Another character that I think should get their own year is Eggman Bro was there since the beginning 😭🙏

Another character that I think should get their own year is tails Bro has been Sonic longest pal and just get support role in most games

I think blaze should have her own year because think about it blaze is just Sonic in a different dimension. Sega has so many potential like we could get blaze gens or blaze frontiers

wtf i never knew the sonic 06 lore is this dark and complicated, this makes me really want a sonic 06 remake or the next sonic movies to be about sonic 06.

I really love Silver, my favorite besides Shadow and Blaze. I believe what would gain his popularity back would be these within the year when it comes: Sonic 5 Movie: I can see him showing up in the fourth post credit scene due to time travel from Sonic CD for influence. Sonic X Shadow X Silver Generations: I'm fine with a dic that focuses on him even if it's not that long. How did he even come across White Space due to the Time Eater's influence on time? Where did he come from since he wasn't at Sonic's Birthday Party at the beginning? Why did he attack Sonic? I would like to know his perspective in head on his journey. It would be nice to have stages based on his appearances at Sonic 06, Rivals (Maybe), Colors (He was in the DS version), Forces, maybe Frontiers since Shadow got one. I would like to see him get 1-2 episode animation prequel for his part if that's possible. Sonic 06 Remake: Redo the story better and fleshed out his character more and to know his backstory of where he is from, how he got his psychokinesis. Sonic KZbin Shorts: Involve him with animations, including Tails Tube, Twitter Takeover. That will be all, hopefully it will come true for Silver.

I like the movie characterization of sonic

Mario actually came out in 1981's Donkey Kong.

Considering we already got Luigi's Mansion 2 HD not ago and Showtime last year, it will be awhile before we see anything from those characters. What I can see is either a port or new Yoshi game as it has been awhile since we had one of those and a trailer for the 2nd Mario movie.

i think the problem with ian's writing is that he grew up with and worked on archie sonic, archie sonic is much closer to that traditional superhero type that he writes sonic as in the idw comics and frontiers. the big problem with that is archie and game sonic are fundamentally different characters and you cant write one like the other

And the Japanese account posted this video last year where they say that Sonic is 15 years old. For those saying that ages are no longer canon, a quick reminder that Sonic Team/Sega of Japan still sees the characters as the same ages as before. If they reposted the video exactly the same way it was before, without removing the character's age, it shows how they still see him the same way they did before. If they were bothered by this, they would definitely edit it or something to hide this detail and iizuka says the eggman age has not yet been disclosed meaning the sonic characters have defined age's.

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Everyone’s sleeping on the Year of Cream and Cheese

Imma be pissed if they pull that limited time only type shit again like they did with 3D All Stars and Mario Bros. 35

they thought they did sum with that part 😭 it’s so ass

People think Sonic's old characterization is boring and stale? Wow. That sounds really familiar what Superman went through.

Big's Big Year

Wish they kept his original voice

Hey man, first I want to say that this is very well put together but I think you misunderstood what was happening in the Metal Virus Arc and what the point of it was. The main point of the scene was to show Sonic learning from his past actions. At the beginning of the arc, Sonic was basically patient zero. And later on, we see him straight up spreading the virus to others by accident in Sunset City when fighting there. In the panel you referenced where Sonic was doubting himself, he had just came across an abandoned city covered in metal virus while trying to both stave off his own virus and get data for Tails to cure the virus. The whole point of the panel was to show this dilemma. Also, the next pafe shows ignoring both options to attack Eggman instead, showing how he still makes the brash decisions he is known for. The situations you mentioned that "contradict" his character in this scene really don't. Almost everything you mentioned only had him at risk, while this had him choosing between a single person or the entire world. The main point of the arc, in my opinion, was to put Sonic in a situation he has never been in before. This situation being that he can't solve this problem without thinking. I know you feel Sonic should be a static character, but I as well as a lot of other people feel it is a good thing for his character to progress and the Metal Virus Arc is a great showcase of that.

Blaze deserves her own game honestly

I personally think Silver, Amy, and Metal are the only characters this could currently be done with. I think they'd only try it with Silver.

We should have a crossover to both Sonic Rush and Sonic Rivals falled Sonic Rush Rivals and have both Blaze and Silver fight eggman nega together. It's so insane how they are both such close friends yet unaware they share the same arch enemy.

