This is a nice idea, however I think we should take a page out of unleashed's book and make it a 3d hack and slash style game, built on the backbone of speed. comebine that with breakneck pase boss battles and race zones. all the while displaying how fast sonic can move in a small room, possibly with a spedometer in the corner of the hud. Something like a mix of Frontiers and Unleashed in gameplay. Id also scower Archie and IDW for more characters to implement.

Honestly I think that pulling from the scale of Ori and the Blind Forest would also help greatly, since Sonic is just an animal, a fast and strong one, but still an animal, and he's fighting against this larger than life corporation in this rendition of the story, having Robotniks robots be as large as the threats in Ori would both amp up the sheer scale of Robotnik's control of the city and forest, but also allow for faster speeds and more intense platforming, somewhat similar to Sonic's scale verses the Titans in Sonic Frontier. Also I think it could be cool visually to have Sonic's scarf show off his speed by turning into a trail behind him as he runs.

I know this video is 3 years old now but fun fact, Classic sonic can actually say a single sentence in Sonic CD if you leave sonic idle for too long. He says "I'm outta here" before jumping off the screen meaning canonically Classic Sonic CAN speak but he just chooses not to. I also think the red scarf is a great design choice as the red shoes being the ONLY red thing on sonic is very strange at times.

Yknow, this isn’t actually a bad idea, I actually like this idea he’s created. Hell I’m sure there are many more people who are creating their own sonic reboots like this one. What an amazing idea and masterpiece with their designs

TLDR: Just some thoughts I had from watching this video. Basically my idea is that Sonic is in a realistic world, and runs in the places. rather than gimmicky pads or places that obviously look like a 'stage' or obstacle course. Etc. I think I disagree with the 2D gameplay take though, if it needs to evolve, it should be 3D. I think Frontiers was cool with the open world idea, and the one game that was shown in this video that looked like a 3D green hill was cool. I think Sonic needs to drop the boosting and most of all the whole 'obstacle course' style. Like it's rails and rings with tricks etc. But why not just have the platforms etc. be things like buildings, robots, or ruins, and nature etc? Like there could still be grinding and stuff, but it would be more cool to feel like you are running and stuff through a world and a real place, rather than a real places with weird springs or boost pads, strange platforms etc. everywhere. And most importantly, the gameplay needs to be smooth! Like there should be a skill aspect, but I always hated getting hit, or a wall or the sides of spikes etc. and losing all momentum all the time. Not that it should NEVER happen, but it would be nice if there were slowdowns, but ways to regain acceleration quickly, or either alternate paths to take, or even no real 'paths' exactly all together. I like to picture maybe buildings on the way to a general direction towards a destination, but more ways to get there as an example. Maybe Sonic could run on walls and stuff if there's sufficient space etc. rather than wall run 'zones'? Idk these are just random thoughts I've had that would be cool to me.

The designs in this are brilliant, I really love the Eggman design. Sonic's design is great too, I just really think the Eggman one is perfect.

You’re frustrations with the timeline are hilarious, so to try and be a clear as possible at the end of ocarina of time after you defeat ganon Zelda sends link back in time where that link prevents ganaodorfs treason. This doesn’t reset the timeline to where ganondorf never took over hyrule it just creates two different timelines. The adult timeline is where link defeats ganon and he’s sealed but after he’s sent back in time ganon is escapes and wreaks havoc because the hero of time is gone until windwaker. The child timeline is where link prevents ganondorfs treason so they try to seal him away but fail and are forced to send him to the twilight, which means twilight princess is after majoras mask. Then there’s a third “what if” timeline where after ganondorf turns into ganon he kills link and is then sealed by the sages in what is known as the imprisoning war which is mentioned in a link to the past which starts the timeline of the original games. Not confusing at all right?

