It’s not just Sonic’s anniversary this year.
Check out our new Amazon collection celebrating some of our other star-studded, anniversary-having cast including Shadow, Rouge, Silver, and Dr. Eggman. Available in the US and EU.
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SEGA let suburban white kids with YouTube accounts tell them in YouTube videos that Sonic’s Japanese roots and hip hop/black crossover style in the 2000s were “boring” and “cringe” and since the 2010s we haven’t had any seasonin’ in the franchise.
The kid sidekick is a symbol of innocence, hope and endless possibility worth guiding and protecting.
Silver has always had to be his own hope. Soft, childish innocence couldn't survive in Crisis City. When Silver was Tails' age, he was already fighting Iblis himself every day.
Sonic's playful in their first encounter. Silver's not having it. Next time, Silver recalls that playfulness and challenges Sonic to a "game" as a means to an end.
After that, he makes a habit of showing Sonic games he might think are fun. Silver starts to genuinely get into it.
Shadow understands Silver well.
He intuits how much Silver just wants answers and how Mephiles used that. He recognizes his strengths and weaknesses.
Shadow even knows him well enough to translate what he means when Silver's blunt manner of speaking comes off the wrong way.
If Silver gets his own game, his own story, then there should be ZERO appearance of Blaze. He can stand on his own two feet without needing Blaze, Shadow, or any other character in HIS future.