Release
The game saw very limited release in North American arcades, as Sega of America considered the game's portrayal of Sonic and his friends to be too violent, and feared it gave Sonic a negative image. Nevertheless, many years later Sega would shy away from this stance with a new and completely different fighting game for the Game Boy Advance called Sonic Battle, and later Sonic himself became an unlockable character in the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with a large amount of his moves actually based on attacks that he used in Sonic the Fighters.
A Sega Saturn version of the game was also announced but never released, though some elements appeared in the Saturn game Fighters Megamix, which features Bark and Bean as playable characters. The game was ported to the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 as part of the Sonic Gems Collection compilation released in 2005, though only the GameCube version was released in North America. In the port, model data of all unused characters was removed. Character data still exists, but upon selection, the game crashes due to the missing models.
The game has been announced for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network as part of a Model 2 Collection series. This version allows players to play as Metal Sonic, Robotnik and Honey, and will also feature HD graphics and online functionality. The game was released on PlayStation Network on November 27, 2012 in North America, November 28, 2012 in Japan, and December 5, 2012 in Europe, and on Xbox Live Arcade in North America, Europe, and Japan on November 28, 2012.
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