Sonic X Shadow Generations

Sonic X Shadow Generations
Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, Windows Released internationally: October 25, 2024 This game has unused areas. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

To do: Everything, to be honest, including: Unused content. We believe the assets for the Sonic 1 emulation in White Space are still present, similar to the original PC version. Pre-release page with info to document.

Sonic X Shadow Generations is a questionably-titled package compiling a remaster of the console/PC version of 2011's Sonic Generations and a new game, Shadow Generations. Taking place during the events of the former game, it brings several elements from Shadow the Hedgehog into the story, including Maria, Gerald, and Black Doom. The overall bundle has become one of the best-received Sonic games in recent memory, with the Sonic Generations remaster avoiding various problems that have plagued Sega's other recent rereleases and Shadow Generations achieving acclaim in its own right.

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Changes from Sonic Generations A whole generation worth of changes, featuring Ian Flynn from the Sonic IDW comic series!

Sonic Frontiers Leftovers

Shadow Generations was built atop the Sonic Frontiers codebase. Some of Sonic's abilities from that game still exist in Shadow's code but cannot be performed under normal circumstances.

• Drop Dash: Still functional, but it is set to always fail on the first condition. Forcing it to succeed allows Shadow to perform it, though it's missing sound effects. It's also pretty slow; its speed must be doubled to function like it does in Frontiers.
• Light Speed Dash: Present, but unclear if there is a way to restore it at present.
• Spin Dash: The early, unused variant, separate from the unlockable, boost-based one added in the second update. As in Frontiers, this variant causes Shadow to roll for two seconds before stopping.
• Stomp Bounce: The third Stomp Bounce (the one that sends shockwaves) is missing its sound effects but has new particle effects.

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• Wall Climbing: Wall climbing has also been left over in the game, although it has some unused animations and strange physics. The unique animations imply that it may have been worked on and used at some point.

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There are also many moves with parameters left over from Sonic Frontiers in the playercommon.rfl file.

Unused Text

Unused Tutorial Text

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Black wings that allow Shadow to glide and travel far.
With 100 Rings, press both<image name="button_playerleftstep" /><image name="button_playerrightstep" /> simultaneously.
Rings will be consumed while gliding.

Unused tutorial text for Doom Wings. This description states that you needed 100 rings (double the amount compared to the final version) to activate the ability. In addition, rings would've been consumed only while gliding, not for the whole time the ability is active, as in the final version. This text was also found in the QandA.cnvrs-text file.

Unused Demo Text

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Shadow can now move freely on water.
Some areas are inaccessible because they are under development.
Find and fight the boss "Metal Overlord".

A tutorial message that is presumably made for a demo. Found in the Tutorial.cnvrs-text file.

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Thank you for playing

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Pre-Order Now

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Available Now

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DEMO

Text used for a demo version of the game. These were found in the ShowROM.cnvrs-text file.

INGAME_ARCACT2_TITLE_3rdROM

Space Colony Arc Act 2

A misspelled version of the "Space Colony Ark" stage was used in a demo version of the game.

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 This Act is still in development.
 In Act 2, Shadow will get a glimpse of a mysterious new power.
 Complete this stage to move on to the next.

Text for a demo version of the game teasing Space Colony Ark Act 2. These texts were found in the InGame.cnvrs-text file.

Testing Text

There are a lot of text used to test out things in the game.

RichPresence_TEST

Exploring Chronos Island

A test of Shadow Generations's rich presence system for Steam. Found in the RichPresence.cnvrs-text file.

Unused Stages

Early Space Colony Ark Act 1

An earlier version of Act 1 for Space Colony Ark was left in the game's files. This version is known as "w01a10" (the final version is known as "w01a11"). Though this was repurposed for the Sonic vs Shadow cutscene, there are still many minor differences from the final version.

• The rails in the beginning are different.
• There are a few terrain differences. These usually consist of extended terrain, missing terrain, and different routes.
• The Doom Zone section is slightly different, with an extended sliding section near the end. Half of this sliding section would be removed, and later re-used in Radical Highway Act 1.

Development Stages

There are a lot of development stages listed in the game's master.levels file. They are listed as being in the "stage/develop" directory, which is unavailable in the public release of the game.

Unused Graphics

Collection Logos

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The Sonic Battle logos that were unused in the original Sonic Generations return in this remaster, in higher quality. The Japanese logo can be seen in the Sonic Battle promotional art unlockable in Shadow Generations, but in that instance it's baked into the artwork and doesn't use the individual logo graphic.

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The Japanese and international Sonic Rush logos from the original are present here, again in higher quality. These go unused due to Leaf Storm's theme, "Right There, Ride On" (which was associated with Rush in the original), being replaced in this remaster.

Shadow Generations' Internal Name

According to the .acb and .awb banks for Shadow Generations' original music, Shadow Generations is internally referred to as miller. This name is also present in the metadata of the Sonic X Shadow Generations reveal trailer. It's likely a nod to Tim Miller, the executive producer of Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog film series; he also served as the producer for Shadow the Hedgehog's CGI cutscenes.

Version Differences

Regional Differences

To do: More regional differences to cover. Document the differences (if any exist) between the NA/EU and JA/Asia releases of Dark Beginnings

Game Select

Japan	International

The console/PC version of Sonic Generations has the subtitle White Space-Time in Japan to distinguish it from the 3DS version, which was subtitled Blue Adventure. This is reflected as such in the game's logo shown in the Game Select menu in the Japanese version.

Platform Differences

• Sonic Generations runs at 60 FPS on all systems except for Nintendo Switch, which is instead locked to 31.5 FPS. The reason for this is unclear, as using a 60 FPS cheat shows it is often able to maintain it. Shadow Generations, on the other hand, is locked to 30 on all systems except for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
• The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S add an option for Shadow Generations to switch between Quality (2160p30) and Performance (1440p60) modes, while the PC version naturally has more graphical settings.
• As with Sonic Forces and Sonic Frontiers, the Switch version has downgraded graphics to help keep the frame rate consistent, with lower quality textures and some missing lighting effects.
• The PlayStation 4 and 5 versions add a free DLC add-on that has the animated prequel "Dark Beginnings", which also comes with a special animatic version of the prequel.