Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Character Analysis: Metal Sonic

 -Decided to throw this together since people got so hype on Metal. 

Background


A copy of Sonic built by imitating his life data. Metal Sonic is generally considered Eggman’s most powerful creation.


Metal Sonic is particularly notable for betraying Eggman and taking over his empire in Sonic Heroes. Following this game he had his intelligence nerfed and was re-coded to be more obedient.


Despite this, Metal Sonic does retain some autonomy. In particular he has a drive to defeat and outperform the “real Sonic”.

Abilities

Flight

Metal Sonic can fly.


Spin Attack/Dash

Metal Sonic can perform the spin dash.


Light Speed Dash 

An ability that allows the user to travel along a trail of rings at light speed. 


Light Speed Attack

A spinning attack that hits multiple enemies at light speed. 


Energy projection

Metal Sonic can produce and throw balls of energy at opponents.


Chest laser

Metal Sonic has a chest laster.


Maximum V Overdrive

Metal Sonic’s Maximum V Overdrive is a powerful energy dash attack.


Ring Spark Field

Ring spark field is an explosive round energy field that damages any opponents that come into contact with it.


Black Shield

Metal Sonic can project a shield around himself to block attacks.


Machine control 

Metal Sonic can embed himself into various machines to control them.

Arsenal

Rivals Power-Ups

Various elemental attacks and traps that can be used in the Sonic rivals games. Most can be used as projectiles to hit from a distance.


Speed Battle Items

Various elemental and long range attacks found in Speed Battle.

A full list can be seen here https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_Forces:_Speed_Battle#Items 

  • Steal: Sends out a Chao that can steal items from an opponent.


Monitor Boxes

Various monitors that encapsulate short lived power ups.


Invincibility: Grants temporary invincibility.


Shield: Grants a shield that blocks one deadly attack.


Speed Shoes: Grants temporary boost in speed.


Lost Labyrinth treasure 

An energy orb Mental Sonic uses to power himself up in Sonic 4.


Chaos Emeralds

Metal Sonic can siphon chaos energy to power himself up.


They are a set of mystical objects that are said to grant near infinite power through the use of “chaos energy”. They can often be found hidden in alternate pocket dimensions known as special zones, and are said to turn the thoughts of the user into power. Many sources also claim them to be directly correlated to the health of nature itself. Their power can change based on the circumstances they’re used under.


Chaos Control 

The ability to bend time and space or empower oneself with the aid of a chaos emerald. The more chaos emeralds a character has the more enhanced the ability to use chaos control will be.


Teleportation: The main use of chaos control is to teleport either the user and or an object through space. This can work across dimensions or be applied to large objects. Supposedly there is a limit to the range though.


Warping: Chaos control can be used to warp the user at high speeds.


Time Stop: The ability to stop time through chaos control. 


Time Travel: The ability to travel through time with Chaos control. Requires two users using chaos control at once.


Emerald Powers

Special powers granted to the emeralds while exposed to the energy of the Northstar Islands.


Avatar: Creates dozens of energy copies of the user.


Bullet: Turns the user into a fiery bullet that can dash mid air.


Vision: Allows the user to see invisible objects.


Water: Turns the user into water that can swim up sources of liquid. 


Ivy: Creates a giant ivy stalk that can be used for platforming.


Slow: Slows down time.


Extra: Grants an extra ability. This is the homing attack for Classic Sonic.


Mind manipulation negation

The Chaos Emeralds can negate mind manipulation.


Soul/Casualty Manip

The Ancients could use the emeralds to manipulate souls and causality. They could also build pocket dimensions.


Dark Rings

Artificial rings created by studying and harnessing the power of Chaos rings in Knuckles Chaotix. They’re used as a power source for machines.


Master Emerald

The master emerald found on Angel Island. Like the Chaos emeralds it can be used as a power source. It has the ability to neutralize the Chaos Emeralds powers.


Phantom Ruby

A mysterious gemstone introduced in Sonic Mania. It can be used as a power source. It can also take control of a person's senses and creates holograms with mass to create powerful illusions.


Space/time travel

The Phantom Ruby can open tears in space/time or send people across time.


Gravity manipulation

The Phantom Ruby can alter the pull of gravity.


Phantom copies

The Phantom Ruby can conjure copies of other characters that are just as strong as the originals.


Null space

The Phantom Ruby can send opponents to Null space, a dark dimension. It also created the Egg Revier Zone.


Wisps

Alien life forms that grant Color Powers. Color Powers are a series of abilities Sonic characters can use by absorbing the “Hyper-Go-On”  Wisps produced. 


