Don't know if anyone will see this but I've been seeing a lot of the theories for the sonic 4 movie about agent stone being behind the metal sonic bots at the end credit scene of the third movie, no hate to he theory I love it, but I also have a little theory behind it that I haven't seen yet
These guy's, I think it could be possible one of them is behind creating the metal sonic bots, due to the way they created chaos sonic (sonic primes version of metal sonic) after figuring out about sonic himself, it could serve as an interesting plot choice but that's just my theory
Also
These two, my absolute favorites, I hope they get more screen time when the next movie comes out
With the ending inferring that Sonic’s closest friends are all gonna go off and do their own thing, that really opens up for the next game to explore Sonic’s friendships outside of the Classic Four
So, you know; Blaze, the Chaotix or even (to show my personal bias) Shadow and Silver
Or, heck, even explore Sonic’s relationship with Eggman more (Although, I admit their “distant but still knowing” thing they’ve got going on is pretty special too)
Something that I think would be cool for Knuckles in the Sonic Cinematic Universe is to make the Chaotix his supporting cast, like how it was back in Archie. It's a way to make his side of the Sonic universe more unique.
So I posted this on four YouTube videos yesterday, trying to get different opinions on it. That didn't quite work, but I think I'll expand upon it here; see if anyone cares. Two theories: The boring one: The new villain is aiding Eggman and brought villians from across time and space to help him. (Could also explain why we see the stages so close together if he's bending time and space). This is a predictable move they've done before. If they did this I'd need some good reasoning as to why Eggman screws with time and space again after it went so well in Generations. I'd like to see the relation to the new villain and the time eater, because if this right there probably is at least a little. The unrealistic one: While Sonic is opposing Eggman with his friends another group is also facing off against him. Rather a group that wants power for their own, lead by the new guy. Though why Shadow and Chaos would turn evil again, and Metal against his master again would need explanation, it could be interesting. But kinda unlikely. It could explain why there was a change from join the resistance to join the uprising in this trailer. Here's where this one really goes off the rails. What if you could chose which faction to side with? With the create-a-character. They could have the levels of the Sonics taken over by Shadow and Metal Sonic, or just have the avatar take a different set of levels while the dialogue changes for the Sonics to reflect (s)he isn't there. There's a lot of things they can do with this set up. I look forward to seeing it fleshed out. I hope they take s bit more if a nuanced angle to the story this time. I'm not saying a pretentious self glorifying story. Just something a bit more. Regardless of the angle they take, from the set up it looks like they are trying to give us that.
SONIC RANGERS, EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT IT, LINK FOR ALL SOURCES AT THE END
Ok, the time has come. I spent my entire day doing some searches on the 4chan website, picking and trying to find every nugget of information I could find that I was 100% sure it was connected to Sonic Rangers.
I’ll get this right out of the gate: I’m 95% sure the next main Sonic game will be open world, and what will follow is all my evidence towards it. It’ll be uncharted territory for the Sonic franchise, and we’ll need to see how it pays off.
Also, spoilers for Sonic Rangers, but kind of broad ones, so in my opinion, your experience wouldn’t be ruined if you read all of this. But if you’re one of those that want to go 100% blind, then I think the time to jump off this ship is now.
Here we go.
As it turns out, as I did some digging of my own, and thanks to other observant people, I can confirm that the “Sonic Rangers” name has been circulating on the Internet way, WAY before the accidental leak revealed on May 27th. I will show an entire timeline of these discoveries, and how they connect.
But okay, before we dive in, a general vision of Sonic Rangers: the game will take a brand new approach with the character, placing Sonic in an open world for him to explore. Where through his speed, he’ll do platforming challenges, do puzzles, fight against badniks, etc. When fighting against enemies, the player gains XP, that can be used to give Sonic different abilities. Spread through this world are bosses, where after you defeat them, Sonic obtains orbs, and when enough of them are gathered, Sonic can enter Special Stages, that are structured like a Sonic Generations/Sonic Unleashed boost level. When you complete them, you get a Chaos Emerald.
Ok, now let’s go to the 4chan leaks. From what I can tell, SEGA has been inviting different test groups to testplay their next main Sonic game, under a strict NDA. After it, SEGA collects feedback from the testers. I can’t exactly pinpoint when SEGA began to do these tests, but if I had to guess, it has been around as early as March 2020.
1st Occurrence
In July 2020, another fake leak claiming to be the 30th anniversary game showed up on 4chan, but then, as an answer to it, a person that has really played a test version of the next main Sonic game called the fake leaker out. The person that has put their hands on the next main Sonic game had the following to say:
“I playtested the game back in march and played it for an hour. There were no levels just an overworld. You’re full of s***.”
