We’ve done A LOT of videos on Sonic.
Weirdest Sonic games.
Best Sonic fan games.
And of course, the best and the worst of.
So it only makes sense that we really flesh ourselves out as a channel and do Strangest
Sonic Video Games, amirite?
Sarcasm aside, Sonic is one of those franchises that has left itself open to having some strange
instalments, and has inspired some even stranger fan made games, both of which we’ll be discussing
today.
10 Sonic Forces Starting off this list with the most recent
of Sonic games, Sonic Forces was a critically disappointment to game reviewers and players.
Although a lot of hard core Sonic fans did enjoy the game, it’s hard to deny that certain
features within it didn’t feel a little….STRANGE.
Specifically, the ‘cross overs’ featured in the Bonus Edition of the game.
These let you dress your avatar character up as other Sega or Atlus characters in themes,
the likes of Persona, Super Monkey Ball and Nights.
9 Sonic Drift But wait….Sonic already goes fast, why does
he need a racing game?
Oh right, money.
Sega tried to capitalize on the cross breeding of genres like Nintendo had with their Mario
franchise by giving Sonic a racing game.
Sonic and co were put into cars and raced around redundantly, for capitalism.
Drift wouldn’t be the last Sonic racing game either.
8 Sonic R Speaking of racing, Sonic R is yet another
racing game, except this time, it’s on foot.
Which seems absurd considering its been proven – and stated – time and time again that
sonic, is in fact, the fastest character in the franchise.
But hey, why the hell not.
To add insult to injury, you can only initially play as Sonic (who is literally programmed
to be the fastest), Amy Rose, Knuckles or Tails.
And when you progress through the game (which doesn’t take long to do) you unlock Robotnik,
Metal Sonic, Metal Knuckles, an EggRobo and Tails Doll, which started that infamous Tails
Doll creepy pasta.
Plus there’s a Super Sonic you can unlock, which makes no sense, cause it’s not like
you’ve really got any competition to race against when playing as him.
Seems kinda pointless, doesn’t it?
7 Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood BioWare is an amazing company, except somehow,
they ended up developing this game for Sega.
A Sonic RPG.
So what’s the plot?
Well, Knuckles is kidnapped, and the Chaos Emeralds go missing, which then turns into
Sonic helping a bunch of new characters from a different dimension.
The game itself isn’t all that bad, but it feels instinctively odd – it lacks the
typical depth and difficulty that regular RPGs have, a sign that BioWare took it a little
easier when trying to transfer Sonic into this completely different genre.
6 Sonic CD Sonic CD’s strangeness doesn’t come from
the game itself – there’s a reason why it’s considered a fan favourite.
The oddity of the game comes from what’s hidden beneath its exterior.
It’s one of the commonly known secrets of the Sonic franchise – Sonic Cd has a secret
screen that you can access via the sound test, and it features some creepy – and hilarious
– screens.
One of which is super spooky and reads ‘Infinite Fun Sega Enterprises Image by Majin’.
Majin can translate into Devil, but turns out it was actually the nickname of a developer
who worked on the game, Masato Nishimura.
5 Sonic Adventure Don’t get me wrong – most of Sonic Adventure
is pretty damn good.
It’s considered to be a classic.
Except, there’s one part that always feels a little off – playing as Big the Cat.
It was eventually revealed that Big the Cat – the overweight idiotic and forever bumbling
supporting character – was created solely to give purpose to the fishing rod item, and
to create a fishing mini game.
So yeah, you have to run around and pretend to give a F while you try to catch Big’s
friend Froggy.
4 Sonic 06 Sonic 06 is notoriously the worst game in
the history of the franchise.
There’s a lot that makes it an oddity compared to other Sonic games, but a lot that makes
it similar to some of the other 3D Sonic games – under developed, poor controls, badly
written plot, and a lot of other features that just don’t make much sense.
But one of those factors in particular make it weird, and that’s the relationship between
Sonic and Princess Elise.
We’ve seen Sonic interact and have friendships with human characters before, but in Sonic
06, she lays a big ol kiss on his in order to resurrect him – a moment in which most
video game critics feel classifies as one of the most awkward gaming moments of all
time.
3 Sonic Unleashed Sonic turns into a Werehog ffs.
At night.
There’s whole levels of night that you have to play in order to progress in this game.
And on top of that, the fighting style changes in the game, making it feel like a dollar
store version of God of War.
Ugh.
2 Shadow the Hedgehog If a werehog wasn’t strange enough for you,
surely your second favourite hedgehog character whipping out a machine gun would do the trick
for you.
Shadow the Hedgehog was Sega’s attempt at trying to profit on a spin off game of a relatively
newer beloved character.
Except it got super weird, primarily because it tried to depict itself as an edgier darker
more mature game.
Which it failed in doing.
Part of that meant including guns for the title character to wield – something no
Sonic character had ever done in a released game prior.
1 Sonic Dreams Collection Dreams Collection just takes Sonic that extra
step further into the weird territory that alternative Sonic fandoms have been exploring
for YEARS.
The ability to create your own weird Sonic orgy and film it?
Yup.
How about sharing intimate moments with Sonic – YOUR ROOMMATE – while you tickle his
feet?
Yup, also a thing you can do.
While Dreams Collection is best played tongue in cheek, this parody is undeniably strange,
yet ever so fascinating to check out.
There we have it friends!
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