Excalibur Sonic

In Sonic and the Black Knight, when Sonic proclaimed his intent to defeat Merlina despite having Caliburn cut in half and being outmatched against the dark witch, his resolve awoke the long-lost light of the sacred sword. The Knights of the Round Table proceeded to send their sacred swords to Sonic, and together, their power transformed Sonic into Excalibur Sonic and restored Caliburn as his ultimate form: Excalibur. Together, Excalibur Sonic engaged Merlina with Excalibur in hand. In response, Merlina assumed a giant spectral form resembling a more monstrous version of the late King Arthur. However, even that was not enough to stop Excalibur Sonic, who ended the fight by piercing Merlina's spectral form with Excalibur. With Merlina defeated, Excalibur Sonic let his form go as well. In this form, Sonic is renowned as the ultimate Knight, hinting a high level of skill and power.[1] He has increased strength, allowing him to deflect the massive sword strikes from the Dark Queen's spectral form with ease, and the ability to fly at high speed. In addition, Sonic retains his skills in swordsmanship, allowing him to parry the crushing sword strikes from the Dark Queen and deflect projectiles with just Excalibur. He also gains increased acrobatic skills and reflexes that enables him to make spinning rolls in midair to avoid attacks. Lastly, he can channel a form of magical golden energy into Excalibur that greatly increases the devastating power behind his sword thrusts. As Excalibur Sonic, Sonic wields Caliburn in his legendary form, Excalibur, the greatest of all the sacred swords. With it, Excalibur Sonic can cut through anything, including magical barriers, and deflect magical energy projectiles. He can also use Excalibur for his most powerful attack where he thrusts Excalibur directly through his opponent while enveloped in a golden energy meteor. Excalibur Sonic is one of three transformations Sonic has undergone that were unintentional, the other two being Sonic the Werehog from Sonic Unleashed and Darkspine Sonic from Sonic and the Secret Rings. Excalibur Sonic is the first transformation where Sonic does not undergo any physical transformation. Excalibur Sonic can be considered the fourth form of Sonic that was not attained using Chaos Emeralds. Excalibur Sonic shares his title as the "Ultimate Knight" with Sir Lancelot, who has referred to himself by that title during the second fight with him. Excalibur Sonic was subtly homaged during the climax of Knight's fight in Sonic Frontiers. The likelihood of Sonic's Armor and Transformation sequence being a direct reference to Tokutatsu is more likely than not. The Armor itself and even the sword is reminiscent of Garo and the Garoken, Garo's Blade, or more specific, Kouga Saejima, the first Main Garo. The transformation itself is also reminiscent to Kamen Rider and it's influence. Unlike most of Sonic's other normal transformations, Sonic himself does not undergo any physical change. Instead, he dons a shining golden armor with silver accents. This armor covers his entire body (except for his tail) and is highly detailed. Noticeably, his feet armor resembles Sonic's shoes, but with upturned and pointy toes, and sharp cuffs on each side. He also gets sharp kneepads, pelvis plates, small shoulder guards, and wrist cuffs with a sharp end on each of them and a red gem embedded in them. His helmet possesses a visor with silver accents, a red gem on the forehead and wing-like ornaments on the visor joints. The armor also covers Sonic's quills and are flexible due to their multiple plates. Lastly, the armor is decorated with medieval lines in various places, and a red cape runs down the back of the armor.