Sonic (Sonic The Fighters)

Sonic's base design was based off an originally discarded sketch of a character named "Mr. Hedgehog",[note 1][24] by Ohshima. The team settled on Sonic's final name to represent speed and took the name Sonic Team.[25][26] Sonic was designed to be easy for children to draw.[23] His pigment of blue was adjusted several times during development to match Sega's logo and for higher contrast against backgrounds.[19][27][28] Ohshima combined Felix the Cat's head with Mickey Mouse's body for Sonic's design, with inspiration from the cover for Michael Jackson's album Bad and Santa Claus's costume for Sonic's shoes. Sonic was created without the ability to swim because of Naka's mistaken assumption that hedgehogs could not do so.

While not aquaphobic,[172] Sonic is a very poor swimmer,[85][4] and he is incapable of swimming properly.[173][15][174] Furthermore, whilst underwater, Sonic's speed will be greatly decreased.[173]

It has been stated that if Sonic does not sleep for eight hours during the night, it will spoil his running.[175] In addition, he has trouble keeping his balance when coming to a sudden halt when running at high speed.

Because of Sonic's giant internal ego, he often banters and plays around with his enemies. This usually makes him underestimate his opponents and leave his guard down, as seen during his encounter with Infinite in Mystic Jungle during the War to Take Back the Planet and when he got trapped by Eggman onboard the Chaos Energy Cannon at the start of the Dark Gaia incident. Also, his impulsiveness and recklessness can often cause trouble, such as during the Lost Hex incident where he got rid of Eggman's Cacophonic Conch, which Eggman used to keep the Deadly Six in line, before listening to Tails' warnings about the conch.

Although well-versed in his own super speed, Sonic has trouble building up his speed in unfavorable environments, like in deep snows where it is hard to get traction or inside small rooms.[176][126] Additionally, Sonic's stamina is not unlimited; if pushed to run often for several days on end with little to no sleep, Sonic's stamina can reach its limits, causing him to feel actual fatigue and exhaustion.[163][124]

Sonic's personality is a juxtaposition of kindness and ferocity. Extremely benevolent, Sonic's heroism is an extension of his philosophy;[127] preferring to keep things simple, Sonic lives for the moment and wants to see the world and enjoy all the thrills and adventures that come from that.[118] Sonic lives his life according to this sense of freedom and wants everyone else to have the freedom to do that too. As such, if he were to take a life, he would be taking away that person's freedom too, which goes against his own rules. Similarly, the peace he has made with several of his enemies in the past has taught him that there are better alternatives to neutralizing a threat than eliminating it, having experienced difficult cases of villains who wanted to destroy the world but were reformed by him and his allies.[118] As such, while he does everything he can to snuff out evil, he is always willing to give people that he has "a rocky start" with a chance to rebound and reform themselves so they can restart their relationships on better terms, a philosophy that he is willing to extend even to villains like Dr. Eggman or Dr. Starline.[118] He similarly cannot turn away when someone is in need of aid. Most noticeably, after helping defeat Metal Sonic, he compassionately had the robot repaired in hopes he could convince him to abandon his evil ways.[123] He likewise believes that even the worst person has good in them.[124] Far from a pacifist, however, Sonic refuses to let anyone take away the freedom of others, even when they follow his own philosophy, and will willingly resort to physical methods when a peaceful route is not feasible.[118] As such, he recognizes that peaceful methods do not always work, especially when dealing with an unpredictable enemy.

•	Wimpy Punch – (while squished) A

•	Emerald Dive – (while Hyper) A x6 + B

• Wall Spin – (on wall) → • Wall Stamp – (on wall) B

•	Dash Spin – (while running) A
•	Drop Kick – (while running) B
•	Back Punch – (from behind) A
•	Back High Kick – (from behind) B
•	Stomp – (while opponent is down) → + A
•	Double Spin – (while opponent is down) Hold A x8
•	Hop Punch – ↑ ↑
•	High Kick – ↑ + B
•	Double Jump Kick – ↑ → ↑ → B
•	Skip Kick – ↑ → ↑ → ↑ → B
•	Hop Kick – (in midair) B
•	Spin Dive – Hold ↓ + A
•	Stomp Dive – Hold ↓ + B
•	Air Spin – Hold → (in midair) + A
•	Air Kick – Hold → (in midair) + B
•	Air Hyper Start – Hold → (in midair) + C

• Hyper Start – → + C • Turnaround – ← + C • Spin Rocket – (back to wall) → → • Head Spin – → + A • Weapon Grab – (close) ← + B + C • Foot Crush – → → + B • Dizzy Spin – (close) A x6 + B • Slip-Around – (close) ← + B + C • Dodge Spin – (after Slip-Around) A • Dodge High Kick – (after Slip-Around) B • Dodge Spin Dive – (after Slip-Around) → + A

• Kick – B • Double Kick – B x2 • Triple Kick – B x3 • Side Kick – → + B • Double Side Kick – → + B x2 • Triple Side Kick – → + B x3 • Leg Throw – ← + B • Horse Kick – → → B • Smackback Kick – ↓ + B

•	Spin Attack – ↓ + A
•	Spiral Spin – → → A
•	Spiral Feint – → → A → ←
•	Double Feint – → → A → ← → →

Punch – A • Punch-Kick – A → B • Double Punch – A → A • Triple Punch – A → A → A • Punch Rush – A x4 • Super Rush – A x5 • Rush Spin – A x6 • Punch-Spin – (close range) ← + A + C • Twin Punch-Spin – A → A (close range) ← + A + C • Scissor Punch – ← + A • Volley Toss – → + A • Toss & Attack – → + A, then combo • Windup Punch – A (held) x6