- Jossed. With exception of bonus levels, this game is completely linear.
- Some of the Deadly Six get what appear to be Ki Manipulation, but other than that Jossed.
- Jossed: Word of God stated that it was just a mere coincidence.
- Jossed. The Chaos Emeralds are completely optional and have zero bearing on the plot. They aren't even mentioned.
- Considering that the main enemies are his robots, the Six Guardians (emphasis on "Guardians") are from a floating land, and Eggman being the main Big Bad in Colours and Generations this is very, very plausible.
- Jossed - Eggman is wholly against the Deadly Six after their betrayal and teams up with Sonic to defeat them and buy time for his latest mech to charge up.
- Adramelech (red), Shalim (white), Ninsar (green), Gurzil (purple), Zababa (yellow), and Cebren (blue or cyan). All swiped from various pantheons.
- Jossed. They have names.
- Or is otherwise related to the planets seen in Sonic Colors, which is why we see Wisps here.
- Alternatively, Lost Hex is the original version of the wisps' home worlds. Recall that at the end of Colors, they zap the planets out of the chains to Eggman's Interstellar Amusement Park. So, couldn't it logically follow that after cleaning all the EIAP construction off that Windy Hill could actually be another part of Planet Wisp? Or maybe Desert Ruins is the original Sweet Mountain. IN ADDITION, there seem to be 6 main worlds in Lost World and 6 planets in Sonic Colors, two of which have similar level tropes to the ones revealed in Lost World so far.
- Eggman is the Final Boss, but the Deadly Six are not present then, their fates uncertain.
- Jossed - they're certainly organic beings who are older than Eggman at least a century and overpowering Eggman was definitely not part of his plan.
- Jossed. Once free of Eggman, they attempt to kill Earth and everything on it just to enhance their abilities.
- The characters get them as the plot goes along (most games since Sonic Adventure).
- Completely optional, but needed to see the true ending of the game (Sonic Heroes).
- Just there for the player to collect if he or she chooses to (Sonic Colors).
- You get a Chaos Emerald by collecting all the Red Rings in a world. Getting all the emeralds unlocks Super Sonic and nothing else.
- You think with Nintendo partnering with Sega this wouldn't happen?
- Nope, there don't seem to be any.
- Until now: DLC includes a Yoshi's Island themed stage, and there seems to be a The Legend of Zelda themed stage coming as well.
- They share the same colors (red, green, yellow, purple, cyan, and violet), but unlike the Emeralds, the Wisps are confirmed to return and are part of the gameplay.
- Their boss fights will utilize the Wisp powers. Why? Partially because it would variate the bosses, and partially because it seems like it'd be awesome.
- This one in particular is jossed unfortunately.
- The new cutscene shows them controlling Eggman's robots, and Eggman did use the Wisps' hyper-go-on power to make a mind control weapon.
- We already have Troy Baker and Roger Craig Smith on the team (voicing Espio and Sonic). It would make sense to introduce more well-known voice actors to the series to raise awareness of it. Here's hoping for Nolan North and Courtnee Draper! (Because she's finished recording two "other" games, may or may not have worked with the former, and because this is a WMG page)
- I'm calling it: one of the Deadly Six will be voiced by Troy Baker anyway.
- Well, Dan Green is back, voicing Zavok. That's a start.
- Something tells me that Zazz is being voiced by Kirk Thornton.
- Voices: Travis Willingham (Zavok), Patrick Seitz (Zomom), Kirk Thornton (Zik), Stephanie Sheh (Zeena), Sam Riegel (Zor), Liam O'Brien (Zazz).
- Given how the prequel comic showed Zavok not taking too kindly to foreigners and threatening to kill Eggman as soon as they first met, this may well be likely...
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Namely the Wisps being more powerful than the Chaos Emeralds and them being able to fight Eggman's control.
- Jossed: The Wisps aren't mentioned at all in the story.
- Both Asteroid and Violet Void have similar powers based around gravity, and are of similar colour as well. The Asteroid wisp seems like a cutesier version of the Void wisp, where instead of eating everything like a black hole it just pulls it into orbit like an asteroid belt.
- Or he's simply a Suspiciously Similar Substitute.
- Even though there was only Frenzy and Void for corrupted wisps, who's to say that only two kinds were corrupted by Eggman? It stands to reason that these two new wisps could also be purfied wisps after the event of Sonic Colors.
- In this newly released cutscene, Eggman mentioned giving the Deadly Six a giant sandwich.
- Confirmed.◊
- "You're going home in a box." Zazz, because he seems to be the crazy one of the group.
- Confirmed by the newest trailer.
- "I'm going to skin you alive." Zazz again, for the same reason as above.
- "I long for death's cold embrace." Zor, because he's clearly meant to look like an emo person.
- Confirmed. Ironic as he says it as he kinda-sorta-maybe falls to his death in lava.
- "I'll get fat from eating your black hearts." Not sure, really. Sounds like something Zavok would say.
- Actually a line by Eggman to the Deadly Six.
