Sonic (SSB4)

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Sonic in Super Smash Bros. 4
Universe	Sonic the Hedgehog
Other playable appearance	in Brawl
Availability	Starter
Final Smash	Super Sonic

Sonic (ソニック) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. He was announced during the Nintendo Direct in October, in celebration of Sonic Lost World being released in the same month. He is the first 3rd party character in the game to be a veteran. His appearance is slightly based off of his Modern model in Sonic Generations, and whereas Sonic's model in Brawl showed him with a centered mouth, his mouth is now on the side of his face, reminiscent of his non-Smash appearances. The official website also refers to Sonic by his full name Sonic the Hedgehog.

Roger Craig Smith, who voiced Sonic since 2010, will reprise his role in Smash 4, although most, if not all, of Sonic's voice clips are reused from Sonic Generations and other past Sonic titles since Smith has started voicing him. Sonic is also voiced by a different voice actor in the PAL versions (depending on the region).

Changes from Brawl

Sonic was overall buffed from Brawl to Smash 4, having most of his attacks made stronger and some made more useful.

• Spring Jump's spring now lingers on after it hits a foe.
  • Sonic can now auto-sweetspot after some time after use, making it a safer recovery.
• Dash attack now transitions into a rolling kick.
• Forward tilt is noted to have more KO power.
• Forward smash has also been buffed.
• Up smash is much stronger.
• Back aerial deals more damage, now dealing 15% as opposed to 13%.
• Forward throw and Back throw are improved. They deal more knockback to the point where it can KO reliably.
• Down aerial is now a meteor smash.
  • It deals slightly less damage.
• Homing Attack has less start-up lag.
  • It also has higher knockback.
    • However, it deals less damage and can only be used once unless it hits an opponent nerfing one of his great recovery options.
• Super Sonic appears to be weaker, dealing less damage and knockback.
• Up tilt has one less hit and deals less damage.
• Up throw and forward aerial both deal half the damage they dealt in Brawl.
• Neutral aerial now has a bluish sphere around it for the duration of the move.
• Spin Dash now appears to have the same flashing charge animation that Spin Charge uses.
• Down smash has been changed to a splitting kick, similar to that of Fox.
  • This attack has become much faster.
• Sonic has much more variety with his palette swaps in Smash 4; new colours include a light blue and white.
• Attacks which involve spinning emit a lower-pitched sound effect, similar to that heard in Sonic Lost World.
• Some of Sonic's attacks produce more visualized lighting effects.

• The following moves are visually unchanged:
  • Neutral attack combo (Two punches and a kick)
  • Up tilt
  • Down tilt
  • Up aerial
  • Up Smash
  • Forward throw
  • Back throw
  • Spin Charge
  • Up taunt
  • Sonic retains the ability to wall jump.

Special Moves

In Super Smash Bros. 4, special moves can be swapped out for different variants, but Sonic's have yet to be seen in action. He retains his original special moves and his final smash. These are Sonic's special moves:

Special Move	Basic	Custom 1	Custom 2
Neutral Special	Homing Attack	Stomping	Quick Homing Attack
Side Special	Spin Dash	Embedded Spin Dash	Fire Spin Dash
Up Special	Spring Jump	Double Spring	Spring Head Attack
Down Special	Spin Charge	Auto Spin Charge	Suction Charge
Final Smash	Super Sonic

In competitive play

Notable players

See also: Category:Sonic professionals (SSB4)

•  DEHF
•  Mew2King
•  Seagull Joe

Trailer

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Palette Swaps

Trophies

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy descriptions

Sonic

The main star of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He's an easygoing hedgehog who blows past the competition with his speed. Seriously, on the ground he's faster than anyone else in Smash Bros. Use this to your advantage, avoiding blows while landing lightning-fast attacks.

Sonic (All-Star)

Sonic's up special Spring Jump lets him reach great heights by jumping on a spring, becoming invincible for a moment. He can't use any other specials during the jump, but he can attack or dodge. This move's great for returning from a long launch. Other fighters can use the spring, though!

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  Classic

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  All-Star

Gallery

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  Sonic in the Nintendo Direct from April 8th, 2014.

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  Sonic's confirmation image on the official site.

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  Sonic blocking Mario's punch with his palm.

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  Sonic using his side taunt (Super Peel-Out).

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  Sonic preparing to dodge Mega Man's attack.

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  One of Sonic's landing animations.

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  Sonic using his Homing Attack, damaging both Pit and Fox at once.

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  Sonic in mid-air.

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  Dodging Samus' aerial by using an air dodge (presumably).

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  Dashing.

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  Homing Attack on Luigi.

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  Sonic's up taunt in the 3DS version.

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  Sonic's forward air.

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  Spin Dash.

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  Spin Charge.

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  Spring Jump.

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  Sonic using his back aerial.

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  Down aerial

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  Sonic and Mega Man using Spring Jump and Rush respectively.

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  Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man on Battlefield.

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  Sonic jabs his foot into Bowser's stomach.

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  Mario's Fireball colliding with Sonic's neutral attack.

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  Sonic using a Homing Attack on Bowser.

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  Sonic's idle pose.

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  Sonic's neutral attack (third hit).

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  Sonic's down aerial in the 3DS version.

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  Sonic and Wii Fit Trainer running at a Soccer Ball with Mega Man watching.

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  Sonic hitting Pit with the Ore Club while fighting in Palutena's Temple.

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  Sonic performing his down aerial on Marth, meteor smashing him.

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  Sonic charging his spin dash, note the flashing animation.

Trivia

• Sonic dashes so fast, that if one were to customize Sonic with all speed-based equipment, then combine that with a Bunny Hood and Superspicy Curry, he can actually outrun the train in Spirit Tracks.