Raimondo

Raimondo (ライモンド) is a human resident of Spagonia that appears in Sonic Unleashed. He is a student that attends Spagonia University and a childhood friend of Franco's. He is a slacker in his studies and usually appears tough and indifferent, but in reality, he is a really nice guy. He was one of the people possessed by Dark Gaia's minions, until he was exorcised by Sonic the Werehog and Chip.

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''A student at Spagonia U. and a friend of Franco's since childhood. He's a bit of a lone wolf, and skips classes in favor of spending time by himself. Raimondo doesn't mince words or make any effort to hide his moody side, but supposedly the ladies really dig that.''

PS3/Xbox360
During his childhood, Raimondo became very good friends with Franco and their friendship had lasted ever since then. As he got older, Raimondo attended Spagonia University, but he was not very interested in his studies and would skip his classes, sometimes for weeks. During his time at Spagonia University, Raimondo got the impression that his fellow classmate, the studious Lilli, was only dull and serious.

At the beginning of Sonic Unleashed, Raimondo decided to attend his classes in weeks for a change. However, following the Earth breaking apart and the kidnapping of Professor Pickle, his classed were canceled, which made Raimondo rather annoyed that he had met up for nothing. When Sonic the Hedgehog and Chip later came to Spagonia to find Professor Pickle, Raimondo found them listen to him when he mumbled about to ironic it was that he finally met up and classes was canceled, and taunted them with the possibility that they were eavesdropping. However, as they asked for directions to Spagonia University, Raimondo gladly provide them with the directions. Later, when Sonic and Chip returned, Raimondo was surprised to hear that Professor Pickle had been kidnapped, because he had not attended class for and learned about it.

With every student on indefinite break, Raimondo began to socialize with the other students. He eventually came to talk to Lilli, who had no studies to do because of the canceled classes, and Raimondo began to see that his initial impressions of Lilli were wrong and that she was actually fun to talk to. While hanging out, the two of them for example talked about how funny it was that dorm master Otto knew everything about his students and Raimondo was impressed when he heard Lilli tell about who Otto told her that he brought her grandparents together. Not long after, Raimondo began to develop feelings for Lilli, but he did not believe that she felt the same way and let it slide. He tried later to talk to Sonic about how wrong he was about his impression of Lilli during the following evening, but withdrew as he wondered why he was telling Sonic this and then went to bed.

At some point during the game, Raimondo became possessed by some of Dark Gaia's minions. Their influence would then cause his to dance and party rowdy together with other possessed humans in the middle of the streets in Spagonia during nighttime. but would then revert back to normal during daytime. While Raimondo's memory was fuzzy from these experiences, she was able to recall himself dancing, but only thought that it was because he had overdone it. Luckily, Raimondo and the rest of the possessed people had Dark Gaia's minions exorcised from them by Sonic the Werehog and Chip during their first exorcism, thus freeing his from their influence.

After being exorcised, Raimondo met Federica who asked him if he wanted to go on a trip to Apotos with her since Spagonia's continent had been restored. Unknown to Raimondo however, Federica had a crush on him and she intended to make Raimondo her boyfriend during the trip. Oblivious to her advances, however, Raimondo agreed on going with her as he was thinking about going there himself.

Once in Apotos, Raimondo was enthralled by Apotos' scenic view and how relaxing the village was. He also thought that the other students at Spagonia University would love this place, especially Lilli. During their visit in Apotos, Federica tried to get closer to Raimondo, but he remained uninterested as spend most of the trip just quietly staring into the sky, thinking of Lilli. When Raimondo and Federica finally returned to Spagonia, he met Sonic and told him that he had a good time.

Not long after, Raimondo found himself talking to Federica again, Disappointed that Raimondo did not seem to be interested in her, she asked him if he thought of her as his girlfriend. While Raimondo admitted that he liked her, he only thought of her as a close friend. Seeing that Federica was a little sad from his response, Raimondo tried to lighten the mood by asking her what she thought Lilli and Franco was talking about just ahead of them, which made Federica ask him if he had a thing for Lilli.

After talking to Federica, Raimondo was confronted by Franco who angrily asked him what his relationship with Federica was. Raimondo told Franco that they were just friends, but was then shocked to hear that he had hurt LIlli's feelings because she had a crush at him and had believed that he was interested in Federica. Raimondo then asked Franco in disbelief if it was true that Lilli had a crush on him, he told angrily told him to pay attention to other people’s feelings.

Taking Franco's advice to heart, Raimondo found Lilli and told her that Franco had told him that she liked him, and admitted that he had thought a lot about her as well. He then asked her if would be interested in going on a trip with him together, Lilli asked him if he meant her and Raimondo confirmed that her just wanted her on this trip. Now in an serious relationship, Raimondo was open to his feelings for Lilli and told her that he was glad to be with her and that he hopes that she would always be with her.

PS2/Wii
Raimondo never made any real appearance during the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. He did however appear during the cutscene, where he was possessed by Dark Gaia's minions and was dancing and partying rowdy together with other possessed humans in the middle of the streets in Spagonia during the night. Luckily, Raimondo and the rest of the possessed people had Dark Gaia's minions exorcised from them by Sonic the Werehog and Chip during their first exorcism, thus freeing his from their influence.