Classic Sonic
Sonic was born on Christmas Island and has seemingly been an orphan since then. He’s always had his super speed and an innate drive for adventure, which has led him into confrontations against the evil Dr. Eggman on several occasions - all of which he won, of course. He’s not very talkative, but he’s a hero to all and never fails to save those in need. His goal is to live his life to the fullest, free of evil and filled with excitement. Anything other than crying.
Powers
- Superhuman Speed
- Superhuman Reflexes
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
Speed - Movement
- Covered the environment at incredible speeds (source) (SCD)
- Covered the chain to Little Planet at an extremely high speed (source) (SCD)
- At top speed, matched pace with a treadmill that was melting metal through friction (source) (SCD)
- Raced at high speeds against Metal Sonic (source) (SCD)
- According to a manual, could run at the speed of light (source) (SCD)
- Translation for speed of light manual (source) (SCD)
- Achieved a maximum speed between 900~1000 km/h (source) (SC)
- Despite being a poor swimmer, Sonic could run on water (source) (StH3)
- Was stated to be supersonic, along with Tails, in a manual (source) (StHTT)
- Translation for supersonic manual (source) (StHTT)
- According to a manual, he moved at the speed of sound (source) (SB)
- Translation for speed of sound manual (source) (SB)
- One of his profiles stated that he could exceed Mach 1 (source) (SJ)
- Ran to the Flying Battery Zone after seeing it on a screen (source) (SM)
- Ran at Mach 1, achieving a maximum speed of Mach 3 after acquiring speed-boosting blue orbs (source) (SM)
- Could bust out windows by moving past them (source) (SM)
- [Spin Dash] Was capable of skipping across water (source) (StH2 - Game Gear)
- [Spin Dash] Had a maximum speed of 900 km/h (source) (SL)
- Barely outran a rolling boulder (source) (SStH)
- Was outpaced by the Egg Mobile (source) (SC)
- Couldn’t keep pace with the Flying Battery (source) (StH3)
Speed - Reflexes
- Could avoid shots from Eggman’s cannons (source) (StH - Game Gear)
- Could dodge arrows fired from trap columns (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Maneuvered his way through a densely packed forest at super speed (source) (SCD)
- Dodged numerous Badniks moving at super speed (source) (SCD)
- Dodged projectiles from Badniks (source) (SCD)
- Defeated Eggman’s E-Mech in less than 15 seconds (source) (StF)
- Got hit by a boulder that Knuckles knocked down the stairs (source) (StH3)
Speed - Mobility
- Was capable of moving through cramped areas at high speed (source) (SCD)
- Similar to moving through cramped areas at high speed (source) (SCD)
- Was capable of running up the sides of structures at super high speeds (source) (SCD)
- Jumped an extremely high distance off of the Death Egg Robot (source) (SG)
- Could leap great distances (source) (SF)
- [Spin Dash] By spinning in place, he could rocket off at top speed from a standing position after a relatively short charging period (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- The Super Peel Out technique provided a similar function to Spin Dash (source) (SCD)
- [Spin Dash] Frequently made use of the environment to gain great speed (source) (StH - Mega Drive)
- Once used the environment trick to break the sound barrier (source) (SCD)
- Generated sparks of flame against the ground after using the environment to gain speed comparable to the Super Peel Out (source) (SCD)
Strength - Striking
- Repeatedly smashed through marble cubes (source) (StH - Mega Drive)
- Was able to destroy Eggman’s armored pistons with multiple strikes over a protracted boss fight (source) (StH - Mega Drive)
- Could drive himself through crystal blocks without losing momentum (source) (StH2 - Game Gear)
- Destroyed marble columns over twice his height (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Shattered a boulder larger than he was to pieces (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Destroyed the giant Death Egg Robot over the course of a boss fight (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Dented and then smashed through some thick metal bars (source) (SStH)
