Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is SEGA's mascot and Mario's former mascot rival when the two companies were still competing each other.

For the figher information, see Sonic the Hedgehog (SSBB).

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

In the April 2002 edition of EGM, an Aprils Fool's claim was that Sonic and Tails, the two biggest mascots of the game company Sega, could be unlocked in Super Smash Bros. Melee by defeating 20 or more Fighting Wire Frames in Cruel Melee.

Falsehood

Players have proven this rumor false both in premise and in practice. It would be highly unlikely that SEGA (which, during Melee's development, was not yet a full-fledged third party company, and thus was in competition with Nintendo) would sell its characters for use in a Nintendo game. There are no provisions to include Sonic and Tails in Melee's All-Star Mode (which showcases every character in the game), and an in-game message also indicates that Mr. Game & Watch is the last unlockable character. In addition, another message tells the player that they have unlocked every trophy. As beating single-player modes with Sonic and Tails would yeild new trophies, this is impossible.

Additionally, Cruel Melee strategies showed very quickly that Sonic and Tails did not appear after obtaining 20 kills - in particular, a video of a Japanese player KO'ing 565 Wire Frames with Pikachu disproved the rumor spectacularly.

When asked if Sonic was going to appear in Melee in an interview with Edge Magazine, Yuji Naka, creator of the Sonic franchise, stated that "It was very close, but time constraints did not allow us to continue with the idea."

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sonic is confirmed is a confirmed character for Brawl, for information, see Sonic the Hedgehog (SSBB).

External Links

• The interview with Yuji Naka regarding Sonic and Melee