Knuckles! (knucks)

Intro Knuckles was created and designed by Takashi Yuda. During the conception of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, the development team wanted to create a new rival for Sonic.[16] The final design of Knuckles was the result of dozens of possible designs inspired by numerous different animals and usage of the market research about American kids’ taste.[17][16][18] There were eight different candidates with the most popular one being Knuckles with his dreadlocks. One design even planned Knuckles to be more “reptilian”, like a dinosaur due to the popularity of Jurassic Park at the time.[19][20] Knuckles' long tail in the final design is stated to be a remnant from his early, more dinosaur-looking design.[19][17] When it came to Knuckles' primary color, red and green were proposed candidates among the staff, while Yuji Naka was pushing towards purple. However, after conducting research on American children, it was revealed that red was overwhelmingly popular, thus being chosen for the character's color.[21] The emphasis of the character was to break walls.[22] Character designer Takashi Yuda never intended him to be any more than a "supporting character."[23] Knuckles was introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as an "intimidator" because of his powerful abilities.[24] He was given a headlining role in the next game, Sonic & Knuckles.[25] Voice Since his debut, Knuckles has been voiced by Nobutoshi Canna in Japanese. The first English-language voice actor for the character was Michael McGaharn in Sonic Adventure. In Sonic Shuffle, the character was voiced by Ryan Drummond, who also voiced Sonic at the same time. In Sonic Adventure 2, the character was voiced by Scott Dreier until Sonic Advance 3. Dan Green, who has voiced the character in Sonic X, replaced Dreier in 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog. Green was later replaced by Travis Willingham in Sonic Free Riders until Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Willingham was later replaced by Dave B. Mitchell from Team Sonic Racing onward, and cool to me.