History VideoGame / SonicTheFighters

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: This was the last game appearance of Fang the Sniper and only game appearance of Bark the Polar Bear and Bean the Dynamite in the ''Sonic'' series for over 20 years, other than their cameos on wanted posters in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.[[note]]Although they immigrated into Archie ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' comics as minor characters.[[/note]] Bean and Bark resurfaced in the cross-over fighting game, ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix'' as the sole playable ''Sonic'' characters before disappearing altogether. Eventually, the three of them finally resurfaced in ''VideoGame/SonicMania''.

** Honey the Cat is a FunnyAnimal version of the ''VideoGame/FightingVipers'' character of the same name (known as Candy outside of Japan). She was dummied out of the initial release before being reinstated in the HD version.

* FamilyThemeNaming: Bean's character profile for ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix'' confirms that he's the son of Bin from ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''.

* GoldenSuperMode: [[GodMode Super Sonic]], if you make it through the game [[NoDamageRun without losing a single round]] until the second round with Metal Sonic and ''immediately'' enter the Back+P+K commands. If you pull this off though, the rest of the game is a cakewalk.

* NoFairCheating: Presumably because of their incredibly powerful movesets, Metal Sonic and Robotnik can't be selected to go through Arcade Mode in the HD rereleases. Honey the Cat is fair game, however.

* SecretCharacter: Depending on which version of the game you're playing, this is either [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] or played straight:

** If you're playing the HD rereleases, this is played straight, as the previously DummiedOut Honey the Cat and AI-only characters Metal Sonic and Eggman are all playable by pressing the start button on certain characters[[note]]Amy, Sonic, and Bark, respectively[[/note]]. Only Honey can be used in single-player, however.

* SNKBoss: '''''Metal Sonic'''''. Where to begin? He has many cheap attacks which shred through your health, even more so when he's low on health thanks to the game's "payback" system, recovers incredibly fast, and he has the [[ComputersAreFast quickest reaction time of any fighter]]. Break all his shields? [[TurnsRed He flips his shit]] and starts using his ''unblockable'' corkscrew attack, which hurts like hell. Even on the easiest difficulty, he's a major pain in the ass. That said, if you manage to fulfill the conditions to use Super Sonic, then the tables flip and ''you'' [[CurbStompBattle become the boss]].

* WarmUpBoss: Knuckles, the first opponent of the game, is basically the game's equivalent of [[VideoGame/PunchOut Glass Joe]]. It is very easy to get a "Perfect" score on his rounds, and it is entirely possible, even on the hardest difficulty, to take him down ''before'' he even has the chance to attack you.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Two variations.

* CoolPlane: A brief glimpse of Tails' Tornado plane in the opening. Sonic's stage, Giant Wing, takes place on one too.

The game, made by Sega [=AM2=], is more-or-less a stripped-down and very goofy DolledUpInstallment version of ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''. For years, it remained an obscurity, as it was only widely released in Japan with a very limited overseas release, with Bean and Bark also being included as bonus fighters in ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix'' on the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn. Fortunately, a direct home port of the game made it onto ''Sonic Gems Collection'' in 2005. In late 2012, the game received an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}} and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade with online play and a few of the DummiedOut characters including [[GuestFighter Honey the Cat]] and the playable bosses getting undummied for $5 as part of Sega's ''[=Model2=] Collection'' series of games.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Hyper Mode is permanently enabled for the final fight against Dr. Eggman.

** Honey the Cat, Metal Sonic, one of the Eggman robots (which has the name of "[=RoboEgg=]") and the "rocket" Metal Sonic from the intro, and Dr. Eggman[[note]]in various forms - normal and big on-foot à la [[VideoGame/FightingVipers Mahler and B.M.]], in his copy UFO, and presumably a tank of which only the treads are finished[[/note]] are all playable through hacking. Honey the Cat and Metal Sonic were made playable in the HD re-release, along with Dr. Eggman in his [[PoweredArmor E-Mech]], though the other dummied out characters remained left out.