There is no real Sonic, and I think it’s bizarre that while you say you don’t mind people liking modern interpretations, you still call your interpretation the “real Sonic”. In fact, I’m sorry to say this, but you are kind of gatekeeping and gaslighting people with this video. You claim there is a “correct Sonic”, when there is no correct interpretation. Some people like how Sonic was portrayed in Archie even though it contradicts the games. Some people like how Sonic is portrayed in the older games even though it contradicts the newer games. I could go on… You gate keep people saying that specific interpretations they like are out of character and downright awful, which alienates them from this series you based your whole channel off of. You aren’t doing any favors for anyone here. It’s fine to dislike how IDW and the modern writers are handling Sonic, but they are just as correct of interpretations as any other. Also, for some smaller points: -Just because Sonic doesn’t view himself as a hero doesn’t mean he isn’t one. As you said, whenever he sees bullying, robbing, or other bad things happening he won’t hesitate to help. That is the definition of heroic. Sure, he doesn’t go looking for people to save, but the fact that he helps whenever someone is in need proves that, while humble, Sonic is still a hero. -You took those IDW metal virus things drastically out of context. Sonic is having a legitimate breakdown after he let the Chaotix and villagers convince him Mr. Tinker was fine to be left alone, as well as letting Metal go free because he thought that Metal couldn’t do much now without Eggman. Pair this with Sonic being infected by a disease caused by his own inaction that will turn anyone he touches into a mindless monster as well as himself if he doesn’t keep running, and he ends up being tired and angry at this moment. Is it that weird for him to be asking these questions when he’s struggling mentally? Maybe for your “correct Sonic”, but as I stated earlier your “correct Sonic” is just as correct as anyone else’s. -How was Sonic not being rational during the Blaze cutscene? He told her he didn’t want to fight prior but that he would if that was what she wanted. He does say some weird phrases after the fight but he still attempts to make peace with someone who he saw prior wasn’t a bad person. Maybe I’d understand if it was Shadow instead of Blaze, but as is I just don’t get your point here. -Sonic not jumping to fight doesn’t make him look weak. Sure, he doesn’t try to beat up Sage, but he always takes down whatever she throws at him. Weakness and restraint are two very different things. -For that IDW panel you love hating so much, are you sure you read it in context? Sonic has been running. For a while. He’s tired. Everything that applied to the first IDW metal virus points I made apply here too. Also, the “It Doesn’t Matter” lyrics being used as an example don’t add anything to this. He just says he’ll never give up the fight, which is not something he was questioning during that panel. The 06 line does show a contradiction… in the way you consider the “true Sonic” to be. -The Spider-Man panel is nothing like the Sonic panel. As stated prior, Sonic isn’t considering giving up on that panel. He’s considering two different paths, neither of which are “who cares I’m done”. Spider-Man is considering giving up. Two different circumstances. Your attempted point here is null. -All near death experiences you mention when trying to say the IDW panel is bad are different in one key context: Sonic is the only one in immediate danger there, and his actions don’t immediately determine another person’s fate. When Sonic is launched out of the Ark, he is the only one in immediate danger. When Sonic is fleeing the “black hole” he is the only one in immediate danger. When Sonic is nearly dead of the corruption in Frontiers he is the only one with the corruption and can’t spread it to anyone else. In the IDW panel Sonic is worried about others who are in immediate danger, especially since instead of just dying like the corruption in Frontiers, Sonic would become a ruthless mindless monster if he was consumed by the metal virus. Well, that took a while… I know I’ve been extremely critical here, but I want you to know that I do like your interpretation of Sonic. I just wish you would admit it isn’t any more real than any other Sonic interpretation.

0:21 Sonic would NOT act like this

Antoine clearly

when Jason Griffith Sonic talked 'less was more', so when he did talk it hit harder

There is no “real” sonic. It’s just what was and what is. This new modern sonic is still a stoic adventurer, he’s just more introspective and self reflective. He’s still an inspiration shown by his relationship with others, he just yaps more now. This type of personal drama could be due to western influence but he’s more popular over here now anyways, so I just see it as another layer.

Everyone forgets Tails... Really? We need a Valiant Years of Tails!

