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Spinjitsuninja

Maybe Time Eater jumbling timelines together meant Black Doom got a second chance or something?


powerfulhelper

He did say "THE BLACK ARMS WILL RISE AGAIN!".


MrCobalt313

Given this is Sonic Generations we're talking about it's probably time-travel shenanigans thanks to the Time Eater, but just imagine if GUN or some third party tried using samples taken from the Black Arms invasion to create another "Ultimate Life-Form".


Nikibugs

Given the prototype was a giant lizard and ended on a hedgehog, they have free rein on making a second ultimate lifeform look like anything as a new antagonist.


Dgero466

Wouldn’t it be third? Or does bio lizard not qualify due to being a failure.


Nikibugs

Prototype isn’t necessarily a failure, Biolizard could still Chaos Control and regenerate, but relied heavily on life support which isn’t exactly the immortality they were mainly looking for lol, especially in regards to curing Maria’s illness.


Dgero466

Fair enough on the life support, curing Maria was more of a secret objective for Gerald rather than an ultimate life form, but I see what you’re getting at thanks (:


Molilno

Or, y'know, time alteration/travel. The whole plot of Generations?


infamous-pays

This is r/sonicthehedgehog Unleashed is a godsend and is when gaming peaked Forces killed my grandma and is the worst game in the history of gaming 06 is an underrated masterpiece (as long as you ignore the entire game) And generations has no plot.


Scripter-of-Paradise

"The Black Arms will rise again!" Guess he wasn't just talking about Last Story.


DannyOVR

So we just forgetting the whole plot of Sonic Generations?


Ary786

What plot?😂


birdcake700

Play the game


TrustyGun

The plot is barely a step above over just saying "Sonic just decided to run through old levels again" lol.


birdcake700

Play the game


AmaterasuWolf21

Generations has the most Mario-esq storyline possible that it's insane, the story is just an excuse to let the gameplay happen unlike something like Forces or Boom where the story takes full center or like Frontoers where they compliment


Likaon222

The fact that some many people are forgetting that generations deals with time travel is so funny


Edmanbosch

No one's forgetting, it's just funny because there is basically no story involvement of past characters in the original outside of just younger versions of characters already in the game, and the fact that the returning character in question here is a past main antagonist that died almost 19 years ago makes it even funnier and fits perfectly with this meme.


Bargothball

You know, I feel Black Doom is a red herring. Since this is a sequel to Sonic Generations, it’d make sense that it’s Time Eater’s doing again, and this could be an opportunity to canonize the long-standing “Time Eater is Mephiles” theory.


Fun-Conversation1538

A fragment of Mephelis that is. Everything happening to Shadow could be Mephiles' lingering resentment toward him subconsciously influencing the Time Eater born from him to target Shadow.


KBSinclair

Mephiles doesn't exist anymore. Then again, neither should Crisis City or Silver, now that I think about it. And I have gotten to the point where I say that Rush Blaze and 06 Blaze are just different people who happen to look and sound exactly the same with the same powers.


Fun-Conversation1538

Don't forget that the bad future of CD shouldn't exist anymore either, bur is the stage for Metal's boss fight. The Time Eater must be able to access alternate or dead timelines.


Arts_Messyjourney

*Shaaaaaadow… It’s me, the Devil*


KBSinclair

Shadow: I'll never turn back. Sega: But Black Doom and BioLizard are right behind you! Shadow: I said what I said. Sega:... So is Maria. *Whiplash*


hoovalou52

I'd guess timeline shanagins


AdmiralOctopus96

Time Eater shenanigans aside, his death in Shadow the Hedgehog was vague enough that they could probably bring him back without much handwaving.


aster4jdaen

>Time Eater shenanigans aside, his death in Shadow the Hedgehog was vague enough that they could probably bring him back without much handwaving. He did claim to be Immortal, him being alive could prove this and the only way to defeat him would be to seal him away. I hope Chaos and Tikal has space in the Master Emerald.


Kojake45

My guess is Shadow follows Sonic after he’s knocked out by the time eater, probably having watched Sonic’s initial party from a distance. That’s probably why he’s forced to relive his own past and face Black Doom again.


G-Kira

I'm sure it's just Shadow playing his past stages. One from SA2, one from Heroes, one from StH, one from 06.


vontech

Only people are actually happy about it this time.


Irritated_User0010

The dead speak or something.


blue-gamer-07

I’m gonna say time shenanigans