Listening to this and the previous video, You could do small, quick stories of the characters. Like Knuckles, He isn't the last of his tribe, but the last warrior of his tribe. And the Chaos Emeralds only show up when he is introduced. (Maybe make the Chaos Emeralds, gems connected to nature itself?) For Amy, she had been rescued by Sonic a few times, mainly due to Eggman's destruction of the environment. Sonic had to save her from a few falling trees or something. Maybe Amy is a reporter and that's why she kept being in danger? Maybe for Shadow, the raid of the Ark was not the same. There were no weapons made. Just people having to be brought back down due to funding being ended. Shadow is a heavily modified being, but he is one of many. Maria still died early, but not as violently. So Shadow never had a revenge arc. Maybe Eggman tricks Shadow to fight and/or race Sonic and how Eggman knows Shadow is because Shadow stayed friends with the Robotnik family. No edge, just a guy who cares about people. Of course, maybe make it a point that the animal and human characters also exist together, and treated as normal? There is plenty to look into for an idea like this. Plenty of backstories that can change without convolution being needed. There is plenty here that needn't be so in depth. Just a few quick videos you could make on characters and what they might be doing or will do as an idea if you'd wanna do so.

I initially thought I'd hate the idea of Sonic being an escaped lab rat, which I thought if done poorly would make the eco-warrior aspect a little too blunt. I like how you handled it overall, though, even though I think it admittedly feels very Crash Bandicoot esque. My only gripe is the "silent protagonist" route. Part of Sonic's entire identity is the way he mocks people who stand in his way. Especially with the whole "taking down a corrupt organization" theme, I think there's even a way to double down and write a Sonic who disrespects Eggman even *more* than in current iterations. My mind goes to Archie Sonic, which I think strikes a good balance between obnoxious jerk and kind-hearted hero.

As much as I LOVE the story that was built in the original games, I ADORE this unique take on Sonic and I really like how it brings back themes from the original games that were never brought up again

There’s a few neat ideas in here, but ultimately I’m sort of left wondering if you ever really liked Sonic to begin with when it comes to most of these decisions lol.

i personally believe frontiers is a good example of a mature sonic game

Love this idea. I think a sequel would be pretty easy to do from here too. It reveals Eggman somehow survived and made it out with 4 animals. He works in the shadows to create the ultimate weapon to get his revenge on sonic with. This is how we get Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Shadow. It’s a reboot, so it gives us room to play around with the characters and how they’re introduced. In this game, they all start out as antagonist. Shadow is the team lead, even more powerful than sonic, but moody, brooding, and weary of authority. Knuckles looks up to shadow, is completely loyal to authority and rules, but is not the brightest. Amy is passionate and impulsive, she does whatever feels right in the moment, but also shows a lack of emotional intelligence through her indecision of if she loves or hates Sonic. And tails is timid and scared, he’s the closest to eggman because of their shared high IQs and abilities with science and technology. The story reveals the first chaos emerald, used in eggmans experience to create sonic and the others. He sends his new team to search for more emeralds and tries to utilize them to destroy sonic. Tails is one of the first bosses, a giant mech. When he’s defeated, sonic sees a scared and hurt tails in the cockpit and tries to help him find shelter and get bandaged up. While tails viewed eggman as a father, he tells sonic as he was training with the others whenever he would fail, eggman would ignore or punish him. Sonic’s kindness and laid back nature makes tails decide to help him out by creating new shoes for him. Similar loops happen with Amy and knuckles. Maybe Amy is mad she lost, but then tries to act like she never really cared in the first place and kind of goes off to do her own thing. Knuckles on the other hand could’ve been raised to believe he was this protector against a destructive force and is shown the truth, that sonic is a protector and eggman is the destroyer. Anyways everything builds up to a fight with eggman, he falls on shadow to help him but shadow rebels. Only thing is, he’s not on Sonic’s side either, he wants freedom and he doesn’t care who he has to go through to get it. Sonic uses the emeralds (last one was won from eggman) and becomes super sonic for the first time. Shadow wants that power, he sees it as ultimate freedom but Sonic knows it’s dangerous. He defeats shadow but loses control in the final moment, shadow has completely disappeared and when Sonic comes to again he says he didn’t know what happened in the end, “did I kill him?” tails, knuckles, Amy, and Sonic decide to hide the emeralds again and protect them from ever being used again.

I would like to see your reaction to dream team sonic and maybe frontiers sonic

Just realized this is basically 06 mixed with Boom and the movies

I would legit pay for an indie gofund of this game to actually be developed, and this would he a great way to get a new sonic 2d game since its now not seen as "old" anymore but a legit good game. Maybe to me, there would be a 3d boss battle of some type thats my only thought and comment about ur entire vision (but wouldnt fit with ur vision again its a thought) but gawd give me this type of game with an easy to understand plot and world without it being threanting to sonic craze fans who care about the canon

just wait until he hears about the Archie, Fleetway, and IDW comics for Sonic

I love dupree's art I wish I could see them if he still had his twitter account. ❤😢

This is a perfect masterpiece.❤

Dude get a team of people to make this into a game and sega just might turn into an official one.

