Similarly, the height of each character’s jump can be augmented in a similar manner to the Marvel games (press down, then up), allowing each chatacter to have a number of air combos. Each fighter has a unique fighting style that has been tailored to the individual character for example, Blaze plays similar to a Ryu/Ken-style fighter, and uses fire abilities, Knuckles plays like a powerhouse and has moves that dig up the ground, Shadow uses his Chaos control for long range, while Sonic is more effective at close range with spin dash attack and an ultra move similar to Spider-man’s in Marvel vs. The roster currently consists of eight characters, including Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Blaze, Shadow, Rouge, Mecha Sonic and the recently added Metal Sonic, of which the player can alter their colour scheme from the recognisable to the downright lurid.

However, you can go into training mode and change the fighting abilities of your sparring dummy so they are not just standing around but can fight back. It’s still a work in progress, so there is no single-player arcade mode currently. The game is a 2D fighter utilising 3D graphics for the character models. The game pays homage to the Capcom style of fighting games, drawing it’s inspiration from the Marvel series of beat ’em ups. Sonic Smackdown was one of the many games featured at this year’s SAGE event, and probably one of the more notable.

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