Sonic the Fighters 2

Sonic the Fighters 2 (known as Sonic True Championship 2 in North America) is the sequel to the first Sonic the Fighters. It also introduces new characters like Sento-ki Sonic, the fighter within Sonic unleased!

Story
Since the destruction of Robotnik's plans back at the first Sonic the Fighters, everyone lived in peace... But now a few years later, Metal Sonic recruits a new hedgehog with a thirst for power, a being known simply as Ashura the Hedgehog, who bears a powerful connection to the Master Emerald, only wanting to destroy it and those who protect it. Dr. Robotnik finally comes out from his great depression and decides that he needs to capture about a thousand species of woodland creatures, in order to power up his new "Death Egg III", a living, mechanical planet that makes all of the other Death Egg areas like pathetic and foolish. With the help of Metal Sonic and newly-recruited Ashura, Robotnik immediately comes to several dimensions, finding Flickies, frogs, and all sorts of organics, and captures them for a lust of world domination.

Back at Mobius, Sonic and friends find out about this horrible catastrophe and decide to seek and spoil the evil doctor's plans once again. Apparently, they are stopped by a TV weirdly shaped like Robotnik's mug. It turns on automatically... "Ha ha ha!! Greetings, wimps! I, Dr. Robotnik, am about to announce a second battle tournament, hosted by my trusty minions, Metal Sonic and our new friend, Ashura... And, oh yes. I forgot to mention that the Death Egg III will be made, destroying every enemy destination, and that includes Mobius!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!" The TV screen flickered off after that one second.

"Grrrr.... That egghead never learns, does he? Oh, well! We've trashed his plans before, and now we're gonna do it again... WITH SONIC SPEED!" Sonic and friends vowed they would do just this, but not without entering the tournament... Whoever wins gets to face off with Dr. Robotnik mano a mano, and how!

Gameplay
There aren't many changes from the first title, other than high quality updates to the graphics (for example, Sonic is based off his appearance from Sonic Adventure), additional combos, new characters, and also includes online capability.

1P Player

 * Arcade Mode
 * Vs.
 * Training (can also have access to fight a human player
 * Tag-Team Mode: 2-vs-2, 3-vs-3, 4-vs-4
 * Spec. Conditions Fighting Tournament
 * Cyberspace Fighters: An online mode with various built-up lobby areas where you can challenge other human opponents to a certain game mode, chat with them, and even exchange gold

2P Player

 * Vs.
 * Tag-Team
 * Cyberspace Fighters: Same as one-player setting
 * Spec. Conditions Fighting Tournament
 * Battle Royale Mode

Options

 * Staff Roll/Credits
 * About
 * Create a Fighter
 * Autosave: On/Off
 * Controller Set
 * Gameplay Settings
 * Screen Adjust
 * Trailer: GameCom vs. Capcom 2
 * Trailer: Super Smash Bros. 4 (Wii U, 3DS versions)
 * Trailer: Sonic Generations (PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS versions)

Returning characters

 * Sonic
 * Super Sonic
 * Hyper Sonic
 * Dark Sonic
 * Sento-ki Sonic: New form!
 * Darkspine Sonic
 * Miles "Tails" Prower
 * Super Tails
 * Lunar Fox
 * Knuckles the Echidna
 * Super Knuckles
 * Hyper Knuckles
 * Amy Rose/Rosy the Rascal
 * Espio the Chameleon
 * Bark the Polar Bear
 * Bean the Dynamite
 * Fang the Sniper/Nack the Weasel
 * Metal Sonic (no longer NPC)
 * Metal Madness
 * Metal Overlord
 * Metal Sonic Kai
 * Neo Metal
 * Dr. Robotnik/Dr. Eggman (no longer NPC)

New additions

 * Cream the Rabbit & Cheese the Chao
 * E-102 Gamma
 * Big the Cat
 * Honey the Cat
 * Mecha Sonic
 * Super Mecha Sonic
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Super Shadow
 * True Chaos Shadow (a nod to Sonic the Hedgehog 2006, albeit less glitchy and more detailed)
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Burning Blaze
 * Princess Sally Acorn
 * Bunnie Rabbot
 * Antoine D'Coolette
 * Sonia the Hedgehog
 * Manic the Hedgehog
 * Scratch
 * Grounder
 * Rogue the Bat
 * E-123 Omega
 * Charmy Bee
 * Vector the Crocodile
 * Julie-Su
 * Chaos
 * Chaos 1
 * Chaos 2
 * Chaos 4
 * Chaos 6
 * Perfect Chaos
 * Coconuts
 * Scourge the Hedgehog
 * Ray the Flying Squirrel
 * Mighty the Armadillo
 * Shade the Echidna
 * Emerl
 * Eggman Nega
 * EggRobo
 * Tails Doll
 * Silver Sonic
 * Ix
 * Super Ix
 * Ashura
 * Turbo

Other Information
Rating: Everyone 10+ (USA), PEGI: 7 (EU, CERO: A (JP)

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Dimps

Engine: Hedgehog Engine (PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360, GigaCom), Havok Physics (PC), Modified internal engine (3DS)

Platform: 1-2 Player Fighting/1-8 Player via Xbox Live, Playstation Network, or Nintendo Wi-Fi.

Systems
It will be available for the Taito Type X-2 arcade board, and later for the PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, GigaCom (Japan-only) and PC.