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Well, unfortunately we have three different Mecha Sonics to contend with, and while I'm sure Zylo had meant the third one, let's have some fun with the others.

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(This is actually official artwork)

Mecha Sonic Mk. 0 aka Silver Sonic
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear)

I love this goofy little bastard Sonic copy.

This Mecha Sonic is canonically the first one and he is just a dumb looking silver sonic robot with a goofy visor and little blue booties and a yellow stomach. He just looks so stupid. Oh and he's got a jet pack and a grabber hand.

This is from the Game Gear version so you can't expect much, but he's legitimately awful to the point I actually find him endearing. One of his moves is extending his little grabber hand and his jet booties make him fly across the screen. Occasionally he'll curl into a ball and attack too.

You might remember him more from the Metal Sonic battle in Sonic Mania though where he sends out a bunch of them and you need to hit them into Metal Sonic himself.

Overally, this is such an ugly robotic version of Sonic, but I kinda like how much of a hodgepodge disaster it is.

Rank: E

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Mecha Sonic Mk. 1
First Appearance: Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Alright, now we're in business with Mecha Sonics!

This thing looks pretty badass. As a menacing clone robot of Sonic, it has everything it needs. It's just grey with red boots and spikes that rotate like a saw and then I only discovered this pretty recently, but the red eye is actually a singular eye rather than two eyes.

This one feels a lot better to face off against. I love how it actually looks evil and tough and how Eggman is watching the whole fight play out. I think it's pretty basic, but leading the entire game to facing a fake hedgehog like this at the end is really cool.

Ultimately, that's all there really is to it. Solid boss.

Rank: D

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Mecha Sonic Mk. 2
First Appearance: Sonic & Knuckles

Yo, let's just discuss this Mecha Sonic because it is an incredible version of a robot Sonic.

This is a lot more of a robotic version of Sonic. Like it's cold and uncaring and legitimately looks like a murder bot. It's blue like regular Sonic, but the coloring makes it seem like a much more metallic blue. It has a singular eye as well, and it's just imposing to face off against.

I love the design of it, and even though it's not as challenging in Sonic's run of Sonic & Knuckles, it's Knuckles' where it shines.

In Sonic's story, you face it during Sky Sanctuary, the penultimate zone, and after he's defeated, he uses the last of his strength to destroy the rest of Sky Sanctuary, forcing Sonic to speed away up the top as it falls to it's supposed doom.

However, when Knuckles is captured by the Egg Robo you've been chasing the entire time in the Sky Sanctuary after this, Knuckles manages to escape it's grasp just in time for Mecha Sonic to come out of nowhere and destroy it. And then the fight goes on as normal and when you think it's defeated, it speeds backwards and then hops on the Master Emerald and becomes Super Mecha Sonic! This moment was so god damn cool and it really makes it stand out as it gains so many more powers including chest lasers and whatnot. After Knuckles beats it this time, it actually does blow into bits.

A revelation that made it so much cooler to me is when I found out that Mecha Sonic also has a single eye, and it's actually more like a power core. Because in it's animations when it takes the Master Emerald's power and when it fires the big ball lasers out of it's chest, it actually breaks open and exposes that the core goes through it's eye and chest. I'll show off the visual below, but it's really an awesome design and we deserve more Mecha Sonic from this game.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/8/2/AATFBfAADbuO.png

Rank: B

https://youtu.be/WxAMHdalv9E

Hah! Got the Doomsday Zone theme in here yet!