Sonic the Fighters
Developer(s)	SEGA-AM2
Publisher(s)	SEGA
Platform(s)	Arcade Xbox 360 (XBLA) Playstation 3 (PSN)
Release dates (Arcade)	JPN June 1996 NA July 1996 EU August 1996
Release dates (XBLA/PSN)	TBA

[edit] Information

Sonic The Fighters, also known as Sonic Championship in some regions, is a spin-off game in the Sonic series and, as the title suggests, it's a fighting game. It was originally only released in the Arcades but was later released on Playstation 2 and GameCube as a part of the Sonic Gems Collection. A Saturn version was originally planned, but was never released.

It was announced in October 2012 that the game would be ported to Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network with the addition of Honey the Cat, Metal Sonic and Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik as playable characters.

[edit] Characters

• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Miles "Tails" Prower
• Knuckles The Echidna
• Amy Rose
• Espio the Chameleon
• Fang The Sniper
• Bean The Dynamite
• Bark The Polarbear
• Dr. Eggman - Only playable in the XBLA/PSN version
• Metal Sonic - Only playable in the XBLA/PSN version
• Honey the Cat - Only playable in the XBLA/PSN version

[edit] Story

After learning that Dr. Eggman has created the Death Egg II, Tails creates a ship to fly to it a destroy it. But there's one problem: the ship only has one seat. Now Sonic and 7 other characters must fight to decided who is strong enough to fly in the ship and destroy the Death Egg II.

[edit] Stages

• South Island
• Flying Carpet
• Aurora Icefield
• Mushroom Hill
• Canyon Cruise
• Casino Night
• Dynamite Plant
• Giant Wing
• Death Egg's Eye
• Death Egg's Hangar

[edit] Move Lists

These move lists are orientated with the player on the left hand side of the screen, directions need to be reversed for the right side of the screen.

[edit] Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic's speciality is the Spin Attack.

Move Name	Input
Spin Attack
Quick Toss
Spiral Spin Attack
Dash Spin Attack	(Whilst Running)
Head Spin Attack	(Close to enemy) +
Spin Dive	(Hold )
Dizzy Spin Attack	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Spinning Attack	+ +

[edit] Miles "Tails" Prower

Tails' speciality is the Propeller Dash.

Move Name	Input
Propeller Dash	+
Propeller Dash-L	+
Propeller Dash-R	+
Squash Punch
Stamp Dive	(Hold )
Push Away	(Whilst Running)
Airplane Drop	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Punch	+ +

[edit] Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles' speciality is the Knuckle Glider.

Move Name	Input
Knuckles Glider	+
One-Two-Uppercut
Uppercut
Body Dive	(Hold )
Push Away	(Whilst Running)
Knuckles Special	(Close to enemy) +
Foot Trample	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Punch	+ +

[edit] Amy Rose

Amy's speciality is the Magical Hammer.

Move Name	Input
Magical Hammer
Spin Hammer
Hip Attack
Hammer Dive	(Hold )
Head Sliding	(Whilst running)
Vaulting Horse	(Close to enemy) +
Hey! What Is That?	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Hammer	+ +

[edit] Espio the Chameleon

Espio's speciality is the Tongue Attack.

Move Name	Input
Espio Spin Attack	(Hold )
Tongue Attack
Espio Chop
Long Range Tongue
Dash Tongue	(Whilst running)
Back Toss	(Close to enemy) +
Tongue Throw	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Tongue Attack	+ +

[edit] Fang the Sniper

Fang's speciality is the Popgun.

Move Name	Input
Rapid Shoot
Tail Combination	+
Tail Spring Kick
Great Popgun
Horse Kick	(Whilst running)
Tail Down Attack	(Whilst enemy is down)
Tail Throw	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Shoot	+ +

[edit] Bean the Dynamite

Bean's speciality is the Bomb Attack.

Move Name	Input
Power Uppercut
Rapid Peck
Throw Bomb
Shoot Bomb	(Hold )
Dash Peck	(Whilst running)
Super Peck	(Close to enemy) +
Terrific Peck Attack	(Close to enemy) +
Dodging Attack	+ +

[edit] Bark the Polarbear

Bark's speciality is the Throw.

Move Name	Input
Stamp and Hook
One-Two-Throw
Triple Squash Punch
Knock Down Throw	(Close to enemy) +
Holding Punch	(Close to enemy) +
Giant Swing	(Close to enemy) +
Guard Walk	(With Barrier up) + +
Dodging Punch	+ +