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Sonic

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Sonic’s the name, speed’s his game! Sonic the Hedgehog boasts incredibly powerful movement stats across the board, allowing him to zip across the stage at lightning speed to easily start or convert off of stray hits. His other Specials grant him additional movement capabilities. However, Sonic lacks any true forms of disjointed attacks and ranged options, putting him at a disadvantage against characters with bigger normals or more elaborate projectile setup characters, and he’s light to boot as well. If you can handle the speed and have enough technical prowess to handle his speed, then Sonic’s your guy.

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Sonic rises into the air before locking on any nearby opponent, then bursts towards them. On hit, Sonic will bounce upwards and strike a pose (similar to Project M Sonic). This pose can be canceled with anything a few frames into it. On whiff, Sonic will shoot himself at a downward angle, and will go into pratfall on whiff. Useful for starting or extending combos, and even as a recovery too if you know where to use it.

Sonic readies up before blasting away at supersonic speed! Sonic has a damaging hitbox while travelling that deals farly average damage, but the end of the dash has a very strong hitbox which can lead to satisfying K.O.s. This dash can be angled upwards or downwards, and will send into pratfall on whiff. Use this as a risky maneuver to close stocks or to close the distance! If you’re familiar with how Sonic’s Forward Special works in Super Smash Flash 2, then you should feel right at home.

Sonic’s tried and true signature technique. On use, Sonic will curl up into a ball and start charging the move. On release, Sonic will rocket forwards at fast speeds - while rolling, you can jump (jumping while airborne will put you into doublejump), airdodge, or attack out of it (on the ground, attacking automatically does Dash Attack, while in the air, it can be done into other aerials). The longer Sonic charges the move, the longer the roll lasts. This move can work well in most scenarios for Sonic, either as a fast movement tool, mixup opportunities with how you move around while in this, or as a combo extender.


It’s pretty much Sonic’s Up Special in Smash Bros. On use, Sonic is sent upward (and if used while airborne, drops the Spring as a projectile). It has decent vertical speeds, and doesn’t leave you into pratfall - but it will take away the ability to use Light Speed Dash and Spin Dash. Try using this in conjunction with Homing Attack to maximize your recovery.

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The bounce attack from Sonic Adventure 2. On use, Sonic will rocket himself downwards while spinning. This move can spike opponents if hit directly from above, and will bounce Sonic upwards. Sonic can also bounce off of the ground with this move.

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Lexicon - NSpecial coding
HomingMissle333 - Homing Attack reticle

ColdFan for some of the sprites: https://www.deviantart.com/coldfan/art/Sonic-SSBCollision-Sprite-Sheet-in-PNG-742018379
Kevin Huff for the Sonic Advance 1 sprites: https://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/sonicadv/sheet/6583/
Daniel Sidney for the Sonic Advance 2 sprites: http://www.panelmonkey.org/html/sonic-advance-2-sonic-the-hedgehog.html
Ren Ramos for ripping the Sonic Advance 3 sprites: https://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/sonicadv3/sheet/7143/
QuadFactor for the Sonic Battle sprites: https://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/sonicbattle/sheet/10039/

Disclaimer: None of the sprites present within this Rivals of Aether character mod are mine. This character is a sprite rip but with some touch ups to better fit the art style for this game, which includes recoloring and shading them, adding a black outline, and making more in-between frames to smooth some animations out. I do not own these sprites.

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Sonic the Hedgehog is a registered trademark and intellectual property of SEGA and Sonic Team. This is purely a work of art made out of love and care for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, with no intention of being used for profit or infringing on SEGA or Sonic Team’s rights. All rights reserved.