Post by Dusk Fox Altars on Nov 11, 2008 16:29:34 GMT -5
There were so many damn plotholes >< So, after listening to "This Machine" and "What I'm Made Of" on the ride home, I ended up thinking about it on the bus. Hence, my theory ((OMG PLOT SPOILERS)) -
Following SA2B, the heroes return happily home and celebrate being alive and give a toast to Shadow the Hedgehog.
But life gets boring again and the Eggman decides to give this world domination trick another whirl. Rather then find outside help and nearly destroy the world (see Chaos or Shadow) he returns to his previous base to recover a few robots and start rebuilding a mobile attack force. In amongst these robots there is Silver Sonic, Metal Sonic and Omega.
Setting aside Omega, old Eggman decides to reboot and test the two Sonic clones. Once activated, he has their test already in mind - a duel between the two bots. Loser goes back into the scrapheap, winner goes back into active duty. Somewhere along the way, he finds a certain KO'd black hedgehog and picks him up for the trip, keeping him in suspended animation until his goal is complete or he thinks it's safe to let him go.
Robotnik however, is a smart old boy. He knows that SS's technology is too old to easily update but advanced enough to recognise Metal Sonic as not the real thing. Rather then attempt to reformat SS entirely, it's Metal Sonic who gets an upgrade. That is, uploading data into him to make appear more like Sonic, in both appearance and personality. He also throws in some extra memories and profile data, so Metal is aware of Chao/Chaos Zero, Shadow etc. and the events that have occured since his last awakening. Afterall, it'd be no good if Rouge could somehow twist Metal into doing her bidding, right?
So they have a fight, probably set to "What I'm Made Of" or some old school boss theme, and Metal emerges victorious. Unforunately, the Sonic imprint given to him has tapped into his core data, overriding the initial command to obey Eggman but leaving the drive to destroy Sonic. Rebelling, he manages to easily overthrow Robotnik and take charge of his forces.
But Eggman has a small slice of time before he completely cut off from his creations. In this time he is able to set up Shadow's pod and send off a parcel to the Chaotix, in order to make his plea for help in disguise. Not too shabby for a guy about to be overthrown by a metallic hedgehog of his own design.
Anyway, Shadows pod was set up in a specific way, very importantly. Omega was not abandoned by Robotnik at all - instead he was chosen for the very important task of defending Shadows body from Metal Sonic. Hence why he's been reprogramed to attack all of Eggmans robots, since they're all under Metal's control. He would only reactivate when Shadows pod was disturbed. Rouge was tipped off as to a treasure so she could find Shadow and Omega. She was selected purely because she was the one arguably closest to him during the SA2B adventure, so Eggman assumed she would take the best care of him.
This also explains the picture held by Team Rose if you squint. With Metal Sonic's appearance initially upgraded, he was able to look a lot more like Sonic then before, causing the confusion. After absorbing Froggy and that brown Chao, he returned to his more metallic appearance although with more imposing armour.
...and then I listened to Verta Ja Lihaa and daydreamed a fight scene between Rouge & Omega verus Amy & Gamma. ^_^ Let me know if I missed anything and I'll go other it, I've got a nagging feeling I've left something out that I did think about ><
Following SA2B, the heroes return happily home and celebrate being alive and give a toast to Shadow the Hedgehog.
But life gets boring again and the Eggman decides to give this world domination trick another whirl. Rather then find outside help and nearly destroy the world (see Chaos or Shadow) he returns to his previous base to recover a few robots and start rebuilding a mobile attack force. In amongst these robots there is Silver Sonic, Metal Sonic and Omega.
Setting aside Omega, old Eggman decides to reboot and test the two Sonic clones. Once activated, he has their test already in mind - a duel between the two bots. Loser goes back into the scrapheap, winner goes back into active duty. Somewhere along the way, he finds a certain KO'd black hedgehog and picks him up for the trip, keeping him in suspended animation until his goal is complete or he thinks it's safe to let him go.
Robotnik however, is a smart old boy. He knows that SS's technology is too old to easily update but advanced enough to recognise Metal Sonic as not the real thing. Rather then attempt to reformat SS entirely, it's Metal Sonic who gets an upgrade. That is, uploading data into him to make appear more like Sonic, in both appearance and personality. He also throws in some extra memories and profile data, so Metal is aware of Chao/Chaos Zero, Shadow etc. and the events that have occured since his last awakening. Afterall, it'd be no good if Rouge could somehow twist Metal into doing her bidding, right?
So they have a fight, probably set to "What I'm Made Of" or some old school boss theme, and Metal emerges victorious. Unforunately, the Sonic imprint given to him has tapped into his core data, overriding the initial command to obey Eggman but leaving the drive to destroy Sonic. Rebelling, he manages to easily overthrow Robotnik and take charge of his forces.
But Eggman has a small slice of time before he completely cut off from his creations. In this time he is able to set up Shadow's pod and send off a parcel to the Chaotix, in order to make his plea for help in disguise. Not too shabby for a guy about to be overthrown by a metallic hedgehog of his own design.
Anyway, Shadows pod was set up in a specific way, very importantly. Omega was not abandoned by Robotnik at all - instead he was chosen for the very important task of defending Shadows body from Metal Sonic. Hence why he's been reprogramed to attack all of Eggmans robots, since they're all under Metal's control. He would only reactivate when Shadows pod was disturbed. Rouge was tipped off as to a treasure so she could find Shadow and Omega. She was selected purely because she was the one arguably closest to him during the SA2B adventure, so Eggman assumed she would take the best care of him.
This also explains the picture held by Team Rose if you squint. With Metal Sonic's appearance initially upgraded, he was able to look a lot more like Sonic then before, causing the confusion. After absorbing Froggy and that brown Chao, he returned to his more metallic appearance although with more imposing armour.
...and then I listened to Verta Ja Lihaa and daydreamed a fight scene between Rouge & Omega verus Amy & Gamma. ^_^ Let me know if I missed anything and I'll go other it, I've got a nagging feeling I've left something out that I did think about ><