Sonic Week: The Lamest Sonic Characters

We all love Sonic, what's not to like? He's super fast, has a cool attitude, and will spin over anyone who gets in his way - plus, he's blue!

However, as with all great franchises, developers feel a need to expand their line-up of characters.

That often provides some horrible and awful monsters known by terms as "sidekicks" and "supporting characters."

Take a look at the list below to see just why Sonic games should only have...Sonic.


Miles "Tails" Powers
Easily one of the worst and most annoying video game characters, and that was established in his debut of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and he didn't have a voice yet. Tails simply followed you around everywhere you went in Sonic 2 by trailing behind Sonic and providing no help whatsoever other than the amazing ability to fall off of every platform imaginable only to return with his helicopter tails. Then they gave him a small child's voice in later games and that tipped the scale. No thanks, I'll take Sonic any day.

Big the Cat

This stupid looking purple is in-fact stupid and purple - and that's the extent to how interesting he is. He debuted in Sonic Adventure for the Dreamcast and is usually seen with a fishing pole. He had appeared in cameo roles in other Sonic titles such as Sonic Adventure 2 - however - he was removed in all of his cameo scenes in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the Gamecube for some reason. Probably because he is lame.







Rouge the Bat

This oddly sexual character was first seen in Sonic Adventure 2 as a "treasure hunter" in some of the lamest levels in the game. Her sass and interesting choice in clothing made her an awkward counterpart to Knuckles - who also liked to star to horrible levels. Regardless, she is a pretty uninteresting character who adds little to nothing to the series.

Cream the Rabbit

Seen with her aptly named companion "Cheese" - a chao - Cream is helplessly captured by Dr. Robotnik/Eggman but it playable after Sonice resues her in Sonic Advance for the GBA. Her ability to fly with her ears is both too cute and too lame for a game that should be Sonic and only Sonic. A prime example of a lame character that takes gameplay way from the reason you bought the game in the first place.

Mighty the Armadillo

It took some looking to find him, but Mighty the Armadillo is truely lame. First appearing in SegaSonic the Hedgehog, the arcade title, Mighty is a pretty beefy looking guy...but is secretly a hippie! Wikipedia describes him best and is only second in lameness to his friend Ray the Flying Squirrel:

Mighty is a gentle and caring pacifist, only using his strength and fighting abilities when there is no other option. He loves to travel, and his dream is to journey to all places of the world. According to the Japanese booklet of Chaotix, Mighty enjoys forest bathing, likes peace and nature, and detests violence.

Ray the Flying Squirrel

You know you are a pretty lame character when your very name is laughable. Ray the Flying Squirrel appeared with Mighty in SegaSonice the Hedgehog and is one of the biggest wusses in video game history - yes, even worse than Tails. Once again, Wikipedia explains it all:

Ray is very timid, often stuttering when nervous, and when he was captured by Robotnik, he was depicted huddling in his "cell" in a traumatized, fetal position. Despite his insecurities, he has become more confident since he met Mighty, and the two share a sort of big brother/little brother relationship. Ray is also quite kind and polite. He is an anthropomorphic, yellow squirrel, who was depicted for a long period only in the attire of shoes and gloves. In more recent appearances, he wears a blue jacket and blue tennis shoes.