I mean. Yeah Going by your limit of 30 characters and no retro characters: Spoiler: character wishlist 1. Sonic(duh), 2. Tails, 3. Knuckles, 4. Shadow, 5. Rouge, 6. Omega, 7. Espio, 8. Vector, 9. Amy, 10. Cream, 11. Big, 12. Silver, 13. Blaze, 14. Marine, 15. SonicMan, 16. Metal Sonic, 17. Eggman, 18. Sage, 19. Tangle, 20. Whisper, 21. Werehog Sonic, 22. Cosmo, 23. Chaos, 24. Infinite, 25. Jet, 26. Black Doom, 27. Surge, 28. Scrapnik Mecha Sonic, 29. Mephiles, 30. Merlina
Yoooo, we roster posting? Here's mine Spoiler: Sonic Only Roster 1) American Box Art Sonic 2) Japanese Box Art Sonic 3) European 3D Blast Sonic 4) Jaleel White Sonic 5) OVA Sonic 6) The Fighters Sonic 7) Comic Sonic (Sonic The Comic) 8) Archie Sonic (Pre-Genesis) 9) Adventure Sonic 10) Adventure 2 Sonic 11) Battle Sonic 12) Heroes Sonic 13) 06 Sonic 14) Story Book Sonic 15) Riders Sonic 16) Unleashed Sonic 17) Santiago Sonic 18) Archie Sonic (Post-Genesis) 19) Lego Sonic 20) Boom Sonic 21) Smash Sonic 22) IDW Sonic (Modern) 23) IDW Sonic (Classic) 24) Tyson Sonic 25) Minecraft Sonic 26) Ugly Sonic (Paramount) 27) Ugly Sonic (Disney) 28) Movie Sonic 29) Rumble Sonic 30) Comic Sonic (DC x Sonic)
Well, if everyone else is doing it... Spoiler: My roster =) Base Characters: Sonic Tails Knuckles Amy Cream Big Shadow Rouge Omega Vector Espio Charmy Eggman Locked characters: Mighty Ray Jet Blaze Wave Storm Metal Sonic Tails Doll Mecha Knuckles Egg Robo Classic Sonic Fang Bean Bark Platform-exclusive guest characters: Nintendo: Mario (or maybe a Mii) Playstation: Sackboy Xbox: Blinx PC: Jack Frost, maybe? Secret characters: Trip Honey Johnny Nights Ulala Aiai Bug! Tikal Chaos Beat Rabbit Madonna Ristar Kiryu
Adventure is an old game but for sure a lot more people know Chaos from Adventure than the IDW comics.
Yeah there's no way Chaos is below any IDW character. Recent appearances are irrelevant, he's a popular legacy character from a popular game. His association with the Chao will forever keep him relevant since people are always asking about it and an Adventure remake all the time.
There's something about the idea of watching Chaos drive a car that feels more-unfitting than any other character.
My roster that I think would be realistic if just Sonic. I feel 20 is the most realistic number honestly. And I think it would look something like the below. This would be my ideal roster. But also one I think would be likely. We don't know what the Crossworlds mean yet so I'm going off established Canon. Spoiler Definite: Sonic Tails Knuckles Amy Metal Sonic Eggman Shadow Likely: Rouge Big Omega Blaze Silver Espio Vector Entertaining rogue choices: Tikal Chaos Infinite Mephilles Sage
Sure, and I don't even have anything against Chaos, I'd happily nix a Deadly Six slot for him, but I think his popularity is likely overstated. I don't even think it is a sure bet that more people know him than the IDW characters, certainly in the target demographic. In TSR they put three Chao in a car in over him, Cream, Tikal and a bunch of others (Zavok was there too), he's not in Sonic Rumble, he's not even in Speed Simulator. E-10000G from the Riders games is in Speed Simulator. Look, I like Chaos, I wish he was in more stuff, I wish he was in the comic, but to suggest that the IDW characters are nobodies compared to him is laughable.
