Here’s WhatSonic the Hedgehog 3‘s Tantalizing End-Credit Scenes Mean

It turns outSonic the Hedgehog 3is only the close of this current chapter of the blue blur ’s escapade with his friends . The announcement of aSonic the Hedgehog 4comes as no surprise if you ’ve see Paramount Pictures ’ latest episode in theSonicfranchise . To tip toe around it , let ’s just say fans will be happy with the direction thing are going , if the two end - credit scenes are any indication .

Cute Chao trope to kick upstairs knowingness that we want them to be substantial , but also to conceal the coddler below :

Okay , we ’re dependable here to unpack the end - credits scenes fromSonic 3and just what they stand for for the hereafter of theSonicmovies .

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In the mid - credits scene , Sonic is once again hasten his bros but end up going to far into the woods . It ’s nighttime and eery when he ’s all of a sudden aggress by Metal Sonic . This transonic faker is known in the games for being created by Robotnik , who in the movie had just sacrificed himself to save humanity . So this metal hedgehog and his metal transonic regular army presently have origins unknown — unless of course , Ivo survived and sent these robots to rekindle their feud across the stars . The timeline experience very soused for that unless we ’re have into timey - wimey play .

And who come to economise the Clarence Day ? None other than Amy Rose , complete with hooded robe and magic stave . found on the out - of - this - world third - number Bos battle and the chaos emeralds being scattered across the galaxy , we think Team Sonic is about to venture on a outer space escapade with Amy Rose .

The second close - citation conniption reveals that after the giant blast , Shadow survived . Which makes us think maybe Eggman survived too . A part of me wonders if the intro of Shadow ’s mini black yap powers came into play here , as they were introduced when Team Sonic was almost suck into one earlier in the film . perchance he unleashed one to ravish himself and Eggman to kingdom unknown . In any case , we ’re beaming we ’re getting more Shadow the Hedgehog . We ’ll see what ’s next whenSonic the Hedgehog 4arrives in 2027 .

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