![]() ![]() Sequels in any medium are bound to add new characters. But for longtime Sonic fans, Knuckles remains a favorite, and the last character addition to the series who actually felt like he was filling a role, as opposed to just taking up space.įirst Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) Sadly, Knuckles has lost the relevance he once had in the series. Then along came Shadow the Hedgehog who fell into the dreadful video game cliche of “dark rival version of the main character” who needlessly usurped Knuckles’s place in the series, leaving the once-tritagonist echidna as just another bumbling cartoon animal character in a series that had no shortage of them. He was a hero in his own right, but wouldn’t mind taking the fight to Sonic if that’s what he felt was right (or if he got duped into thinking Sonic was the bad guy, which seemingly became a joke after a while). Knuckles was then made to serve as an in-between point between Sonic’s heroics and Robotnik’s villainy. Sonic was the good guy, Tails was the sidekick, Robotnik was the villain. Knuckles was probably the last animal character to be added to the series before things got out of hand in that department (no offense, Knack the Weasel), and he remains an addition that made sense. And whereas Sonic was blue, it only made sense for Knuckles to be red (though I suppose orange could have worked as well). And despite her boy-craziness being her defining trait, at least she’s proven capable and independent on her own, which is more than you can say for some later female additions like Cream the Rabbit.įirst Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)Ĭontinuing with the retro video game trend of taking an obscure animal and bringing it to the mainstream through a mascot character, Sega followed-up their hedgehog hero by giving him an echidna rival. Still, Amy’s penchant for smashing things with a cartoon mallet is fun. ![]() But once Sega made her older that same infatuation went from cute to stereotypical and kinda creepy. In her original depiction, her infatuation with Sonic was cute. ![]() I do have to admit that I have some mixed feelings towards the ‘new’ Amy Rose. Later, the series would retcon Amy to make her closer in age to Sonic for some reason (okay, we all know the reason, but don’t make me say it). When Amy Rose was first introduced in Sonic CD, she was depicted as a spunky kid who had a schoolgirl crush on Sonic. Though it is a little bit of a cliche that they simply decided on “pink hedgehog” for the series’ first girl character, it is a little more forgivable when one remembers that every Sonic character at the time was easily identifiable by a single color (Sonic was blue, Tails was yellow, and so on). Without further ado, let’s see who are the best of the best Sonic the Hedgehog characters!Īmy Rose is perhaps the only example in the entire series of Sega re-using an animal species for a new character and making it work (sorry, but they lost me when they started adding in hedgehog after hedgehog). Since Sonic the Hedgehog is first and foremost a video game franchise, we’re only counting the video game characters. While Sonic has branched off into other media which introduced characters of their own, I’m a bit of a purest when it comes to making lists like this. Keep in mind that, for my list, I’m only including characters from the games. Let’s start with an obvious choice: the top 5 Sonic the Hedgehog characters! The Sonic series has introduced many, many characters over the years (too many), and while making a full-on top 10 list would have been nice, this is Sonic the Hedgehog we’re talking about. To celebrate the occasion, I figured I’d write at least a few thing relating to the speedy blue hedgehog. After nearly three decades, Sonic the Hedgehog finally has his first outing on the big screen. ![]()
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