- "One second you're contemplating genocide." Sounds like an Eggman line.
- Close. Sonic says this to Eggman, who actually had been contemplating destroying the entirety of Lost Hex a moment prior.
- "As long as I can still strangle a Zeti, my hands are fine." Clearly none of the Deadly Six. Probably either Knuckles or Eggman.
- Confirmed to be Eggman.
- Jossed - the Cacophonic Shell never appears again after Sonic kicks it away.
... alternatively, they're used for Chao Gardens
- Jossed and jossed. Not only does Tails not utilize animal batteries in his machinery, the only purpose animals have is to unlock the next Zone. Plus, no Chao Gardens, sadly.
- Jossed - it disappears after Sonic kicks it away, and is not sentient.
SEGA is going into maximum fanservice mode for this game, and there isn't much better fanservice than an official incarnation of a scrapped level fans have been recreating for years.
- Nope. Better luck next time.
- Actually, act 4 of Frozen Factory could be a reference to the cut Winter Hill Zone from Sonic 2. A lot of elements in FF look pretty close to how WHZ was described. Also helped by the fact that the stage occasionally segues into areas that are blatantly based off of Metropolis Zone.
- "I long for death's cold embrace" in particular happens to be quite funny in context involving lava, but most of the other lines are used seriously.
- Jossed. All of the Deadly Six are Zeti, a species native to the Lost Hex, and do not have any non-Zeti members. Plus, Zonic is a character from the Archie Comics.
- Well it's not so much mind control as it is controlling magnetic fields.
- While the game at first looks bright and colorful, like the past two games, the later dark tones in the story (including several characters who were temporarily killed off, and the Deadly Six mentioning grisly murdering) blew it down. Much like the OTHER two games before.
- Think about it. The Deadly Six wanted to turn Sonic into a robot. This could be a reference to an original plot point in which Metal Sonic teamed up with them or decided to help them in exchange for killing Sonic.
The recent games Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations, Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II have all seen the return of Tails as Sonic's equal established way back in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. (Tails is non-playable, but it's still apparent.) In the cutscenes of this game, Knuckles is going on and on about how he could have done it better. As matter of fact, for the first time since his stint as a Power Character in Sonic Heroes Knuckles isn't inflicted with the Idiot Ball or some cheap comedic gag. (Watch the cutscenes of any game between Sonic Heroes and Sonic Colors).
Sonic 3 & Knuckles established Knuckles as being just as good of a character as Sonic. Knuckles' opening cutscene is knocking the Chaos Emeralds out of Super Sonic! Sure, Knuckles couldn't jump as high or use the elemental shields, but Knuckles could glide, climb walls, and get to areas that Sonic never could, and just like Sonic, he could use the Chaos Emeralds AND Super Emeralds. Since the horrors of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic has been restored to his original self. Tails has been returned to his level, something not seen since Sonic Adventure, (he spends Sonic Adventure 2 entirely in a mech and Sonic Heroes carrying Sonic and Knuckles when you play as him.). And after an appearance that goes against the trend of his other recent appearances, it looks like Knuckles may be getting set up for his own return to competence.
- Jossed simply because he doesn't get in onto the action. In fact, him, alongside Amy, were two of the known beings that had their life forced drained by the Deadly Six.
- And the reason why Mario & co. are nowhere to be found is because they're all visiting the Sprixie Kingdom.
- But then why don’t we see any ? blocks, Toads, pipes, Mario enemies, or Peach’s Castle?
- This could work, since Sonic went to Yoshi's Island (via Wii U DLC), and he should be heading to Hyrule soon.
- 1. He discovered a group of creatures just like him and tricked them into thinking of him as a god, much like he did with the creatures of Zill.
- 2. He created 6 more Zeti like him to use as slaves and/or companions.
- The radiation that mutated him eventually took it's toll and killed him, leaving the Deadly Sox behind.
- This also explains the Zetis' ability to manipulate machines and mechs. The Duke was an inventor and made a robot army to conquer Oriana.
- Now this makes perfect sense! Too bad Sega won't say, but let's have it headcanon'd anyway.
- Seemingly Jossed, as they refer to each other by their names, even after deposing Eggman.
- He certainly seemed to be planning to do the exact same thing at the end of the game.
- Zavok has some level of Tranquil Fury, and is dangerous when it breaks, so he represents Wrath.
- Zor is whiny and nihilistic. He would likely represent Envy.
- Zor and Zomnom share Sloth since they are not easily motivated.
- Zomom is obviously Gluttony, as he is hungry enough to eat anything, even his enemies.
- Master Zik, Zavok, and Zeena share Pride.
- Zik is Zavok's mentor, so he would take pride in teaching his successor.
- Zavok, as leader is proud of his strength.
- Zeena takes great pride in her beauty (as far as the English dub goes), prioritizing in keeping herself groomed before facing Sonic.
- Zeena possesses Greed, always desiring to get what she wants.
- Zazz is a rare non-sexual example of Lust, as he takes extreme pleasure in violence.