Sonic the Hedgehog’s official YouTube channel uploaded an animated short titled “Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence.” Starring Knuckles, the short reveals how he connects with the island players explore in Sonic Frontiers. You can check out the full six-minute animation below.
In the trailer, Knuckles gives a voice-over explanation of his background up until now, including that he was tasked with protecting the Master Emerald, a relic that didn’t appear in the series. Sonic for a long time. The trailer ends with Knuckles completely destroying some of the robots, and while we’re getting no indication he’ll be playable in Sonic Frontiers, that scene makes me hope he’ll be like so.
Knuckles has been a core Sonic character for most of the franchise’s existence, so it’s no surprise that he’s appearing in blue blur’s latest adventure. While this animated opening gives us some insight into how he arrived on the island, it’s still not entirely clear why, especially when it comes to the arrival of Sage (a newly introduced character). introduced in Sonic Frontiers) at the end of the trailer. We’ll have to wait for the full game to find out.
The past month has been filled with news about Sonic. We have a Release date December 14 for Sonic PrimeSonic Frontiers has a trailer Confirmed Super Sonic will be playable in the gameand we learned that the Sonic line was sold over 1.5 billion copies worldwide. For more Sonic news, check out Our cover story from earlier this yearand stay tuned for more coverage of Sonic Frontiers when the game releases on November 8th.
