Hey guys!
Welcome back to top 10 gaming.
I’m your host Kelly Paoli, and today, we’re talking more Sonic the Hedgehog!
We’ve done a few other lists on the blue hedgehog and co recently to celebrate the
release of Sonic Forces, and this time around, we’re taking a look at some of the other
characters in this Sega franchise in our list of the top 10 sonic the hedgehog sidekicks.Now
its worth noting that while the top few numbers of our list are arguably more so considered
as sidekick characters, we do discuss characters that are playable supporting characters in
the Sonic universe.
And I promise, Shia LeBeouf didn’t make the cut.
Unfortunately.
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10 Cream the Rabbit With the ability to fly via her flappy ears,
Cream is known for being able to fly at greater horizontal distances than some of Sonic’s
other sidekick pals.
When it comes to her fighting style, Cream tends to collaborate with Cheese, the neutral
little Chao that acts as her sidekick.
Sidekick within a sidekick.
Sidekick inception?
Anyway, aside from her Chao Attack via Cheese, she’s also able to perform the Spin Attack
via curling into a tight little ball, and the Homing Attack that lets her jump and home
in on her enemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwAUmwAF1s We first met Cream in Sonic Advance 2, and
later, In Sonic 2: Pink Edition, she’s Amy’s sidekick.
9 Silver While some people thing Silver is lame and
a bit redundant and marketed a little too aggressively, Silver is actually a fairly
interesting character.
He’s a time traveller who first appeared in the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog and has telekinetic
powers.
8 The Avatar What’s better than creating your own sidekick
for Sonic?
While your character may not be iconic, the avatar allows you to build your own hero (which
inevitably is more of a sonic sidekick character in the grander scheme of things) in Sonic
Forces.
In the promotional material for the game, the character appeared as a customized tricked
out red fox, but those of you who have played the game know that it offers a versatile amount
of traits for you to customize in the character creation screen.
7 Big the Cat Big the Cat is the slow and large cat who
is generally quite loveable.
But does get a lot of heat for being dumb.
He also has an affinity for fishing.
Well, turns out he was placed in the 1998 dreamcast Sonic Adventure solely to justify
the presence of the fishing rod in that game, so there you fucking go.
Aside from being a plot point scape goat, Big is known for his strength and sweetness,
aside from his lack of intelligence, that is.
Also, little mind fuck for you guys if you didn’t already know - big the cat is voiced
by jon st john.
The man who voices Duke Nukem.
There you go.
6 Vector the Crocodile First appearing in 1995’s Knuckles’ Chaotix,
Vector was one of the playable characters gamers could test out the new ‘combi system’
with.
Which was the introduction to gameplay that allowed players to use two characters at the
same time, who were joined together with the ‘ring leash’ aka an elastic ring.
Anyway, Vector was actually conceived during the early development of 1991’s sonic the
hedgehog, and was drawn up in promo material as a member of the sonic the hedgehog band,
in which his trademark headphones originated.
Despite being a pro investigator, he’s got very high physical strength, in both his upper
body and his jaws, and he’s even got his own unique swimming style, called the crocodile
paddle.
5 Rouge the Bat Part jewel thief, part time government spy,
Rouge the bat is all about stealth, but that’s not all she’s capable of.
Rouge has an incredibly strong kick, primarily using a kickboxing style in combat, along
with the power of flight, which also up her status as a very useful character in the Sonic
franchise.
Smart, sassy and a calculating realist, she’s incredibly loyal, and first debuted in Sonic
Adventure 2 back in 2001.
She’s also one hell of a climber and digger.
4 Shadow A hedgehog black arm hybrid, we were first
introduced to Shadow in sonic adventure 2, where his rivalry with Sonic first began.
Created as the “ultimate life form”, he was soon captured by the military, seen as
a threat rather than a helpful tool for humanity - created by Gerald Robotnik, Shadow’s initial
purpose was to aid in developing cures for fatal illnesses, including one that Gerald’s
granddaughter had.
Flash forward 50 years later, Dr Eggman tried to use Shadow to achieve his world domination
plans, but Shadow had his own agenda of finding out about his past, and helping keep humanity
safe.
All in all, Shadow is an anti-hero, can tap into the arcane powers of Chaos Emeralds and
use their chaos energy, and is a very close match to Sonic in terms of speed and power.
And in 2005, he even got his own spinoff game.
3 Amy Rose Known for being own of the speed type characters
in the Sonic games, With the use of her Piko Piko Hammer, she packs more than just a punch,
with the ability to smash through metal, rocket her enemies into the sky, fly into the air
by propelling herself via hammering the ground, and even create whirlwinds and shock waves.
She’s pretty damn versatile, and having first appeared in 1993’s Sonic the Hedgehog
CD for the Sega Mega CD, she’s become one of the staple characters in the Sonic canon,
and one of the more notable female characters in the video game industry.
2 Knuckles So perhaps I’m a tad biased here with my
adoration of Knuckles, but CMON GUYS HE’S REALLY COOL.
Head strong and short tempered but with an absolute heart of gold, Knuckles has a bit
of a rivalry with Sonic, despite working closely with the blue hedgehog many a time.
He’s got moves like his Deep Impact punch that can split the hydrogen in the air and
in games like Sonic Battle, can result in an instant KO depending on who he’s fighting.
He even got his own spinoff game we’ve already mentioned, called Knuckles’ Chaotix, and
has appeared in over 30 games since 1994.
While he first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, he also appeared in Sonic and Knuckles
the same year, as the games were initially intended to be one, but were separated due
ti time constraints and cartridge costs.
1 Tails Obviously.
Tails is Sonic’s #1 sidekick and BFFL.
There’s no way he wouldn’t make the top spot on this list.
Miles Tails Prower is a young fox who was made a playable character in Sonic the Hedgehog
2 for the Sega Genesis.
He’s capable of flight via his tails, he’s a bit of a mechanics prodigy, and while he
may not be the strongest in hand to hand combat, he makes up for it with his gadgets, logic
and twin tails.
Tails even got an additional upgrade with Sonic 3 - he could airlift you over pits,
making him more than just a character whose use, aside from adding a second player, was
to collect left over rings you, as Sonic, missed.
He even got his own spin off games.
There we have it friends!
Whose your favourite sidekick?
And your favourite playable character in the Sonic franchise as a whole?
Let us know in those comments below!
And if you want more Sonic lists - perhaps a top 10 sonic villains or rivals list - give
us a shout abut that too.
But for now, thanks for watching top 10 gaming!
I’ll catch you all in the next one.