Sonic Origins Plus is out today, and as is traditional when marketing video games, we have the launch trailer to show for it. We didn't, however, anticipate Amy stealing it in such total fashion or anticipate the nostalgic wave her Super State transformation brought on.
The transformation into one's Super State is well-documented, with decades of precedent in established Sonic canon. Triggered by harnessing the positive power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, its physical manifestation is so strikingly similar to the concept of a Super Saiyan from the Dragon Ball Z series that confusion remains to this day as to which came first, probably making both more memorable in the process.
Long story short (and as near as we can tell), Super Sonic was conceived first by soon-to-be-sentenced creator Yuki Naka but not designed until after the manga debut of the first Super Saiyan transformation in March 1991.
It seems quite apparent now, with the benefit of hindsight, Naka took some level of inspiration from or intended the Super State to be a kind of homage to Akira Toriyama (who primarily came up with the design in the first place so his assistant didn't have to spend so much time shading Goku's hair black), but we digress.
Amy, along with numerous other characters in the intervening years, has achieved their own Super State in connected media appearances, of course. Still, it will be something of a trip to get to gather those classic Chaos Emeralds again as someone new. Have you ever wondered which came first, Super Sonic or Super Saiyan? Let us know if we got the story straight in the comments section below.
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Does it? Super Saiyan debuted in 1991, a full year before Sonic 2 released. They also bumped the number of Chaos Emeralds from six to seven, which can't be a coincidence.
EDIT: I see this is addressed later, and I'll just stress that nobody should take a thing Naka says seriously at all. Dude is a liar and a narcissist (and now a felon).
Anyway, that aside, Amy is the best.
@FenIsMightier Bumping up the chaos emeralds from 6 to 7 may not be a coincidence but it does make complete sense in-universe as it explains why there was no Super Sonic in the first game.
Its simple in its genius actually. Too many writers try to retcon using complex explanations when all you really needed was ''Sonic was missing one.''
It's weird this has reviews only for the PS5 version on metacritic. You'd have thought they would send review codes for Switch or PC with this releasing near FF XVI.
@FenIsMightier Neither Super Saiyan nor Sonic 2 was the first time a character levelled up, changed appearance and got an aura around them like this, this aesthetic far pre-dates both.
Additionally Sonic 2 was actually made in California at Sega Technical Institute led by Mark Cerny, including convincing Naka to come back on board after he quit Sega Japan. But I agree about Naka.
@themightyant There's waaaaaaaaay more similarity in the homage than just "powering up" and an aura. And the only evidence people can point to that indicates that Super Sonic isn't an homage to Super Sayains is a quote from Naka. And Naka isn't even the creator of Sonic; that's Naoto Ohshima. Naka was just a whizz-kid programmer that took all the credit.
Transformed at Last, the episode that debuts Super Sayain, aired on June 12, 1991 — 11 days before the first Sonic the Hedgehog game released. The idea that Naka, of all people, had the concept for Super Sonic during the development of the first game and just sat on it is as credible as Flat Earth.
@FenIsMightier I'm not suggesting Naka had the idea for Super Sonic, or that it an original idea. I agree with that. I'm stating that Super Saiyan wasn't the only origin of this, though clearly it's ONE of the inspirations.
Meh... maybe if they had added mighty and ray.
And I bet Sonic 3 and Knuckles still doesn't have its og music
Spoiler alert: As expected, Hyper Amy is officially a real thing as well.😉
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