u know? I really don't understand why sega like to turn knuckles into the "idiot" of the team, I know hi was in island almost... well his entire life, but he still be the guardian of the master emerald and a descendent of the echidna(some ancient tribe) that(i suppose) endows him with knowledge that no one in the series has(without including tikal...beacause she is the death .-.) but whatever that's jut my opinion.