Overview
Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10
Offline: 12 (400)
Online: 0 (0)
Approximate amount of time to 400: Less than 1 Hour (Dependent on skill/luck)
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Number of missable achievements: None
Glitched/Unobtainable achievements: None
Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
Extra equipment needed: No
Introduction
Welcome to Sonic the Fighters! Sonic the Fighters has 12 achievements for 400 and is a 1996 arcade game from SEGA using the Sonic characters that runs on the engine from another SEGA fighter; "Fighting Vipers". As the name implies this Sonic game is also a fighter. It was finally brought to the masses in the form of "Sonic GEMS Collection" for the Nintendo Gamecube and Playstation 2 in 2005. Now SEGA sees fit to release it once again on XBLA with more playable characters like Honey the Cat (Candy from "Fighting Vipers") and online play!
Step 1: Basic Controls
These are the basic controls that all characters have so familiarize yourself with them.
= Block
= Punch
= Kick
Run:
Backstep:
Dodge: Press + + at close range
Turn your back: Crouch and press +
Hyper: +
You also of course have , , , and so check your character's move list for moves that use those.
Step 2: Arcade Playthrough
First things first. Go into "Arcade" and set the difficulty to its easiest setting (This would be "Easy"). You can also set the number of barriers to 1 if you wish. After that go and pick Sonic after pressing . Please take note that you will not randomly fight characters in this game. Bark the Polar Bear will ALWAYS be the third person you fight and Bean the Dynamite (Duck) will ALWAYS be the seventh.
Your first fight is against Knuckles at South Island. Since this is on easy the computer will always block your moves, thus always have their barrier up. Use Sonic's Spin Attack ( ) to get the job done by destroying all of Knuckles' barriers and Barrier Destroyer will unlock. If you haven't been hit yet and have done a lot of damage use Hyper to be invincible for a short period of time and get a perfect on the first round to unlock Perfect. Finish the second round for Stage 1 Complete.
The second fight is against Amy at Flying Carpet. Amy will mostly just try to squish you with her Piko Piko Hammer. If she does then A Small Transformation will unlock. Beat her again in the second round to unlock Stage 2 Complete.
Beating Bark at Aurora Icefield, Espio at Mushroom Hill, Tails at Canyon Cruise, Fang at Casino Night, and Bean at Dynamite Plant will unlock the Stage 3 Complete, Stage 4 Complete, Stage 5 Complete, Stage 6 Complete, and Stage 7 Complete achievements.
The eighth fight is against Sonic on Giant Wing. Because you are already playing as Sonic you will fight against a gray scale version of yourself. This will cause The Enemy Within to unlock. You can go on to beat Metal Sonic at Death Egg's Eye and Robotnik/Eggman at Death Egg's Hangar if you wish. If you lose no rounds at all then beat Metal Sonic in the first round use Hyper to transform into Super Sonic.
Step 3: Honey the Cat/Offline Versus
After you are finished with Arcade Mode go back to it and hover over Amy, press and then select her to play as Honey the Cat thus unlocking Honey the Cat.
If you have two controllers and did not get "A Small Transformation" earlier then instead of going back to Arcade Mode go to "Versus" and have Player 1 pick Honey the Cat while Player 2 picks Amy. With Amy use and Honey will get squished getting you both "Honey the Cat" and "A Small Transformation".
Step 4: Miss Anything?
If you missed anything go back into Arcade Mode or Offline Versus and complete it.
Conclusion
Sonic the Fighters is a fun little game from 1996 that only really gets hard on Stages 8 and 9. The achievements are easy as can be so it is a quick and painless 400 to add to your collection. Hopefully you'll have fun with it and maybe even go online.
[x360a would like to thank JaxTH for this Roadmap]