We didn't expect a ton of news out of today's Sonic Central broadcast, but one thing we did expect was a brand new Sonic X Shadow Generations trailger. And, surprise, we got one!
It's another one for big Shadow the Hedgehog fans, as this one has a couple of deep cuts from Shadow's history in the series. Maria from Sonic Adventure 2 features prominently in the story trailer, which makes sense given the character's whole story arc. Plus, Shadow's story has been outlined a little bit thanks to the trailer description:
When a disturbing omen stirs Shadow's memories, he must relive his past.
Black Doom—Shadow's nemesis—reemerges and threatens to take over the world.
Shadow must journey into his past, confront his painful memories, and unlock new dark powers to save the world.
We've already seen Black Doom and stages from Sonic 06 from previous trailers, and today's trailer has even confirmed that Mephiles will be in the game.
The Year of Shadow continues to celebrate the Ultimate Lifeform perfectly, and we're loving all of these callbacks. Sonic X Shadow Generations isn't far out, now — it launches on 25th October — so let's hope it plays well on Switch.
Are you excited for Shadow's story in the upcoming rerelease? Let us know in the comments.
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Oh cool, we're rethreading old grounds and trying to make it look fresh.
Shadow already left Maria and Gerald behind in 2005 but guess the fandom AND SEGA can't let them go instead.
Quite surprising that they brought back Mephiles. Wonder if they are going to do the whole "I don't remember you, but you remember me" schtick, considering 06 never happened.
And maybe if they actually pronounce his name correctly.
Well Im not double dipping, but that trailer was pretty cool. Admittedly the only reason why I played Generations in the first place was because of classic Sonic only.
@MirrorFate2 What do you expect out of an anniversary game literally named after the passage of time?
@MirrorFate2 You know what's the best thing about threads like these that you obviously don't care about?
You. don't. need. to. comment. on. them..
Really wish people would get it through their thick skulls on both here and PushSquare. So many unneccessary hateful comments.
@Maubari Eh, I mean you do have the option to ignore them, you aren't forced to respond just as they aren't forced to comment.
Even still, hateful comments? Hateful against who? the Sonic fandom? lol.
Happy to see Memphis Tennessee back in this game
So 06 is canon? I thought it wasn't for a while. Something to do with Sega delisting it? Anyway, I never got to play it as I have never had a playstation or xbox. Despite the reputation, I wanted to play it. Also, have never played Generations for the same reason, so I am looking forward to it!!!
I want to get it day one but, my only hesitation...Sega can't help themselves when it comes to sales, and it may be all of 25 pounds in 2 months!
Memphis Tennessee and Da Devil from Da Bible?
@MirrorFate2
This game exists because someone reminded Iizuka they could bring up aliens again and they had to get it out before the movie so everyone can know the true alien origin of Shadow that they totally planned out in 2001 and wasn’t some cobbled together retcon by a guy who really really loves aliens.
Maria is one of my favourite dead child character. It's nice to see her return!
@Mana_Knight I would implore you to look to up info regarding Sonic 06' canon. Not that it can't be explained, it's just Sonic's timeline is a mess and wacky.
Sonic 06 is canon and at the same time not canon.
My favorite part of the whole broadcast was the ZooBooks commercial parody. Kind of perfect.
@AlanaHagues Just thought it'd be worth mentioning that there's only one L in Mephiles.
One thing I learned from Sonic games, Live and Learn! 😎
@GooseLoose1 Not just here, I see that in so many topics too. Level-5 topics, Lego topics, etc you name it.
It's just exhausting; people need to either not react at all or just leave a positive comment.
You don't see me going to every Splatoon or Zelda topic to hate on them, just because I don't like these franchises (anymore).
@MirrorFate2 that’s literally the whole point though, the game is literally called sonic generations made for sonics 20th anniversary, it only makes sense the shadow mode does the same thing no? I’m just confused why that would be a problem.
@Maubari I understand if your talking about vapid disinterest (which then begs the question why even be interested enough in commenting to begin with if you don't care), but people aren't always obligated to leave a positive comment, especially when there was something that clearly went wrong IE the guilty gear stive community in itself, censorship in a capcom collection AGAIN, game released buggy, overpriced, ect.
@Samalik Yeah, true, but lately I feel like (and it's not just here either; it's everywhere), where people are just overwhelmingly negative online, about anything. It's a bit much to be honest.
Interesting that they brought Melphiles back.
@MirrorFate2 do you know what context is. Look at the game this is being put in. Then try again.
@Maubari You live in a world of millions of people. All them are going to share an opinion on something. Getting worked up about every small negative thing is not worth it.
@MirrorFate2 made their comment because they are interested in the topic. Their interest is negative but they made it because they care about the subject.
They don't have to comment, but at the same no one has to comment on every single thing. But they comment because they want to be part of the discussion. @Maubari cares about the topic.
Someone who doesn't care usually never says anything. Someone who secretly cares but pretends they don't are the loudest blokes in the room. Not every comment rises to the level of hatred, and commenter in this case is not displaying that.
The Sonic Central presentation turned out to be a whole load of nothing then. It was disappointing even by Sonic standards.
@DripDropCop146 Could you really call it double dipping when it contains a whole new story that ties into Generations?
@Maubari @MegaVel91 @Snatcher @MirrorFate2 Lets work together and ask Sega to bring Sonic's original concept to life.
Im talking about Sonic the rabbithog. Hardware at the time failed, but we have the tech now to make it happen.
@Jamie64326 Yes, for me it is. I don't really feel like re buying generations all over again for a bit of extra story. But Im not hating. Im happy for Shadow fans. I even said the trailer was cool!
@DripDropCop146 I respect your decision but it's not as if Generations has a long campaign.
Ugh the voices are pissing me off. 🤦🏽♂️ The voices of the entire Sonic cast just hasn’t been right since Adventure 2. This sounds like some D-List voice acting in this clip. 👎🏽
Mario who is a human looks weird around humans (Mario odyssey). So seeing an alien hedgehog with them looks even weirder.
@Maubari People can post what they want so long as it's within the rules of the site and you can just sit there and accept it. It don't matter who's got more popular or if you think the post spreads hate, that's something I hope you will understand one day because it will make you a better person.
@Maubari the ignore icon exists for a reason if you don't agree with any comments on here. I use it too much for my own good.
@GooseLoose1 the Sonic fandom is already brain damaged enough from inhaling the fumes of their own self-hatred & loathing, what more could offending them add, lol.
@MirrorFate2 I get what you mean but this is the one game where it would make sense to bring them back, and they aren't gonna stick around after this game is over. It's an interesting opportunity for characterisation. Imagine someone close to you died, eventually you learn to move on from the grief, but then years later that person shows up alive, exactly as you remembered them - how would you react?
Looking forward to practically everything about this game, absolutely including Shadow's story!
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