Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20170323070905/@comment-1669199-20170325073842

KillRoy231 wrote: But if it's in the main continuity, wouldn't that technically make it a sequel to Sonic Lost World? (Like Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I is a prequel to Sonic CD with the big introduction of Metal Sonic at the end)

Or, if Sonic Mania came out first, wouldn't Sonic Forces be a sequel to it, and it a sequel to Lost World? A game series could introduce an installment at any point in the series' timeline it wants to, really. For all we know, Sonic Mania could be an interquel between Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, while the other game could take place between Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes. It's also just as possible that both these games are sequels to Sonic Lost World. But we don't really know anything for sure, do we?

We can speculate when these games take place all we'd like, but until we have solid information on when these games take place I wouldn't make big random assumptions right and left because you could very well be mistaken. Besides, I find the whole notion that because Eggman has succeeded in conquering the world in the beginning of Sonic Forces it must be a definite sign that SEGA/Sonic Team are thinking of rebooting the entire series to be quite silly, because there is absolutely no evidence right now to suggest that it exactly what they are planning to do. It's the same thing with your fears over Sonic Mania likely getting cancelled in light of the game's recent delay. Claims which, I must remind you, you are basing on the game being delayed twice. Everyone else is saying it was only delayed once, but for the sake of argument I'll say that you're right and that it was actually delayed twice now. My response is thus: So what?

So it was delayed twice now. Does the delays in of themselves indicate that the game could be on the road to being eventually cancelled? I'd personally say no, because I don't think most people would think that a delay in of itself is a sign of disaster waiting to happen. Is there any actual information as to the reasons behind the delays that are available that show things going on behind the scenes that would give actual weight to this idea? Because if there isn't, then why should anyone believe that what you fear may come to pass is in any way based in reality? In the beginning of this thread you go on a tirade on how a film, season, and game "ALWAYS turns out" to eventually be delay-bombed into outright cancellation the instant any media we hardly know anything about is announced to be delayed for whatever reason, but you don't offer any explanation as to why this happens as often as you claim it to, nor do you cite any examples of games, television, film, or any other media having had something like this happen to them. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people saw what you're saying in this thread as something along the lines of fear mongering, because in essence that appears to be exactly what you're doing. You're jumping to massive conclusions based on virtually nothing that's verifiable.