Metal Sonic 3.0 is the secondary antagonist of Sonic Rivals 2. He is Eggman Nega's copy of Metal Sonic, used by him to distract the heroes from the awakening of the Ifrit.
Biography[]
Metal Sonic 3.0 was a metal duplicate of Sonic created by Eggman Nega, which he assigned to race against Shadow, Metal Sonic, Silver and Espio when he tried to awaken the Ifrit onto Sonic's world. When they reach the Ifrit, Metal Sonic 3.0 tries to stop them from destroying the Ifrit and attacks them. It's presumed that after Ifrit's defeat, the robot was either destroyed or trapped in the Ifrit's dimension.
Appearance[]
Even though it shares the same body model as Metal Sonic, it has a different color scheme than him. Metal Sonic 3.0 is colored black and has black feet with a yellow stripe. Metal Sonic 3.0 also has a yellow outline around its eyes and three parallel vertical yellow stripes starting from its muzzle to the top of Metal Sonic 3.0's spine. The outside of Metal Sonic 3.0's ears are colored a silvery gray, as opposed to black.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- A Metal Sonic 3.0 action figure was proposed by Jazwares as a simple repaint of the already existing 3.75 inch Metal Sonic toy, similar to the Silver Sonic proposal. This idea was rejected by SEGA.
- Despite being another inspiration from the image and DNA of the original Sonic, the two never actually fought or met, making this one of the only Metal Sonics that was never faced by Sonic.
- Metal Sonic 3.0's colors, black with yellow stripes, are the same as Gemerl, Shadow Android (in multiplayer), and Eggman Nega's jacket, all three of whom are doppelgangers of other characters.
- Metal Sonic 3.0's colors are actually just Metal Sonic's "Leather" costume from the first Sonic Rivals, with a painted head.
- The original "Leather" costume can even be used for Metal Sonic in Sonic Rivals 2, under the name of "Mach2.0", by winning his trophy in Multiplayer.
- Similarly, Metal Sonic can be made to look exactly like Metal Sonic 3.0 by wearing the "Mach3.0" costume.
- Despite supposedly being an updated version of Metal Sonic, he seems to be just as strong as him.
- In Sonic Rivals 2, Metal Sonic 3.0's name and picture are displayed the same as Metal Sonic's, since he is just a palette swap of Metal Sonic.
- A Mach outfit for Metal Sonic in Sonic Rivals 2 can be obtained to make him look like Metal Sonic 3.0 by successfully copying every other rival's signature move.
- In the Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog series, the original Metal Sonic, Shard, was rebuilt and given a new paint job that greatly resembles that of Metal Sonic 3.0.
External Links[]
- Metal Sonic 3.0 on the Sonic Wiki