In another post, the person that got their hands on the testing version of the next main Sonic game, had the following to say:
“It was called Sonic Rangers when I played it.”
1st Occurrence analysis
I believe that the person that played the test version of Sonic Rangers has erroneously interpreted the open world as an overworld, which makes sense. Sonic Rangers name gets dropped for the first time.
2nd Occurrence
In August of 2020, another person that played a test version of Sonic Rangers, stated the following about the next title on the Sonic series:
“It’s not an adventure remake. I playtested it. They ARE working on something, but if they take feedback me and the other panelists gave them, SEGA might change quite a bit from what I ended up playing.
Open World
Set on a gloomy, grassy, uninhabited island dotted with ruins.
Big BOTW influence, little korok-like puzzles scattered everywhere.
Robot/alien bosses scattered throughout the island, defeat them and you get a Chaos Emerald.
Get all Chaos Emeralds and you gain entrance to the final boss area, a foggy forest you couldn’t enter before.
No major characters appeared aside from Sonic.
No story, just dumped in.
Turn Super Sonic to fight the boss, he’s a giant colossus-like entity that you climb, hit his weak points.
These could all be changed because I played a couple of months ago and there still hasn’t been any reveal, so I assume they might be reworking a lot.”
2nd Occurrence analysis
As you can see, in this version, some of the elements that were talked about in the most famous leak aren’t present, some missing elements were added later, but the basic was already present and in place. Sonic can travel through an open world, doing puzzles, defeating badniks and fighting against bosses, to then fight against a final boss as Super Sonic.
The most interesting thing is how the person that leaked these details claimed that they played it “a couple of months ago”, meaning that this version could take place after the build shown in the first occurrence. Some things have changed since then.
Another cool thing that I wanted to point out was that this build uses placeholder from previous Sonic games. During the final boss, the theme for the first boss fight against Infinite from Sonic Forces is used.
3rd Occurrence
In January of 2021, another anonymous 4chan user talked about Sonic rangers, once again mentioning the name “Sonic Rangers.” As their version is pretty edgy, and negative because Sonic Negativism gets clicks, I’m going to present it in a unbiased manner, and be direct to the point on what they said.
Sonic Rangers, around the end of 2020, was presented once more to a select group of people, two demos were shown. The first one allows exploration of the open world under a time limit of twenty minutes, and another demo that has an apparent Final Boss battle.
Open world is filled with small enemies, puzzles, and platforming challenges.
Completing puzzles, challenges and defeating badniks gives XP to the player as a reward, that can be used to unlock abilities for Sonic.
Among the abilities that Sonic can unlock, there is the “spincycle”, where after pressing the Y button, Sonic begins to create a line behind him, and if the player creates a circle-ish shape around the enemy or a group of enemies, Sonic attacks all the enemies that were “marked” within the spincycle line.
Homing Attack that can target multiple enemies at once, from Sonic Lost World, is back.
There are lots of bosses spread through the open world, when they are defeated, Sonic gets some “orbs”.
If the player gets enough orbs, he can access the “Cyberspace”, essentially this game’s special stage.
The cyberspace levels are like the boost levels in Sonic Generations.
When beating a cyberspace level within a certain amount of time, the player obtains a Chaos Emerald.
New voice clips for Roger Craig Smith were used.
Some new music was made for this build.
In regards to the demo where the player faces the final boss:
After reuniting all the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic can go through a dense fog that the player couldn’t access before in the open world.
A Giant Tree Robot is the apparent final boss.
Fly as Super Sonic using the spincycle and other abilities that were unlocked throughout the game to help defeat the final boss.
Can’t take damage, on a timer of rings. A Ghost girl refills the player’s ring count multiple times.
Demo ended after defeating the boss.
3rd Occurrence analysis
As you can see, this version polished even further the concepts that were talked about in the second occurrence. Instead of getting Chaos Emeralds after defeating a boss, Sonic gains orbs, where after this Sonic has to go after EVEN more bosses to get more orbs. With these orbs, the player can access a Special Stage, named Cyberspace, where you’ll be able to play a more traditional like Sonic game, to get the Chaos Emeralds.
This certainly helps the game longer, which is a plus for me. We’ll probably have seven boost levels, with them being treated like a Special Stage. They also added a XP system, and the main gimmick of this game, the spincycle, was shown in the trailer for Sonic Central.
Sonic will keep building up abilities, which is something I believe the player will be able to use them as different strategies on how to beat different types of bosses.
