Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles the Echidna is a red echidna found in many Sonic games. He was the badass of the group before Shadow came along. Now he's seen as a strong, clumsy sidekick to Sonic.

Knuckles is known to some as the "Square Killer" in Summer Contests. Every year he is placed against a Square character in the first round that has a chance at beating Knuckles, but Knux finds a way to win. Most notably in 2005, when he defeated Chrono Trigger's Magus in the first round.

Knuckles has been involved in every Summer Contest so far, and has lost in the second round every time. He usually loses to Solid Snake everytime, but somehow managed to get out of Snake's fourpack in 2005. This time he lost to Squall Leonhart.