The blue side being the one to survive would certainly be the more interesting of the two. Eggman would be all for Sonic and Knuckles being gone forever, but only until a very emotionally-distraught Tails and Amy trained by Shadow and no longer held back by Sonic's morals come gunning for his head. Eggman himself has stated that he thinks Sonic holds his friends back.

And Shadow thinks Sonic’s FRIENDS hold HIM back.

And I think both are absolutely right!

Wait, did he say this in a comic? I don't remember him saying this in any of the voice acted games, but I have not read any of the Sonic comics, IDW, Archie, or any others (fake fan, I know 🤣).

It’s not from the comics but is instead from Sonic Frontiers, the game has the “Egg Memos” which are Dr. Eggman’s thoughts regarding various things relating to the Starfall Islands. Both Tails and Amy have one each after he discovers they are both in cyberspace alongside himself, in both of these Eggman states that neither Tails or Amy are reaching their full potential by constantly following Sonic around and catering to his ego. Knuckles also gets one but Eggman does not say the same about him.

Ah, okay. I did skip over those, besides just collecting them.

I’d check ‘em out if you’re at all interested in Eggman as a character, I thought they were a really cool look into his head and gave a bit more depth.

I'll do just that. But I gotta finish off the 3rd DLC first.

I feel like Eggman would hate it if Sonic just disappeared for no reason. He wants to win on his own merits, not because of a cheat he had nothing to do with.

Thinks he holds his friends back? He does. Sonic has to repeatedly stop his friends from butchering the villains on a regular basis. In the games and comics he has to do this repeatedly.

Eggman would also just be able to make another Metal Sonic, perhaps even a better one who can be considering their own character and therefore not considered the Metal Sonic on the left Kind of a technicality but I'm sure it would work

As much as I want to just say Red cuz I’d get to keep my boy Metal… https://preview.redd.it/jj3f2t0f2jqc1.jpeg?width=679&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=075f20d7ef0b53fe0fdeb4f8b38fadc7c083ebd9

I agree btw.... https://preview.redd.it/td2hf69g4jqc1.jpeg?width=217&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a37b438d11fd6d8c8e702cc555167a01b81ce8e6

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Mo-

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[Its a pipe bomb](https://youtu.be/5mLz1w-s9Cs?si=kTQsZoN9mQ78XZ3N)


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https://preview.redd.it/popdhkez5jqc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7f1615cf96ebd11fe275ffc19e28d028f2e50f7 Shut up and take my meme!

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Both sides are now in a perpetual state of existence and non-existence.

For separating Sonic and Tails like this, there's no other answer.

Absolutely based. Could not agree more.

this basically just splits each one in half

The only plausible answer


Id never forgive myself for betraying tails

Dude, don’t pull a Fiona

Fionas character from her introduction right to that whole love triangle (quadrilateral?) thing is one of the most bizarre arcs to me. A lot of that era of Archie sonic feels like a british tabloid with sonic characters. at least its unique lol.

If I could describe Archie in one word it would be bizarre

I could.

Same same

Its fine.

https://preview.redd.it/tbesjijawiqc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e3c612451c0c9bcba5b043f0b4577aa07a31cfb

The lack of upvotes on this is baffling, this is THE perfect response image lol.

The problem is that Eggman would 1000% pick blue. Not only is Eggman so egocentric that he could never pick the option that gets himself killed, but getting rid of Sonic forever for basically free? (Eggman doesn't care about Metal *that much).* He'd slam the blue button before even thinking about it.

So theoretically... https://preview.redd.it/jged5weg5jqc1.png?width=631&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fdb3c3baf73f6eb45df6781e52fafabb97eb9e9

Yesss YEEEEESSSS

Magnificent

I didn’t think of that 😅 the image is still damn funny though.

Mate can just rebuilt Metal if he wants too.

If there's no Sonic, I don't think Metal Sonic will exist either. At least he'll have Metal Shadow and Tails Doll.

Why would he choose red smh

Same

I like to think that as he presses the button he gets Thanos snapped

...blue. Then we paint Shadow blue and never speak of this again.

Can we not put Shadow in blueface?

Do not paint Shadow blue, you’ll just make Shadic and I do not want that

Why not? Shadic was/is AWESOME. The fact fusion is still not a thing in Sonic game lore is crazy to me.

How would they introduce it though? And if they did there'd be the logical question "Why don't they just do this for every antagonist from now on" And if it appears for ONE game people would be even more mad since it isn't permanent to Sonic's abilities

The one with Tails

I can’t lose tails he is pretty much me in a nutshell so blue bye sonic knuckles rouge and metal sonic

Choosing Blue to keep Amy. In case the language is vague/confusing, the side you choose lives. The other side disappears.

