Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is on the horizon, and excitement is building due to the new characters set to star in the sequel, Amy Rose and Metal Sonic. These movies do not typically adapt single video games in their entirety, but it seems as though the newest installment in the franchise will be partly based on the 1993 video game Sonic CD.
While nothing concrete has been confirmed about Sonic 4, the fact that Amy and Metal appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3‘s post-credits scene means that they are undoubtedly going to be heavily focused on in the sequel. This is similar to Shadow, who was the focus of Sonic 3, and Tails, one of the focuses of Sonic 2.
In Sonic CD, Amy and Metal were first introduced and acted as some of the main characters in that story. It makes sense that Sonic 4 will draw heavily from that game, then. If it does, it could introduce an element from the games the film franchise has sorely missed.
Sonic 4 Introducing Little Planet From Sonic CD Could Expand The Movies Beyond Earth
Sonic 4 Has The Perfect Opportunity And Means To Grow The Universe
While the wider Sonic universe that has been explored in the video games, shows, and other expanded media is enormous with galaxies of worlds and countless creatures within them, the movies have kept the franchise very grounded. They have not explored anywhere beyond Earth for anything more than a scene or two.
The only places beyond Earth that have been shown in the movies were Sonic’s home world of Mobius and the Mushroom Planet that Eggman was stranded in at the end of the first Sonic movie.
This hasn’t been a huge negative. Keeping the Sonic franchise on Earth is a good way to ensure that newer viewers aren’t lost in a sea of new names and places. However, Sonic 4 is now the time for the movies to begin expanding the world. Sonic CD‘s main location, Little Planet, provides the perfect opportunity to do that.
In Sonic CD, Little Planet was a small, Earth-like planetoid with mystical properties that appeared over Never Lake for one month every year. In the game, Eggman managed to restrain the entire planet and chain it to the ground to steal the Time Stones, driving the plot of the game forward.
Little Planet itself appearing would be a great showcase of the wider universe, while still keeping the new additions digestible for people less tuned in to the specifics of Sonic lore.
Elements like the Time Stones probably won’t make their way to Sonic 4, but the planet they come from could. Little Planet itself appearing would be a great showcase of the wider universe, while still keeping the new additions digestible for people less tuned in to the specifics of Sonic lore.
The idea of a small planet making its way to Earth, or a future version of Earth if the Sonic 4 time-travel theories are correct, is a very simple concept to understand. It could also introduce a lot of interesting lore to the movies for the first time and pave the way for greater expansion beyond Earth after Sonic the Hedgehog 4.
