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702085 wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Just Sonic, Tails and maybe Knuckles and Amy would be enough. No need for a full roster of characters to tell a story.

Shadow will perhaps be in the movie, but he's in almost anything now. Well, there is gotta be a way for those characters I mentioned to be connected to the story and be quite helpful despite that they are a lot.

Peradectes wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Just Sonic, Tails and maybe Knuckles and Amy would be enough. No need for a full roster of characters to tell a story.

Shadow will perhaps be in the movie, but he's in almost anything now. I would have to say that the Chaotix would make good characters as well, along with Fang, Ray and Mighty. Sometimes in a story, having too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Sure if characters other than Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman are needed for specific roles then yeah, it is best to use existing characters that we all love than the need to make new ones.

However if all of these wonderful characters are not needed, then they shouldn't be shoe-horned for the sake of popularity. It's what happens to Shadow the Hedgehog quite often. "He is popular so just add him for no reason". Rise of Lyric is an example of this.

Since we're talking about a movie, not a game, I think additional characters should either be minor background characters for fan service or involved in the post-credit scene.

Sonic doesn't need dozens of chefs in the kitchen to scramble an egg.