A group of hedgehogs have blasted Sega and their Sonic character for giving people unrealistic expectations of how fast they can run.

Sonic has been a mainstay of video games since the early 1990s but real-life hedgehogs are now saying that he creates an impossible standard for them to live up to.

‘Ever since Sonic came onto the scene, we get people who come up to us expecting us to be able to sprint just as fast. It’s annoying. We’re naturally slow creatures due to our little legs,’ said Spike Quilliams III.

Foxes have also joined in the complaints, saying that Tails depicts foxes as being able to fly, even though they can’t.

‘It’s almost like video games aren’t based in reality,’ said one disappointed fox.