Sonic (SSBB)

This article is about Sonic's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニㇱク, Sonikku) is a character from SEGA that has been confirmed to appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A swift character, Sonic runs at an extremely quick pace that will likely rival, or even dwarf, that of Captain Falcon in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Role in Subspace Emissary

In the "Sonic Joins The Brawl" trailer, two possible roles for Sonic are shown: The first is Mario and Sonic fighting together the Subspace Army, this suggests that Sonic may be on Mario and Pit's team. The second one shows Sonic in a desert area similar where Yoshi and Link's story apparently take place, though no official words have been revealed; it may have been just shown only for clear demonstration that Sonic can be playable in the Subspace Emissary.

Standard Moves

Ground Attacks

• Standard Combo: A left-handed punch, then a right-handed punch, then finally a forward kick with the left leg.
• Dash Attack: Rolls into a ball to hit anyone in his way, similar to when you press down while running in the Genesis Sonic games.
• Forward Tilt: Stick out his foot (appearance and knockback comparable to Fox's F-Tilt in Melee).
• Up Tilt: Kicks upwards (appearance comparable to C. Falcon's Up Smash in Melee). Very minimal knockback.
• Down Tilt: Foot sweep (appearance and knockback comparable to Sheik's D-Tilt in Melee).
• Forward Smash: Winds up his arm during the charge and attacks with a short range punch. It has a good knockback, has a fast startup speed, little lag after, but the range isn't too impressive.
• Up Smash: Sonic does a short jump and hangs at its apex for a bit doing a spin. Enemies that get hit are caught into this attack, and gets hit multiple times until the final hit, which does decent knockback (low knockback in relative to a Smash attack's standard). This has a lot of priority.
• Down Smash: Spin Dashes back and forth over a short distance around him. It has good knockback, and very good range.

Aerial Attacks

• Neutral Aerial: Spins in place. Properties are similar to the properties of the Sex Kick.
• Forward Aerial: Drills at the enemy head first rotating his body. Imagine Pikachu's F-Air (more similar to the Brawl version than the Melee version).
• Back Aerial: Kicks behind him (appearance and knockback comparable to Samus's B-Air in Melee).
• Up Aerial: A flip kick similar to fox's U-Air. First he splits his legs apart and out (capable of hitting enemies a bit to his sides) doing no significant knockback. Then he kicks up, knocking his opponents up with significant knockback. Very similar to Fox's Up-Air in Melee.
• Down Aerial: Sonic stalls for a brief moment, then shoots downwards foot first (regardless of momentum before executing this move). Appearance is comparable to Ganondorf's Wizard's Foot. This attack does NOT continue downwards until landing (although it does go down very far before stopping). It has a good amount of lag when hitting the ground, and due to it's unique characteristics, is impossible to l-cancle. When hitting a grounded opponent, the angle of knockback is similar to C. Falcon's Falcon Kick, but when hitting an airborne opponent, it spikes them.

Grabs and Throws

• Forward Throw: Oddly enough, it kicks them UPWARDS using a straight up kick (think Sonic doing the splits vertically). Can follow with Up-Air juggles, but it can be heavily DI'ed backwards.
• Back Throw: Does a back flip while spinning (and while holding the opponent) and slams them on the ground, sending them backwards with a good amount of knockback.
• Up Throw:
• Down Throw: Throws them down and spins on them (similar to Jigglypuff's down throw but not quite the same), then knocks them a bit forward. Does a good amount of damage.

Taunts

• Up: Does a front flip, then crosses arm (with left index finger pointing out). This can be seen in the "Sonic the Hedgehog Joins the Brawl" video, right before the clip of Super Sonic.
• Side: Runs in place, creating a figure eight below him, and says "Too slow"!
• Down: Break-dances.

Special Moves

• Standard Special Move: Homing Attack (tentative name)*
• Side Special Move: Spin Dash
• Up Special Move: Spring Jump
• Down Special Move: Spin Charge
• Final Smash: Super Sonic

* Confirmed at E for all

External Links

• Sonic's page at Smash Bros Dojo!!
• Confirmation of Homing Attack (tentative name)
• A video demonstration of Sonic against Link