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: If you let the timer reach zero in Dr. Eggman's E-Mech battle after beating the grueling Metal Sonic with more HP than Dr. Eggman, then you are treated to [[NonStandardGameOver the Death Egg II blowing up]] [[TakingYouWithMe with you in it]].

* NoFairCheating: Presumably because of his SNKBoss status, Metal Sonic can't be selected to go through Arcade Mode in the HD rereleases, and Eggman can't be either. Honey the Cat is fair game, however.

* SecretCharacter: Only in the HD version - the previously DummiedOut Honey the Cat and AI-only characters Metal Sonic and Eggman are all playable by pressing the start button on certain characters[[note]]Amy, Sonic, and Bark, respectively[[/note]], though only Honey can be used outside of versus matches.

* SNKBoss: '''''Metal Sonic'''''. Where to begin? He has many cheap attacks which shred through your health, even more so when he's low on health thanks to the game's "payback" system, recovers incredibly fast, and he has the [[ComputersAreFast quickest reaction time of any of the fighters]]. Break all his shields? He flips his shit and starts using his ''unblockable'' corkscrew attack, which hurts like hell. That said, if you manage to fulfill the conditions to use Super Sonic, then the tables flip and ''you'' [[CurbStompBattle become the boss]].

The game, made by Sega [=AM2=], is more-or-less a stripped-down and very goofy DolledUpInstallment version of ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''. For years, it remained an obscurity, as it was only widely released in Japan with a very limited overseas release. Fortunately, a direct home port of the game made it onto ''Sonic Gems Collection'' in 2005. In late 2012, the game received an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}} and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade with online play and a few of the DummiedOut characters including [[GuestFighter Honey the Cat]] and the playable bosses getting undummied for $5 as part of Sega's ''[=Model2=] Collection'' series of games.

* CharacterSelectForcing: In a roundabout way, at least; though you can pick any of the game's eight characters (plus Honey in the HD release) to tackle the campaign, the clear intention is to play as Sonic, since he's the final opponent before facing the Death Egg II and he has exclusive access to his SuperMode at the game's climax.

* MirrorMatch: Whenever two of the same character fight, the second player controls a grayscale PaletteSwap. In the campaign mode, Dr. Eggman appears and creates an EvilKnockoff to be fought whenever two of the same character fight, save for Honey in ''[=Model2=] Collection'' re-release, since she is never fought in any of the eight stages. Honey's second player palette isn't grayscale, but rather references her human counterpart's alternate color scheme in ''Fighting Vipers''.

* SeriesContinuityError: Eight Chaos Emeralds instead of the series standard of seven? Oddities like this and "Dr. Robotonic" can be explained by the game being developed by Sega's arcade division, AM2, rather than Sonic Team.

The game, made by Sega [=AM2=], is more-or-less a stripped-down and very goofy DolledUpInstallment version of ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''. For years, it remained an obscurity; its main release being only in Japan while only getting a very limited overseas release. Fortunately, a direct home port of the game made it onto ''Sonic Gems Collection'' in 2005. In late 2012, the game received an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}} and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade with online play and a few of the DummiedOut characters including [[GuestFighter Honey the Cat]] and the playable bosses getting undummied for $5 as part of Sega's ''[=Model2=] Collection'' series of games.

* BearsAreBadNews: Bark the Polar Bear, who can be quite ferocious in the arena. Subverted personality wise, as [[AllThereInTheManual his character profile]] says he's a [[GentleGiant shy and gentle fellow]].

* CoolPlane: A brief glimpse of Tails' Tornado plane in the opening.

* DolledUpInstallment: This game is essentially ''VideoGame/FightingVipers'' with ''Sonic'' characters.
* DropTheHammer: Amy's weapon of choice, the Piko Piko Hammer, makes its first appearance here.

** In the UpdatedRerelease, Honey is a FunnyAnimal version of the ''VideoGame/FightingVipers'' character of the same name.

* FamilyThemeNaming: His character profile for ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix'' confirms that Bean is the son of Bin from ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''.
* FungusHumongous: Mushroom Hill Zone.

