Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonikku za Hejiihoggu), trademarked Sonic The Hedgehog, is a video game character and the hero of a video game series released by Sega, as well as numerous spin-off comics, cartoons and books. The first game in the franchise was released on June 23, 1991 in order to provide Sega with a mascot to rival Nintendo's flagship character Mario (see 1991 in video gaming). Since then, Sonic has become one of the world's best-known video game characters, with his series having sold over 45 million copies. In 2005, Sonic was one of the first game character inductees into the Walk of Game, alongside Mario and Link.

Artist Naoto Oshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character, a blue, anthropomorphic hedgehog, whose ability to run faster than the speed of sound is a major part of the gameplay of the series.

Eggman Nega

Eggman Nega (Egguman Negau) is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a human scientist and is either Doctor Eggman's dimensional counterpart or his descendant from the future. His clothes are somewhat reminiscent of Eggman's original outfit. Eggman Nega is the third most featured villain in the series, behind Metal Sonic and Dr. Eggman himself. He has been the main villain in every game he has appeared in, and is fought as the final boss in three of them. His character designer is Yuji Uekawa.

E-Series

The E-Series is a fictional group of robots in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. They are created by the games' antagonist, Doctor Eggman (or Dr. Robotnik in the early western version) who uses them in his quest to conquer the world. They are higher tier enemies than normal badniks, and are used by Eggman as a kind of elite trooper. The E-Series is the last series of Eggman's robots to use captured animals as a power source (with some exceptions, see below) - with more recent efforts such as the mass-produced Egg-Pawn series, Flickies are no longer used.The E-Series' first appearance was in Sonic Adventure in which E-102 Gamma is a playable character.

Babylon Rogues

The Babylon Rogues are a fictitious group of avian thieves in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. The known members of the group consists of Jet the Hawk, Wave the Swallow and Storm the Albatross. Their first playable appearance is in Sonic Riders, though they do make small cameo appearances in Sonic Rivals as collectable cards and Sonic and the Secret Rings in the gallery. They are set to appear in the upcoming sequel to their debut game, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Chaotix

The Chaotix are a group of fictional characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. They debuted in the game Knuckles' Chaotix (simply called Chaotix in Japan). The group, or individual members in it, has since appeared in Sonic the Fighters, Sonic Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Rivals 2, and are also scheduled to appear in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The character Mighty actually made his debut appearance prior to Knuckles' Chaotix, in SegaSonic the Hedgehog.

They have also appeared in many other Sonic continuties, including several Japanese Sonic manga, the American Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, the British Sonic the Comic comic series and the Sonic X anime series and tie-in comic.

Flicky

Flicky is a fictional bluebird who debuted in the arcade game Flicky as the main character and has since become a part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series as a species commonly used for "organic batteries" in the evil Doctor Eggman's robots, also known as Badniks. They also play integral parts in Sonic 3D Blast and Sonic Adventure. Flicky's original designer was Yoji Ishii, a member of Sonic Team until August 1999.

Chao

A Chao (chow", singular and plural form Chao) is an artificially intelligent, virtually generated lifeform from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Their role in the games is to be raised by the player in mini-games, similar to Tamagotchi. Chao are somewhat complex, responding to stimuli; they have moods, they require food, and they can be loving or fearful. The word Chao is a pun on Chaos, a word commonly used in the Sonic series.

Making their first appearance in Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast (both in the plot and in a Chao-raising aspect of the game), later in Sonic Adventure 2, and further enhanced in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle and Sonic Advance, Chao have recently come to be a large part of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The A-life system used for the Chao was introduced in Nights into Dreams... as the Artificial Intelligence in the Nightopians.

Chao-raising and the main Sonic games tie together in a number of ways: items which you encounter in the main game can be used to raise your Chao, collected Rings can be used to buy things for them, and several unlockable features are related to Chao.

During raising, Chao have statistics: Swimming, Flying, Running, Power, and Stamina, as well as luck and intelligence, which aren't quite as obvious. These statistics can be raised through proper Chao raising, and will enable a Chao to do better in their competitions: racing and karate.

Chaos

Chaos (Kaosu) is a video game character and the main antagonist in the video game Sonic Adventure for the Sega Dreamcast. Chaos is the first main antagonist of a Sonic game that is not Doctor Eggman. This eventually became common in the 3D games, with Eggman's role as the main villain being replaced by other villains (though often Eggman still makes an appearance). Chaos is an immortal, ageless god-like creature (referred to as the "God of Destruction" by Eggman) that seems composed almost entirely of water (save for his brain, green glowing eyes, and, in some later forms, bones) but is also said to be concentrated Chaos Emerald energy (in Sonic X, Doctor Eggman implies that it is composed of "Chaos energy in a liquid state"), however it has been revealed that Chaos is a Chao that came into contact with the Chaos Emeralds.[1] It was trapped inside the Master Emerald for thousands of years before being released by Dr. Eggman in a bid to conquer the world. It was also the original guardian of the Chaos Emeralds, Chao, and the Master Emerald. In Sonic Adventure it absorbed the negative energy of the Chaos Emeralds to attain its final and strongest form.

E-123 Omega

E-123 Omega (Omega), or, technically, E-123 O, is a fictional robot from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game universe, first appearing as a fully playable character in the multiplatform game Sonic Heroes, which was first released in Japan on December 30th, 2003. His character designer is either Yuji Uekawa or Takashi Iizuka. He bears a strong resemblance to another character in the series, E-102 Gamma, who is part of the same robotics production line. In the games, he was created by Doctor Eggman, and is out to destroy him due to lack of respect and want for revenge. Omega is 150 cm tall (4' 11") and weighs 1,230.512 kg (2712.77 lbs).[1] He has the capital Omega symbol (O) painted on his shoulders, in contrast to all the other E-100s, which had the lowercase Greek letter (?), possibly representing that he is the most powerful of Eggman's E-Series (though the Original set of E-100s from Sonic Adventure had various Greek Sybols). Though they may have used the capital letter because it's far more noticeable and well known than the lowercase.