White Burst/White Wisp: Grants energy for boosting.


Red Burst/Red Wisp: Turns the user into a ball of fire that can burn opponents and perform additional jumps in the air.


Violet Void: Turns the user into a floating void like object. The form can hover, can absorb nearby objects and enemies, and travel through grate/fan like objects like a gas.


Orange Rocket/Orange Wisp: The user becomes a rocket like object. The strength of the upwards movement can harm enemies.


Cyan Laser/Cyan Wisp: Turns the user into a living laser that can bounce off opponents to damage them, off walls to reach new areas or travel through special crystals to get to new places.


Pink Spike/Pink Wisp: Turns the user into a pink spiked ball that can latch onto and travel along walls. He can also move along them at high speeds with a spin dash like maneuver


Blue Cube/Blue Wisp: Gives the user the ability to turn into a large blue cube. The cube can smash into the ground to destroy objects and also sends out a shockwave that can damage opponents from a distance.


Green Hover/Green Wisp:  Turns the user into a floating green object that can hover through an environment and even has its own version of the light speed dash.


Purple Frenzy/Purple Wisp: The user uses a purple wisp to become a large floating pacman-ish head. Said form has sharp teeth it can use to devour objects in front of it, growing with size as it does so. At maximum size the form can also suck objects to its position through a sort of vacuum breath.


Yellow Drill/Yellow Wisp: Turns the user into a drill that can travel through ground and through water.


Jade Ghost/Jade Wisp: Turns the user intangible


Indigo Asteroid: Using an indigo wisp turns the user into a miniature planet like object that uses intense gravity to tear objects and opponents apart. The more objects pulled in the stronger the gravity effect becomes.


Magenta Rhythm/Magenta wisp: Turns the user into a large music note. The form can bounce in midair off specific bouncing points.


Crimson Eagle/Red Wisp: Turn the user into a red eagle-like creature that can fly.


Black Bomb/Black Wisp: Transforms the user into a large bomb.


Gray Quake/Grey Wisp: Transforms the user into a heavy stone block that can make shockwaves to destroy opponents and scale up walls.


Ivory Lightning/Ivory Wisp: Ivory wisps turn the user into a living bolt of lightning. In this form the user can latch onto objects and electrocute opponents. Can also control sources of electricity.

Transformations

Metal Sonic Kai Sonic

A giant version of Metal Sonic powered by Dark Rings. It has a massive chest laser and can attack foes with massive metal claws.


Giga Metal Sonic

A giant version of Metal Sonic powered by the Phantom Ruby. It has energy lasers in its mouth and can lob explosives.

  • Sonic fights Giga Metal Sonic. Phantom Ruby turns Metal Sonic into the giant Giga Sonic. Giga Sonic can fire energy blasts from his mouth and lob projectiles https://youtu.be/6gBRxvBUSlA?t=14 


Neo Metal Sonic

An upgraded version of Metal Sonic main form. It’s permanent unless he takes significant damage. It grants Metal Sonic a host of new abilities on top of his base powers.


Electrokinesis

Metal Sonic can manipulate lightning.


Shapeshifting

Metal Sonic can shapeshift. 


Data copying

Metal Sonic can scan and copy the powers of others. It’s implied they need to be within eyesight and that they at least need to observe the ability that he’s copying.


Most notable copied ability are


Super Neo Metal Sonic

A Super Form gained via chaos energy. It should have invulnerability and increased power like Sonic’s Super form. Super Neo can also project energy as an attack. It’s noted to be unstable due to using only the Master Emerald in IDW, though presumably would be more stable with the full 7 emeralds.  It’s implied in other media to be on par with Super Sonic.


Metal Madness

A large dragon form created by bio data and metal from Eggman’s Egg fleet. It has missile launchers, flamethrowers and can capture opponents in crystal barriers created by spiked projectiles.


Metal Overlord/Master Overlord

A more powerful dragon form with flight abilities. Metal Sonic gained this form after combining his stolen life data from numerous Sonic characters with the Chaos' shapeshifting powers. The form has increased strength, can project energy, fire missiles and can fire spiked projectiles that trap opponents in crystal. In IDW Metal takes on a similar form with the Power of the Master Emerald.

Feats

Strength


Speed


Endurance

Scaling

Base scaling

Eggman


Other base level characters


Super Scaling

Jeweled Scepter


Time Eater


Void


Solaris


Other Super level feats


Cosmology

Various collections on notes on Sonic Cosmology

Experience