Knuckles

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Knuckles
Developer Takashi Yuda, Sonic Team
Publisher Sega
Platforms As noted below
Released 1994-present
Added to
Museum
See Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles is a character that is part of a Japanese multimedia series consisting of comics, television shows, films, music, and video games.

Created by Takashi Yuda and Sonic Team, he first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Sega Genesis on October 18, 1994.

Knuckles was included in some games in the Sega All-Stars series.

Fictional character biography

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Knuckles is a strong red echidna who can punch through rocks.

He is the last living descendent of a clan of echidnas who guarded the chaos emeralds.

Because of this, he is a foe of those who he believes will steal the emeralds and a begrudging ally of those who aim to protect them.

This has made him both an ally and an enemy of characters such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, and Amy Rose.

Video games with Knuckles as a playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Team Genesis 1994
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic Team Genesis 1994
Sonic 3 & Knuckles Sonic Team Genesis 1994 A combined game when Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is inserted into a Sonic & Knuckles cartridge.
Knuckles' Chaotix Sega CS3 32X 1995
Sonic the Fighters Sega AM2 Arcade 1996 Model 2B-CRX hardware.
Sonic Adventure Sonic Team Dreamcast 1998
Sonic Shuffle Hudson Soft
Sonic Team
Dreamcast 2000
Sonic Adventure 2 Sonic Team Dreamcast 2001
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Sonic Team GameCube, PS3, Xbox 360, Windows 2001 Enhanced port.
Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut Sonic Team GameCube, Windows 2003 Enhanced port.
Sonic the Hedgehog (remake) Sonic Team
Christian Whitehead
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Android, iOS 2013 Enhanced remake.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (remake) Sega Technical Institute
Christian Whitehead
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Android, iOS 2013 Enhanced remake with a restored and expanded level that was cut from the 1992 release.
Sonic Lost World Sonic Team Wii U 2013
Sonic Forces Sonic Team PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2017
Sonic Mania Christian Whitehead
HeadCannon
PagodaWest Games
PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2017
Sonic Mania Plus Christian Whitehead
HeadCannon
PagodaWest Games
PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2018 DLC for Sonic Mania.
Team Sonic Racing Sumo Digital PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2019
Sonic Origins Sonic Team
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PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2022 Compilation with ports of the 2011 enhanced remake of Sonic CD, the 2013 enhanced remake of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and an enhanced remake of Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team
Headcannon
PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2022 Enhanced remake of the combined Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles game.
Sonic & Knuckles (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team Windows 2022 The enhanced remake of the game can be separated from Sonic 3 & Knuckles in Sonic Origins with a fan patch.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sonic Origins remake) Sonic Team Windows 2022 The enhanced remake of the game can be separated from Sonic 3 & Knuckles in Sonic Origins with a fan patch.
Sonic CD (Sonic Origins Plus remake) Sonic Team
Christian Whitehead
PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2023 Enhanced remake.
Sonic Origins Plus Sonic Team
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PS4, Switch, Windows, Xbox One 2023 DLC for Sonic Origins adds the Sonic Drift 2 Game Gear game which has Knuckles as a playable character.

Video games with Knuckles as a non-playable character

Title Developer System Release Notes
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog Sega Social Team Windows 2023

Films featuring Knuckles

Title Production company Distributor Release Notes
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie Pierrot Taki Corporation 1996 Original video animation
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Original Film Paramount Pictures 2022 Live-action / computer animated film
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Original Film Paramount Pictures 2024 Live-action / computer animated film