All I would say is, when Nintendo asked for Sonic characters to represent the franchise in smash bros ultimate - the 2 one off villains they took on were Chaos and Infinite. 6 years ago Forces was the most recent game - hence Infinite. Chaos was just significant enough that people outside the franchise recognise him. Also - given the similar designs and the implied lore connections in Frontiers - Chaos has more relevance now than he's had since 2006. And - absolutely no offense to the IDW characters - but from my perspective I might as well suggest that Tekno and Shortfuse thr Cybernik from the Fleetway series are worthy characters. (EDIT - to be clear, this is a joke. Those characters have had no relevance for 20 years, and even when they did it was only to the UK audience. I know this...) My point is - 'within the franchise' they are brilliant characters- but to the wider world they aren't known entities. IDW comics are great, but they are made for, cater to and attract Sonic franchise fans. Within wider gaming - people remember the Sonic Adventure games 'sort of' fondly - meaning characters from those 2 get a bit of kudos that's still relevent 2 decades later.
He's one of the main antagonist in one of the most popular entries that sold well over 2 million units. I think IDW cast is being overstated here. You're comparing Chaos to them? Ha, they're not even good enough to be the-
I do think it's strange why we're considering if Chaos has enough relevance in the series currently, when we just had Frontiers and the main story-line be about what happened to the descendants of Chaos... I thought Sonic Team's intent was to shock the player with that one cutscene on Kronos Island revealing what the Ancients looked like.
They could've just had the DLC characters say generic lines that don't refer to a specific character. Sure it would've been cheap, but I think it would be a fine sacrifice.
Personally, I'd move SAGE up to Likely. She's appeared in a good amount of supplementary material, she's a girl which Sonic is lacking in, and assuming the next Sonic game is a sequel to Frontiers, she'll be there. Also, what are the chances Black Doom makes it in because of Shadow Generations? I wouldn't actually mind that.
Black doom performs a special move in which he transforms the track into radical highway, his favorite sonic stage
Getting to 30 characters Mario Kart-style is a piece of piss if they want to do it, even only using game characters: Spoiler Sonic, Tails, Knuckles Shadow, Rouge, Omega Amy, Cream, Big Espio, Vector, Charmy Mighty, Ray, Trip Chaos, Tikal, Chao Jet, Wave, Storm Blaze, Silver, Sticks Metal Sonic, Silver Sonic, Mecha Sonic SAGE, Orbot & Cubot, Eggman Yes, I'm still formatting them like teams. You could make Classic versions of characters costumes/skins, or include them separately if you want to bump the character count up even more. I'm surprised there's anyone who thinks there might not be enough characters in the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG franchise of all things for this...
I think that the roster of a Sonic themed party game or kart racer should at least include these essential characters: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Shadow, Silver, Blaze, Rouge, Vector, Eggman. Big, Omega, Espio, Charmy and Metal Sonic should also be in the game, but with a slightly lower priority (they should be anyway): -Big is a meme character, most people play as him because he's funny but nobody would be upset if he's not playable (at least I think). -Omega is the Eggman robot. He's on the heroes side, Team Dark and all, but his main appeal is of being able to play as something that resembles an Egg Robot. If Eggman is playable, Omega is "less needed" because that niche is already covered. -The Chaotix are already represented by Vector. It would suck not to have the full team, but if there's a strict limit on the amount of characters, I think they can be excluded. All 3 characters on a single car would also be a valid option in my opinion. -Metal Sonic counts as an alternative version of Sonic, and as an extension of Eggman, so both Eggman and Sonic already kind of cover his place in the roster. 11+5=16, ideally the roster of the new game should at least have those 16 characters if it wants to appear as complete. Any other character is welcome but not really required, in my opinion. If the game will cross the multiverse I would like to see Sticks, Tangle and Whisper, Tom in a police car, and other stuff like that, but I would hate if they come at the cost of some of the main 16 characters (or 11 at least). I would rather have the Babylon Rogues before any character from different media/continuities, especially when they're just reskins like Movie Sonic or Shatterverse variations.