4th Occurrence
Sonic Central takes place, with a trailer for a new Sonic game at the end. Sonic is running through a forest, and then he begins to glow blue, creating a pixel effect, with a line following him. Sonic then runs in a circle with this new ability that makes him glow blue, and then exits screen.
4th Occurrence analysis
With the context we’ve piled up from previous occurrences, you can put some pieces together. Sonic is clearly activating a spincycle, the main gimmick for this new game, just like how it was said in the January 2021 leak. And just like how the leaker said, Sonic formed a circle-ish shape with this ability in the teaser trailer. Sonic creates a blue energy, creating a line behind him, allowing him to make patterns with it, maybe creating a shape that could surround his enemies?
5th Occurrence
Dataminers and modders are able to get their hands on the 4K trailer for the new Sonic game, finding out that the name of the game is, Sonic Rangers.
5th Occurrence analysis
It perfectly fits with what was stated previously in 4chan threads, specifically, the one from July 2020 and the one from January 2021. Helping give the 4Chan leaks even more credit.
6th Occurrence
SEGA, while sending out press kits to news websites, ends up slipping out the name for their next main Sonic game, Sonic Rangers.
"Announcing new console experiences, Sonic Colors: Ultimate and Sonic Rangers, further details on Netflix's Sonic Prime, mobile news, musical events and much more!"
-SEGA
It was an accident, and SEGA stated they sent an erroneous version, and when pressed about the Sonic Rangers name, it didn’t dwell into it any further.
6th Occurrence analysis
Coming straight from SEGA’s mouth, the name for the next main Sonic game is gonna be Sonic Rangers. This fits a lot with the rumours that came from 4chan from July 2020 and January 2021, making it EVEN MORE likely that the next main Sonic game is gonna be an open world game.
Conclusion
And that’s where we’re at now in terms of Sonic Rangers news. In my opinion, I’m 95% certain that these leaks are legit. Keep in mind that after the Sonic Rangers name came to light, 1001 other rumours were created, but these I have my doubts, since they now have a sturdy base, they can make up more stuff to go along with it.
My opinion: I’m particularly excited for this next main game. Sonic Rangers deals with uncharted territory for the Sonic series, and I feel like it could be very fun. But of course, I’m a guy that’s mostly chill and cool with most Sonic media out there, so form your own opinions.
After the reveal of a new main Sonic game for 2022, fans were quick on trying to get to the bottom of it, and they have found it, through an underlying code in files uploaded to SEGA’s press box.
Thanks to dataminers and game moders, the name for the new Sonic game has come to light. I can verify and confirm that, at the moment, the 2022 Sonic game is gonna be named Sonic Rangers.
This has raised attention in regards to a possible leak made by an anonymous user in January 2021 that relayed information about a possible Sonic game named Sonic Rangers, which would feature an open world for Sonic to explore and some boss battles on the way, an approach similar to Breath of the Wild, but focusing more on Sonic’s speed.
From now on, I’m gonna dwell into possible spoilers from this plausible leak, so if you want to avoid possible spoilers, you can stop reading here.
Because the leaker decided to be edgy and because Sonic negativism gets clicks, I’m going to be objective and direct to the point on what was stated:
The game will feature an open world, populated with enemies, items, puzzles and platforming challenges.
Completing puzzles, challenges, enemies rewards XP, which can be redeemed in a skill treee.
Skill tree unlocks abilities like the “spincycle”, where when the player holds Y, Sonic will start to trace a line behind him, and if the player creates a circle with it, it attacks all the enemies inside the circle.
There are bosses spread through the open world, defeating them grants orbs.
If the player gets enough orbs, they can take Sonic to a portal where he goes to “cyberspace”.
Cyberspace levels are like Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations levels.
If the player beats these cyberspace leves within a small frame of time grants the player Chaos Emeralds.
There is a human ghost girl character that interacts with Sonic through the demo.
There are rumours that the story for the game revolves between Sonic and that human ghost girl.
Things that point towards this having a chance of being true is Sonic doing a spincycle himself in the teaser for Sonic Rangers.
But again, let’s keep looking into this as things develop.
TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY! So, in order to celebrate Sonic Central, here’s a bingo I did for fun! Some of it is based on concrete evidence on things we’ve seen before, some others is based on speculation with some basis, and others are thing I’d like to see!
Speculation time: Just like how it was with Sonic 2006, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations, Sonic Lost World and Sonic Forces... They’re going to announce the next main Sonic game through a CGI animation, and THIS is part of it:
