Metal Sonic
Fans have been speculating that Metal Sonic, the robotic recreation of the blue blur, will be the villain of the fourth installment, or maybe even a surprise antagonist in the third based on a scene in the movie’s first trailer. I do worry that setting up Metal Sonic as the next movie’s big bad could feel a little samey after Sonic facing an “evil” mirror image of himself in Shadow throughout Sonic 3, but it’s certainly an easier concept to explain in a family film than something like Iblis or Chaos. I hope Paramount swings for the fences and introduces something different in the next movie, but given that there’s already reason to believe Doctor Robotnik might be piecing Metal Sonic together, I fully expect the robot to make his debut in Sonic 3, whether that’s as an eleventh-hour villain or in a post-credits scene.
