Sonic: Paradox (Johnsonverse)

Sonic: Paradox is a 2008 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It serves as a reboot for the seventh-generation video game consoles. Players control Sonic, Shadow, and the new character Silver, who battle Solaris, an ancient evil pursued by Doctor Eggman, while teaming up with the Freedom Fighters and Sonic's family. Each playable character has his own campaign and abilities, and must complete levels, explore hub worlds and fight bosses to advance the story. In multiplayer modes, players can work cooperatively to collect Chaos Emeralds or race to the end of a level.
Development began in 2004, led by Sonic co-creator Yuji Naka. Sonic Team sought to create an appealing game in the vein of superhero films such as Batman Begins, hoping it would advance the series with a realistic tone and multiple gameplay styles. It was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC and Mandatum in February 2008. Downloadable content featuring new single-player modes was released later that year.
Sonic: Paradox received praise for returning the series to its roots, as well as its gameplay, story, and graphics. A remaster of the game subtitled Soleanna Edition was released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam in February 2018.
== Gameplay ==
Sonic Paradox is a 3D platformer with action-adventure and role-playing elements. Like Sonic Adventure, the single player navigates through open-ended hub worlds where they can converse with townspeople and perform missions to advance the story. The main gameplay takes place in linear levels that become accessible as the game progresses. The main playable characters are three hedgehogs: Sonic, Shadow, and Silver, who feature in separate campaigns titled "episodes". A bonus "Last Episode", which involves all three hedgehogs and concludes the storyline, is unlocked upon completing the first three.
Sonic's story focuses on the speed-based platforming seen in previous Sonic games, with some sections having him run at full speed while dodging obstacles or riding a snowboard. Another character, Princess Elise, must be escorted in some stages, and she can use a special barrier to guard Sonic. Shadow's sections are similarly speedy, albeit more combat-oriented, with some segments having him ride vehicles. In contrast, Silver's levels are slower and revolve around his use of telekinesis to defeat enemies and solve puzzles. In certain areas, control is switched to one of several friend characters, with their own abilities.
Although each character traverses the same levels, their unique abilities allow the player to access different areas of each stage and prevent them from accessing certain items. Scattered through each level are golden rings, which serve as a form of health. The rings can protect a character from a single hit by an enemy or obstacle, at which point they will be scattered and blink before disappearing. The game begins with Sonic, Shadow, and Silver each assigned a limited number of lives. These lives are successively lost whenever, with no rings in their possession, the characters are hit by an enemy or obstacle or encounter other fatal hazards. The game ends when the player exhausts the characters' lives. Every few levels, players will encounter a boss stage; to proceed, they must defeat the boss by depleting its health meter.
Upon completion of a level or mission, players are given a grade depending on their performance, with an "S" rank being the best and an "E" rank being the worst. Players are given money for completing missions; more money is given to higher ranks. This money can be used to buy upgrades for the player character. Certain upgrades are required to complete the game. The game also features two multiplayer modes: "Tag", a cooperative mode where two players must work together to clear levels and collect Chaos Emeralds, and "Battle", a player versus player mode where two players race against each other.
==Plot==
== Voice cast ==
=== English ===
* Ryan Drummond as Sonic the Hedgehog
* Jason Griffith as Shadow the Hedgehog
* Pete Capella as Silver the Hedgehog
* Lacey Chabert as Princess Elise
* Tiffany Grant as Sonia the Hedgehog
* Roger Craig Smith as Manic the Hedgehog
*Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Miles "Tails" Prower
* Dan Green as Knuckles the Echidna and Mephiles the Dark
* Lisa Ortiz as Amy Rose
* Erica Schroeder as Tiara the Manx and Blaze the Cat
* Mike Pollock as Doctor Eggman and Info Narrator
* Michelle Ruff as Queen Aleena the Hedgehog
* Maurice LaMarche as Sir Charles "Uncle Chuck" the Hedgehog
* Kathleen Delaney as Rouge the Bat
* Jon St. John as E-123 Omega
* Travis Willingham as Mighty the Armadillo
* Amy Palant as Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Cindy Robinson as Honey the Cat
* Kath Soucie as Princess Sally Acorn and Nicole the Holo-Lynx
* Candi Milo as Bunnie D'Coolette
* Mark Ballou as Rotor the Walrus
* Rob Paulsen as Antoine D'Coolette
* Laura Bailey as Lupe the Wolf
* Kate Higgins as Ben "Mutt" Muttski
*David Wills as the Duke of Soleanna
=== Japanese ===
* Jun'ichi Kanemaru as Sonic the Hedgehog
* Kōji Yusa as Shadow the Hedgehog
*Daisuke Ono as Silver the Hedgehog
*Ryo Hirohashi as Miles "Tails" Prower
*Notobushi Canna as Knuckles the Echidna
*Taeko Kawata as Amy Rose
*Ikue Ōtani as Tiara the Manx
*Chikao Ōtsuka as Doctor Eggman
*Maaya Sakamoto as Princess Elise
*Keiko Toda as Sonia the Hedgehog
*Megumi Ogata as Manic the Hedgehog
*Kenji Utsumi as the Duke of Soleanna
==Development==
==Release==
=== Marketing ===
==Reception==
The game received widespread acclaim upon release. On IGN, it received a TBA.
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== Legacy ==
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