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Sonic is a playable character in The Akaneia Build, a mod for Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was added in alongside Lucas on April 7th, 2023.

In line with Sonic media existing around the same time as Super Smash Bros. Melee,, who started voicing the character in , reprises his role using re-purposed voice clips from Sonic games made between 1999 and 2004.

Attributes
True to his name, Sonic is the fastest character in The Akaneia Build. He focuses on his speed to deal damage quickly, though he lacks many proper kill options, as many of his attacks are weak.

Taunt

 * Does a front flip, then crosses arms with his index finger pointing out while making a teasing clicking tune, which forms into one of his signature poses.

Idle poses

 * Turns towards/away from the player, waving his finger in a patronizing manner while grinning.
 * Looks at his wrist while impatiently tapping his foot.

Victory poses
Like the other characters new to The Akaneia Build, Sonic lacks victory poses. However, as a victory pose is used by all characters in Adventure Mode after the defeat of, Sonic has one as well, where he spins once and holds his hand out.

Trophies
Like the other characters new to The Akaneia Build, Sonic's trophies are automatically obtained upon downloading v0.9 and onwards.

Trivia

 * Sonic's wakeup voice clip is taken from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, performed by, though, bizarrely, it is his stunned voice clip. Additionally, he makes no sound while stunned, despite the clip's usage for that effect in Brawl, nor does he make a sound while sleeping, despite a sleeping voice clip existing in Brawl, and even being reused in Smash 4 and Ultimate where Sonic is otherwise voiced by.
 * In v0.9, Sonic's default costume was used for the red team, his yellow for the blue team, and his black for the green team. This was changed in the following update.