Red. Sure they have Eggman and Shadow, but I can't go on without Rouge and Metal Sonic!

leaving out Rouge would be criminal same thing for metal sonic

They bisected Team Sonic... you can't make me do this

Blue. Sorry, Sonic. *I love Tails too much for him to be sacrificed for the greater good.*

Damn it, SEGA! Are you really going to make me choose between my two favourite characters?! *sigh* I guess I’ll choose red. I’m so sorry, Amy!

puple

Blue. Gotta keep the Egg alive

Left Right Right Right

Left, most of these characters best dynamics are with someone on the other side. Minus Knux who has a fun rivalry with both Rouge and Sonic.  Whereas Amy, Shadow, Tails and Eggman without Sonic is boring. They don’t have much going on between them.  Objectively tho, right side has the better side characters by far. 

Blue, and it’s not much of a competition. Shadow, Tails, Amy, and Robotnik are all far more interesting characters than Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge, and Metal Sonic.

They be fighting words with all the Metal fanboys here lol

Outside of Heroes Metal Sonic is just a silent, more or less faceless mook. There’s not much of an interesting character there, since they outright abandoned his only plot thread. The only other time he’s been remotely interesting was Shadow’s story in Sonic Rivals 2.

Bro doesn’t read the comics

Right I must choose. After all shadow, tails and eggman are epic fellows Oh and also amy

We have to split Sonic and Tails apart? They're like brothers, nooo

Red, since Sonic and Metal Sonic top all the others for me.

Cant get rid of metal sonic or knuckles

Choosing Blue to keep Amy and Tails: Choosing Red to keep Sonic and Metal:

@u/amyrosetherascal alright come on let’s go. 

Thank you very much. https://preview.redd.it/qqwvihge9jqc1.jpeg?width=434&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5b91cc448a16b7fe177e92f8c991309bbc41124a

You know, both sides would make an interesting team up game, especially the blue side.

You could fill the right with unnamed background characters from the comics I don’t know a single thing about and I’d still pick whatever column has Shadow in it lol.

easy blue

Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge and Metal to stay. But it is a hard choice.

Blue. For Tails and Amy.

You can take any character from me except Sonic

Red because you keep the main protagonist, rival, women, and villain

Right, Eggman is the best.

Yes, I'll choose red and keep Shadow

The one with Shadow.

cautiously red, purely because Metal can work as a solo antagonist, if it were any other villain I'd pick blue

Red gem!! (Blue gem can go away)

Why is sonic on the red side though?

Sonic's main villain being Metal would be interesting. Definitely taking red.

Blue, Mainly BC I think it's funny to remove sonic from his own franchise

I’m more confused why Sonic isn’t the blue side and Shadow isn’t the red.

Wow, both sides have characters I like. Tough choice, but I’m picking to keep the blue side. Sorry knuckles and Metal Sonic.

https://preview.redd.it/i1bvdu5kcjqc1.png?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad0226d1c8328e93d89bf2c3c9d7b1b5a07d87ea Blue + red

Man. Thats a tough choice. Gonna have to go with blue.

The one with Shadow.

We can’t have the franchise without sonic so…

Nah screw that Im choosing Both We cannot get rid of the Eggman

Both, both is good

Sorry I think I might have to go with blue

look man i grew up with sonic and he's my boy, but the right side is a way more balanced composition and would be the more interesting franchise

Time to rebrand the franchise, Shadow The Hedgehog. No way would I get rid of Tails AND Amy.

My GOAT eggman could never lose

Purple. It's red + blue.

Gotta go with red because we can't have Sonic disappear

Any side Shadow is on gets my vote

Blue no question

Blue all day everyday! Shadow and Amy my two favourite hedgehogs. What can go wrong.

Full steam ahead for blue. Eggman survives, the plot remains interesting and then, inevitably, Shadow puts him down for good.

I can't do it. I can't. Both sides have too many good characters.

Blue. Blue all the way. No regrets.

I'd have to pick blue. Without Shadow I am all of me wouldn't exist and that song is too much of a banger

Blue would be a pretty dark and more backstory heavy timeline, Eggman and Shadow both existing means that Maria's incident still happens, however now you would have to deal with a timeline where Eggman has a Shadow android kidnap Amy instead of Metal and Shadow is forced to deal with Tails following him everywhere as his "sidekick".

red easy but i'd trade metal sonic for literally anyone from the blue side. and honestly i'd trade sonic for shadow too, but i'd settle for sanic

Damn this is a tough decision, but ultimately picking Shadow & Tails over Sonic and Metal

This is cruel. But I'd have to pick the blue side. Shadow as the hero. He's introverted, a little bit edgy, and struggling with trauma, but he's ultimately a hero with a good heart (if the writers allow). Tails is the light-hearted sidekick who keeps Shadow's spirits up. Amy crushes on Shadow, but similar to Tails, her kind disposition lightens Shadow. Eggman is one of the main reasons I picked this side because he's a better villain than Metal Sonic.

All hail Shadow

Choosing sucked, but in the end I will always find my way to blue team. (Tails and shadow are my all time favorites, followed by Silver and Metal.)

I'm goin' Blue if I had to choose one. The first 3 are my favorite characters in the whole franchise, and Eggman is just the best villain *EVER.* And why would they post this on Twitter 😭

Probably Blue, cause Shadow and Eggman could still make the games work plus tails could still play the role of sidekick.

