History Trivia / SonicChronicles

* FranchiseKiller: Not the franchise as a whole, but this game can be considered an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom when it came to what ultimately happened to the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the comic]]. It's overuse of elements from the comics ended up causing a lawsuit from Ken Penders; which not only killed what hopes ''Sonic Chronicles'' had for a sequel but also ended up gutting a large part of the comic's cast when Penders left with the rights for the characters after winning the said lawsuit. This disaster caused SEGA to take a more active approach when it came to the comic to prevent a situation like this from happening again, which in turn caused friction between them and Archie which, among other reasons such as financial concerns, caused Archie to ultimately pull the plug on the comic. Unfortunately, this is still a distinction still going on to this day as, even when moving to IDW and rebooting the comic, Sega still continues their mandates for what can and can't be down with the series. Heck believe it or not this even ended up affecting ''VideoGame/SonicBoom'' as well since Sega used said active approach for that game's story and characterization too. So yeah, the whole debacle surrounding this game had ''very'' long reaching consequences.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Since the whole debacle with Penders claiming the Brotherhood characters were copying from his works, it's ''very'' unlikely Shade, Ix and the Marauders will ever be seen another Sonic media again.

* FranchiseKiller: Not the franchise as a whole, but this game can be considered an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom when it came to what ultimately happened to the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the comic]]. It's overuse of elements from the comics ended up causing a lawsuit from Ken Penders; which not only killed what hopes ''Sonic Chronicles'' had for a sequel but also ended up gutting a large part of the comic's cast when Penders left with the rights for the characters after winning the said lawsuit. This disaster caused SEGA to take a more active approach when it came to the comic to prevent a situation like this from happening again, which in turn caused friction between them and Archie which, among other reasons such as financial concerns, caused Archie to ultimately pull the plug on the comic.

** Echidna versions of all the Blue Ridge Zone Sidequest characters, notably Timothy and his Father, less hilariously actually a child named Timmy, along with dialogue to match that fact.
** A robot Echidna with an arm cannon (Think Mega Man)
** Unused art for items (And possibly the items themselves)

* FranchiseKiller: Not the franchise as a whole but this game can be considered an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom when it came to what ultimately happened to the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the comic]]. It's overuse of elements from the comics ended up causing a lawsuit from Ken Penders; which not only killed what hopes ''Sonic Chronicles'' had for a sequel but also ended up gutting a large part of the comic's cast when Penders left with the rights for the characters after winning the said lawsuit. This disaster caused SEGA to take a more active approach when it came to the comic to prevent a situation like this from happening again, which in turn caused friction between them and Archie which, among other reasons such as financial concerns, caused Archie to ultimately pull the plug on the comic.

* ScrewedByTheLaywers: Since the whole debacle with Penders claiming the Brotherhood characters were copying from his works, it's ''very'' unlikely Shade, Ix and the Marauders will ever be seen another Sonic media again.

* FranchiseKiller: Not the franchise as a whole but this game can be considered an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom when it came to what ultimately happened to the [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog the comic]]. It's overuse of elements from the comics ended up causing a lawsuit from Ken Penders; which not only killed what hopes ''Sonic Chronicles'' had for a sequel but also ended up gutted a large part of the comic's cast when Penders left with the rights for the characters after winning said lawsuit. This disaster caused SEGA to take a more active approach when it came to the comic to prevent a situation like this from happening again, which in turn caused friction between them and Archie which, among other reasons such as financial concerns, caused Archie to ultimately pull the plug on the comic.

* FranchiseKiller: [[SoOkayItsAverage Lukewarm reception]] and the lawsuit from Ken Penders not only killed ''Sonic Chronicles'' but also damaged the Archie comic (see [[Trivia/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog this page]] for more about how that continuity turned out).

* DummiedOut: Farfinkle, one of the viral Chao, cannot be unlocked in the Japanese version of the game. This involves a GameBreakingBug with it's special ability to inflict a random status effect.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Shade and the Nocturnus clan are unlikely to show up in any of the games or comics again after the lawsuit by Ken Penders.

* VaporWare: The sequel, thanks to two main factors:
** ScrewedByTheLawyers: More famously we have the case against EA and Ken Penders, who went after them after being pointed out that the Dark Brotherhood were {{Expies}} of his Dark Legion from ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Which started off his rampaging litigation into taking control back of virtually every character he created for the series.
** Less famously, Bioware seems to have completely shut down any and all handheld development that isn't part of their ''Jade Empire'' series (which also seems to be Vapor Ware after four years of no updates).

* FlipFlopOfGod: Kevin Eva, who was the community manager of Sega Europe in the mid-2000s, [[https://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/19847-segas-secret-sonic-bible-that-well-probably-never-see-to-mars/?page=10#comment-964735 stated]] that ''Sonic Chronicles'' is non-canon to the main games. However Aaron Webber, who is a social media coordinator at Sega of America [[https://youtu.be/axAvQSg1mM0?t=529 stated]] that "everything is canon".

* FranchiseKiller: The game not performing up to the expectations critics and fans had levied on it and Ken Penders coming after EA, who bought the developer of the game, Bioware, full-force after its take on a Sonic universe convinced him that no one else could work Expies of his characters turned ''Sonic Chronicles'' into this for both the game franchise and the Archie comic.
* StillbornFranchise: The game was not well received enough to get work on a sequel going at a Sonic-level speed, and when Penders rose up in 2010, it put the kibosh on the plans for the RPG series
* VaporWare: The sequel. That is, assuming it's still in the works.
** ScrewedByTheLawyers: It's probably being held up due to the case against EA and Ken Penders, who went after them after being pointed out that the Dark Brotherhood were {{Expies}} of his Dark Legion from ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Which started off his rampaging litigation into taking control back of virtually every character he created for the series.
** What's worse, Bioware seems to have completely shut down any and all handheld development that isn't part of their ''Jade Empire'' series (which also seems to be Vapor Ware after four years of no updates).

* FranchiseKiller: The game not performing up to the expectations critics and fans had levied on it and Ken Penders coming after EA, who bought the developer of the game, Bioware, full-force after its take on a Sonic universe convinced him that no one else could work Expies of his characters turned Sonic Chronicles into this for both the game franchise and the Archie comic.

* FranchiseKiller: The game not performing up to the expectations critics and fans had laid on it and Ken Penders coming after EA, who bought the developer of the game, Bioware, full-force after its take on a Sonic universe convinced him that no one else could work Expies of his characters turned Sonic Chronicles into this for both the game franchise and the Archie comic.

* StillbornFranchise: The game was not well received enough to get work on a sequel going, and when Penders rose up in 2010, it put the kibosh on the plans for the RPG series

* DummiedOut: Farfinkle, one of the viral chao, cannot be unlocked in the Japanese version of the game. This involves a GameBreakingBug with it's special ability to inflict a random status effect.

** What's worse, Bioware seems to have completely shut down any and all handheld development that isn't part of their ''Jade Empire'' series (which also seems to be Vapor Ware after four years of no updates).

** ScrewedByTheLawyers: It's probably being held up due to the case against EA and Ken Penders, who went after them after being pointed out that the Dark Brotherhood were {{Expies}} of his Dark Legion from ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''. Which started off his rampaging litigation into taking control back of virtually every character he created for the series.

* VaporWare: The sequel. That is, assuming it's still in the works.

* DevelopmentHell: The sequel. That is, assuming it's still in the works.
** VaporWare more like.

* DevelopmentHell: The sequel. That is, assuming it's still in the works.

* DevelopmentHell: The sequel. [[VaporWare That is, assuming it's still in the works]].