I think this is a good idea even though I don’t agree with everything but I do love your ideas for a game and in my personal opinion I think that the other metal sonic designs could play a part in the plot as mini bosses like in sonic 2

3:30 yes, sonic does enjoy to lounge around whenever, as seen by the ovas intro, and the games. but Sonic also very much loves the speed, he likes to run, it makes him feel free. I definitely agree he would like to discard the Eggman industries kicks, given whats happened, he should also probably go back to find his old shoes or something. Sonic is very much identified to represent the wind; his fast and free-flowing nature couldn't work, or at least work well, without the speed he has. Just look at sonic free riders' song Free. A lot of the music reprisents these characters and how they think or act or why they act. A main motif in Sonic's music is how free he feels because of the speed.

This is great! I think this game could also work in a ratchet and clank (ps4) style gameplay! But just faster.

Though I love this, it doesn’t make sense for Sonic to not have his super speed power himself, it would make more sense to make it that his sneakers are the only high quality sneakers to be able to withstand his speed.

Why does Sora's DDD outfit look so much better on the cover than in the actual game?

Only thing I’m not a fan of is his shoes being what gives his speed

The REimagining designs are all horrid, especially Leon and Jill's.

Not really a fan of the idea of the anthro characters being anthro due to the experiments. It makes the world feel less whimsical. You don't have to remove all the naturally fantastical elements from the world to make it feel grounded. It just needs to be relatively consistent. The Legend of Zelda or Monster Hunter are good examples of this. You can have mature stories in a whimsical world, it just means acknowledging the consequences of that whimsy. There's magic in Zelda, people abuse it. There's monsters in Monster Hunter, people now have to stay geared up constantly in case one starts running amuck. The anthros could be something along the lines of fantasy elves where they are more reliant on nature and therefor effected far more by Eggman's takeover and destruction of the environment. Humans can also exist along side Sonic characters, they just need to be stylized properly, which is easier said than done but I think Sonic Unleashed had a decent go at it, also that one art they posted of stylized Elise. The two existing together also means you can play around with environments more, with the human environments being more grounded and the anthro settlements being more fantastical.

The problem with Sonic's cast isn't the characters themselves but the fact that they aren't often explored on their own or given any spotlight and are therefor forced to be stereotypes even when they weren't originally (Looking at you Tails and Shadow) when they're with Sonic. The few times they've tried they've missed the mark but it's not a bad idea on its own. The worst thing they do is try to make these characters fit into Sonic's playstyle by just altering courses that were originally made for Sonic. Or the courses are made for them and then it feels awkward to go through them as Sonic. This was a big issue with 06 in particular but also the Adventure games in general. It especially shows in Forces with the avatar character who fuctions completely differently but plays through the same stages. The cast needs to be given their own games with mechanics that suit their architypes. Stealth game for Rouge, Point and Click investigation games for team Chaotix, RPG for Silver or Blaze, Hack and Slash for Shadow, Stardew/Animal Crossing like game for Big where he just hangs out in his jungle and lives life, and Cream would be great for a Rythem Heaven type game. It would mean less Sonic type gameplay and ultimately lesss focus on Sonic in general unless they got a second team to work on these but in either case it would make the cast feel a lot more worth keeping around. They are capable of standing on their own when written right, it's just that SEGA doesn't let them because they don't see them as marketable. But the truth is characters become more marketable the more they are used because that's when people start to recognize them, but in order to do that SEGA needs to start taking them more seriously than just having them be sideline cheerleaders for Sonic. Things are looking up for this possibility in recent years since we got Barry as a protagonist in the Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog but I doubt they'd ever actually take the plunge and go this far with it after Shadow the Hedgehog. It'd also help if their goals had more crossover with Sonic's own goals. for example why would Rouge even care about what Eggman is doing. In the games she's in she's always sent there on someone else's behalf and has no real issue with it herself. If Eggman were using the world's gems in his production lines and destroying the ruins she likes to explore it would give her a personal reason to help Sonic in his fight against Eggman, which she needs because as of Forces the organization that was hiring her up till now was destroyed by Eggman.

