Top 10 Worst Characters in Sonic
Sonic has a slew of characters that are loveable, relatable and incredibly fun to play.
But naturally, a franchise that large is bound to have a few bad eggs that leave behind a
sour taste for players.
And while some of the characters on this list do have a solid fan base of Sonic fans who
dig them, for the most part, their reception has been negative.
So today, we’re counting down the top 10 worst characters in sonic.
Hopefully, you’re favourite didn’t make the list.
10 Amy Rose Starting off this list with a character whose
gotten a lot of mixed feelings, Amy Rose is one of the more iconic Sonic characters in
the franchise’s history.
And while a lot of people adore her, many despise her for being needy and clingy with
Sonic.
That being said, despite her character traits, she’s a pretty fun character to play, and,
unlike many of the other characters on this list, actually serves a purpose in most of
the game appearances she’s made.
9 Shahra the Genie Shahra the Genie is one of many absolutely
useless characters on this list.
She’s meant to guide you in Sonic and the Secret Rings, but really just throws unhelpful
dialogue at you.
That at times can be flat out distracting.
And in terms of the games narratives, she doesn’t do much to help Sonic progress in
his adventure, or defeat any foes, despite, you know, being a genie.
8 Dr Eggman Nega One of the unfortunate habits Sega has picked
up over the years is creating new characters by ripping off old ones.
While we’ll get into that later on when it concerns Sonic and some almost-dopplegangers
of his, for this number, we’ll be looking at Eggman’s duplicate - Eggman Nega.
Appearing in Sonic Rush, Nega is essentially the exact same character with different colours.
And added Nega to the end of his name.
And has no interesting character development that sets him aside as a character in his
own right.
7 Cream The Rabbit From her obnoxious high pitch voice to her
constant crying, Cream has been deemed as one of the more annoying characters in the
Sonic franchise.
The largest criticism for Cream is that she’s pretty useless; without Cheese her chao, she
can’t really do a whole lot when it comes to attacking.
So, what’s the point?
6 Omochao Kind of like Navi from the Legend of Zelda,
Omochao is first introduced to us in a game tutorial in
And oh boy, did it rub players the wrong way.
So much so that players have actually tried to kill the character during the game, to
no avail.
5 Silver the Hedgehog Silver is another character who received a
mixed reception from fans.
First appearing in, Silver felt like another carbon copy of Sonic.
With Shadow already in the mix, Silver felt redundant.
Like Sega felt the need to add another version of Sonic to the mix, except this one is totally
different since he travels through time.
At least Shadow has a distinct personality and actually gives Sonic competition when
it comes to speed.
4 Charmy Bee Another useless character, Charmy first appeared
in Knuckles Chaotix, and didn’t really add anything to the team.
Charmy is hyper, loud and outspoken, but doesn’t really have anything interesting to say, and
causes more trouble than it’s worth, even in the cut scenes, by being reckless and clumsy.
To be fair, the character is only 6 years old, and, like many of the other characters
on this list, is a child character that tends to get heat for being so juvenile.
What’s probably worse for Charmy is that in the Archie comics, he’s 16, but because
he’s gained a significant amount of brain damage which causes him to behave the way
he does in the games.
3 Chris Thorndyke The only reason Christ didn’t score our
top spot is that he’s from the animated series Sonic X.
Chris is notoriously viewed as the worst character in Sonic history, being fairly useless in
the show aside from adding a hefty amount of whining.
Pretty much every purpose he’s suppose to serve is fulfilled by another character, and
fans didn’t like the fact that he was suppose to be ‘Sonic’s best friend’.
When, you know, he already had a more than adequate best friend and sidekick in Tails.
He’s rich, entitled, and critics called him “dull, boring and uninspired”.
2 Big the Cat First appearing in Sonic Adventure DX, Big
the Cat was introduced in order to developers to justify adding a fishing mini game.
Fans hated the large, slow cat and were irritated by his general laziness, considering his character
is suppose to be 18 years old.
He’s constantly losing things, that you then need to go find, which was also an annoyance
for fans.
And that voice?
Yeah.
On the other side of things, some fans actually liked the character.
But, to add insult to injury, Big the Cat appears in Sonic X, and has to - once again
- search for Froggy.
But this time, he has the help of our number 3, Chris Thorndyke.
Ah, a match made in heaven.
1 Princess Elise III Making your debut in the most despited Sonic
game ever surely can’t be easy.
And Princess Elise’s involvement in the Sonic 06 narrative doesn’t help much either.
Elise is a bit of a spoiled princes, literally, and spends a lot of the game crying about
stuff.
She also has the hots for Sonic, leading to one of the most awkward kisses in video game
history, which has fuelled many Sonic fans’ disdain for the character.
Aside from the kiss, she’s pretty much useless, and fans have compared her to Princess Peach
of the mario franchise, except crappier.
There we have it friends!
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