Silver the Hedgehog

Silver the Hedgehog (Shiruba za Hejjihoggu) is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. He made his debut for the series in the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game. He currently appears in four games and is scheduled to be playable in a fifth.

Blaze the Cat

Blaze the Cat (Bureizu za Kyatto) is a fictional character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, created by Sonic Team and owned by Sega. She made her debut in the Nintendo DS video game, Sonic Rush. Blaze is a lavender, female anthropomorphic cat with yellow eyes.

Due to heavily conflicting information, she either hails from future or another dimension. But also because Eggman Nega, a descendant of Dr. Eggman, comes from the same dimension as her and comes from the future, shown in "Sonic Rivals", Blaze could just come from the future which counts as a different dimension. She is a princess and the defender of the Sol Emeralds, a role similar to that held by Knuckles. Blaze is sometimes referred to as a Queen; She is referred to as "Queen Blaze the Cat" on the official Sega of America Sonic mini site, Sonic Central, as well as the next Sonic the Hedgehog game website. However, in Japanese, her title is ?? kojo,[1] which translates as "imperial princess," suggesting that the references to "Queen" are simply mistranslations.

Cream the Rabbit

Cream the Rabbit ( Kurimu za Rabitto) is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games. She first debuted in Sonic Advance 2 for the Game Boy Advance on December 19, 2002.

Cream is a young, cream-colored, female, anthropomorphic rabbit who can fly by flapping her ears. She is six years old, 70 cm (2' 3"), and weighs 12 kg (26.4 lbs).[1] Cream is the daughter of Vanilla the Rabbit, and is rarely seen without her lifelong companion, Cheese (Chizu), whom she uses as a method of attack. Their names are references to "cream cheese". She and Charmy Bee are the youngest characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, both being six years old.

Metal Sonic

Metal Sonic (Metaru Sonikku) is the fictional "robotic counterpart" and a rival of video game character Sonic the Hedgehog. Being a robot, Metal Sonic has no gender; however, Metal Sonic is referred to as being male, since he is a robot based on a male character, as well as having seemingly masculine programming. According to official polls, Metal Sonic is the most popular villain in the series, and the second most wanted character for future appearances, beaten only by Shadow the Hedgehog, and requested in one part of the poll coming ninth in the top ten of which character people would want to have their own game. His appearances since the 16-bit games have mostly been reserved for big events, such as Sonic Heroes, where he is the main villain, or as a playable character with little or no part in the games' stories.

Doctor Ivo Robotnik

Doctor Ivo Robotnik (Dokuta Robotonikku), better known by his alias, Doctor Eggman (Dokuta Egguman?) (see naming variations), is a video game character and main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a human scientist with an IQ of 300 and is comically obese. He stands 185 cm (6 feet, 1 inch) tall and weighs in at 128 kg (282 lb). His character designer is Naoto Oshima, and he has gone through several appearance changes. His theme song is titled E.G.G.M.A.N.

Rouge the Bat

Rouge the Bat is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, who is a determined treasure hunter and part-time government agent who plans to make all the gems and treasures of the world hers. Her main jewel obsessions are the Master Emerald and Chaos Emeralds. She made her debut in Sonic Adventure 2, released June 18, 2001, and has been featured in the all Sonic the Hedgehog console games except Sonic and the Secret Rings, along with three handheld games since.

Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog (Shadou za Hejjihoggu) is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, created by Sonic Team, designed by Yuji Uekawa and owned by Sega.

Shadow is a black and red, male, anthropomorphic hedgehog. He is one of Sonic's rivals and is considered to be an anti-hero. Created as the ultimate life form over 50 years ago by Gerald Robotnik, and only recently revived from stasis in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.

Amy Rose

Amy Rose once known as Rosy the Rascal, is a video game character who appears in many of the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games developed by Sega's Sonic Team. She is a pink, female, preteen, anthropomorphic, humanoid hedgehog who plays the part of Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. She has chased Sonic since her first debut in 1993, and has been trying to win his heart in everything from the series' animated TV shows to comics and games. She is the first female character introduced into the game universe and is also one of the most popular, coming in fifth place on an official popularity poll.

Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles the Echidna, Nakkurusu za Ekiduna) is a video game character within the Sonic the Hedgehog fictional universe of video games, television shows and comics. His creator is Takashi Thomas Yuda.

He is a red, male, teenage, anthropomorphic, humanoid echidna, and while Sonic has large, spiky hair locks, Knuckles has dreadlocks. He stands 110 cm (3 ft 7 in) and weighs 40 kg (88 lb). His debut was on February 2, 1994. He also has a white crescent birthmark on his chest. His first game appearance was in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, released on February 2, 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. He was described as being 15 years old when he made his debut, but since Sonic Adventure, he is now given the age of 16.

Miles Prower (Tails)

Miles Prower better known by his nickname Tails, is a video game character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, comics, and animated cartoons released by Sega.

The name "Miles Prower" is a pun on "miles per hour", a reference to the famed speed of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He is a young, male, golden-yellow, anthropomorphic fox with two tails (similar to the mythological kitsune, or "yoko", which was often depicted with up to nine), hence the nickname. He is able to use his two tails to propel himself into the air for a limited time. His debut was October 16, 1992, in the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2; the 16-bit version was released that November. He is 8 years old, stands at 80 centimeters (2 ft 7 in), and weighs 20 kilograms (44lbs).