Honey the Cat (EntityTopic, 8)

From Compile Worlds

Honey the Cat isn't actually a real character, and was cut from the final roster of Sonic the Fighters for unknown reasons. She was to be a joke character based on Honey from Fighting Vipers, the game of which SEGA decided to model StF after. Her design is also simply a Sonic-fied version of the same character. Since you can only use her fully in an emulator, however, there are a few details you cannot see, because MAME fails at 3D.

Arcade Version

We all know she exists in the Arcade version of StF, but since we obviously can't go and hack an arcade cabinet, we can't play as her here or see her model in full.

Honey is unique irregardless because her eyes do NOT face the opponent like they should. Instead, they face the camera, giving her a retarded look. When Eggman summons her to beat the shit out of her though, her eyes are suddenly fixed. Honey also has an alternate costume (of course, modeled after her Fighting Vipers one) unlike the other characters, whom only have grayscale clones.

It also appears that Honey and Amy Rose have some of the same animations. This was likely due to Honey being programmed into the game as a test fighter with some random character animations. The similarity between the animations extends to all characters 8/8Sonic the HedgehogMiles "Tails" ProwerKnuckles the EchidnaAmy RoseFang the SniperEspio the ChameleonBean the DynamiteBark the Polar bear, because Honey combines all of their moves; only her idle animation is unique, and none of her attacks are unique. Honey is also weak, probably because she was meant to be a joke. Of course that makes defeating Metal Sonic as her impossible without infinite health codes! Are you nuts?

Interestingly, Honey's alternate costume, as well as Super Sonic, Dr. Eggman, and Rocket Metal, are all treated as separate characters by the game. I wonder why they would do that...?

In the Gems Collection Version

Needless to say, SEGA was somehow displeased with our findings of Honey, so in the Gems Collection version, they trashed most of her data to bits, making her almost unplayable. However, one may play as her if they also hack the game to not use her model data, though why would you want to play as a Honey that looked like Tails without his head and hands? Also, it appears you may have to alter her moveset as well. Typical SEGA. As if taking Streets of Rage out of the damn game wasn't enough for you!