Sonic the Fighters, also known as Sonic Championship, is a fighting game developed by Sega AM2 for Sega's Model 2 arcade system. The game, which allows players to fight using characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, was released in arcades in May 1996. The game was included in the compilation disc Sonic Gems Collection for PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube in 2005. A HD port for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network was released in November 2012.
Sonic the Fighters is a fighting game in which characters fight against each other. Players win each round by knocking out their opponent or by having more health than them at the end of the round. In the Arcade mode, players will fight against each of the characters (including a greyscale clone of their chosen character) before fighting off against Metal Sonic. After defeating Metal Sonic, players face a bonus round in which they must try and defeat Dr. Robotnik within 15 seconds in order to obtain the good ending.
The game's mechanics are similar to those used in the Virtua Fighter series, revolving around three buttons used for punching, kicking and blocking. Blocking in this game uses barriers which break if they take too many hits. Players have a limited supply of barriers and will be unable to block attacks if they run out. Players can sacrifice one barrier to activate 'hyper mode', which allows for extended combos. Players are also able to perform sidestep maneuvers.
Masahiro Sugiyama, a character designer at AM2, added Sonic and Tails into the fighting game Fighting Vipers. Yu Suzuki saw this and decided to present the idea of a 3D Sonic fighting game to Hiroshi Kataoka. Suzuki then presented the idea to Yuji Naka. Initial thoughts about the game were that the game would give Sonic a negative and violent image, and Kataoka thought that Naka would not approve, but Naka loved the idea and approved of the game's development. This was Sonic's first 3D debut and had Naka's full support. The game was released in Japanese arcades in May 1996, running on Sega Model 2 hardware.
Sonic the Fighters is a fighting game in which characters fight against each other. Players win each round by knocking out their opponent or by having more health than them at the end of the round. In the Arcade mode, players will fight against each of the characters (including a greyscale clone of their chosen character) before fighting off against Metal Sonic. After defeating Metal Sonic, players face a bonus round in which they must try and defeat Dr. Robotnik within 15 seconds in order to obtain the good ending.
The game's mechanics are similar to those used in the Virtua Fighter series, revolving around three buttons used for punching, kicking and blocking. Blocking in this game uses barriers which break if they take too many hits. Players have a limited supply of barriers and will be unable to block attacks if they run out. Players can sacrifice one barrier to activate 'hyper mode', which allows for extended combos. Players are also able to perform sidestep maneuvers.
Masahiro Sugiyama, a character designer at AM2, added Sonic and Tails into the fighting game Fighting Vipers. Yu Suzuki saw this and decided to present the idea of a 3D Sonic fighting game to Hiroshi Kataoka. Suzuki then presented the idea to Yuji Naka. Initial thoughts about the game were that the game would give Sonic a negative and violent image, and Kataoka thought that Naka would not approve, but Naka loved the idea and approved of the game's development. This was Sonic's first 3D debut and had Naka's full support. The game was released in Japanese arcades in May 1996, running on Sega Model 2 hardware.
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