Editing Sonic the Hedgehog

|universe      = {{uv|Sonic the Hedgehog}}

|firstgame      = ''{{s|wikipedia|Sonic the Hedgehog|1991 video game}}'' (1991)

|games        = ''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|console      = Sega Genesis

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Sonic made his ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' debut in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in which he and [[Solid Snake]] notably became the first third-party characters to appear in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. Sonic has since reappeared as a fighter in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

Sonic is a 15-year-old anthropomorphic hedgehog who, as his name suggests, is capable of running at supersonic speeds. He is 3 ft, 3 in (1 m) tall, weighs 77 lbs (35 kg), and has large quills, blue fur, and green eyes. Sonic also wears a pair of Power Sneakers<ref>Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) (Sega Mega Drive) United States instruction booklet, p. 2.</ref> alongside a pair of white gloves.

Sonic's most defining feature is his speed, as it was his main gimmick and driving force during his inception. Sonic is constantly seen outrunning traditionally fast objects like cars and trucks, rockets, fighter jets and even time and space itself. This even applies to gameplay, with players often finding ways to glitch and sequence break several games by simply going fast enough. Aside from his speed, his main ability is to curl up into a ball and effectively make himself a projectile that can damage enemies. His most iconic method of achieving this state is the [[Spin Dash]], where Sonic curls up into a ball and spins around in place enough times to launch forward at high speeds. A variant of this technique called the Super Peel-Out exists, which has a similar effect except without curling into a ball. While Sonic initially could only jump and land on the heads of enemies, later games introduced the [[Homing Attack]], where Sonic will lock on to the closest enemy for a near guaranteed hit. Later games also introduced a boosting technique, where Sonic can further increase his speed by using a resource that varies depending on the game.

==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==

[[List of rumors#Sonic and Tails hoax|An infamous hoax claimed that Sonic and Tails were unlockable in ''Melee'']]. Despite it being confirmed that the rumor wasn't true, the hoax still became well-known in both the ''Super Smash Bros.'' community and the wider world of gaming anyway. This rumor got to such notoriety that the US website for ''Melee'' had to notify players in its FAQ that Sonic and [[Knuckles]] (who was not the subject of a major rumor) do not appear in the game.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/2huph9/here_have_an_old_faq_from_the_original_smash_bros/#lightbox</ref>

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|desc-ntsc=The world's fastest hedgehog, who can run at supersonic speeds. Generally speaking, he loves being able to do what he wants and loathes being constrained. Holding still is something he would never consider. He's got a bit of an attitude but can't pass by someone in trouble. When he collects the seven Chaos Emeralds, he transforms into the mighty, gold Super Sonic.

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| Classic Sonic

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| Super Sonic

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**Ironically, real-world hedgehogs can swim, but have difficulty getting out of water.

*Sonic is the only fighter who debuted on a [[Sega]] console.

**Of those four, he is the only one who was not DLC at the time, and whose trailers contained actual gameplay (the latter three only had gameplay in their second trailer), were for two separate installments (being ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''), and did not have splash art.

**Both trailers feature the ending segment of the song that is not included in-game for the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.

*Sonic and [[Wii Fit Trainer]] are the only two non-''Pokémon'' fighters to have a voice actor for the French, Spanish, German, and Italian versions of ''SSB4'' and ''Ultimate''.

**On a related note, he was only voiced in English and Japanese in ''Brawl'', making him the only fighter to start out voiced in two languages for their first ''Super Smash Bros.'' appearance, and then be voiced in more languages in their subsequent appearance.