#but like i've said. sonic 1 was the same way with green hill zone

[thecoolertails]

sonic frontiers jukebox is really good, i wasn't actually expecting to care abt it much but the added collectibles of the songs (some being in obscure places that i made the effort to get to before just for fun, so having a collectible there is nice) + the whole feature of you being able to replace the background music whenever you want easily with the d-pad is great and gives the game a whole different energy depending on the song. makes me really excited for future games with a more typical go-get-em sonic atmosphere. i love frontiers soundtrack and i think it's one of the best in the series but playing it with the more upbeat music from other games is like WEEEEEEE!! yk

[clownkiwi]

and to actually further expand my thoughts on sonic this year, alot of it just. really feels like sega is actually listening to their fans and delivering us sonic stuff that we really asked for. before i go into why, keep in mind. i don't trust sega at all. hell, most sonic fans for that matter hate sega. they've done shitty practices as a company (a most recent example of this would be their near hypocritical stances on nfts, going from "we wont make nfts if fans don't like them" one week to the next, trademarking "sega nfts"), and they listen to their fans the same way modern paper mario writers and designers listens to their fans

but with all that said, i think this will be the first year of sonic media where. sega went beyond surface levels comments of "give us classic sonic games" or "give us dark sonic games" and actually went into what we really wanted as a community. we didn't just want a good sonic game, we wanted a sonic movie that felt more like sonic than the first one, we wanted a new tv show (mainly to have lore from the actual comics rather than a new continuity), and i think. sega actually listened.

sonic 2 looks more exciting, as it seems the focus will be on sonic & tails in this one, so there will be more deepcut sonic references here than. hill top zone. green hill as the name of a town. the mushroom planet being a reference to "mushroom hill zone" and kind of another sarcastic dig at mario. the characterizations of the sonic characters look pretty solid so far, jim carrey returning as dr eggman will be very delightful and will obviously be another highlight of the movie. we'll finally get talks about the emeralds (in particular, the master emerald) and its just. sonic 2 already seems like a film that'll be beyond yards better than sonic 1 and more of a sonic film than the actual sonic film we got a couple years ago

we don't know much about sonic prime right now, but it's just exciting that we're getting a new sonic cartoon that'll be something new and separate from the sonic continuity at far. who knows if it'll be good or bad, but either way, i'm looking forward to it.

and sonic frontiers, by far, has to be the most excited i've been for a sonic game since mania & forces. it's the one game that feels like sega has actually been listening to their fans and delivering us something new, bold and different. sonic frontiers will be an open world game, taking inspiration from breath of the wild. the games story and writing will be penned by ian flynn, aka the one writer that was able to keep this franchise afloat through the comics and like. the only sonic writer who gets sonic. for such a long while since sonic 06, dr eggman won't be the main threat. and speaking of which, the first trailer itself is already giving off a lot of vibes that. it won't be like the nostalgia baiting sonic games of the 2010s, but something more reminiscent to the 2000s era of sonic games. primarily, the more controversal ones that ruined the franchise's popularity then, but are still loved and accepted by various sonic fans. stuff like sonic 06, the secret rings and the black knight. and seeing how it's written by ian flynn, yea, i absolutely get it!!! there's just a lot in this game that feels right, and it's not even out yet. we don't even know what the gameplay will be like, how the rest of the cast past sonic & eggman will sound like (since these are new VAs), who will even be in this game, how the story will be like past its synopsis, like. im so excited for sonic frontiers, and i'm just so excited to be a sonic fan this year. i'm already looking forward to alot this year, but i got a feeling i'll particularly be more annoying about sonic.

anyways, these are my thoughts about sonic in 2022. sorry this was alot, i just had so many thoughts about sonic in this year, i just needed to write it down on a post