Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)

== Overview ==
thumb|252x252px|Example of a playthrough of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) by FCPlaythroughs
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) released in the year stated. It introduces three new important characters, Silver the Hedgehog, Princess Elise, and Mephiles/Iblis. There are three main episodes where you can play as the three main characters, Sonic, Shadow, and Silver. Each episode intertwine and shows each main character's story within the grand overall story until they converge at the end with the Last Episode. Other characters that you can play in certain areas and stages are Tails, Knuckles, Omega, Rouge, Blaze, and Amy. Other important characters that appear are Eggman and Princess Elise's father. This is the last Sonic game Yuji Naka was a part of.
*The events that occur in this game never happen due to Princess Elise blowing out the Flame of Solaris. This, in turn, prevented the flame from growing stronger and causing all the events that happen from it. Though these events never happened, the cast seem to have vague memories of it from time to time as if it were a Mandela effect.
== Summary ==
The story takes place in Soleanna where the Fire Festival is occurring. Princess Elise is about to light the celebratory monument when she receives a vision of the city being engulfed in flames due to a fiery creature. She is reeled back into reality by her attendant and Elise assures her that everything is all right. She carries on with the ceremony, but the festival is soon interrupted by Eggman. Eggman wants the secret Flames of Disaster from Princess Elise. Sonic rushes onto the scene and Elise confuses him for Silver who in the past, helped her as a child. For the moment, Sonic is able to get Elise away from Eggman. However, he gets distracted by Eggman's robots and Elise is kidnapped. Before she is gone completely, she throws her blue Chaos Emerald to Sonic.
Sonic takes it upon himself to save Elise and protect her. As the story progresses, Sonic saves Elise a few times before she is taken by Eggman again. They also get closer together and bond. He is moved when Elise apologizes and patches up his injury, attributing it to be her fault.
Meanwhile in the future, Silver and Blaze are in a fiery world destroyed by Iblis. They continue to fight Iblis, only for Iblis to rise up again and continue his flames. Frustrated by a lack of progress or solution, Silver is approached by Mephiles, the main villain. Mephiles shows himself as a form similar to Shadow, who trapped him in the Scepter of Darkness in the past. Mephiles tricks Silver into believing that it is Sonic's fault that Iblis was released and had destroyed the world. With this knowledge, Mephiles transports Silver and Blaze into the past where Sonic is alive. Blaze thinks of "blue hedgehog," but it seems that she doesn't remember who he is. However, she has a feeling that he may not be what Mephiles claims him to be. Silver tries to kill Sonic two times. However, on the second time, Shadow stops him. After fighting each other, Shadow tells Silver that if wants to know the truth, to follow him into the past. Silver follows Shadow into the Chaos Control portal they had created and they find themselves in the Soleanna Aquatic Base laboratory. In there, Elise's father and a group of researchers were trying to control Iblis, but he refuses to listen. The machine goes out of control and Elise's father shields Elise from the explosion after she walks in. Shadow and Silver go and see what the commotion is about and see the aftermath. Shadow tries to wake Elise's father and they both realize that both Iblis and Mephiles are escaping from the machine. They decide to go after them, but before they leave, Elise's father stops them and tells Shadow to seal Mephiles with the Scepter of Darkness. They catch up to their respective targets and seal them. Silver watches Elise's father seal Iblis within Elise. Before Shadow and Silver go back into the present, Silver leaves his blue Chaos Emerald with Elise. Silver now knows that Sonic isn't the Iblis Trigger as Mephiles labeled him so, and decides to work together with Sonic.
