Sonic Appearing in Smash Bros. Brawl?
By Jonathan on Monday, August 6th, 2007 at 3:55 PM PST In Nintendo, Nintendo
Rumors have been flying since the announcement of Smash Bros. Brawl that Sonic the Hedgehog would finally be joining the ranks of the popular fighting game. Unfortunately, it’s been hard to take them seriously since the same rumors cropped up for Smash Bros. Melee. However now it seems an EB Games in Woodbridge, NJ is displaying a pre-order ad for the game that shows Sonic standing shoulder to shoulder with Nintendo’s finest. The image also show Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2 and K.K. Slider from Animal Crossing. A store employee was quick to point out that it’s just a mock-up for the game’s box art, but that looks pretty professional for something someone would’ve just slapped together. Usually these sorts of things look like cheap color print outs. And with Sonic and Mario already confirmed to be sharing the spotlight in a game based on the 2008 Olympics, this seems more plausible this time around.
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Ever since Super Smash Bros. Brawl was announced, I think every SSB fan has been begging for Sonic to make an appearance. I think Nintendo would be insane if they didn’t include Sonic in SSB, and yet feature a game with Sonic & Mario in an Olympics game.
Here’s hoping Nintendo realizes this is what the fans want.
It’s a fake. K.K. Slider only appears in the Animal Crossing stage as a background character. And the Samus image was pulled from the MP3 cover.
I can recognise most of the characters there from box art, wallpapers, trailers and such, so I can believe that it’s a mock-up. Part of the hard-core Nintendo fan in me says they’ve sold out by considering putting Sonic the Hedgehog in Brawl, but I can see where they’re coming from on a gameplay basis.
Agreed with Daniel 150%!
Just a few things to point out; they have an animal crossing map, so it’d be reasonable to accept that there would be a character from there (so that’s included). The Sonic model is similar to the one in Secret Rings, bar the ring on his hand and the flames from his chest.
As for the art, get rid of the thumbnail’s at the side, the main picture is too awesome.
I do hope Sonic is in this. Other than the fact everyone will want to chose him, because clearly, he’ll rock, he…err, he just should! We all know in a straight fight, he’d whoop Mario!
If Sonic turns out not to be in SSBB and this ‘mock-up’ is plastered all over EB Games’ website. Couldn’t it be considered false-advertising?
Is it me or do I see Rayman in one of those side pic’s as well… Im not to familiar w/ the games but ill be damned if those arent his eyes, nose, and part of his orange hair. (see pic 2nd from bottom left OR simply above fox and below kirby)
This is entirely fake. Plus the Wii logo on the top of the box is
the wrong kind. Also, not to make a point or anything but hasn’t Mario
always been stronger than Sonic?
Rated E? Doubt that.
K.K. almost can’t be the Animal Crossing character. My money is still on Nook for that…maybe if I’m right I can pay him off
Rayman will probably not be in it, either, and I do agree, that looks like him.
However, I would not at all be suprised to see Sonic in SSBB. Mario and Sonic are going to be together in the Olympics, after all, and Snake is going to be in it.
With the adventure mode annouced, it seems obvious that each character will have an enemy in the game. Mario has Bowser, for instance. With less, would it really suprise anyone to see Giygas? The Black Shadow for Captain Falcon? My there were a lot of rumors going around, and to be honest, it seems like some may be true.
Sonic, however, maybe not so much. Let’s face it, if the adventure mode is specific to each character, it has to end with an enemy (Who has enemies in Animal Crossing, though?), and somehow, I just don’t see Eggman fighting, though I suppose maybe Shadow could be a Sonic clone…
We’ll have to wait and see. A lot of the characters are still yet to be annouced. I just don’t put a lot of faith in that picture. I see at least 2 characters that have virtually no chance of being a character you can play, and Bowser looks like Baby Bowser (maybe a character, but I would hope Nintendo would make a “baby Bowser” one of his named children…)
Daniel, I can assure you that not every SSB fan wants Sonic in Brawl.
and the picture is definitely a fake. it has to be >_> Sakurai said that 3rd party characters are going to be unlockables, so why would they be on the cover? plus the Samus model isn’t even the same one used on the Dojo and neither is the DK one. also, Birdo and Petey? wtf?
That baby bowser is Bowser Jr. I just hope that those charaters are confirmed.
@Necromancer: You’re right. It’s wrong for me to assume each and every person interested in SSB would want Sonic in this game. But, I can be same to assume that the majority of SSB fans want Sonic in this game. How many years have we all wondered who really would win in a fight, Sonic or Mario? This would be the perfect outlet to FINALLY put those questions to rest and not some Olympic game
Daniel, there’s no way SSBB could EVER put an end to ANY who is stronger than who fight, unless the characters were weaker or stronger than some others. That would kinda destroy the whole thing though, wouldn’t it? After all, the best part of SSBM is that each character is as good as the next (don’t feel me that bull plop about Fox or Falco being the best, unless you want Pichu to beat you down).