Nope sonic is perfect doesn't need rebooting

Would you continue this or see that something like this is no longer needed in the Sonic Series?

I feel like the game play should have a bit of Advent Neon in for combat and speed

It might sound ludicrous to say, but if you want to reboot Sonic, do it like Sonic 06 and Sonic Unleashed. Put aside absolutely everything else going with 06 and just pay attention to what was meant to happen with Sonic’s story. Dr. Eggman, this tyrannical mad genius, invades and terrorises an innocent location, surrounding and subduing his targets as he sets his sights on the Chaos Emeralds. A hurricane seams like it’s about to form and, in the blink of an eye, Sonic the Hedgehog appears. From there, the other part of his story is helping out a friend in need. The story culminates in a huge mecha fight, Sonic saves the world, says “goodbye,” and disappears to his next adventure. In Sonic Unleashed, the tyrannical mad genius, Dr. Eggman, has his entire mechanical armada moving in as he sets his sights on more power. Alarms blare, and in the distance stands the force of nature himself, Sonic the Hedgehog. To trim the fat a little, they fight, and the other part of his story is helping out a friend in need. The story culminates in a huge mecha fight, Sonic saves the world, says “goodbye,” and disappears to his next adventure. Sonic CD actually does this too. It starts off with only Sonic and he sees Eggman chaining down the Little Planet before he races over, helps a friend in need, and dashes off again. *There’s nothing else,* same as it was back in 1991, just a mad genius with his creations and the worlds fastest hedgehog, ready to help whoever needs him and look badass doing it. Their beginning and their end don’t matter at all. The point is that *all that matters is right now.*

Me personally i would change 3 things 1. I would make sonic speak 2. I would make more animals that are anthropomorphic 3. I would include the chaos emeralds

theres a tyson hesse sonic mod for srb2

There are a good amount of people saying this sounds like crash bandicoot, and considering it is in part inspired by sonic boom, being developped by naughty dog old employees this makes sense to me

We all know how sonic reboots have gone in the past…

Can you please do a part 3 about knuckles and maybe Amy?? I’d love to see what ideas you’d come up with for them both 🙏