The reason why Shadow appeared in White Acropolis and Soleanna was due to a request from the president. The president requested Shadow to help rescue one of his agents, which is Rouge. Rouge's mission from G.U.N. was to obtain the Scepter of Darkness. Eggman follows Shadow and Rouge to the rendezvous point with G.U.N. in order to take back the scepter. As he intercepts them, the scepter falls onto the ground. Seeing the immediate danger, Eggman retreats as Mephiles is released from the scepter breaking. As Mephiles materializes, he assumes a similar form to Shadow and says that he has to repay Shadow for what he has done to him. At this present time, Shadow has no idea what Mephiles is talking about because he hadn't gone to the past yet. Mephiles then transports Shadow and Rouge into the future in order to trap them there. In the future, they find Eggman's computer with information telling them that they were at least 200 years in the future. This makes them realize that Mephiles can control time. They then hear a noise and when they go to check on what it was, they find Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles who were tricked by Eggman and transported into the future as well. They work together in order to get back into the present. However, although everyone else went back into the present, Shadow remained behind to face Mephiles. Rouge, in the present, notices that she is back into the present without Shadow. She then contacts Omega and tells him to deliver the Chaos Emerald she had to Shadow and assist him in the future. Meanwhile, back in the future, Mephiles offers Shadow to turn over to his side by using humanity betraying Shadow in the future as a reason. Mephiles says that when Iblis was released, the people wanted a scapegoat to blame and that scapegoat became Shadow due to their fear of his power. The humans in the future then imprisoned Shadow out of this fear. Shadow refuses Mephiles' offer and says that he determines his own destiny. He fights Mephiles with the assistance of Omega, who slept for years until this moment with the Chaos Emerald entrusted to him. They chase Mephiles back into the present. Omega is assigned to follow Mephiles while Shadow goes after Eggman to get information as to what is going on. Once face to face with Eggman, Eggman tells Shadow to find out the truth himself on what happened ten years ago by pursuing Mephiles. It is after this where Shadow sees Silver trying to kill Sonic and he goes to stop him. 
When Shadow came back from the past where he sealed Mephiles with the help of Silver, he, Omega, and Rouge then go to pursue Mephiles in the present. Shadow tries to imprison Mephiles into the Scepter of Darkness, but the same method doesn't work. Mephiles asks why Shadow is doing this when humanity will betray him. Shadow answers, “If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have!” He takes off two limiters and with his power, he mows through Mephiles' mass of clones with Omega and Rouge behind him. Once Silver helps Sonic go back into the past to prevent Elise and Eggman from dying due to Eggman's ship crashing, he and Blaze go back into the future to seal Iblis. After defeating Iblis, Silver tries to seal Iblis within himself to no avail. Blaze then takes on that role and tells Silver to seal her away in another dimension. Silver says he can't do it for he wouldn't know what to do without her. Blaze, in response, says that he is naïve, but that's what she likes about him. She also reminds him that they swore to save the world at any cost. She then does the action herself, sealing Iblis within herself and transporting herself to another dimension. She floats up, wishing Silver good luck, and fades away when the clouds disperse, revealing the blue sky. Silver looks down in sadness. 
After Sonic rescues Elise from Eggman's crashing ship, Mephiles sneaks up on them. He distracts them with the purple Chaos Emerald and shoots a beam through Sonic's chest, killing him. Elise's father told her to be a strong queen and to never cry. This is because that was the seal to Iblis. The grief is too strong and Elise couldn't stop herself from crying, therefore releasing Iblis. Mephiles then uses the Chaos Emeralds to reunite as one with Iblis. Everything is swallowed into a pocket dimension and the cast meet each other there. Everyone is shocked and sad to see Sonic lifeless. However, Elise says that his presence is still around and that it may not be too late. Silver mentions that the Chaos Emeralds can call him back and that Elise, someone who was the vessel for Iblis, can do it. The group then goes after the Chaos Emeralds to revive Sonic. Once collected, Elise prays to the Emeralds, wishing to save the world, cleanse her father's sin, and to talk to Sonic once more. She says, "Sonic, come back! To me...To us!" Elise then kisses Sonic's lifeless lips and he awakens as Super Sonic. He thanks Elise after he prevents her from fainting. Sonic then shares his Super power with Shadow and Silver. The two go Super along with him and the three of them face Solaris. 
Once Solaris is defeated, Sonic and Elise are transported into a void, which turns into the the past when the flame of Solaris was still small. In the past, her father said that once the flame has grown stronger, it will give them the power to go through time and fix past mistakes. Elise tells Sonic that if they blow out this flame, the events that had happened would have never happened, including her meeting him. Elise then looks at Sonic and says to him, “I…To tell the truth…” she sheds a tear and continues, “I don’t care what happens to the world!” She says this despite wishing to save the world earlier when reviving Sonic with the Chaos Emeralds. This is also similar to when Amy said she would choose Sonic over the world when she prevented Silver from hurting Sonic further. Sonic is taken aback from this statement and is not sure of what to say. He then decides to tell her to just smile, like how he did earlier in the game. Elise then forces a smile as she looks at Sonic. Sonic then nods and smiles back. Elise then nods herself and sadly puts out the flame. As the flame goes out, everything fades to black. 
The scene then shifts to the festival happening again. Everything is reset as if the game's events hadn't happened. As the festival goes on as it did in the beginning of the game, Sonic rushes through the area. Feeling the wind from Sonic running through the area, Elise feels his presence and comments on how it felt familiar. The game then ends with Sonic staring at the moon as Elise's feather floats up to it. 
