Besides Sonic, there were a variety of other characters from the series who made an appearance as well, including:
It was announced months before the game was actually released, and was accompanied by a video of the character in action. Nintendo and Sega surprised many fans when they had announced that Sonic the Hedgehog would appear as a playable character in the Wii video game Super Smash Bros. Eggman to defeat Sonic and with the power of the Chaos Emeralds, he can turn into Super Neo Metal Sonic!