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Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I don't think it will be a reboot, the very least as a soft-reboot via time traveling. Chances are it'll be vague about it like Sonic '06 was.

I do believe however the story may involve time travel to the point of history being rewritten, as I evaluated here. Judging by the trailer, my guess the story is about Sonic ending up in a timeline where he never beat Dr. Eggman who had conquered the world and now must fight to restore the timeline to how it was.

If I am right then by the end of the game it maybe ambiguous how much of the original continuity he has restored.

Another reason why I don't believe Sonic '17 is a reboot is because we may have a "Sonic Generations 2" in the future, perhaps after 9 more games or so. So the games before Sonic '17 would still be valid just as Sonic '06 was in Sonic Generations. So it's obvious it might go for a New 52 DC Flashpoint treatment I guess. Maybe but I honestly hope not. To just disregard history and sweep it under the table, thats what Archie Sonic comics did. Granted Penders lawsuit gave them little choice but the Super Genesis Wave wasn't met with much praise.

To do so with the actual games I believe fans would be just as dissapointed, or more so. They don't want Sega to just disregard the past games, they refused too.

Sonic '06 was suppose to be a reboot, as in Sonic's first ever adventure. The fans refused to accept this, like a fan-community headcanon that Sega yielded to because they knew Sonic '06 was better off as just another adventure to Sonic than the foundations of a brand new era of Sonic.

Another thing is that so far Sonic Generations is regarded the best Sonic game we have so far, this is because it is not only praised for it's gameplay but because it's a tribute of Sonic's history. It feeds out nostalgia. Just because Sonic is all about moving onto the future doesn't mean the fans don't treasure the past.

The very least you're right and Sonic '17 will have a Flashpoint like story, where Eggman messes with the timeline and Sonic restores it to the best of his abilities but some minor changes here and there. All past Sonic games would still count but only to a degree.