User blog:STH235SilverLover/Future Sonic Ports & Remakes

Sonic 1 & 2 merged into one:
I feel like the first two Sonic games should be merged into one, beginning with Sonic 1s Green Hill Zone and ending with Sonic 2s Death Egg Zone; about halfway through, after clearing Sonic 1's Final Zone, you encounter Tails for the first time, and he joins you from there. Also nice would be the addition of cut levels like Wood Zone. The games should use Sonic Mania's better graphics and some of Tyson Hesse's animations for cutscenes, mainly the opening, ending, and the pivotal moment where Sonic and Tails meet.

Sonic CD:
No changes are needed here except beefing up the graphics Mania style (in gameplay; CD already has animated cutscenes) and putting Tails with Sonic the whole time.

Sonic 3 & Knuckles merged into one:
This is basically Sonic 3 & Knuckles officially merged seamlessly into one complete game, complete with Mania's graphics (and a few animated cutscenes; for example, the part where Eggman finally double-crosses Knux).

Knuckles' Chaotix:
This game should be remade with Mania's graphics, adding Ray the Flying Squirrel to the main cast (You CAN'T have Mighty without Ray!  What was Sega thinking?)  Also, a little change to the story: Sonic and Tails (who in the original game only appear during the credits) get kidnapped by Eggman and Knux works with Mighty, Ray, and the Chaotix to save them--probably to thank them for saving Angel Island in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

Adventure duology:
Adventure: DX and Adventure 2: Battle just HAVE to be remade with modern graphics. However, the stories must remain the same; more importantly, so should the voice cast, except Tails (his first three VAs SUCKED until Amy Palant started voicing him, followed by Kate and Colleen) and Eggman (since his original VA, Deem Bristow, died). The Dreamcast Era voice cast was okay overall (especially Ryan Drummond as Sonic himself); surely Sega knows they face the wrath of the entire fanbase should they discard it for the current voices?

Heroes:
Heroes needs only a few graphical buffs in gameplay (the cutscenes are alright), as well as some refined controls (watch cobanermani456's Heroes LP to see what I mean); also, make Eggman (or rather, Metal Sonic impersonating him) STFU. Everything else should stay the same.

Advanced trilogy:
No changes to the games themselves, but they should be ported to current-gen consoles as a trilogy.

Rush duology:
These games deserve a 3D remake on consoles.

Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic '06:
Shadow the Hedgehog might be doable, I guess; '06, of course, should NOT be be remade, IF it even CAN be.

Rivals duology:
These games should be remade in certain ways--most importantly to mark the REAL debut of Silver.

Storybook games:
I don't really care about these, really, but if fans want ports of them, by my guest.

Unleashed:
Of all the games released during the dark age of the late-2000s, Unleashed was hands-down the best, even if it left much to be desired. The soundtrack's epic, the level designs are awesome, story's good, and the Werehog levels are actually okay in their own way. The biggest let-downs are the Sun and Moon medal collecting, the tediousness of the Werehog levels (I particularly hate how the music keeps getting canceled out by the nighttime battle music), the exclusion of Knuckles (one of the "big four" heroes) in the story, and the difficulty of some of the levels (I never got to the Dark Gaia boss fight, but I hear it's friggin' brutal) - hard enough to make you smash your controller Markiplier-style.

My ideas are: iron out the kinks, add Knuckles and a few new levels, and lower the difficulty somewhat.

Colors:
For Colors, why not merge the Wii & DS versions into a single game? Just combine the DS version's better story, bigger cast, and other elements (the Chaos Emeralds, Super Sonic, Nega Mother Wisp, handheld-exclusive Wisps, etc.) with the Wii version's better graphics and soundtrack.

Generations:
One of the few games on this list that was just fine on its own: what I want is a port that combines all the stages and bosses from BOTH the console and handheld versions, as well as using the 3DS version of the final boss battle.

Lost World:
Okay, this is where Sega got cocky after the success of Generations and Colors. Porting it serves no other purpose than to explain why the hell Zavok is in Forces and TSR.

Sonic Boom games:
The first two of these were almost franchise-killers, making Sonic '06 look decent by comparison. Fire & Ice was much better, and I like the visuals and musical score.