I grew up loving Knuckles for being the strong, quiet one but Frontiers reminded me why he’s always meant more than that.
The Divergence prologue felt like stepping back into something familiar, but heavier. Older. He’s still guarding the Master Emerald, still doing his duty… but now there’s doubt. There’s loneliness.
Seeing him on Ares Island. Seeing him struggle, seeing him feel hit me harder than I expected. He’s not just the tough guy. He’s the last of his kind, trying to hold onto something that’s slipping away. For the first time in a long time, the game let us sit with that.
Also this flashback from Sonic 3 really hit me in the feels for some reason