Blaze the Cat

Blaze the Cat is a female cat who made her debut in the Nintendo DS game, Sonic Rush.

Blaze is a princess from an alternate dimension and defender of the Sol Emeralds. Her mission in Sonic Rush was to retrieve the Emeralds from the clutches of Eggman and Eggman Nega.

History
Blaze's dimension and Sonic the Hedgehog's are in flux with each other, allowing the characters to travel from one to the other through a tear in the space-time continuum. Blaze is the only playable character in Sonic Rush aside from Sonic himself.

Throughout the game, she learns the meaning of friendship from Sonic & friends, especially Cream the Rabbit. Cream opens her up to the world and teaches her the value of friendship: the two become close partners like Sonic and Miles "Tails" Prower.

It is through the power of friendship that she realizes the true powers of the Sol Emeralds and transforms into her super form (Blaze's costume goes red, her wrists/gloves turn to flames, and a fire force-field develops around her as a product of the Sol Emeralds rather than the lighter color and force field of Chaos energy usually used with the Chaos Emeralds) to help Super Sonic stop Dr. Eggman and Eggman Nega from taking over the universe. (This is much like how in Sonic Adventure the heroes use positive emotions to charge the drained chaos emeralds to fight Chaos.) After the two defeat them, they promise to see each other again and say their goodbyes as they shake hands, being torn apart by their respective dimensions being returned to normal. Blaze, still in super form, now understands her power and the meaning of friendship as she thinks on Sonic's words of advice.

Personality
Although Blaze is somewhat shy and withdrawn when meeting strangers, she doesn't let this prevent her from fulfilling her mission. Her lifestyle being incredibly similar to Knuckles', this means Blaze is as anti-social and as shy as he is and often finds it hard to open up and talk to people. She hates having the spotlight on her, preferring to take a backseat. She also hates anyone who even looks at her emeralds in the wrong way. Throughout the course of the game she develops a more friendly and gentle personality.

Abilities

 * Blaze has super speed, but it is likely she isn't as fast as Sonic or Shadow the Hedgehog.
 * Blaze is a pyrokinetic.
 * While in her super form, she can generate fireballs, which she can throw.
 * Blaze turns into a tornado when jumping, similar to Espio in Knuckles Chaotix, and doesn't keep speed or go faster.

Trivia

 * In the English version of Sonic Rush, Blaze is voiced by Bella Hudson. Bella Hudson was mistakenly referred as Berra Hudson when credited as Blaze in Sonic Rush, most likely due to language barriers.
 * People often mistakenly refer to Blaze as a queen; this is a false statement because she is still a princess.
 * Blaze is the only female character in all portrayals of Sonic the Hedgehog to have a super form.
 * While Sonic usually runs with fast paced, quick steps, Blaze seems to run with long strides. She also turns herself into a tornado when dashing, as opposed to Sonic's Spin Dash.
 * She appears in the Archie Comics adaption of Sonic Rush in issues 160-161.