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« Last post by Cyartog959 on March 26, 2026, 10:44:58 am »
Been a bit in thought about the unaddressed discrepancies in Sonic Origins lately(and I do mean PLENTY of discrepancies), especially about a bit about the canon placements in games. Yes, that includes the wrong insignia and face decal Robotnik used from Eggman's decal in later 3D Sonic games and media.
I mean, Origins does good at fleshing out specific details about the characters from the Japanese manuals, such as Amy Rose' fortune card readings, Tails' bullying for what he was born with, and how Knuckles first got tricked, but there are so many things left out and/or have gotten wrong, including Tails' single-handed victory over the Battle Kukku Armada on Cocoa Island in Tails Adventure, said to take place before he met Sonic, not before Sonic met Robotnik for the first time, and not after Tails met Sonic. I get that Tails was slightly less brave there and then, but that was a worthy accomplishment for him.
Origins also ignores specific story points and details in Sonic 3 & Knuckles, such as Dr. Robotnik landing outside the island, attempting to exaggerate Knuckles' fears about the fabled and much feared dragon's egg the echidna remembered in legend about bringing destruction upon hatching to his advantage in tricking him, not to be linked to the Great Dark Dragon from Superstars NOR Perfect Chaos from Adventure, and Sonic and Tails discovering an engraved ring that came from Angel Island and actually heading off in the Tornado.
Also, it really ignores Knuckles' side of the story, where Mecha Sonic Mk.II, having still survived his defeat by Sonic and Tails, reactivating himself to find any intact robot to try to continue his creator's plans on Angel Island, and a proper new prelude where Mecha Sonic found the exact Eggrobo that emerged from the wreckage from Sonic's good ending, which should've been played not just for Super Sonic, but Hyper Sonic's best ending, too, and then having experienced a common experience, they partner up to take down Knuckles and steal the Master Emerald, and the good and best ending from Knuckles' story should have seen Robotnik throwing another tantrum, but on the junk heap from his Final Weapon's wreckage on the ocean, likely preferred to be set at night, rather than drifting with a Rexxon floatie in the day, and a particular distant light gleam that signifies another island about to surface from the ocean shortly, which leads to Knuckles' Chaotix's events.
Not to mention, there's loads more bugs and glitches in Sonic 3's remastering the original game does not have Origins never bothered to fix even after the patches did very little fixing, and its NOT how a well-deserved Retro Engine remastered re-release should've had. And, we would've had the additional option to play its split halves alone, rather than having the only option to play the whole game together.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles' ROM hacks and mods have done a more better job of bug fixing, technical and cosmetic details than Origins, specifically Sonic 3 Complete and Sonic 3 Rebuilt, such as the crystal platforms seen in Lava Reef's main boss fight changing colors right from hot to cool palettes after the lava cooled down, stage music remaining silent after finishing Act 2, and many more.
If the games get re-released again, we'd be far better off having either original emulated ports of all halves and the whole game, Retro Engine re-releases with new animated cutscenes that truly pay more great attention to the details from the canon and backstories from the Japanese manuals, or all of the above, to meet the best of many worlds, including the game preservationists'.
I don't know how many people do not know Sonic's history, but compared to us that do know more longer, I'd say the numbers are slightly less of them, as there are still a lot of us who know Sonic more longer.
Whatever present management SEGA's got there, that are responsible for rushing that compilation too soon just to make the anniversary date as its launch, they really need to get their facts straight again and re-evaluate their actions.
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