OoT: Post timeskip design for the Great demon king also has demonic looking eyes. Phantom Ganon has a demonic horned skull mask and wields a trident with pointy blades A third less known design for human Ganon appears only in the Deku tree's story where he has his Pre-timeskip look but also sports his post-timeskip cape. TWW: Phantom Ganon has demonic horns and looks like an armored undead spectre that hints at Ganondorf's sinister nature. Puppet Ganon's design features more animal aspects of the character. Ganondorf has demonic fangs and has moments where his insanity, selfishness and lack of morals is shown in his face. His hatred and resentment is hidden and the only Gerudo he is shown to care about is Twinrova as their names are inscribed on his weapons(the other ones he never did anything for as he never cared about them, the only ones who served were affiliated with the demon tribe just like him and didn't oppose his core tenets). TP: Ganondorf is dreesed as a more dark demon king than he was in OoT. His long hair is pinned to the crown. Ganondorf’s bone structure like his cheeks and eyes make him look even more sinister. Demon beast Ganon now features a lion aspect to the character, like all previous versions of the demon beast form it is a reflection of Ganondorf's heart and character. Ganondorf also has a spirit form that makes him look like a malevolent demonic spirit, the golden color being perhaps related to the Triforce piece in his possession unlike other games where his spirit doesn't appear golden. HW Ganondorf is even more of a brutal ruthless warlord than he was in TP. TotK: Human mummy Ganon: A reflection of the ugly person Ganondorf actually is. Human Ganon: Looks like a ruthless Ronin which is fitting as he is leaning into his iconic demon king role from a duty perspective. He deems the world to be incorrect and wants to transform the world into what he thinks it should be, a demon world of darkness representing the core tenets of the demon tribe(promoting chaos, ruling over the weak with an iron fist, spreading darkness, not ruling peacefully). Human demonic Ganon: A more ancient and even more demonic look for Ganondorf after becoming a demon king compared to previous versions of the character. Resembles the ancient demon king and embodiment of the universal hatred who is a manifestation of(not a reincarnation as we learn at the end of SS that both the spiritual soul and bodily soul of Demise were destroyed meaning that only his emotions could go through Buddhist Samsara. Another thing I would like to add is that Demise has the same motives and desires as Ganondorf which are more clearly shown in FSA, TP and more prominently in TotK. I SS Demise hates the peace and harmony of the gods and the humans of the peaceful Buddhist era, he wants to rule the world with an iron fist and destroy all who oppose the creation of his demon world extension, Demise also like Ganondorf seems to value a past appearance of the world or a person because that had something closer to their core tenets which they admire, in Demise's case he thinks Hylia's mortal reincarnation is inferior compared to her old divine body. Ganondorf often values the world of the past more because it had either more land or was closely resembling a demon world. Both characters are also envious of what others have and selfishly and greedily covets it and the rest of creation and only want to share the things they take with those who follow the exact same tenets, for Ganondorf his desires and motives make him not care at all about others well-being). Human mummy Phantom Ganon: A ghost like copy that unlike previous phantom Ganons is a perfect replica of it's creator. Human demonic Phantom Ganon: Same deal as the previous Phantom Ganon except this one resembles Ganon's more demonic looking form. Demon dragon/Black dragon: Has a Boar-like snout and the hair and beard from Ganon's human form. TP: Correction. While the books were written by Ambit(not the game developers) and contradict the games or make up claims that aren't said in the games(Ymcan64 made a video about how timeline canon actually works in Zelda which turns out to not be something strict but rather something fluid and flexible that is always up to interpretation. Exception being explicit in-game evidence like TWW telling you directly that the game takes place after Ganondorf's defeat in the timeline OoT Link abandoned) we do learn that the Hero's shade is a previous hero who died before TP and like all heroes has the knight's family blood and used to have the bodily soul that all heroes are born with (no longer has it as he is dead, the bodily soul go through some form of Samsara where multiple reincarnations can be alive at the same time however, the spiritual soul is a byproduct of emotions and is what the body and the bodily soul produces, each person with the bodily soul has their own unqiue spiritual soul. Demons seem to work differently as when a resurrection isn't happening the soul incarnates into a new vessel, something Ganondorf has done a few times). TP has many referenced to the Hero's shade back when he was alive and the Hero's shade tells us that he remained as a ghost not because of regret that his deeds were forgotten but rather because his sword techniques hadn't been passed down to the next generation(which is why before he died he did something to the howling stones). The two possibilities we are given is that he is either the ghost of the Hero of time(after the Hero of time became an Adult again, the ghost is not a skeleton as the only skeletal looking part is the face) or a different hero. The shade probably died in a forest because of the leaves on his shield and armor but if it's the Hero of time he can't have gotten lost in the Lost woods because he knows the Lost woods and he must have returned to Hyrule after his side adventure and grown into an adult. The shade also has what looks like an identical scabbard to the one the Master sword has which every Link magically gets out of thin air when they pull the anti-demon sword.

8:31 I swear Capcom told a look at Zero Suit Samus from Metroid and used that for Jill's RE5 design. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing because I love Samus she's my favorite Video Game Character but idk this design doesn't work for Jill in my opinion I get it Capcom Jill's attractive but you don't need to show me more skin, for the record I'm not anti feminine.

the best is re5

This reminds me of that weird recreating Sonic video made like 10 years ago. The person gave Sonic a scarf and backpack. Just happy these kinda people dont actually work on Sonic. Lmao

I like Eggman design from Sonic 06

Sonic boom 2

I think it’s could have both 2D and 3D levels

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What I don’t like about the Sonic movies is how he feels off. Like he feels lonely and vulnerable when he’s never felt lonely cause he doesn’t mind being alone but still likes making friends. Another thing is that he’s too talkative and ecstatic, when Sonic is meant to be a chill and cool guy and only talks when he feels coxky

You know in the Og Sonic the hedgehog Bible used to establish Sonic’s backstory in the early Mega drive days, Sonic and Dr. Robotnik did know eachother. Back then Robotnik was known as “Ovi Kintober” and he and Sonic were working together to rid the world of evil. But the experiment went awry (or something?) and Dr. Kintober became Dr. Ivo Robotnik, and Sonic turned Blue. So technically your reboot idea is truer to the text of the original story for Sonic.

I like this concept it’s a bit too much like Crash Bandicoot like mutated animal escapes mad scientists lab and now mad scientist is enemy

TOTK Ganondorf for meeee…I mean 3 whole designs in one game: Mummy, Gerardo, Demon King