History Characters / SuperSmashBrosBrawl32To39

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'''Individual Characters''': [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosGanondorf Ganondorf]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosBayonetta Bayonetta]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosJoker Joker]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosHero Hero]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosSteve Steve]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosSephiroth Sephiroth]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosPyraMythra Pyra / Mythra]]\\

* AwesomeButImpractical: In ''[=3DS/Wii U=]'', Flare Blitz is a very cool-looking attack and, as established in the SkillGateCharacter entry, fast and powerful. However, Charizard cannot stop when the move begins and players can block it simply using their shield, without even dodging and making the move very punishable. The worst thing is that Charizard will get extra damage, as the shield counts as a wall; as a result, the move isn't nearly as spammable as it first appears, and is best used as a punishing or carefully spaced recovery move rather than a rushdown option. Its custom variant, Blast Burn, is even ''more'' damaging to both Charizard and its opponent. However, the other custom variant, Dragon Rush, gets around this by eliminating the self-damage and recoil ''and'' by not being stopped by shields, at the cost of a bit less damage and being stopped more easily by projectiles. In ''Ultimate'', with Charizard being regrouped with its Trainer, Flare Blitz is much more useful due to its unpredictability and its ability to score surprise [=KOs=] after Squirtle and Ivysaur have softened up foes.

* SkillGateCharacter:

* SkillGateCharacter: Compared to Ness, Lucas tends to be pretty popular with casual players due to the insane power of his Smash attacks, wide arrange of projectiles, a healing move and more recovery options. He doesn't have the same luck in competitive settings, however, as pro players can easily deal with his laggy moves and Ness is often agreed to have an overall better toolset for the tournament scene.

* ArtEvolution: His design in ''Brawl'' was influenced by his appearance in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''. His design from the fourth game onwards resembles his post-''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' model but also takes some elements from [[http://info.sonicretro.org/images/f/f5/SA1_S_d2.png Yuji Uekawa's artwork.]] His ''Ultimate'' appearance also adds the slight detailing to the quills like in later pre-rendered artwork and ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', as well as more detailed fabric on his gloves.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In the ''Subspace Emissary'' mode, [[spoiler:Sonic takes out Tabuu's wings, impairing his Off-Waves to the point of merely sending its victims flying instead of killing them outright.]] It's certainly [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure not the first]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 time he helped]] [[VideoGame/SonicGenerations take down a higher power]].

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The promotional posters for Pac-Man and Duck Hunt for ''3DS/Wii U'' feature classic 8-bit sprites for manny Smash characters. Sonic, however, uses his iconic 16-bit Genesis sprites instead, making him stick out due to his more detailed features.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: In ''Brawl'' and ''3DS/Wii U'', when he transforms into Super Sonic.

** '''In ''Brawl''''': Have him join you in ''The Subspace Emissary'' by clearing "The Great Maze", beat Classic Mode with 10 characters, or play 10 hours of brawls or 300 VS. matches.

* ShownTheirWork: The in-game tips state that Sonic's first appearance wasn't his titular game, but in ''VideoGame/RadMobile''.

->See Characters/PokemonRedAndBlue for more information on the character in their origin series.

* SuperSpeed: His trademark. He's not called "[[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM the fastest thing alive]]" for nothing, and in fact has the highest running speed in each ''Smash'' game he appears in[[note]]Surpassing ''Smash 64'' and ''Melee''[='=]s previous speed chamipion [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]][[/note]]. When equipped with the Bunny Ears item that increases speed and jumping height, he can outrun the cars on Big Blue and the train on Spirit Train, and barely keep up with the former without it. If any other character steps on the road or tracks, they are KO'd from not being able to keep up with the screen scrolling. Sonic with the Bunny Hood can actually die ''by '''outrunning''' the screen scrolling''. "[[Anime/SonicX Gotta go fast]]", indeed.

** Compared to most ''Brawl'' heavyweights being huge (Donkey Kong, Bowser, King Dedede), he's just an ordinary human. He uses his ranger appearance from ''Path of Radiance'', where the glacier characteristics do not fit his LightningBruiser stats from said game. The idea of making him so slow was to differentiate him from the already fast Marth.

* LightningBruiser: Rebalanced to be closer to this in ''3DS/Wii U'' and further so in ''Ultimate'', which generally made him slightly less hard-hitting and laggy than in ''Brawl'' with above-average speed and mobility; while he's notably slower than the blazing-fast Marth and Roy, he still hits harder. Ike's Quick Draw attack also lets him rush towards foes at high speeds.

* RetCanon: Much like Ganondorf's Warlock Punch, Ike's MightyGlacier nature in ''Smash'' carries over to his stat caps in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' rather than having ''Fates'' depict him as a LightningBruiser as he was in the Tellius games. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he is unlocked in ''Fates'' via his ''Smash'' amiibo.

Creator/{{Sega}}'s mascot, Mario's former [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars metafictional rival]], and the protagonist of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. A resident of South Island, Sonic and his friends have stopped the plans of the ever-persistent Dr. Eggman/Robotnik on numerous occasions. He has defeated several other villains, including gods, in his home series, and now he's joined Smash to show you [[WaxingLyrical just what]] [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes he's made of]].\\

* {{Mascot}}: Famously one for Creator/{{Sega}}, made to rival Mario in the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars before the two buried the hatchet and [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames went to multiple Olympics together]].

'''Final Fmash''': [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]]

** Sonic's moveset is partially based off of his attacks from ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters''. His forward aerial in particular is even a homage to one of his attacks from said game called Emerald Dive. Similarly is his side smash, which is another move from the same game, the Wind-up Punch.
** In ''3DS/Wii U'', he's gotten several new colors. His purple costume is a reference to VideoGame/NiGHTS, though the bracelets on his wrists are a clear homage to Void from ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle''. the white coloration is seemingly based off of Silver, and his cyan color sports light blue colored rings around his gloves that look identical to the Crystal Ring power-up from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.