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[Thoughts] Sonic Central 23/06/2023


The latest Sonic Central delivers the expected but didn't have any surprises

source: www.youtube.com/@SonictheHedgehog

This latest Sonic Central gave us a lot of what was expected, it does makes sense though, with the amount of Sonic content we have and will get this year. Sonic already has Sonic Origins Plus and Sonic Superstars as well as DLC for Frontiers for 2023. The show was a total of 20 minutes which is double what the previous one was and had quite a lot to it. As for what was in the showcase here is a full list:

- Sonic Origins Plus
- Sonic Frontiers Update 2
- Sonic Speed simulator Roblox
- Sonic Prime new episodes 
- Sonic Prime Dash
- Super Silver in Sonic Dash and Sonic Forces (Mobile)
- Lancelot for Sonic Dash and Sonic Dash Plus
- Classic Sonic joining several mobile games
- Several sonic music tracks in Samba De Amigo
- Sonic Symphony concert locations
- Tails Tube further episodes
- Several new pieces of Sonic merchandise 
- 5 new LEGO playsets
- Sonic Superstars
- Sonic Superstars x LEGO collab
- Sonic Movie 3 news

What's listed above may seem like a lot, but all of it is just updates for things we previously knew about. The second update for Sonic Frontiers was the main standout of this show. While it was expected, it exceeded expectations for sure, it seems to be a worthy update with quite a few fun additions. The things included in this update are a new game plus, new challenges, a new outfit and new moves. One of the new moves is the spin dash which is something fans have wanted in the game since release. The new merchandise looked good too, with there being a nice variety of merch shown. The shirts are the best amongst the merch shown, due to the cool designs on them. Other than this though, it was a bit boring and I don't really have anything else to say about what was shown.

I personally think that, it would have been cool if we had some type of surprise game announcement for maybe next year to look forward too but again I do get why there wasn't any new game announced. A demo for Sonic Superstars is something I wished for and would have been a nice surprise, sadly this did not happen. Seeing the third wave of Sonic Frontiers would have also been a big surprise as we were only expecting to see the second wave, but again, didn't happen. 

Overall, I would say the show was okay. The shows content could have been better, thought the presentation itself flowed fairly well, which definitely helped the show. That said, I look forward to what Sonic has coming up this year with Sonic Superstars and the Big final update for Frontiers. 

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