Sonic the Fighters was developed by Sega-AM2 and published by Sega. The producer of the game is Yu Suzuki, Hiroshi Kataoka is the director of the game. Masahiro Sugiva is the main character designer for Sonic the Fighters. There are two composers involved in the game’s production, including Maki Morrow and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. Sonic the Fighters is compatible with various platforms including Arcade, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. It was officially released in Japan in June 1996. In North America, it was released in July 1996. Sonic the Fighters was released in Europe in August 1996. allows single and multiplayer game mode. Players can control the movement of characters in Sonic the Fighters using the joystick.
The development of the game starts from an employee who works on AM2 at the Sega company. One day, the clerk adds Sonic in the Fighting Vipers game. When Yu Suzuki saw this, he had the idea to create Sonic the Fighters. He recommends the idea to Hiroshi Kataoka. Kataoka feels that the idea is inappropriate. Kataoka feels that the Sonic characters shouldn’t fight each other. He hesitated to approve the idea because he feels that Yuji Naka will not like it. Despite that, Yuji Naka liked the idea and approved of it. Naka was happy to see the release of the Sonic the Fighters game. Sonic Fighters is the first game to be presented in 3D graphics. The developers who are involved in the production of Sonic Fighters are not sure of the result in the market. When it is released, Deith Leisure distributes the game to UK customers.
There are a number of playable characters in Sonic Fighters. Characters will unlock as you complete stages. In the Giant Wing stage, Sonic the Hedgehog will be able to turn into a Super Sonic. Tails is unlocked in Canyon Cruise. Knuckles will appear in the South Islands. Once you reach the Flying Carpet stage, you will be able to team up with Amy Rose. Espio tha Chameleon is available as a playable character in Mushroom Hill. You should see Bean at the dynamite plant. Sonic Fighters also features Bark the polar bear. Bark makes his appearance in Aurora Icefield.
When two similar characters attack each other, the second player is shown in grayscale. If he manages to defeat the 8 bosses that appear throughout the stages, he will go to an advanced level where he will meet Metal Sonic and Robotnik.
If you want to win the game, you have to beat the other players. To beat players, you need to deplete their health tank until it reaches zero. You must deplete the health tank within a specified time period. If you don’t, the player with the most energy will win the game. If you play as a single player, you will have to fight in 10 dual battles. If you successfully passed all 10 dual battles, you will reach the final stage.