History Trivia / SonicGenerations

* FanNickname: The fire tornado in Classic Crisis City that [[spoiler:[[MovingTheGoalposts drags the goal post away]]]] has been affectionately dubbed the Trollnado. [[spoiler:The goalpost is called the Trollpost.]]

* FlipFlopOfGod: A [[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6314215/sonic-generations-speeding-to-3ds-pc financial report]] confirmed that it would go to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and PC... then it was disconfirmed [[http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=15437 in an update]] to said paper. Only for the 3DS version to be ''[[http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2011/06/01/nintendo-3ds-two-sonics-one-epic-adventure/ reconfirmed]]'' later.
** And then the PC version was reconfirmed much later.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The first demo was made available on June 23, 2011, exactly 20 years after the first ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' was released. This is fitting, as it's a game about Sonic's history.

* NamesTheSame: The Time Eater is a monster and the main villian of another [[VideoGame/SuperdimensionNeptuneVsSegaHardGirls Sega-related game that has a time travelling plot and has two playable protagonists and one of them is a blue-themed character that sports a red shoe and is related to gold rings]]. Monster in said game looks like the unholy fusion of [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Perfect Chaos]] and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 the Biolizard]], with a bit of [[Film/GodzillaVsBiollante Biollante]].
* NoExportForYou: The massive [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition collector's edition]] set is exclusive to Europe and Australia.
** And it was later revealed that [[http://www.sonicstadium.org/2011/11/japan-sonic-generations-20th-anniversary-set-revealed/ Japan]] was getting an exclusive special 20th Anniversary set as well. 'Tis a sad year to be an American Sonic Fan...

* RoleReprise: In the French dub, all of the voice actors from ''Anime/SonicX'' reprised their respective roles, [[Main/TheOtherDarrin with the exception of Vector]]. They've since continued to voice these characters in the subsequent games.
* TalkingToHimself: Quite literally with Classic and Modern Tails, who are both voiced by Creator/KateHiggins. Averted in the Japanese version, where Classic Tails is voiced by Takuto Yoshinaga, while Creator/RyoHirohashi voices Modern Tails.
** And [[spoiler:[[Creator/MikePollock both]] [[Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka Eggmen]]]].
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: For a brief while, it was rumored that Classic Sonic is mute largely because they couldn't get [[MythologyGag Jaleel]] [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog White]] to return to do his voice. [[http://www.tssznews.com/2011/10/10/white-i-wasnt-approached-by-sega-to-voice-generationss-classic-sonic/ It turns out that White was never approached by SEGA to voice Classic Sonic.]]
** There was also a rumour of DLC stages being released. Apart from the Casino Night pinball minigame this was false (Though Sega did mention that they did consider making a DLC stage based on [[VideoGame/SonicCD Wacky Workbench]])
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod, they had hoped to make all acts playable by Classic and Modern Sonic alike. Indeed, it is possible to hack or glitch the game so that you can play Modern Sonic in Classic levels, viewed from a 3D perspective -- the Classic levels look very unfinished when viewed in this way, however. The game reportedly crashes in various ways when attempting these hacks: e.g. when Classic Sonic triggers a rainbow loop, or when Modern Sonic doesn't stop after the Classic Finish Panel and falls through the level geometry... [[spoiler:You can, at least, unlock the Modern Sonic homing attack, à-la-''Sonic 4'', for Classic Sonic, after collecting enough red rings in the Modern Era Act 1 levels...]]

** Interestingly enough, The Big Arms boss from the 3DS version originally had a remix of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXWMurAdls Doomsday Zone]] instead of the normal final boss theme, while the exact reason for it's cut is unknown, it's most likely to stay true to the original fight.

** Originally the game was going to have three Sonics, with the third being "Dreamcast Sonic", who would have been voiced by Ryan Drummond. However, Ryan turned down the offer, so Dreamcast Sonic was scrapped and the final game had just Classic and Modern Sonic. Also, one of the staff at Sega of America did say that if Classic Sonic were to speak, he would have to be voiced by Jaleel White, but Jaleel was never approached about doing the role and they eventually decided to make Classic Sonic mute.

* TheOtherDarrin: The entire English voice cast was replaced, the sole exception being Creator/MikePollock, who stayed in the role of Dr. Eggman (and, as of 2018, is still voicing him).

** And [[spoiler:[[Creator/MikePollock both Eggmen]]]].

* RoleReprisal: In the French dub, all of the voice actors from ''Anime/SonicX'' reprised their respective roles, [[Main/TheOtherDarrin with the exception of Vector]]. They've since continued to voice these characters in the subsequent games.

** That's only going by the [=PS360/PC=] version of the game (''Heroes'' is considered to be part of the Modern era in the 3DS version) and purely for pragmatic reasons (so that there'd be an even number of stages per era), though.
*** To clarify, while the PS360 version of the game has Seaside Hill to represent VideoGame/SonicHeroes, the 3DS version uses a boss instead, the Egg Emperor, that serves as a boss for the Modern Era, and all 7 of the game's Special Stages are directly taken from the Heroes style.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Ian Flynn, head writer of [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog Archie Sonic comics]], believes the Time Eater is what remains of Mephiles after the time reset from Sonic 2006. This is not confirmed nor denied by Sega.

