Top 10 Sonic Villains | Characters In-Depth

number one: that massive truck from adventure 2

The Dreamcast era and Dark ages were the prime times for the villains, especially the latter. The reason why the Dark ages has its name is because it focused on the villains' motives to inflict fates worse than death: rewriting stories and history, using mankind as a energy source for intense purposes, conquering time and space, and even trying to create a world without death.

Mephiles looks so cool that I considered buying a skateboard with his face on it, and I don't even skateboard

Black Doom is genuinely a worthwhile addition to Shadow's backstory Not because of his relation to Shadow, but because of his relation to Gerald With Doom in the picture, suddenly the Eclipse cannon and the GUN massacre make a lot more sense, and it paints a strong picture of just how desperate Gerald was to finish Project Shadow

Totally did not expect Tikal dad to be on the list

Mephiles and the cutscene of Gerald Robotnik reading his diary used to scare the crap out of me when I was a kid.

Merlina is on the list, damn right. She’s the best.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Sonic needs more charismatic and interesting villains. If they want to keep Eggman for the main series, maybe have a spinoff series like what Mario&Luigi did for Mario where there’s a new awesome baddie to go up against in every game. This is honestly one of the easiest ways to make a new game feel fresh and interesting.

In regards to Black Doom, I think you should have mentioned what is probably the most infamous yet also most underrated part of the game: The Doom. He literally forced Shadow to relive the memories of the day G.U.N. killed everyone on the ARK, all in order to fuel his anger against humanity once more if you go down the dark path. But on the other hand, the hero path will have Shadow latching more onto his memories of Maria on that day and what he promised her, reinforcing his dedication to protecting humanity. Terrible level design but amazing story concept.

Mephiles is still my favorite villain in the series. He’s the only Sonic villain that actually scares me, his eyes are so soulpiercing and his themes in Sonic 06 especially phase 2 give me chills.

Has Mephiles as number 1 "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well."

I always figured Mephiles simply can't fuse with future Iblis, since Iblis was released when Elise died, not when she cried, meaning the seal itself was never truly broken. Would explain why he killed Sonic instead of Elise, too. Also I imagine Eggman doesn't buy all his ships and shit, just steals stuff and has his robots and prisoners slave away.

My personal take of why Mephiles doesn't fuse with Iblis from the get-go, is because for some reason in the future Iblis is too corporeal. Mephiles needs to fuse with him while it's still a bodyless mass of flames. Of course, wanting to have revenge on Shadow and cause chaos and discord around him before doing it is a valid reason too.

Both Metal and Mephiles deserve to come back properly. The former hasn't been given much to work with since heroes and the latter makes Eggman and Dark Gaia look tame by comparison Mephiles is sadistic and manipulative and despite not being very powerfull, the fact that he's literally immortal makes him feel like an unbeatable evil that can only be contained, never truly destroyed. It also helps that he is SHADOW'S villain instead of Sonic's,which is refreshing

If my boi Infinite had just been properly developed...

That scene in Sonic Adventure 2 when Gerald Robotnik said his last words still gives me chills..

Merlina is my favorite villain cause she actually had a motivation that is pretty relatable in the real world when you think about it. She has a fear of the end which everyone in the world has and wants it to last forever but then at the end she learns that even tho the end is inevitable we can still make the most of our lives by living it to the fullest Also Her Theme Song is THE BEST SONIC SONG THE WHOLE FRANCHISE YES EVEN BETTER THAN LIVE AND LEARN

Remember when the series had stories with effort

Top 2 Sonic villains: 1. Pontac 2. Graff

Mephiles also had an epic evil laugh, both during his first boss fight and right after killing Sonic.