Sonic The Fighters

The game was not released widely in the United States. It basically looks like Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade stepped into the Virtua Fighter 2 world. There are special moves for each character as well. There are eight zones (stages where you fight) in the game:

• South Island Zone
• Flying Carpet Zone
• Aurora Icefield Zone
• Mushroom Hill Zone
• Canyon Cruise Zone
• Dynamite Plant Zone
• Giant Wing Zone
• Death Egg Zone

Choose one of eight characters and battle each of the characters (including a match against your own character -- which is a black and white copy of you) until you reach the final battle with Dr. Robotnik's (Dr. Eggman in Japan) metal Sonic.

The game is based on Segas Model 2B system and can be converted into other games based on that system e.g. IDead Or AliveI.

"Sonic Championship" in US arcades, is a fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The games original title is used in North American and European releases of Sonic Gems Collection. The game was once planned for release on the Sega Saturn, but was cancelled for that console.

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 games development. This was Sonics first 3D debut and had Nakas full support. The game was released in Japanese arcades in June 1996, running on Sega Model 2 hardware.

Dr. Robotnik Doctor Eggman in the Japanese version. His North American name, Dr. Robotnik, was misspelled as Dr. Robotonic has built the Death Egg II, along with Metal Sonic. Tails alerts Sonic to this and they plan to fly into space via the Lunar Fox, a spaceship Tails built in an effort to stop it. However, as it is a single seater, only one of them can go and it requires the energy of eight Chaos Emeralds. The two set off in the Tornado to find them, detecting one in Knuckles' possession. Sonic demands that he hands it over, but Knuckles queries as to why Sonic should be the one to go. Its therefore decided that a tournament of sorts will be held to see who has the honor of piloting the Lunar Fox.If a character defeats all eight opponents, they will go on to face Metal Sonic and Dr. Robotnik. However, the player has to defeat Dr. Robotnik within 15 seconds of his stage to get the ending, or otherwise the game is still won, though Robotnik wins and the player receives a Game Over instead.

CD was also released containing the complete 24 track collection which was composed and arranged by Maki Morrow and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. Similar to Yuzo Koshiros works, the soundtrack has a notable influence from dance music such as House and Eurobeat.

Characters:

Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic uses his Spin Dash and other normal abilities to attack his opponents.

Miles Tails - Power makes use of his twin tails to fly and fight, giving him a distinct advantage over the other fighters.

Knuckles the Echidna - Knuckles is the most powerful fighter with strong, repetitive punches.

Amy Rose Also known as Rosy the Rascal - Specializes in defensive abilities being able to deliver super-powerful counter attacks.

Espio the Chameleon - Espio attacks using his chameleon-like abilities, his senses and instincts.

Fang the Sniper - He can shoot from his Popgun, catching his opponent off guard, but is relatively weak without it.

Bean the Dynamite - Another projectile fighter his solution for everything is bombs and explosives.

Bark the Polar Bear - A very powerful, yet slow, character who specializes in grabs and short-range abilities.

Super Sonic Sonic - Can transform into Super Sonic, the only secret character of the game, during Round 2 against Metal Sonic if he successfully defeats all opponents without losing once.

These characters are NPC's(Non-Playable Characters):

Metal Sonic - The games final stage, as Eggman's top robot, he has a wide range of effective moves, such as shooting a laser from the fan vent in his chest.

Dr. Ivo Robotnik - The games final boss of the game, appearing in a Bonus Round. To achieve the good ending he must be defeated in 15 seconds or less.

Clones - Grayscale versions of the eight regular characters that only appear when a character fights his or herself, but they are playable if two players use the same character in which case one of the players will have the shadow character. They play the same as their normal counterparts.

Hidden Characters. These characters are only accessible by hacking. They are ingame characters, but cannot be used if playing normally:

Rocket Metal a.k.a. Mecha Sonic Model No.29 - Robotniks Robot Alternate Robotnik seems to be a bit smaller in some fights.

Robotnik in UFO Honey - A yellow catlike character with black hair, that never made it to the final version of the game. Little is known about Honey other than she is based on Candy from Fighting Vipers, which Sonic the Fighters was based upon.