* GoldenSuperMode: [[GodMode Super Sonic]], [[BraggingRightsReward if you make it through the game]] [[NoDamageRun without losing a single round]] until the second round with Metal Sonic and ''immediately'' enter the Back+P+K commands. If you pull this off though, the rest of the game is a cakewalk.

* TheInformant: Espio plays this role in the game's [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Fighters#Story story]] by sending a video to Tails detailing Eggman's latest evil scheme. This makes sense considering Espio is a detective.

** Death Egg's Hangar theme is played in neither versions of the game (and even if it had would have been used in a thirty second max face-off), though it was eventually used in the pre-race cutscene of the Death Egg track in ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing]]''. Two other tracks (at least one of which is for an unused arena) are only heard in the OST.

** A similar timing issue afflicted the intro music in ''Sonic Gems Collection'', whereas on the arcade version, everything that was happening was mostly synced up to the music.

* MagicCarpet: One of the arenas is set on one.

* MirrorMatch: An interesting take on this. Dr. Eggman appears and creates an EvilKnockoff to be fought whenever two of the same character fight, save for Honey in ''[=Model2=] Collection'' re-release since she is never fought in the eight stages.

* OffstageVillainy: Aside from a very glimpse at Eggman's monitor in the opening, we don't see any of Eggman's robot invasion.

* PoweredArmor: E-Mech, which Eggman uses in the final battle.

* SecretCharacter: Only in the HD version - The previously DummiedOut Honey the Cat and AI-only characters Metal Sonic and Eggman are all playable by pressing the start button on certain characters[[note]]Amy, Sonic, and Bark, respectively[[/note]], though only Honey can be used outside of versus matches.

* SeriesContinuityError: Eight Chaos Emeralds instead of the series standard of seven?

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The cartoon violence pulls no punches for any playable fighter, that includes Amy and Honey in the UpdatedRerelease.

* TimeLimitBoss: Dr. Eggman in the E-Mech at Death Egg's Hangar. You've got fifteen seconds to beat him, lest the Death Egg II explode while you're still on it.

* UpdatedRerelease: The ''[=Model2=] Collection'' re-release has enhanced HD visuals, online multi-player, three of the dummied out characters (Honey, Metal Sonic, and Dr. Eggman) as playable characters, and a sound test feature in the main menu that lets you listen to the game's music by pressing the trigger buttons.

* ExcusePlot: The plot makes little sense whatsoever when you try to analyze it. It's really just a way of giving Sonic and co. a reason to fight each other.

* GoingCommando: Unlike in later games, Amy doesn't wear panties here. Honey joins in the fun in the UpdatedRerelease.

* MagicCarpet: As pictured above, one of the arenas is set on one.

* MightyGlacier: Bark the Polar Bear, he's pretty much the game's equivalent to [[VideoGame/VirtuaFighter Jeffery]] since he's slow but packs a punch.
* MirrorMatch: An interesting take on this. Dr. Eggman appears and creates an EvilKnockoff to be fought whenever two of the same character fight (save for Honey in ''[=Model2=] Collection'' re-release since she is never fought in the eight stages).

* DropTheHammer: Amy's weapon of choice, iconic Piko Piko Hammer, makes its first appearance here.

* DropTheHammer: The Piko Piko Hammer, Amy's weapon of choice. This game marks its first appearance.

** Honey, Metal Sonic, a [=RoboEgg=], Rocket Metal Sonic, and Dr. Eggman[[note]]in various forms - normal and big on-foot à la [[VideoGame/FightingVipers Mahler and B.M.]], and in his copy UFO and in an unfinished tank[[/note]] were initially meant to be playable characters, but were cut. They can be accessed through hacking though. Honey the Cat and Metal Sonic are made playable in the HD re-release, along with Dr. Eggman in his [[PoweredArmor E-Mech]], though the other dummied out characters remained left out.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The very modus operandi of the game. Let's face it, the only reason this game exists is so you can have Sonic beat up Amy for laughs. The plot, as mentioned above, doesn't even remotely make sense.

** Death Egg's Hangar theme is played in neither versions of the game (and even if it had would have been used in a thirty second max face-off). Two other tracks (at least one of which is for an unused arena) are only heard in the OST.

