History Awesome / SonicUnleashed

** The implication that Sonic managed to go through an entire adventure prior to the intro, collect all the Chaos Emeralds and find a way to launch himself into space hard enough to burst into Eggman's flagship and deliver an explosive entry. He just had an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, still tears through part of Eggman's fleet like a hot knife through butter, and when he's down and out, he still gets back up again for a whole 'nother go like his loss didn't even happen! And while Eggman does mobilize a reserve set of forces across the world for his resumed takeover, he ''never'' pulls out quite as many stops as he did here, not even with [[ThatOneLevel Eggmanland]], showing that despite all of his scheming Sonic still managed to hit him where it hurt and made it count.

* The reveal that the reason Sonic's mind was unaffected by Dark Gaia's energy was that he was strong enough to resist it. To put things into perspective, the story takes place across many countries and you meet people who were possessed by Dark Gaia all over the world, and not a single one of them was able to resist it. Sonic's body was possessed by more Dark Gaia energy than anyone else, even being mutated by it, [[{{Determinator}} yet he managed to resist its influence]] ''[[HeroicSpirit without even trying]]''.
* On a meta example, beating Eggmanland for the first time on the HD version. You just beat the hardest level in the entire franchise.
* Looking at the way fan opinion about ''Unleashed'' has turned around, it's almost heartwarming. Sonic Team may have got an endless amount of criticism from everyone for this game, but in the end, ''[[EarnYourHappyEnding they won]]''.

* WHAT ABOUT EGGMAN!?! He faked a Wily surrender, and just when Sonic thinks he just defeated Eggman, Eggman uses a machine to suck all of the power out of Sonic, the best part being it was in Super form, and then, he finally builds Eggman Land, something he has promised to do for THE ENTIRE SERIES!!

** The implication that Sonic managed to go through an entire adventure prior to the intro, collect all the Chaos Emeralds and find a way to launch himself into space hard enough to burst into Eggman's flagship and deliver an explosive entry. He just had an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, still tears through all of Eggman's fleet like a hot knife through butter, and when he's down and out, he still gets back up again for a whole 'nother go. And while Eggman does mobilize a reserve set of forces across the world for his resumed takeover, he ''never'' pulls out quite as many stops as he did here, not even with [[ThatOneLevel Eggmanland]], showing that despite all of his scheming Sonic still managed to hit him where it hurt and made it count.

** The implication that Sonic managed to go through an entire adventure prior to the intro, collect all the Chaos Emeralds and find a way to launch himself into space hard enough to burst into Eggman's flagship and deliver an explosive entry. He just had an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome, still tears through all of Eggman's imminent army like a hot knife through butter, and when he's down and out, he still gets back up again for a whole 'nother go -- and ''kept'' the Emeralds on him rather than having to go collect them all over again.

* Looking at the way fan opinion about SU has turned around, it's almost heartwarming. Sonic Team may have got an endless amount of criticism from everyone for this game, but in the end, ''they won''.

* Looking at the way fan opinion about SU has turned around, it's almost heartwarming. Sonic Team may have got an endless amount of crap from everyone for this game, but in the end, ''they won''.