Sonic Generations is a 2011 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, and Microsoft Windows. Produced in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the game follows Sonic and his sidekick Tails as they form an alliance with their past selves. It features two gameplay styles: "Classic", which plays from a side-scrolling perspective like that of the original Sega Genesis Sonic games, and "Modern", 3D levels similar to those in Sonic Unleashed (2008) and Sonic Colors (2010).
On January 31st, 2024, a remaster called Sonic X Shadow Generations was announced for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Windows, and was released on October 25th, 2024. This re-release featured a new portion of the game titled "Shadow Generations", as well as redubbed cutscenes from the original game with added dialogue. The Shadow Generations portion was written and recorded in English first, with the Japanese version dubbing over the game.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Generations | |||
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Sonic the Hedgehog | Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Roger Craig Smith |
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Miles "Tails" Prower | Ryō Hirohashi | Kate Higgins (Sonic Generations) |
| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Sonic X Shadow Generations) | |||
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Miles "Tails" Prower (Classic) | Takuto Yoshinaga | Kate Higgins (Sonic Generations) |
| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Sonic X Shadow Generations) | |||
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Knuckles the Echidna | Nobutoshi Canna | Travis Willingham (Sonic Generations) |
| Dave B. Mitchell (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
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Amy Rose | Taeko Kawata | Cindy Robinson |
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Cream the Rabbit | Sayaka Aoki | Michelle Ruff |
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Rouge the Bat | Rumi Ochiai | Karen Strassman |
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Blaze the Cat | Nao Takamori | Laura Bailey (Sonic Generations) |
| Erica Lindbeck (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
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Espio the Chameleon | Yuuki Masuda | Troy Baker (Sonic Generations) |
| Matthew Mercer (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
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Charmy the Bee | Yoko Teppouzuka | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
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Vector the Crocodile | Kenta Miyake | Keith Silverstein |
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Shadow the Hedgehog | Koji Yusa | Kirk Thornton |
| Keanu Reeves (DLC skin) | |||
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Silver the Hedgehog | Daisuke Ono | Quinton Flynn (Sonic Generations) |
| Bryce Papenbrook (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
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Dr. Eggman | Chikao Ōtsuka (Sonic Generations) |
Mike Pollock |
| Kotaro Nakamura (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
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Omochao | Etsuko Kozakura | Laura Bailey (Sonic Generations) |
| Erica Lindbeck (Sonic x Shadow Generations) | |||
| Shadow Generations exclusive characters | |||
| Big the Cat | Takashi Nagasako | Kyle Hebert | |
| Maria Robotnik | Yuri Shiratori | Stephanie Sheh | |
| Gerald Robotnik | Kōtarō Nakamura | Mike Pollock | |
| Black Doom | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Benjamin Diskin | |
| Metal Sonic / Metal Overlord | Jun'ichi Kanemaru | Ray Chase | |
| E-123 Omega | Taiten Kusunoki | Roger Craig Smith | |
| Mephiles the Dark | Takayuki Sakazume | Robbie Daymond | |
| Orbot | Mitsuo Iwata | Kirk Thornton | |
| Cubot | Wataru Takagi | Wally Wingert | |
| Other | |||
| Narrator | Junichi Suwabe | Wally Wingert | |
| Wisp Announcer | Fumihiko Tachiki | Roger Craig Smith | |
Notes[]
- Big the Cat's voice actor, Kyle Hebert, is credited in the original. This is due to the fact that Big was originally going to be in the game but was scrapped for unknown reasons. Big was added in the Shadow Generations portion of the re-release.
- Sonic x Shadow Generations features several recasts for characters:
- E-123 Omega is now played by Roger Craig Smith, last being portrayed by Aaron LaPlante in Team Sonic Racing.
- Maria Robotnik is now played by Stephanie Sheh, last being portrayed by Rebecca Honig in Shadow the Hedgehog.
- Black Doom is now played by Benjamin Diskin, last being portrayed by Sean Schemmel in Shadow the Hedgehog.
- Sean mentioned that he auditioned for Black Doom but Sega rejected him, being the second voice actor who re-auditioned for a character's role but was rejected, the first being Kate Higgins for Tails in Sonic Boom.
- Metal Overlord is now played by Ray Chase, last being portrayed by Ryan Drummond in Sonic Heroes.
- Mephiles is now portrayed by Robbie Daymond, last being portrayed by Dan Green in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
External Links[]
- Sonic Generations at the Internet Movie Database
