Sonic the Fighters

Sonic the Fighters
Franchise	Sonic the Hedgehog
Developed by	Sega AM2
Published by	Sega
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date	July 1996 (1996-07)
Genre	Fighting
First LP
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig C/J Haley Felice Lopez Ben Mooney Mike Sanchez
Intro theme	"Green Hill Zone" by TOY
Outro theme	"Sonic 3" by Rare Candy
Original run	February 24 – February 26, 2017
No. of episodes	3
Episode length	12–19 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	46:33
The Super Sonic Let's Play
Preceded by	Sonic Labyrinth
Followed by	Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld
Second LP
Played by	Rick Desilets Geoff Hook
Featuring	Sarah Fischer Dave Hook
Original run	April 5, 2024
No. of episodes	1
Episode length	3:18:09
Playlist	link
The D-Pad 13th Anniversary Marathon Stream
Preceded by	Battletoads

Sonic the Fighters is a 1996 fighting game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for arcades. It is a spin-off in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and is both the first fighting game and the first 3D game in the franchise. The engine is based on that of an earlier Sega fighting game, Fighting Vipers. Among several returning characters from previous games in the series, it introduces three new ones: Bean the Dynamite, Bark the Polar Bear, and (in the 2012 re-release only) Honey the Cat, the latter based on a Fighting Vipers character with the same name. The game was played on The D-Pad in 2017, as the thirtieth game in The Super Sonic Let's Play. The LP consisted of 3 episodes; 2 covering the single-player story, and a bonus episode covering VS mode, released on weekdays from February 24 to February 26, 2017.

The game was revisited on The D-Pad in a one-off episode in 2024, as the fifth game in The D-Pad 13th Anniversary Marathon Stream, and one of eight games in the [{Punch Dave Hook's Money]] segment. The episode was streamed live simultaneously on the dpadfm Twitch account and the YouTube channel before being uploaded on April 5, 2024.

Episodes

2017 LP

This LP was re-released on The D-Pad Unpaused on June 23, 2023.

TSSLP#	Episode	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
197	1	"Speed Speed"	19:49	John	Rick	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)
198	2	"Oh, He's Tails"	12:44	John	Rick, C/J, Felice	February 25, 2017 (2017-02-25)
VS Mode
199	*	"Ben the Prodigy Bear"	14:00	Rick, C/J, Ben, Felice, Sanchez	John	February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26)

2024 LP

TDP13#	Title	Length	Player(s)	Commentator(s)	Release date
7	"Hoar vs. Hoar: Too Hoth to Handle"	3:18:09	Rick, Geoff, Sarah, Dave		April 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
0:00:08: Explaining the Game 0:02:33: Round 1 0:06:57: Sonic the Fighters | Rick vs. Geoff 0:13:58: Round 2 0:18:32: BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles | Rick vs. Sarah 0:31:44: Round 3 0:36:01: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball | Sarah vs. Rick 0:48:06: Round 4 0:52:47: Street Fighter: The Movie | Rick vs. Geoff 1:00:49: Round 5 1:04:27: Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft | Geoff vs. Sarah 1:54:42: Round 6 2:04:56: Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire | Rick vs. Geoff 2:10:53: Round 7 2:13:11: Fight of Gods | Sarah vs. Rick 2:25:26: Round 8 2:31:52: Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi | Geoff vs. Rick 2:42:21: Final Boss Fight | Rick vs. Dave 3:12:16: Stream Conclusion