Sonic the Hedgehog (universe)/Elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series

The following content are media from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe that appeared throughout the Super Smash Bros. franchise, starting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The latest game represented in this universe is Sonic Forces, released on November 7, 2017.

Media with elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series

Sonic the Hedgehog

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic the Hedgehog appears as a playable character.
    •   Sonic's dash attack in Brawl, and the spinning portion of it in Smash 4, is based on the Spin Attack that debuted in this game.
    •   A spring, an object that first appeared in this game, is incorporated into Sonic's moveset, as his up special move, Spring Jump.
    •   One of Sonic's idle animations, his crouching and edge teetering animations come directly from this game.
  • Stages:
    •   Green Hill Zone: The game's first zone makes an appearance in Brawl, Smash for 3DS and Ultimate.
  • Stage Elements:
  • Trophies:
    •   Dr. Eggman appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
    •   The animals, under the name of Fauna of Windy Hill Zone, appear as a trophy.
  • Stickers:
    •   Sonic's artwork from the Japanese and North American versions of this game appear as stickers.
    •   Dr. Eggman appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Dr. Eggman appears as a spirit.
  • Music:

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic's side special does a little bounce on his Spin Dash, similar to the spin rolling that Sonic does to bounce across the surface of the water in that game.
    •   Tails is the basis of a downloadable costume for the Mii Gunners in both Smash 4 and Ultimate.
    •   The cuffs on Sonic's purple costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate resemble the purple Chaos Emerald, which first appeared in this game.
  • Stage Elements:
    •   Tails, who originated in this title, appears in the background of Green Hill Zone.
  • Trophies:
    •   Tails appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
  • Stickers:
    •   Tails appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Tails appears as a spirit.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic's side special move is his Spin Dash technique in this game.
    •   Super Sonic, Sonic's Final Smash, first appeared in this game.
    •   The cuffs on Sonic's Red and Green costumes are based on the thumbs up that appears in this game and its add-on when locked onto Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog 2' s special stages respectively.
    •   One of Sonic’s victory poses is based on the SEGA start-up screen from this game.
  • Stickers:
    •   Super Sonic appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Super Sonic appears as a spirit.
  • Music:

Sonic CD

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic's down special move, Spin Charge is similar to the Spin Dash from this game.
    •   The Super Peel Out serves as Sonic's running animation, as well as his side taunt.
  • Trophies:
  • Stickers:
    •   Amy and Metal Sonic appear as stickers.
  • Spirits:
    •   Amy and Metal Sonic appear as spirits.
  • Music:
    •   "Sonic Boom": The main theme of the North American version, performed by Pastiche, sourced from this game.

Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball

  • Playable Characters:

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

  • Playable Characters:
  • Stage Elements:
    •   Knuckles appears in the background of the Green Hill Zone stage in Brawl, Smash for 3DS, and Ultimate.
  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Knuckles appears as an Assist Trophy in Ultimate.
  • Trophies:
    •   Knuckles appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
  • Stickers:
    •   Knuckles appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Knuckles appears as a spirit.
  • Music:

Sonic & Knuckles

Knuckles' Chaotix

Sonic the Fighters

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Many elements from this game are used for Sonic's moveset in Brawl onward. This includes neutrals, tilts, aerials, smash attacks and the ability to wall jump.
  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Knuckles' punch-punch-uppercut combo shares a resemblence from this game's combo.

Sonic 3D Blast

  • Playable Characters:
    •   An early version of Sonic's neutral special move, Homing Attack, appears in this game.

Sonic R

Sonic Adventure

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic's neutral special move, Homing Attack, originated in this game, though it shares similarity with the one from Sonic 3D Blast.
    •   Sonic's up taunt is based on artwork of him for this game.
    •   The pattern on Sonic's springs resembles the springs from this game.
    •   One of Sonic’s Japanese victory quotes is sourced from this game.
    •   The cuffs on Sonic's Cyan costume resembles the Crystal Ring power-up from this game.
  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Knuckles' ability to burrow originates from this game.
  • Trophies:
  • Stickers:
    •   Big the Cat, Tikal, Chaos, Chao and Gamma appear as stickers.
  • Spirits:
  • Music:

Sonic Underground

  • Playable Characters:
    •   This show served as the origin of Sonic's Spanish voice actor in Smash 4 and Ultimate, Jonatán López.

Sonic Adventure 2

  • Playable Characters:
  • Assist Trophies:
  • Trophies:
    •   Shadow appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
    •   Rouge the Bat appears as a trophy.
  • Spirits:
  • Music:
    •   "Live & Learn": The main theme, written and performed by Crush 40, sourced from this game.
    •   "Escape from the City": The theme of the first level from the Hero Campaign, City Escape, performed by Ted Poley and Tony Harnell, sourced from this game.

