Sonic X Shadow Generations 'Sonic 3 Movie Pack' Adds Keanu Reeves

You're right, Shadow. You've really Entered the Matrix.

I really hope that this game runs properly on Switch. I've been dying for a Sonic game with Shadow for a really long time.

This is not the matrix!

So can this be bought separately from the digital deluxe version? I can't imagine them keeping this away from people who bought the expensive collectors edition.

Wish we could've gotten a better actor for Shadow. Keanu is a cool guy but has very limited range.

As long as its non-canon bonuses because boy did the sonic series became a mess in the 2010s and we're still recovering from that

@roy130390 Chances are that it'll run fine in the Switch, just like like Frontiers and Forces did. Shadow Generations, Frontiers and Forces all run on the same engine, which has never been a problem for Switch games in the past (and the Sonic Generations portion runs on an older version of the same engine). My guess is that you'll get a relatively stable 30fps at 720p on Switch with dramatically reduced visual detail/fidelity, but the game will be perfectly playable.

Honestly, the game isn't very impressively visually even on the high end consoles. This was also a problem for Frontiers. SEGA have to design their Sonic games with Switch in mind, because that's where the largest portion of the audience for them is. That can't take full advantage of the most powerful console hardware available because then the Switch audience would almost certainly suffer.

@Bratwurst35 You're not wrong about Keanu, though he has carved out a niche for himself where he can excel with that limited range. Personally I think a character like Shadow can fit into that niche, but that's just me. Not my first choice for the role but I can dig it.

By this point, I'm starting to wonder, why couldn't they release Shadow Generations as a standalone game? Or is it because there's not enough content in Shadow Generations for a standalone release?

@LXP8 According to Sonic Stadium it'll be available on 12th December on it's own.

@HammerGalladeBro They said the game is a bit shorter than the original Generations. How much shorter is a mystery, there's looking to be around 7 zones (before this DLC) as opposed to 9 in the original, but also an open world hub, more story focus and the levels are longer in length too (First stage is like 5-6 minutes compared to Green Hill being 2-ish minutes). I'm guessing it'll be as long as Sonic Forces was - 4 to 5 hours - with Sonic Generations being closer to 10, including side content.

Like Forces, this would probably be a $40 game by itself, but they threw in a Sonic Generations "remaster" (more of a port with some small new additions) to bump it up to $50 - $60 with the Deluxe Edition.

@Samalik yes because canon was clearly the issue with Sonic games. Not the fact that we've been stuck with the exact same gameplay style since 2008 that has devolved into mediocrity that we decided that instead of fixing the gameplay, the thing Sonic was known for before Adventure 2 happened and had a bunch of people who don't care about the video games join the community, that we should hire an egotistical man with zero talent for writing that hasn't evolved from his terrible fan comic from the early 2000s that the current fanbase simps for since he validates their insecurities and his own.

Because when it comes to Sonic, who cares about gameplay. It's the so-called lore that clearly is what's important for a franchise about a blue hedgehog fighting an egg shaped scientist that traps woodlen creatures into robots.

Not surprised at Movie Shadow skin, but having Keanu's voice in an actual Sonic game is sick.😄

@FurgelFrNurgle What's that? People care about characterization and world building in their character focused franchise? Time to get the pitch forks! How DARE SEGA TRY TO MAKE MEMORABLE CHARACTERS THAT DEFY THE FORGETABILITIES OF CORPERATE MASCOTS?!?!?!111?!?

"about a blue hedgehog fighting an egg shaped scientist that traps woodland creatures into robots."

Blah blah blah. Heard this a million times, and it's always the same drivel of dismissing things because "how dare you take this seriously when i don't care about it!!! It has talking animals!!" as if the most important stories in history aren't also doing the same thing. Please give a better argument than this derivative, cynical nonsense that's popular with those in their 50s. Sonic wouldn't have had soon to be 3 successful movies if it was just gameplay people cared about.

Never mentioned anything about gameplay btw, since this is Generations, which is already considered quality as is a majority of the boost games. So don't know why you treated me like your punching bag on the topic of gameplay.

@Samalik oh sorry, I didn't know characterization was the issue considering the that everyone agreed that Sonic (before Colors) was already a cool character. He was a character everyone aspired to be, the ideal, to better yourself to become a better person. But apparently, good characterization means that he has to share the insecurities of the fan base. World building? Give me a break dude, NO ONE who was into the Sonic video games ever cared about that garbage, you wanna know why? Cause that limits the potential of what you can do with a video game. By adding such a stupid restriction you ultimately make a boring lifeless world without any room for imagination. Want proof of that? Look at the last few games that came out, they reused the same aesthetics with the exact same stages over and over again. Honestly, the only people who care about that nonsense was the Adventure 2 fanbase. And that's a fact, people who liked SA2 NEVER liked the Sonic games, they only liked the terrible Archie comics with absolutely try hard storylines that's the most inorganic thing that I've ever seen to the point where it leaves everything so fragmented.

You can have serious moments, just look at the Mario and Zelda games. They have a lot of serious moments without it being so jarring that it was clearly written by an egotistical loser that the fanbase salivates for just because he makes all those awful fanfics come true. Also we've had serious storylines that still felt believable that it could take place in Sonic's world. Adventure 1 was good, Sonic Unleashed was fantastic, heck Riders and Black Knight all had great stories that were a little more serious. But for some reason, serious means "dark" apparently. And it means replicating Adventure 2's story, which newsflash, was never good or well written. Although I'd argue it's worse now since we have a literal fanfic writer who doesn't like the games writing for the games.

Sonic used to have integrity, he was an icon, he was someone I aspired to be. Now? He's a complete joke, no integrity, now is just a used sack for the fan base to make their insecurities that people who don't love themselves enough gravitate towards.

So excuse me, if I don't see eye to eye with this nonsense of characterization when that has NEVER been the issue with the character. Proof? Look at all the fan content from the early 2000s, everyone agreed Sonic was cool. Nowadays? He's a pathetic punching bag. And apparently, having cool characters is considered a "bad" thing in current era. Now everyone's gotta be "relatable" which funnily makes the whole thing feel extremely homogenized

And Sega doesn't seem to care anymore either. You know what I remember? When Sega initially declined Nintendo's request if they could add Sonic to Smash Bros. Nowadays, that really sticks out to me. It's almost like Sega really used to value this character. And they saw the worth in their own creation and were very proud of it. But now? Seems like they don't care anymore, they let the fanbase define what the character is, and this, Sega no longer cares about their creation. After all, it's the same company that let a bunch of idiots (including Iizuka and Kishimoto) ruin this once beloved icon.