In 2020, the ArcForged team of fan developers released Sonic Smackdown, a fighting game featuring several characters from Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Now, ArcForged has returned with an upgraded version of that game, Ultimate Sonic Smackdown. And as seen in the announcement video below, it’s clearly inspired by Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom games.

This project is not affiliated or endorsed by Sega itself. But it does look pretty polished for a fan-made creation.

Unlike its 1-vs-1 predecessor, Ultimate Sonic Smackdown has 3-vs-3 tag battles on tap. The roster isn’t as deep as the 17 characters in the original Sonic Smackdown, but the primary characters are back including Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Mecha Sonic, and Doctor Eggman.

Players will be able to choose between having one, two, or three characters on their team, and the game has rollback netcode. Since this is an unofficial fan project, Ultimate Sonic Smackdown is available for free on ArcForged’s itch.io site.

The next official Sonic game from Sega, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, is an arcade racing title that’s set to hit PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox, and PC on September 25. However, Sega indefinitely delayed its upcoming mobile title, Sonic Rumble. That game doesn’t currently have a revised release date, but it is available in a pre-launch testing mode. Meanwhile, Sonic X Shadow Generation was released on Nintendo Switch 2 earlier this month.

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