Marc, as of right now, many of the characters are not on the dojo list. I would assume all old characters will still be in the game (such as Capt. Falcon, who has not been seen to my knowledge), and characters that have been shown and are not yet on the list will be there (I’m looking at Meta Knight), but, regardless, I don’t even think all of the old characters have been confirmed, let alone all of the new ones!
At my local best buy they had some coupons they were giving out and one was to pre-order brawl and it had a picture of sonic on it. All the other characters were actually in Brawl though so it striked me as odd that sonic was the only out of place character on that coupon.
Gamestop places empty Wii boxes all around its store to make people think they have Wiis, so placing Sonic on the boxart of SSMB is not beneath them. Hell, this boxart is going to end up as yet another title on their shelves that they don’t have available for sale.
It’s also possible that Gamestop has created a version with Sonic so that if Sonic is announced they can get the fake box art out immediately. News outlets will prepare webpages devoted to the deaths of prominate individuals so that in the case of a death they are ready to go. This has led to some embarrassing moments as these pages are sometimes leaked to the public.
the anticipation is killing me. screw halo 3. this is the game of the year to me. and if sonic was in brawl it would be that much better. but what about earthworm jim? diddy? does rare have rights to diddy? and geno. throw geno in there. tell me your secrets, nintendo. i must know who’s in brawl
it is fake, but it’s done well.
http://www.brawlsonic.ytmnd.com
Shawn, that picture is also a fakw, Sonics image was put there
Go to http://www.sonicbrawl.ytmnd.com. It shows a pic. of Brawl and A strange pic of Sonic.
I really hope it’s true!
Hmmmmm….It IS strange though….why WOULD they EVR put an unlockable Character on the game box.The Game box is FAKE!
I just hope sonics on it though………
CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!!!!!!!WHENS THE GAME COMIN OUT THOUGH!?!?!?!?!
TO why do u care , The Super Smash Bros. Brawl comes out 12-3-06.
CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant wait till brawl comes out. its not fair they ceep peeple waiting that long! i dont really
like the dojo site,not updated enough, not enough info. who is that little dr. guy with green hair? long live brawl!:grin::smile:
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well the animail crossing guy will probly be in it because there will be a animal crossing level according to smashbros.com the offical smash bros site and sonic will all most defently be in it and i hope he will be in it or a lot of ssb fans will be mad anyways if u have msn add me gravityrideseverything93@hotmail.com i also havea youtube account rja472 check it out peace
SONIC IN BRAWL!!!!!
the guy said it was fake so why are you idiots trying to prove its fake????
Yes I have litterally been a Sonic fan since I was 5 months of age, because my uncle had a dreamcast and barrowed Sonic adventure from his friend and let me play it.Sorry, a little off topic.There are supposed to be 2-3 3rd party characters.Solid Snake is 1, and I’m sure Sonic will be another.I highly doubt that Rayman will be in it,But it does look like him on the case.Petey Pirrahna is on the game, as a bad guy, I don’t think he will be a playable character though.Meta Knight is a playable character.Also Pokemon fans like myself will love this, a playable pokemon trainer character is confirmed, he has the pokemon squirtle ,Ivysaur, and Charizard(all playable, you are the pokemon not the trainer, 3 for the price of 1!)
First off it’s been clarified as a mock cover so thats why their character pics are from different games. Secondly you can’t say none of the characters on the side will be in brawl or not because petey was recently confirmed (playable or not I don’t know but I hope not because the game is called smash bros not smash mario)Thirdy I doubt kk is playable as he apears in the background of a stage. and finally Daniel does have a very good point, even those who hate Sonic would still want Sonic in brawl just to beat him up! I think we should stop labelling every picture of sonic that we see as a fake, and try to be a bit more open minded.
Ps: to inconspicuous person, DR Wright is a character from an old snes game called sim city which is now on virtual console
SONIC FOR BRAWL!!!
oh, have you heard the news? Diddy is a playable character. Oh, and i was reading one forum that somebody had played a demo of ssbb and was told not to give much away, but he did say something about sonic and/or sega fans would like the outcome…..
Anyway, does that mean NiGHTS has the possibility of being in the game?And, i am sorry. Why?
cause i forgot the site of the forum
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you can go to smash bros DOJO and almost every day they will put some thing on. 
saterday and sunday i think they dont put stuff on. mrgreen im taking to you if you ever get on lol
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If they don’t put sonic in brawl i will be a littel disapointed
Nintendo had better put Sonic in the game. Everyone Sonic fan in his world wants him so they beat the living snot out of Mario
. Even though I don’t have a Wii, I’m still going to buy it. If Nintendo can put Snake in SSBB they can put Sonic and Knuckles there too.
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snc 4 brwl or lse
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thats definitely rayman in 1 of the pics and y the frick wont someone talk 2 me
i cant freekin submt faces
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