** Metal Sonic borrows some of Sonic's moves and one of Tails' throws.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Tails, Bean, Amy, and Honey.

* SNKBoss: [[WakeUpCallBoss Metal Sonic]] is easily the hardest fight in the game, even on Easy mode! He has many cheap attacks which take off more than half of your health in one or two moves, and has very fast recovery time, not to mention he has the quickest reaction time of any of the fighters.

* TimeLimitBoss: Dr. Eggman in the E-Mech at Death Egg's Hangar.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whatever happened to the Rocket Metal Sonic from the opening? He was intended to be a playable character, but was DummiedOut at the last minute.

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[[caption-width-right:260:[[ARareSentence A hedgehog and an echidna, duking it out on a flying carpet]].]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In the Magic Carpet arena, there's a Sphinx that inexplicably has Sonic's face carved onto it.

** In the UpdatedRerelease, Honey is a FunnyAnimal version of the character of the same name in ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''.

* AchievementMockery: The PSN/XBLA versions give you a trophy/achievement just for being SquashedFlat (well, squashed down to a short size, anyway).

* EleventhHourSuperPower: Hyper Mode is permanently enabled for the final fight against Dr. Eggman.

* FamilyThemeNaming: His character profile for ''VideoGames/FightersMegamix'' confirms that Bean is the son of Bin from ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''.

* TheInformant: Espio plays this role in the game's [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Fighters#Story story]] by sending a video to Tails detailing Eggman's latest evil scheme. This makes [[FridgeBrilliance sense]] considering Espio is a detective.

* AllInTheManual: The game's [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Fighters#Story story]] is described in detail in issue 173 of the Japanese gaming magazine Gamest.

* ExcusePlot: The plot makes little sense whatsoever when you try to analyze it. (For one, there are ''eight'' Chaos Emeralds...) It's really just a way of giving Sonic and co. a reason to fight each other.

** Honey in the UpdatedRerelease is also a FunnyAnimal version of the character of the same name in ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''.

Detective Espio sends a message to Sonic detailing mad scientist [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]]'s new plan to TakeOverTheWorld: launching a robot invasion on the earth, via his newly constructed super weapon, the [[KillSat Death Egg II]]. Fortunately, Sonic and Tails have built a one-seater rocket that will take them directly to the Death Egg II. There's just one problem -- it needs ''[[SeriesContinuityError eight]]'' Chaos Emeralds to power it. The emeralds are scattered around the world, guarded by Sonic and his friends (with the exception of [[TheGunSlinger Fang the Sniper]], who stole his emerald from one of those guards). A fighting tournament is started to determine who gets to fly the rocket and save the world.

Detective Espio sends a message to Sonic detailing mad scientist [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]]'s new plan to TakeOverTheWorld: launching a robot invasion on the earth, via his newly constructed super weapon, the [[KillSat Death Egg II]]. Fortunately, Sonic and Tails have built a one-seater rocket that will take them directly to the Death Egg II. There's just one problem -- it needs ''[[SeriesContinuityError eight]]'' Chaos Emeralds to power it. The emeralds are scattered around the world, guarded by Sonic and his friends (with the exception of [[TheGunSlinger Fang the Sniper]], who stole an emerald for himself). A fighting tournament is started to determine who gets to fly the rocket and save the world.

* AllInTheManual: The game's [[http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Fighters#Story plo]] is described in detail in issue 173 of the Japanese gaming magazine Gamest.

Mad scientist [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]], [[IHaveManyNames a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik]], has a new plan to TakeOverTheWorld: launching a robot invasion on the earth, via his newly constructed super weapon, the [[KillSat Death Egg II]]. Fortunately, Sonic and Tails have built a one-seater rocket that will take them directly to the Death Egg II. There's just one problem -- it needs ''[[SeriesContinuityError eight]]'' Chaos Emeralds to power it. In an effort to claim the emeralds, a fighting tournament is started to determine who gets to fly the rocket.

* ExcusePlot: The plot makes no sense whatsoever when you try to analyze it. (For one, there are ''eight'' Chaos Emeralds...) It's really just a way of giving Sonic and co. a reason to fight each other.

