Sonic the Hedgehog

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Sonic makes his debut in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and was confirmed on October 10th, 2007.<ref name=Dojo>[https://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/sonic.html Smash Bros. DOJO!! - Sonic]</ref> According to [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] creator [[Masahiro Sakurai]], Sonic's inclusion was not guaranteed; as a result of his last-minute inclusion, the delay of ''Brawl''{{'}}s release date was announced alongside his confirmation.<ref name=SourceGaming/>

According to Sakurai, he played a number of both classic and modern ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games in order to develop a basis for Sonic's appearance in ''Brawl''. He was primarily focused on the classic games and based him on their gameplay style as one-button games.<ref name=SourceGaming>[https://www.sourcegaming.info/2016/07/24/sonic-the-hedgehog-joins-the-battle/ Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Battle!! - Source Gaming]</ref> Aesthetically, Sonic's design is from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), and his [[dash]]ing animation is his Super Peel Out from ''Sonic the Hedgehog CD''.<ref name=SourceGaming/> Mechanically, his moveset largely consists of his attacks from ''Sonic the Fighters'',<ref name=SourceGaming/> although two of his [[special move]]s are the [[Homing Attack]] from ''Sonic Adventure'' and the [[Spin Dash]] from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.<ref name=Dojo/>

According to Sakurai, he played a number of both classic and modern ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games in order to develop a basis for Sonic's appearance in ''Brawl''. He was primarily focused on the classic games and based him on their gameplay style as one-button games.<ref name=SourceGaming>[https://www.sourcegaming.info/2016/07/24/sonic-the-hedgehog-joins-the-battle/ Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Battle!! - Source Gaming]</ref> Aesthetically, Sonic's design is from ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), and his [[dash]]ing animation is his Super Peel Out from ''Sonic the Hedgehog CD''.<ref name=SourceGaming/> Mechanically, his moveset largely consists of his attacks from ''Sonic the Fighters'',<ref name=SourceGaming/> although two of his [[special move]]s are the [[Homing Attack]] from ''Sonic Adventure'' and the [[Spin Dash]] from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.<ref name=Dojo/>

Sonic's [[Final Smash]], [[Super Sonic]], functions almost identically to its appearances in his home series: he is rendered invincible and can fly, yet his transformation has a fairly short duration.<ref name=Dojo/> Possibly as a result of his last-minute inclusion, Sonic also appears very late in ''Brawl''{{'}}s Adventure Mode, [[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]]. Ultimately, he plays a pivotal role in the defeat of the [[Subspace Army]]'s leader, [[Tabuu]], during the final battle.

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 Sonic makes his debut in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series as a playable character in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', and was confirmed on October 10th, 2007.<ref name=Dojo>[https://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/characters/sonic.html Smash Bros. DOJO!! - Sonic]</ref> According to [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] creator [[Masahiro Sakurai]], Sonic's inclusion was not guaranteed; as a result of his last-minute inclusion, the delay of ''Brawl''{{'}}s release date was announced alongside his confirmation.<ref name=SourceGaming/>
-According to Sakurai, he played a number of both classic and modern ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games in order to develop a basis for Sonic's appearance in ''Brawl''. He was primarily focused on the classic games and based him on their gameplay style as one-button games.<ref name=SourceGaming>[https://www.sourcegaming.info/2016/07/24/sonic-the-hedgehog-joins-the-battle/ Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Battle!! - Source Gaming]</ref> Aesthetically, Sonic's design is from ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), and his [[dash]]ing animation is his Super Peel Out from ''Sonic the Hedgehog CD''.<ref name=SourceGaming/> Mechanically, his moveset largely consists of his attacks from ''Sonic the Fighters'',<ref name=SourceGaming/> although two of his [[special move]]s are the [[Homing Attack]] from ''Sonic Adventure'' and the [[Spin Dash]] from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.<ref name=Dojo/>
+According to Sakurai, he played a number of both classic and modern ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games in order to develop a basis for Sonic's appearance in ''Brawl''. He was primarily focused on the classic games and based him on their gameplay style as one-button games.<ref name=SourceGaming>[https://www.sourcegaming.info/2016/07/24/sonic-the-hedgehog-joins-the-battle/ Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Battle!! - Source Gaming]</ref> Aesthetically, Sonic's design is from ''Sonic Adventure'', ''Sonic Adventure 2'' and ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), and his [[dash]]ing animation is his Super Peel Out from ''Sonic the Hedgehog CD''.<ref name=SourceGaming/> Mechanically, his moveset largely consists of his attacks from ''Sonic the Fighters'',<ref name=SourceGaming/> although two of his [[special move]]s are the [[Homing Attack]] from ''Sonic Adventure'' and the [[Spin Dash]] from ''Sonic the Hedgehog 2''.<ref name=Dojo/>
 Sonic's [[Final Smash]], [[Super Sonic]], functions almost identically to its appearances in his home series: he is rendered invincible and can fly, yet his transformation has a fairly short duration.<ref name=Dojo/> Possibly as a result of his last-minute inclusion, Sonic also appears very late in ''Brawl''{{'}}s Adventure Mode, [[Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]]. Ultimately, he plays a pivotal role in the defeat of the [[Subspace Army]]'s leader, [[Tabuu]], during the final battle.