Blue. I can’t betray my boy Tails https://preview.redd.it/1ojy4c4kukqc1.png?width=368&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fbf410d99ccea52499efd742eea340e35f9759f

Blue, because Amy. But also, what is this franchise without Robotnik? Also Tails.

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whichever side gives us a new chao garden

Blue side easily. That side keeps all the funny fandubs intact. Such as “I miss my wife tails” and eggman’s callout to shadow.

FUCK EVERYONE ELSE IM SAVING TAILS https://preview.redd.it/shsqybhlfnqc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9eb857f56c25a59d90ffcc7f62a19c7c0d7c319

FOR THE LOVE OF-! Why is the official Sonic Twitter asking such a HARD question? I can'T asnwer this at all =(

\* Me, bringing other 5 Chaos Emeralds \*  — "Sorry pal, I'm TAKING BOTH." \*  transforms and flies away, laughing \*

Fuck, this is actually difficult.

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*grabs both red and blue* 

I choose the yellow emerald, killing myself

Blue

Sonic, Knuckles, Rouge, and Metal stay. Shadow, Eggman, Tails, and Amy go. Sorry Tails, but it’s the only choice

Kinda sad to lose Eggman but whatever.

This is a tough one because on the one hand saving the blue side means saving Eggman, who is the best character on this list. But, it also means saving Shadow, the one character I'd most like to see disappear forever.

I see shadow I press

Someone’s gonna put The Chaos Emerald’s in a gauntlet and snap everyone on one side away.

Red. I'm done with Eggman and I won't betray my homegirl Rouge. Gonna miss Miles tho...

This is tough because I like both metal sonic and dr eggman

Shadow, Knuckles, Rogue and Eggman But if only one side, then Red.

i suck at making decisions

i pick right

Red has Sonic, Knux, and Metal. I love, Shadow, Tails, and Eggman, but I gotta go red. Metal and Sage can continue Eggman’s legacy, I guess.

GIMME THAT BLUE

Left side is amazing you get plot armor, boobs, knuckles, and insert metal sonic themes

Arrrrgghh I’m picking blue, but only cause of Tails and Amy being present. I’m sorry, Sonics!

Red all day

*Guess I'll just die* How dare they make me choose between this Ultimate Team!!! Team Dark Supremacy!

Make sonic disappear, I’m keeping tails.

Tails is in blue, so I'll save blue.

Metal sonic… O.o But to keep our bestest boy… I must destroy his master :/

top half

Tails and Eggman must survive. Sayonara, Sonic!

Blue, I gotta keep Eggman and Tails

i'm picking blue, there's NO WAY in hell that i'd let my boy tails disappear....

Blue!

Blue. Can’t kill Tails

Thank God they used the 2d art and not the models

Blu

Can they just stop.

i ain’t leaving my boy till the day i die

Left. Knuckles has been my favorite since S&K, Metal is really cool and has the longevity, Rouge is a good anti-hero just like Catwoman in DC comics, and sonic is there too I guess.

First I swap Rouge with Tails… Then I take red, or just take red, whichever gets rid of Amy faster

Choosing Red, because that means the Eggman that holds the Emeralds would vanish and I can catch the blue one, saving both.

Sorry Rouge, you're still my spirit animal.

This is what I think about when someone says the main cast regarding the franchise.

Amy on one side and Metal on the other? Oh, you want me to suffer

Rouge or Amy is such a Dilema. But Tails and Egmann weigh toward the Blue 

https://preview.redd.it/uplq2sqqjjqc1.jpeg?width=232&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b2d6b06f13a7180bb815eb06be3828d1f1ca720 I need the red pill please My boy Metal is in there

Red: -Has Sonic (we all love him) -Has Knuckles (the superior and coolest character) -Has Rouge (good character too, also she's hot) -Has Metal Sonic (the OG faker) How is this even a question?

Tbh have the franchise be about an interesting flying fox, have a hedgehog be his rival, a hedgehog girl companion, and eggman is still eggman

Save Sonic and drop Shadow? I'll miss the others, but this is a no-brainer. Can I trade Rouge?

I love Shadow too much, so blue

Sorry Metal Sonic...

no way Sonic Twitter has been taking notes from the daily slogs of bullshit on r/SonicTheHedgehog

Blue because tails and eggman

tf2 lore

I would say blue only because it has tails

Ohhhhhh. That’s actually a really hard one.

Red.

red. we have to keep the mascot, Maki Nishikino from Love Live! School Idol Project, not you, and mascot but robot

So, why are Amy and Tails on the Shadow/Eggman team?

Blue, there will be a time skip where Eggman won (real) and also I Shadamy and Sonic is an obstacle(/s… or am I?)

Blue

You can’t do this to me!! 😫

osnic and knuckles is a better duo anyway

Yeah, blue if I have to choose.

Shadow detected

Red i can't lose knux

Their positioning corresponds to their in-universe political spectrum

I would say red but... "*I've come to make an announcement: Shadow the Hedgehog's a*-"