The game, made by Sega [=AM2=], is more-or-less a stripped-down and very goofy version of ''VideoGame/FightingVipers''. For years, it remained an obscurity; its main release being only in Japan while only getting a very limited overseas release. Fortunately, a direct home port of the game made it onto ''Sonic Gems Collection'' circa 2005. In late 2012, the game received an UpdatedRerelease on UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation Network}} and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade with online play and a few of the DummiedOut characters including [[GuestFighter Honey the Cat]] and the playable bosses getting undummied for $5 as part of Sega's ''[=Model2=] Collection'' series of games.

* AssKicksYou: Amy makes use of this a little, and Honey [[DittoFighter makes a little use of her]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment making use of this a little]].

* BearsAreBadNews: Bark the Polar Bear, who can be quite ferocious in the arena. Subverted personality wise, as [[AllThereInTheManual his character profile]] says he's a shy and gentle fellow.

** Dynamite Plant will seem to be this in the ''Sonic Gems Collections'' port. Because they used the music from the soundtrack CD instead of taking the truncated versions from the arcade release, it takes nearly 30 seconds for Dynamite Plant's BGM to get to the good part where it ''started'' playing originally. Rounds in this game (by default) last no more than 30 seconds, so if you're whooping Bean's ass, the music will never really have a chance to pick up the slack.

* SendInTheClones: Depending on who you play as (save for Honey in the ''[=Model2=] Collection'' re-release), Eggman will create clone doppelgangers in their respective levels to fight you.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whatever happened to the Rocket Metal Sonic from the opening? He was intended to be a playable character, but was discarded at the last minute.

Mad scientist [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] ([[IHaveManyNames aka Dr. Robotnik]]) has a new plan to TakeOverTheWorld: launching a robot invasion on the earth, via his newly constructed super weapon, the [[KillSat Death Egg II]]. Fortunately, Sonic and Tails have built a one-seater rocket that will take them directly to the Death Egg II. There's just one problem -- it needs ''[[SeriesContinuityError eight]]'' Chaos Emeralds to power it. In an effort to claim the emeralds, a fighting tournament is started to determine who gets to fly the rocket.

* AWinnerIsYou: At the very end of the game, the [[GameOver Game Over]] screen plays.
* BeakAttack: Bean the Duck can dash forward to jab his opponents with his rather pointy-looking bill.

* CartoonBomb: Bean the Dynamite's {{weapon of choice}}.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Honey the Cat is the only anthro ''Sonic'' character who seems to have real head hair that is a different color from their fur (as opposed to just fur sticking out that reminisces of hair). Possibly because she's supposed to be a GuestFighter and an anthropomorphization of Honey from ''Fighting Vipers'', making it arguable whether she's supposed to be a "real" Sonic character.

* PantyShot: Can be done with Amy and Honey, although the player will be surprised to find [[GoingCommando they're NOT wearing panties at all]].

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Honey the Cat is the only anthro ''Sonic'' character whose head hair is a different color from their fur. Perhaps she's wearing a wig?

** Bean the Dynamite is based on Bin from ''VideoGame/DynamiteDux''. Officially, they're father and son which also meana they have a StrongFamilyResemblance as well.

** Sonic also has exclusive access to his Super Sonic form by meeting certain conditions[[note]]get up to the second round against Metal Sonic without losing a single round, then press all three buttons to transform[[/note]]. Super Sonic has all of his regular moves, but is also completely invincible and stays that way until the end of the game.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Honey the Cat is the only anthro ''Sonic'' character whose head hair is a different color from their fur.

* MovesetClone: The bosses and Honey, after some close examination;

* AgonyOfTheFeet: One of the attacks of many of the fighters have is a foot stomp.

* FungusHumongous: Mushroom Hill Zone.

* {{Shoryuken}}: Knuckles' and Honey's Rising Uppercut move.

* TheRival: Sonic and Knuckles to each other; a unique theme plays if the two are fighting.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whatever happened to the Rocket Metal Sonic from the opening? He was intended to be a playable character, but was discarded at the last minute.