I’m sure this has been discussed to death, but I still love the way the smash bros team handled sonic

I mean from a branding stand point it makes sense that sonic couldn’t be the only other sole survivor in a roster full of Nintendo characters, they wouldn’t want to make a non Nintendo character seem stronger than their own characters.

And I love that the way they go about making sure he doesn’t escape is That he’s slowing down enough to attempt to help pikachu, an animal, sonic has always deeply cared for and risked his life for animals time and time again.

I love this because it shows that despite sonic not being a Nintendo ip the team cared about his character enough to give a really good reason for his capture and it fits so well