Okay. I’ve seen a lot of Videos on YouTube about how Sonic is ‘Badly Represented’ in Super Smash Bros. Specifically Smash Ultimate for some reason. At first, I was thinking “Huh, I guess the Nerf from Ssb4 to Ultimate was pretty big, but Badly Designed? I don’t know…” But now I think it’s gone a little too far. I’ve seen shorts and whatnot on how they would interpret Sonic in Smash, and Ima be honest, it was kinda trash. I mean, Boost? Really? Sonic is already the fastest in the game, Spindash is faster than his Running Speed, and Boost is 2x faster than his Average Running speed. He’d literally run off the map in a matter of Milliseconds. Not only that, but Boost is more lazier than Spin Charge or Spin Dash. Mainly because it’s literally just his running animation with a little more pizazz. Plus, his ‘New Attack Combo’ was a little goofy, as Sonic has never really ‘Breakdanced’ in the middle of beating his opponents. Even in Frontiers, he maintained the same moves he did in Super Smash Bros. (Being Punch, Punch, Kick.) also, Sonic being “Non-Expressive” is most likely Sega’s/Sonic Team’s doing in order to portray Sonic’s new Modern. Not Sakurai. His Facial Expressions in his Victory Screens are meant to be displayed as something not challenging for Sonic. Which is why he says things like “Peace Of Cake!” “Let’s Do That Again Sometime!” “That was almost Too Easy!” And Sonic literally grins at almost every single Move he makes that aren’t jabs, he also Opens his mouth a lot when he’s being Poisoned, Drowning, And Surprised. Aswell as when he’s talking in his victory screen. (Also, those who were wondering ‘Why didn’t Sonic get any Colors referencing any characters?!’ They did. Shadow and Silver respectively most likely because Sonic 06 came out around the time Brawl did.) Sakurai didn’t really have a lot of Options for Sonic especially at the time. Sense Sonic Chronicles had not only Special Moves that were too Over the top, it wasn’t even canon. He couldn’t use Freedom Fighters because literally he does the same things just more punching lol. On a Related Note, porting some moves from Sonic Frontiers would not work either, because Sonic would then be way too overpowered and much more Unfun to play against. But hey, Share your thoughts about Sonic in Smash Bros Ultimate.
