Talk:Sonic.exe/@comment-28595086-20191007015748/@comment-5643552-20191015074815

Sonic.exe came out in mid or late 2011, and by that point haunted video game style pastas had already been done to death. It was no different from the gazillion other BEN Drowned rip-offs from around that time. I'm like 99% sure it only exploded in popularity after Pewdiepie played the fangame.