I would make 2025 the year of silver a game would have blaze, she has a few levels and a boss fight 2026 the year of knuckles, explores knuckles past 2027 the year of Amy and metal sonic, Amy would have her own game maybe an “Amy generations X metal sonic) Amy generations goes through her past aka Sonic cd and Sonic 06 and playable sections of sections in the original games where she was an unplayable character like Sonic cd, knuckles frontiers would be cool Silver frontiers would be an open world of crisis city and some locations from the IDW comics, some bosses will include: Iblis, mephiles, Eggman nega(for blaze), Dr starline the finale boss would be a way more powerful mephiles, requiring silver to turn super (these bosses except final mephiles are all in cyberspace, there would also be more cyberspace levels but with actual enemies like badniks, the levels would be 2.5D, complete 3 of them out of a lot of open world quests to unlock the boss, silver would win the final fight but mephiles would go into his shadow, silver makes it back to the future, mephiles escapes back to the present… setting up Sonic 0’25)

I would give a year of silver, give him his own game and a few levels to blaze maybe even a boss fight for blaze

Silver silver and silver

It's mostly likely going to be the year of metal sonic in the next 3 years heroes remake coming out possibly and sonic 4 being CD inspired it's likely 2025 though 7 are the most likely Candadits for this

I’m interested in Tails getting his own year, as I think they can really make him a spin off game, where he really gets a dark side to him, and totally proves how useful he can be, how he’s treated like a young brother to Sonic, and even doing some insane actions with his two tails!

knuckles deserves it the most

Agent stone 😃

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metal sonic and Amy should BOTH get this treatment in 2027 when sonic 4 comes out

Thats why hes my number 1 villain.

Metal sonic, and mainly silver deserves a year for themselves.

1:58 call me crazy...but shadow's character was actually very well and well written in other recent medias like in the show(in sonic prime like you would expect in a show like this you would expect shadow written like an edgelord but no! he's suprisingly well written in that show...consistenly! as matter of a fact he's the most well-written character in the entire show!),movies(sonic 3 obiviously) and even in games(yes even in games call me crazy but despite how badly written sonic forces was shadow was actually decently well written in that game specially in episode shadow and ofc shadow generations) i think the only media his character is lacking is honestly just in IDW because his character is doing very well in other medias.

4:20 It is considered canon nowadays. The just sorta slipped under the rug that the Chaotix was meant to be rebooted in Heroes. IDW is canon, and you see the remnants of Eggman’s island from Knuckles Chaotix in the Fang Mini series, and Classic Vector makes a cameo in the Amy and Metal Sonic 30th anniversary comic.

(Sonic 3 spoilers) Hear me out: 2027:the Menacing & Gentle Metal Year Sonic & Amy Rose

I hate the fact that tails doesn't get his own dang year because he doesn't feel important to the characters anymore like he was shafted in Sonic movie 3, i don't think even important in frontiers, honestly i wouldn't be surprised if became the next villain in a sonic game or movie

Hear me out. The Vicious Year of Omega.

Showing knuckles and tails in the thumbnail yet not mentioning them in the video is criminal

4:57 tbh this is an insane idea from ian but it actually could work and give a reason to blaze being in more games in the future seeing there wouldn't be the whole in another dimension problem of her appearances. i mean in the idw comics silver has more or less just settled down in the present with a farm maybe the sol dimension getting destroyed is a way ian thought of blaze staying in the main area in space and time and appear more that isn't just her abandoning her dimension.

They should make a 3D version of Sonic rush if they do a year of blaze and Call it Sonic Rush 3D Adventure

Silver deserve better, he's as fast as base Sonic and Shadow or heck, could even be faster. I'd love to see a game based around his origin, things like where did he come from, could he be a modified clone of Shadow? How did he get his telekenesis power? So much about Silver haven't even been explore yet.

I just realized something. Do you think that dusty desert is the same sand level from sonic superstars. I mean Memphis Tennessee used the emeralds to make a bunch of clones of himself and the only place we've ever seen that happen is in superstars where the chaos emerald abilities are show. I remember hearing that the chaos emeralds can only do those things on that island in superstars. Thoughts anyone?

I really wanna see an animated style dark beginnings but for blaze and espio those fight scenes would go so hard

If metal Sonic and Amy got their own years, I think it should be the same year.