Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog is the star of many games made by, and longtime mascot of, SEGA, a producer of video game software, and onetime major competitor with Nintendo in the video game console wars of the 1990's.

Sonic was often viewed as the counterpart to Mario, each representing their respective rival company in the video game market. Because of his new position as a freelancer, with connections to Nintendo, Sonic has finally made his long-awaited first appearance alongside Mario, as well as co-stars of both, in the Wii game, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games. He is also the rival to Shadow the Hedgehog who is also in Olympic Games.

Sonic is a friend of Mario and met him in Super Mario Blue: An Eggman Rage. He makes three appearences in the Mario series.

Story
Sonic meets Mario in Blue, becomes a hidden character in the iPhone version of Mario Kart, and makes a cameo in Super Mario Galaxy 3, in which Sonic appears in Bowser's galaxy and spin dashes on him.

Super Smash Bros. Series
Sonic was confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl on October 10, 2007 by Masahiro Sakurai on the official website. This is the first time a third party character has appeared in a Super Smash Bros. game. Also appearing as an Assist Trophy is Shadow the Hedgehog. In Sonics final smash, he turns into Super Sonic and his attacks are powered up and he can fly for a short period of time, he also cannot be killed, no matter how far off the blast zone he is, and he cannot taunt. Interestingly enough, Sonic was not featured in the Subspace Story, rather he appeared in the last minute as a playable character. Supposedly, he was just hanging around when caught in the explosion and investigated to find why he was here, and how to get out, and he just happened to find Tabuu.

Statistics

 * Speed=100
 * Power=50
 * Skill=50
 * Stamina=40

Profile
''The fastest hedgehog in the world, this little blue speed demon often gets going so fast, he appears to be just a whirling blur. He'll usually be found in front of any of the speed-based events in these Olympic Games, and will be very difficult to catch in any of the short-distance sprints.''