* WordOfSaintPaul: Ian Flynn, head writer of Archie Sonic comics, believes the Time Eater is what remains of Mephiles after the time reset from Sonic 2006. This is not confirmed nor denied by Sega.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Takashi Iizuka in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQQ16PLBXc Sonic Boom 2013 - Q&A]] said ''Sonic Generations'' is an [[MilestoneCelebration anniversary game]], which causes certain fans to interpret as "[[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]]", despite that this would also apply to every other anniversary game, such as ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. [[note]]The confusion likely stems from ''Generations'' and the 15th anniversary game, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', both having been hyped up as the current MilestoneCelebration and the current generation's end-all-be-all ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' experience. The 10th anniversary game, the aforementioned ''Sonic Adventure 2'', received far less emphasis on its MilestoneCelebration status, and thus it doesn't get compared to ''[='=]06'' or ''Generations'' as often as those two games are compared to each other. ''Sonic '06'' is [[ResetButtonEnding explicitly]] non-canon. ''[=SA2=]'' and ''Generations'' are both part of the series canon, but that doesn't stop [[FanDumb some people]] from treating ''[=SA2=]'', ''[='=]06'', and ''Generations'' as being the same because they're all anniversary titles.[[/note]]

* RoleReprisal: In the French dub, all of the voice actors from Anime/SonicX reprised their respective roles, [[Main/TheOtherDarrin with the exception of Vector]]. They've since continued to voice these characters in the subsequent games.

** Cash Cash did the remix for the American Stardust Speedway theme for Generations, as noted in the liner notes for the remastered ''VideoGames/SonicCD'' soundtrack, but decided against having in the game since ''Generations'' already had the "B" Mix remix they made and felt that the soundtrack should have something extra. This is also why the song loops on the soundtrack.

* NamesTheSame: The Time Eater is a monster and the main villian of another [[VideoGame/SuperdimensionNeptuneVsSegaHardGirls Sega-related game that has two playable protagonist and one of them is a blue-themed character that sports a red shoe and is related to gold rings]]. Monster in said game looks like the unholy fusion of [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Perfect Chaos]] and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 the Biolizard]], with a bit of [[Film/GodzillaVsBiollante Biollante]].

* GodNeverSaidThat: Takashi Iizuka in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQQ16PLBXc Sonic Boom 2013 - Q&A]] said ''Sonic Generations'' is an [[MilestoneCelebration anniversary game]] which causes certain fans to interpret as "[[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]]" despite this would also apply to every other anniversary game such as ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to WordOfGod, they had hoped to make all acts playable by Classic and Modern Sonic alike. Indeed, it is possible to hack or glitch the game so that you can play Modern Sonic in Classic levels, viewed from a 3D perspective -- the Classic levels look very unfinished when viewed in this way, however. The game reportedly crashes in various ways when attempting these hacks: e.g. when Classic Sonic triggers a rainbow loop, or when Modern Sonic doesn't stop after the Classic Finish Panel and falls through the level geometry... [[spoiler:You can, at least, unlock the Modern Sonic homing attack, à-la-Sonic 4, for Classic Sonic, after collecting enough red rings in the Modern Era Act 1 levels...]]

* FlipFlopOfGod: A [[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6314215/sonic-generations-speeding-to-3ds-pc financial report]] confirmed that it would go to the Nintendo3DS and PC... then it was disconfirmed [[http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=15437 in an update]] to said paper. Only for the 3DS version to be ''[[http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2011/06/01/nintendo-3ds-two-sonics-one-epic-adventure/ reconfirmed]]'' later.

* IKnewIt[=/=]InterfaceSpoiler: People looked at the Xbox 360 Avatar rewards for beating the game and speculated that [[spoiler:Classic Eggman has a link to the Time Eater, since said Avatar parts are all patterned after Classic Eggman. They were right.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: The earliest known prototype of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' features an unused "wall crash" mechanic, which causes Sonic to get stunned and bounce back off a wall if he runs into it at a high speed. Fast forward 19 years, and ''Generations'' has an unused wall crash.
** This mechanic was used in the ''Adventure'' games, as well as the Wii/PS2 versions of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed''.

** Sega mentioned that they planned to make a stage based on [[SonicCD Wacky Workbench]], initially dropped to keep the "3 stages per era" set-up and later dropped fully when they decided against full DLC stages.

* FanNickname: The fire tornado in Classic Crisis City that [[spoiler:[[MovingTheGoalposts drags the goal post away]]]] has been affectionately dubbed the Trollnado.
** [[spoiler:And the goalpost is called the Trollpost.]]

** There was also a rumour of DLC stages being released. Apart from the Casino Night pinball minigame this was false (Though Sega did mention that they did consider making a DLC stage based on [[SonicCD Wacky Workbench]])

* HilariousInHindsight: The earliest known prototype of ''VideoGame/SonictheHedgehog2'' features an unused "wall crash" mechanic, which causes Sonic to get stunned and bounce back off a wall if he runs into it at a high speed. Fast forward 19 years, and ''Generations'' has an unused wall crash.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: For a brief while, it was rumored that Classic Sonic is mute largely because they couldn't get [[MythologyGag Jaleel]] [[TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog White]] to return to do his voice. [[http://www.tssznews.com/2011/10/10/white-i-wasnt-approached-by-sega-to-voice-generationss-classic-sonic/ It turns out that White was never approached by SEGA to voice Classic Sonic.]]