The credits songs played for each episode and overall game is as followed: 
*Sonic's Episode - Sweet Dreams (Sonic 2 remix with added lyrics), His World
*Shadow's Episode - All Hail Shadow, His World
*Silver's Episode - Dreams of Absolution, His World
*Overall Ending - My Destiny, His World
== Sonadow Moments ==
(Note: The following dialogue scene moments are from the English dialogue. The original Japanese dialogue scenes at times, contain different wording.)
When Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles get transported into the future by Eggman, Shadow and Rouge find them. Shadow explains to them that this was the distant future far removed from their own timeline. Tails asks, “The future?” Tails then realizes that Eggman’s machine can control time. Sonic says that Eggman has got some nerve dropping them there. Knuckles kicks a rock and asks how can they get back to their own time. Shadow replies, “You need a space-time rift, but this requires a lot of energy.” Sonic looks at Shadow and says, “I see. You mean using your Chaos Control will…” Shadow interjects and says, “Yes, but that alone is insufficient,” as he points at Sonic. Sonic then says, “Okay Shadow. It looks like we need to work together.” Shadow and Rouge nod in agreement.
In the apocalyptic future, Tails contacts Rouge and tells her that he found something. When Shadow and Rouge meet up with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles, Shadow asks Tails what he had discovered. Tails tells them that he found readings of a Chaos Emerald, but... Rouge continues for him saying that they would have to go through the dangerous volcanic area. Knuckles gets in her face and says that if she didn't like it, she could just stay. Rouge comments that he has got to be kidding. Sonic points at Shadow and says, “Don’t be late.” Shadow nods and walks next to Sonic saying, “Same to you.” After a short pause, Shadow runs off with Sonic following after. The rest follow after as well.
After getting the other Chaos Emerald, Sonic and Shadow face each other. They both take out the Chaos Emeralds, nod to each other, and cross arms with the Emeralds as they shout, “Chaos Control!” A portal to the present is made and Sonic jumps through, followed by Tails and Knuckles. Rouge is seen following after, but Shadow notices something behind and turns to look. He ends up not going with them and stays behind. When Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles arrive back to their own time, Tails asks where did Shadow and Rouge go. Sonic replies, “Those two can take care of themselves.”
When Silver confronts Sonic the second time, he is able to constrict Sonic with his psychic powers. Silver shouts, “It’s time to end this!” Before Silver strikes the final blow, he notices someone coming and leaps back. Shadow jumps in front of Sonic, protecting and saving him from Silver’s hold. Sonic falls to the ground as he tries to get his bearings. Silver asks, “Who? Mephiles! Why are you getting in my way?” Shadow stands up and says, “I’m Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog.” Shadow looks back at Sonic, who gives him a smile and a thumbs up. Sonic then rushes off, leaving things to Shadow to take care of. Shadow and Silver then get ready to fight.
In the menu select for the Last Story, Sonic is standing in the middle with Shadow and Silver at his sides. The icons of their faces on the right has Shadow after Sonic. After Shadow is Silver.
When Sonic's lifeless body is brought to attention, Shadow looks away for a bit, not being able to fully take his passing. Throughout this scene, Shadow can be seen closing his eyes and lowering his arms, only to cross his arms again and turn further away from the sight when Silver mentioned that that was the reason why Mephiles told him (Silver) to kill Sonic.
Eggman states that defeating Solaris now, here, would do nothing. Silver says that he won’t give up, that there has to be a way. He says if Eggman says that it exists in the past, present, and future, he’ll destroy them all at once. Shadow says in response, “Certainly, it might have been possible, if he was still alive,” as he looks at Silver and then at Sonic. Amy then cries out Sonic's name again, causing Shadow to look away from Sonic once more.
In order to resurrect Sonic, the Chaos Emeralds, which are scattered in the dimension, are needed. Sonic's friends and Silver each go out to collect them. When Shadow collects his designated Chaos Emerald, he states, “Okay, this is it! Sonic…here I come.” Shadow is the last character the player plays in the mission to collect the Emeralds.
After Sonic turns into Super Sonic, he gazes at Silver and Shadow. They form a triangle and nod to each other. Sonic then spreads his Super power to them, turning them Super as well. They head off together to face Solaris.
When fighting Solaris, Sonic says, “It’s all you, Shadow!” when switching to Shadow. One of Shadow’s replies when switched from Sonic is, “Understood.”
center|thumb|260x260px|Example of a playthrough of the final boss fight against Solaris by SonicJGB
== Plot ==