Sonic Advance 2

  • Trophies:
  • Stickers:
    •   Cream and Cheese appear as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Cream and Cheese appear as a spirit.

Sonic X

  • Playable Characters:
  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Jason Griffith voiced Shadow for the first time in this anime.
  • Trophies

Sonic Battle

  • Stickers:

Sonic Heroes

  • Playable Characters:
    •   One of Sonic's Japanese victory quotes originates from this game.
  • Trophies:
  • Stickers:
    •   Omega appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Omega appears as a spirit.
  • Music:
    •   "Sonic Heroes": The main theme, written and preformed by Crush 40, sourced from this game.

Sonic Channel

  • Stickers:
    •   The Japanese official site provides the artwork for all stickers (barring Classic Sonic, Shahra, and Erazor Djinn).
  • Spirits:
    •   The Japanese official site provides the artwork for all spirits for Super Sonic, the Chaotix, Big the Cat, Chao, Super Shadow, Cream & Cheese, Omega, Blaze the Cat, and Jet the Hawk.

Sonic Rush

Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush

  • Music:
    •  "Right There, Ride On": The sourced track from this album's soundtrack was used for Brawl and Smash 4.

Sonic Riders

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic’s design in Brawl is sourced from this game.
    •   The cuffs on Sonic's Yellow costume resemble Silver the Hedgehog's bracelets.
    •   The coloration of Sonic's White costume in Smash 4 onward resembles Silver.
  • Stage Elements:
    •   Silver appears in the background of the Green Hill Zone stage.
  • Trophies:
    •   Silver appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
  • Stickers:
    •   Silver appears as a sticker.
  • Spirits:
    •   Silver appears as a spirit.
  • Music

Sonic Rivals

  • Assist Trophies:
    •   Knuckles performs the Homing Attack, an ability he learned in this game.

Sonic and the Secret Rings

  • Playable Characters:
    •   The Homing Attack in Ultimate includes a reticle, a feature which was introduced in this game.
  • Stickers:
  • Music:

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

  • Playable Characters:
    •   The cuffs on Sonic's White costume in Smash 4 and Ultimate resemble the Arks of the Cosmos from this game.

Sonic Unleashed

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Sonic’s design in Smash 4 and Ultimate is sourced from this game.
    •   One of Sonic's custom moves for the Homing Attack, Stomp, is a reference to a move of the same name from this game.
    •   The coloration of Sonic's Black costume in Brawl resembles Sonic the Werehog.
    •   Sonic's dash attack in Ultimate resembles his Slide ability that was introduced in this game.
    •   Sonic's air dodge animation is based on his animation while jumping from one grind rail to another in this game.
  • Spirits:
    •   Sonic the Werehog appears as a spirit.

Sonic and the Black Knight

  • Music:

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

  • Spirits:
    •   Dry Bowser and Silver's spirits use their artwork for this game.

Sonic Free Riders

Sonic Colors

  • Music:
    •   "Reach for the Stars": The main theme for the game, performed by Cash Cash's Jean Paul Makhlouf, sourced from this game

Sonic Generations

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Several of Sonic's English voice clips are recycled from the game. The game is also the origin of Sonic's Italian voice actor, Renato Novara.
    •   The coloration of Sonic's Cyan costume resembles Classic Sonic's appearance in this game.
    •   The design of the reticle included in Homing Attack in Ultimate is sourced from the Nintendo 3DS Version of this game.
  • Enemies:
    •   Eggrobo's design is sourced from this game.
  • Music:

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

  • Playable Characters:
    •   Several of Sonic's English voice clips are recycled from this game.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

  • Spirits:
    •   Amy's spirit uses her artwork for this game.

Sonic Lost World

  • Stages:
    •   Windy Hill Zone: The first zone in the game appears as a stage in both Smash for Wii U and Ultimate.
  • Trophies:
    •   Fauna of Windy Hill Zone and the Deadly Six appear as trophies.
  • Spirits:
    •   Dr. Eggman and Tails's spirits use their artwork for this game.
    •   Sonic's fighter spirit uses his artwork from this game.
  • Music:

Sonic Runners

  • Spirits:
    •   A Hero Chao and Rouge's spirits use their artwork for this game.

Sonic Mania

Sonic Forces

  • Spirits:
    •   Metal Sonic, Knuckles, Chaos, and Shadow's spirits use their artwork for this game.
    •   Infinite appears as a spirit.
  • Music: