Making a master post of all my Sonic series AUs/headcanons/theories/discussion/analysis nonsense. Mostly for myself cause I have bad memory and will 100% repeat a rant I've already posted about if I don't make a list.
Will be updated as I post more. All my posts below the cut:
Kitsune AU posts: Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, Post 4ish (get ready for a little angst)
How Tails Flies Theory
Blaze knew Tails was a Kitsune (everyone else did not)
Sonic and Trust
Murder Mode Sonic and Tails, Tails Badass Mode again
Tails vs Zavok
Little Post for IDW issue 54
Sonic Frontiers Scene Analysis
Sonic is Tails Biggest Fan
Cain Instinct: Sonic and Tails Sibling Mode, Their Reign of Terror Toward Each Other Continues; Little Brother Menace
Tails Solo Game Thoughts and Wants (if they did one)
Had to Nerf him (joke post)
Adoption Papers
Sonic IDW issue 36 Scene Analysis
Camping Cuddles
Fuck around and Find out Bullies vs Big Bro and Girl Squad
Best Friend Clip Analysis Before Prime Came Out
Tails Fans vs Canon: Sonic Prime
Tails the Badass: Post 1, Post 2 (continuation)
First Meetings: Tails and Eggman Comic
Sonic Prime First Thoughts
Nine the Sass Master
Sonic Prime Season 1 Theory
Post Frontier's AU
Scrapnik Island Issue 3 Thoughts
Shadow and Tails Friendship Thoughts
Thoughts on Silver
Touch Averse Sonic
Thoughts on Sonic IDW Issue 56
Tails Canonically has a Body Count
That Time Tails Made A Chaos Emerald Like it Was Nothing
I really think an interesting concept for a solo Tails game would be a farming sim-esque and rouge like type game.
Just Tails gets stuck on an island or is just there to help on his own and it's been destroyed by whoever, use this to bring back the Kukku for round two against this child, and the game is spent collecting resources and rebuilding/reinforcing the local town's defenses.
Like Tails would have the main town with an area they gift to him where he uses/creates things to help with the local farming and to have have a continuous source of resources and that he can sell/trade with the locals.
Then he also helps with the local smithy-like building to unlock upgrades and obtain new inventions to help with the farm and combat mechanics. With the consistent dialog of Tails being the one to show the person who owns it "a neat idea" or "I think I can make this a little better."
Then the combat could take form of the good old "yep there's a local mine-shaft/ancient dungeon the bad guys have taken over to look for an ancient power or some nonsense." So it's just that game play loop of descending to different levels that get more difficult the closer you get to the bottom where they bad guys have holed up. Or hell make it more than one for longer gameplay in the classic "the princess is in the other tower" but it's the bad guys already ransacked the place an majority of forces moves on to other location.
And you use whatever inventions you want to fight them. Maybe skill tree type situation. Or better, instead of swapping between different types of weapons you have a way you can combine two of them or so on to make interesting combinations (we're talking gun-sword). Also you could make bots to help you in combat too, so it's like you have a combat party situation going on.
Could add to it that Tails can get the "inspiration" for certain weapons and such by defeating certain enemies or collecting some kind of collectables from the base that makes him come up with the blueprints for the unlockables/upgrades. Make it cute too and some collectables trigger Tails to have a dream about a memory of him with his friends and that's where he gets the idea for a new unlockables or upgrades from (let him make himself a hammer like Amy's that launches napalm bombs, yes I watched RWBY I want that weapon in my made up game for Tails lol)
There could also be parts of the game where leveling up the town's defenses is important because occasionally the bad guys do come out and attack the town again looking for more resources. And if you lose they take some percentage of your resources with the rarer ones having a higher likelihood of being taken. (With the chance too of maybe within certain amount of days after loosing if you attack their base you can find your stolen stuff - go past the days and you can't find it as they "used" your stuff).
Could eventually reach a point in the game where Tails can actually call his friends to the island and they can join him in fighting or helping around the town/base. If real-time combat his friends just act like the bots in that they just autonomously attack enemies but with like character specific move sets (like Sonic would have a move that would blitz all the enemies on the map and take off a chunk of health from all enemies - Knuckles has a punch that one-hits most enemies after like a charge up wait time period - Amy has an AOE that also knocks down/stuns enemies, etc) Can give them upgrades too with Tails' inventions. If turn based then the player can control them if they want or put them on an auto setting too. (I think I'd prefer real-time combat but I can see turn base being good too).
I just feel like if there is a solo Tails game I'd personally want a good part to lean on him making stuff because it'd be fun to make overpowered builds lol (and I just personally really like farming sim like games like Stardew Valley, Fields of Mistria, My Time at Sandrock, etc, so brain automatically goes there)
I know I have another post like this but, Tails is such a power house of character.
Because while Sonic has speed and can fight
Tails is much more of an all rounder that if you add him to a fight, he should be a guaranteed win condition.
Tails can:
Keep up with Sonic
Fly - by himself or with his own planes he built
Is a literal super genius and engineering master
Can fight close quarters
Can fight long range
Can use chaos energy
Like going up against Tails if you combine all he's capable of, should make him waaay more of a nightmare for their enemies. To the point they have to keep nerfing him with debilitating self-confidence issues.
The story as the name implies, is a swap AU with many twists and changes from both the original Frontiers game and the New Horizons DLC.
It follows Sonic's, Amy's and Tails' journey through the Starfall islands. But as a cybernetic portal opens and splits the three apart, it's up to Tails to change their fate. Through many paths and wreckages, he builds machines out of Eggman parts and ancient artefacts to face against the Titans, uncover new mysteries to the ancient civilisation and even take the spot of the hero he always dreamed to be.
Will he prevail the challenges and hurdles that he comes across on his journey? See it for yourself!
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VOICE ACTORS:
EGGMAN: Elijah Sanchez VA (@Mr_Marvelous2)
SAGE: LanaRoseVA (@LanaRoseVA)
KNUCKLES: Shaze64 (@Shaze64)
AMY: Caroline orejuela (@carolineorjells)
SONIC: Gold'N (@YaBoiGoldN)
TAILS: Mae (@MaeB_VA)
I want to thank every single one of you for helping me with the voice work for this project! I was absolutely thrilled I got the chance working with each one of these amazing fellas to bring this trailer to life. It wouldn't be the same without you all!
3D ANIMATION SCENE:
LIXES - @LixesPrototype
Thank you to my dear pal LIXES for helping me with the Cyber Tails breakthrough scene. I couldn't be more thankful for your effort! Incredible job as always~
Please go and support all of them who lend me their hand with this! They deserve all the recognition!
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CREDITS:
♪ Original Song by AURORA - My Sails are Set (Netflix - One Piece)
♪ Credit music by AURORA - Blood in the Wine (Lyric Video)
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DO NOT USE ANY OF THE FOOTAGE OR THE VOICES FOR FAULTY ACTIONS!
Back on my bullshit with Tail is a Kitsune AU ideas. I have an idea to explain why Tails would already have 2 tails when he's less than a decade old.
So we know that the echinda tribe was at war with some other group over the emeralds/master emeralds and seemingly won by the time we get to the first Adventure game flash backs. (no I'm not counting the live action movie explanation on who that was)
What if the other group that had the emeralds previously was the kitsune's and the echinda tribe basically got rid of them all...or at least thought they did.
SO how does this idea equal Tails having two tails??
Basically Tails parents/leaders/someone (maybe even Tails himself) pulled an Aang trapped in the iceberg with Tails but used the chaos emeralds to pull it off before the emeralds were taken.
Think about it, in most games when ever there are any ruins that have to do with the emeralds they're always ancient but advanced and still somewhat work even without the emeralds being there as the battery.
With this idea what if West Side Island was the original land of the kitsune's but with them being wiped out only normal fox's remained. Then Tails was just somewhere frozen in a time bubble on the island in some sort of contraption/magic emerald powered doohickey for 100 years. Meaning by the time we woke up he would be over a hundred and get another tail but still be just a child/toddler with no idea he is that old.
It would also explain why he didn't have parents since they would be long dead. People on West Side would probably have an idea of who his parents were if they were a part of the community but instead they just have this random muli-tailed child poof into existence out of no where with no explanation.
And with all the kitsune gone due to war and only normal foxes left they probably would have some kind of folklore about "multi-tailed foxes are cursed and bring disaster" since last time there was any there was war. And from there it just became more of a superstition most people repeated but never believed....until well Tails just appeared randomly from nowhere. And then bam! Kukku Empire attacks them and said toddler is throwing napalm bombs.
It's not a perfect timeline but I like this idea for this AU.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Summary:
As much as Sonic loves a good race, there are some things more important than winning and he never fails to follow his heart when it comes to that, even if it means he'll lose. Even if it means he'll let people down.
After the Babylon Rogues knock Tails off his board in the final stretch of a race, Sonic doesn't hesitate to trade first place for his little bro. But a part of Tails wishes he wasn't always the reason Sonic makes these kinds of sacrifices.
Not by a Long Shot (I'm Gonna Show You) - Ch. 1
The world spun 360 degrees around Sonic the Hedgehog—or rather, he was the one spinning in a dizzying freefall. After kicking off a ramp on his extreme gear, he dazzled onlookers with a series of quick flips and air tricks on his way to steal the lead with a flourish. It might have been his first grand prix—technically second since egghead's was kind of a scam and not formally recognized as one of the international ExGearGP races—but the fastest thing alive had easily won over the hearts of millions as the fan favorite, owed entirely to his reputation and knack for showboating. He flipped upside down as he glided towards the lower level of the track, chasing after the lead racer—the leader of the Babylon Rogues.
"Sonic is building momentum!" the announcer's voice echoed throughout the race track, keeping viewers informed even when the racers were well out of sight. "He makes a perfect landing and takes advantage of his speed!"
The track narrowed into a long, cement tunnel; the industrial lights they sped past flashing with an almost-cautionary yellow glow. But if anyone was being warned of their impending defeat, it was the Babylon Rogues. The tunnel quickly closed them off from the rest of the world; claustrophobic with its lack of natural light and low ceiling. But just on the other side, the finish line was waiting to crown the winners of the Spagonia Grand Prix.
Sonic breezed past Jet, coasting along his slipstream right into first place. Cutting him off from his lead, he chanced a glance back at his newest rival just so his smirk would be the last thing he saw before Sonic's tail crossed the finish line. He almost laughed out loud at Jet's visible frustration; his beak clenched hard enough that Sonic wouldn't be surprised if it cracked under the strain—probably just as brittle as his ego. Just over Jet's shoulder, he spied Storm and Wave staggered behind him, providing close coverage as they followed them through the tunnel. But sneaking along the curve, completely undetected and underestimated, Tails was quickly closing the gap. Steadily creeping up on the inside corner to snipe second place right out from under Jet's beak.
Sonic's smirk sharpened. Oh ho ho, was this bird brain in for a real surprise. The Babylon Rogues would soon learn why they should never underestimate Tails. What he lacked in pure speed he made up for in technique, infinitely more precise and patient than Sonic as he glided along Jet's slipstream.
Meanwhile, Knuckles was in a strong position on the outside, powering through the headwind and taking his turns wide in an attempt to overtake Storm and Wave with brute force. Aw yeah. Team Sonic had all but won this grand prix.
One of my favourite parts of Sonic X is when Sonic goes off the rails a bit and briefly turns into Dark Sonic, and Eggman is basically like "Hey! Being evil is my job, the fuck do you think you're doing!?" And it works lol