- Was strong enough to damage and ultimately destroy a machine durable enough to smash through ice and stone (source) (SCD)
- Destroyed large blocks of a rock-like material (source) (SC)
- Broke apart a boulder about the size of himself (source) (StH3)
- He was able to eventually destroy the massive, Master Emerald-powered Great Eggman Robo after damaging it over the course of a boss fight (source) (StH3)
- Knocked over the Death Egg Robot (source) (SG)
- Was capable of smashing through boulders (source) (SG)
- His strikes could knock around the Spider Mobile (source) (SM)
- Destroyed a large piece of debris that was hurtling through the air (source) (SF - Trailer)
- Could send spheres of metal larger than himself flying into the distance (source) (SF)
- [Spin Dash] Could spin through large sections of a rock-like material (source) (StH - Mega Drive)
- [Spin Dash] Did so on multiple occasions (source) (StH - Game Gear)
- [Spin Dash] Did so again (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- [Spin Dash] Smashed apart a boulder many times larger than he was (source) (SCD)
- [Spin Dash] This ability was demonstrated more than once (source) (StH3)
- [Spin Dash] Demonstrated again (source) (SM)
- [Spin Dash] Demonstrated once more (source) (StH3)
- [Spin Dash] Destroyed a large marble column (source) (StH3)
- Couldn’t break apart a boulder larger than himself with a standard strike (source) (StH3)
- Was seemingly unable to break through a boulder that was falling down the stairs (source) (StH3)
Strength - Lifting/Pushing
- Could, with effort, move marble columns approximately as tall as he was and four times as long (source) (StH - Mega Drive)
- Held onto a rocket as it flew into space (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Struggled to push himself out of a metal sheet he was embedded in (source) (SStH)
Durability - Impact
- Was unphased by being sent through several crystal blocks (source) (StH2 - Game Gear)
- Could survive impacts from his doppelganger, Silver Sonic (source) (StH2 - Game Gear)
- Got up from a massive fall with no injury (source) (SStH)
- Shook off having his head smashed through a sheet of metal (source) (SStH)
- Suffered no damage after falling a great distance into another Zone (source) (StH3)
- Unharmed by being sent through several meters of rock-like material (source) (SM)
- Could survive being launched out of a gun into another city (source) (SM)
Durability - Temperature
- Could survive being flash frozen into a block of ice (source) (SCD)
- He has endured this multiple times (source) (S3DB)
- Survived being blasted away by a wave of fire (source) (StHTT)
- Survived a fire that burned away a large amount of oil right next to him (source) (SM)
Super Sonic - Speed
- Flew faster than Tails’ Tornado (source) (StH3)
- According to a manual, the Tornado could exceed the speed of sound when using its rockets (source) (StH2)
- Translation for Tornado speed manual (source) (StH2)
Super Sonic - Strength
- Was capable of flying through asteroids with relatively little momentum loss (source) (StH3)
- Another instance of flying through asteroids (source) (StH3)
- Carried the Master Emerald while flying back down to the planet (source) (StH3)
- Knocked away a small tower while working together with Super Modern Sonic (source) (SG)
- Was incapable of damaging Eggman’s carrier ship without leading its own missiles back around to it (source) (StH3)
Super Sonic - Durability
- Unphased by asteroids smashing against him (source) (StH3)
- Got knocked back to base by Knuckles (source) (StH3)
- Attacking Eggman’s mecha caused him to fly backwards, though he was unharmed by the impact (source) (StH3)
- Eggman’s missiles had a similar effect (source) (StH3)
- Energy bullets had a similar effect (source) (StH3)
Skill - Beating Copies of Himself
- Defeated Silver Sonic (source) (StH2 - Game Gear)
- Defeated Mecha Sonic (source) (StH2 - Mega Drive)
- Defeated a second, cooler Mecha Sonic (source) (StH3)
- Defeated Metal Sonic in a race (source) (SCD)
- And also in just a normal fight (source) (StHTT)
- He could even beat him in hand-to-hand during StF’s story mode (source) (StF)