I want to pick up this thread once again. This time to talk about a fangame that all Sonic fans should take note to make a Sonic game that is a complete departure from the usual.
This is Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. A fangame based on the Super Mario franchise where it crossovers with a multitude of video game franchises. Not only Nintendo game franchises, but also franchises that are completely unrelated such as Megaman, Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Metal Slug, etc.
This left me impressed that a fan has made such an ambitious game and probably had many years of development for all the content it offered.
If you don't know anything about fangame. Look up several gameplays of that game on YouTube so you know what I'm talking about.
After that, I've thought about the following. Why don't they make a game like that, but with Sonic?
You see. I want a Sonic fangame that would be like the aforementioned Mushroom Kingdom Fusion. But instead of doing crossovers with different video game franchises. Make crossovers with the different adaptations Sonic has had to other media. Like AOSTH, SatAM, Archie, Fleetway, Manga, OVA, Underground, Sonic X and the novels. Yep, there are novels based on Sonic.
And that encompasses all those adaptations down to the smallest detail, that includes characters, worlds, locations, powers, abilities, lore etc.
I want it to be a project as big as Mushroom Kingdom Fusion and have a multitude of playable characters, that includes characters that are most unusual in a Sonic game. It's not enough to put 3 or 4 characters that represent the universe of X series and comic where it originates. It has to be each and every one of the characters of the multiverse of the blue hedgehog. That also includes bosses, side characters or characters that had a very brief appearance in one of those adaptations.
As for the levels. I don't just want levels that are considered "iconic" in Sonic games. I also want levels inspired by locations from various series and comics. Can you imagine a level set in Robotropolis or a level set in Land of Darkness.
I want fanservice. And I don't want fanservice that is only focused on one x thing, it should be fanservice for all kinds of fans.
The most important thing. I want there to be lots of references and easter eggs to the whole Sonic multiverse. That includes things like "PINGAS" or "Get a Load of This".
Other things to highlight. I want it to have support for mods and to be Open Source. This to prolong the life of this game thanks to the community and in case the game runs out of updates, it would be the community that would continue the development of this game and stay alive for a couple of years more. If you don't believe me, take SRB2 as an example.
Please. I want a fangame like that, because of how great Mushroom Kingdom Fusion has been. We deserve a similar game but with Sonic and the multimedia multiverse that surrounds him. And one that takes full advantage of the potential of all those series and comics. I don't want a game where only Sonic Boom characters are in it, nor a game where only IDW characters are in it, nor a game where only Sonic from the 2020 movie is in it. There has to be each and every one of the characters that have appeared in all the adaptations that the blue hedgehog has had. And I'm talking literally.
This to create a game merely worthy to pay homage to the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. And if that game becomes a reality, people who have an opinion about the creator of that game will say that he is not only a true Sonic fan, he is also a man of culture. Thus breaking the almost endless cycle of making fangames that are copy and paste of official games.