Knuckles is one of the series' most popular characters, appearing in nearly every game in the franchise, including both main series games, future ports, and spin-off titles. Since then he has appeared in dozens of playable and non-playable roles, as well as in several series of comic books, Western animated television, and Japanese anime. He first became playable in Sonic & Knuckles later that year he learns of Eggman's trickery and teams up with Sonic and Tails during that game's events.
Knuckles debuted in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in 1994 after Doctor Eggman tricks him into opposing Sonic and Tails. He serves as the guardian of the Master Emerald, a huge gemstone that controls the series' integral Chaos Emeralds, and is the last living member of his tribe, the Knuckles Clan. He has the ability to glide and climb up walls, and is a powerful fighter with spiked hands. He is a red anthropomorphic short-beaked echidna who is determined and serious, but sometimes gullible. Knuckles the Echidna ( Japanese: ナックルズ・ザ・エキドゥナ, Hepburn: Nakkuruzu za Ekiduna) is a fictional character and one of the main characters in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series.
