Silver Sonic


 * Not to be confused with Silver the Hedgehog.

Silver Sonic (referred to as Mecha Sonic in the Japanese manual ) is the robotic version of Sonic the Hedgehog that appeared in Scrambled Egg Zone, and like all bosses in the Master System/Game Gear version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game, without any rings for protection. It is apparently an early version of Metal Sonic, a better known robotic double of Sonic.

Silver Sonic resembles the original Sonic, although he is slightly taller. He is a metallic grey colour and possesses many of Sonic's moves, including the spin-jump, though it has a few abilities of its own. Thankfully, Sonic is more nimble and can guard against most of its attacks.

A more well-known Sonic robot resembling Silver Sonic was featured in the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which was actually released later than the 8-bit game. While it was never officially referred to as Silver Sonic and was in fact only known as Mecha Sonic in Japanese materials, it is very similar to the other model. In this appearance, it is the first line of defense aboard the Death Egg. It is apparently clunkier and may have been remote controlled by Robotnik, but it is more combat-capable and would be able to instantly shred Sonic with its saw-blade spikes. In order to defeat him, Sonic must strike him eight times while avoiding his spikes (not easy considering there are once again no rings in this zone).

Archie Comics
In the Archie Comics continuity, Silver Sonic appeared in the miniseries Sonic Quest, a loose adaptation of Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles. This version of Silver Sonic was much larger and slower than the version in the games, standing about ten times the size of Sonic the Hedgehog.

History
Sonic and Tails encountered Silver Sonic during their mission to destroy Robotnik's new Death Egg space station, which despite its speed proved to be a formidable opponent. Silver Sonic's exoskeleton was invulnerable to Sonic's best hits. With a single powerful punch, it nearly knocked Sonic unconscious, but in the process it exposed electrical wires from inside the Death Egg. Before Silver Sonic could crush Sonic to death beneath its foot, Sonic used the cables to send thousands of volts of electricity into Silver Sonic, destroying its primary brain circuits and rendering him inoperable.

Robotnik, having witnessed the defeat of his creation, put on his Eggs-O-Skeleton armor so he could battle Sonic himself. However, Sonic was able to climb inside Silver Sonic's head and control the robot's body manually. Silver Sonic was so strong that Sonic was able to send Robotnik flying out of the Death Egg. Shortly afterwards, Tails activated the station's self-destruct sequence, and Sonic and Tails used Silver Sonic's body to escape safely back to Mobius.

Almost a year later, he was rebuilt by Eggman into Silver Sonic II, loosely based on Silver Sonic's design but much smaller. Sonic managed to reprogram Silver Sonic, and the robot became Station Square's protector until he was destroyed by Shadow.

Silver Sonic returned in issue #225 in a new and much bigger form, to battle and distract Sonic while Dr. Eggman's gun comes up and shoots down Sally, supposedly killing her while Sonic runs from Silver Sonic to try and rescue Sally.

Sonic the Comic
In Sonic the Comic, Sonic and Tails return to the Death Egg some time after the events of Sonic 2 to find that Silver Sonic is still functional (barely). It is heavily damaged, and Sonic comments that it is a sad imitation of him. (In Nigel Kitching's original script for the story, it is mentioned that the Silver Sonic actually repaired itself after Sonic's previous encounter with it.) Sonic defeats it for good by kicking off its head. It was presumably a forerunner of the Metallix robots in this continuity.

In this continuity, the robot was not referred to by name.

Jazwares
Jazwares designer, Joe Amaro designed this Silver Sonic action figure which is just a simple re-paint of Metal Sonic. SEGA did not approve this idea and so this figure will never be manufactured.