fantastic spectacle that this crossover deserves. I’m fascinated by the scale of life, how we perceive lifeforms differently from bacteria to planet-wide ecosystems, from micro to macro. This particular character combination allows me to explore that in a fun way and it’s been really satisfying. I hope our readers agree that the end result is a cohesive mix of these two visual focuses — small speedsters and massive monsters — that delivers the best of both worlds!”Sonic Editorial adds, “Nick has done a great job establishing the tone of the story right off the bat and keeping in mind the scale difference of our Sonic characters and Godzilla characters, which definitely helps inform the art, but we also have also worked closely with Toho to make sure that Jack’s designs for the kaiju are staying true to these beloved characters while also having a little bit of a Sonic-inspired flair to them. They’re entering into Sonic’s world, after all, and we wanted to make sure this crossover had a unique look that would make these versions of the Godzilla monsters memorable.”Sonic X Godzilla specifically draws Godzilla into Sonic’s universe rather than vice versa. We were curious if that premise held the best storytelling potential for this crossover.”With crossovers, there can be a lot of tricky elements to