Dreams of a Silver Absolution - A Character Analysis of Silver the Hedgehog 

I love the idea of Silver and Shadow having a growing relationship. Shadow outgrew his rivalry with Sonic long ago and Silver gives him new opportunities to grow. Silver isn't just shy Sonic, he has a lot of baggage to deal with and I think Shadow would be able to understand that easily

He is so naive, but, we always liked that about him. Right?

It's amazing that they had Silver literally be trying to kill *Sonic the Hedgehog* the entire game, and he still ended up extremely likable because of how compassionate and caring he was for other people.

Silver to me is a very interesting case of the Sonic cast. He debuted in a game that left a huge scar on the franchise that hasn’t left to this day despite it being a 15 year old game. Silver is a well-meaning optimist who is just naive and was just given misinformation that he believed would save his doomed world. He had a pretty good arc in 06 that’s been reduced to a part of a game SEGA’s doing everything in their power to bury. Silver is a good character who deserved so much better and shouldn’t be just inserted into stories for the sake of him being there. I also find it ridiculous that people give Silver flak for falling for Mephiles’ manipulation when Shadow literally did the SAME THING in his game a year prior.

It's sad that fans have a better handle on Sonic characters than Sega does.

I love how in SA2 it's such a big deal that Sonic was able to learn Chaos Control to the point that it becomes a turning point of respect for the characters Sonic and Shadow, then in 06 Silver just IMMEDIATELY figures it out hahaha.

silver deserved better, his own game, same to you, deserved more subs bro!!

My god......that freaking opening killed me lol, almost busted out laughing at work lol

Silver is my favorite character by far he's a precious, naive, optimistic cinnamon bun character, but one who will do what it takes to save his world

Silver is my favorite character due to how much we have in common. Too much in fact. Ever since his debut, I enjoyed him and his gameplay. I also adore his theme song. The lyrics are very passionate, and the song itself is Techno/Trance. My favorite music genre. If he got a game of his own, I'd be thrilled. Funnily enough, my favorite video game is Garry's Mod because I enjoy creating art and animation for fun. I love how Silver has gotten pretty popular as time has passed. Excellent video

Honestly, I'd argue Sonic is an introvert despite his immense personality and devotion towards friendship.

Here's how I think they could make him part of the main cast. He finally saves the future for good and travels back to live his life but because the future is now changed no one knows who he is and all the friends he made are completely different people now. He's happy that the future is safe but decides he can't stay and travels back to the past and stays there with the new friends he's made

Man it's so cool to have someone give Silver the attention he deserves; he's legit one of my favorite characters and this vid did him justice. 🙏 Both his character and gameplay are just leaking with potential but SEGA just refuses to use him. (Plus I'm so GLAD you brought up how he fell for Mephiles, people get on to Silver for it so much without looking at it from his perspective. Like what would you do in his situation, kill a god for the rest of your life or attempt to kill one person to end it all?) Anyways, I would love if this new decade of sonic brings us more Silver content alongside exploring his relationship with Shadow and Blaze. You can see that Shadow realizes this naive kid has been through hell and back and wants to guide him on his own path rather than fall for Mephiles'. And as for Blaze, her big sister relationship with Silver couldve been fleshed out more but I still find it enjoyable. But anways, seeing lines from Gens where she mentions how familiar Crisis City is and how in JP Team Sonic Racing Sonic remembers Silver's lines from when he was about to kill him makes me really excited for more recognition of 06 and a possible salvaging of Silver's character.

I wasn't the biggest fan of 06. And I do think that is a big part of the reason that many dismiss Silver. This video does a great job at highlighting how even though the game itself was mishandled terribly that Silver himself actually progressed. Well done.

Somehow you make me feel sympathy and actually appreciate these characters that have their identity mucked up by the quality of the games they are in. I'm certain a lot more characters in games could be better appreciated if we look at them more objectively, without their potentially bad game encapsulating them sullying them. It can be pretty hard with something like '06 for sure, with just how cringy the dialogue and such can be in that game, really a shame.

I wish i could just send this video straight to Sega. This video was bloody fantastic.

Silver the hedgehog IS my favorite sonic character. I just think he's super cool. Super Silver with his enhanced psychonetics is honestly just op

Excellent analysis of a character who deserves better! It's great to take the characters in isolation especially with 06, as it really shows there was actually some good in that game! Would love to see Silver get a fair shake in a new game as this video has highlighted just how good his character arc and development is, it's ripe for a new story. Also, a boot to the head made me laugh out loud 🤣

I agree with everything said in this video Silver is my favorite character and the reason for that is he never gives up and always sees the light in dark times

Thank you for this! I'm glad for that someone else out there defended Siver's decision to go with Mephiles in his story. I probably would have done the same thing in his situation considering that just going back to what he was doing before wasn't solving the problem. From what I've seen, many people have an issue with him being completely blind to Mephiles' creepiness since even his more mundane appearance is off putting. Seriously, the guy has creepy looking eyes and no visible mouth. That alone should have been enough to set off red flags in his head. I think something that would have improved audience reception towards the character in his debut would have been for him to acknowledge Mephiles' creepiness. At least have Silver have a private conversation with Blaze or at least acknowledge to himself that Mephiles is creepy, but he feels that going along with Mephiles is the only way for him to have something of a chance of bringing genuine change to his world. Something interesting about this complaint I've also seen, is that people really don't blame Blaze when she makes the same decision that Silver did of going along with this. Then again, Blaze is treated very strangely in this game. Silver is the only person Blaze has actually dialogue with and he's the only one who ever acknowledges her presence in the game. That's a pretty big writing fumble in this game. There's also the case of Blaze's backstory. Oh my goodness! Blaze's backstory perhaps make her one of the most confusing characters in the Sonic franchise. Speaking of her backstory, there's something you need to understand about Sonic 06. Despite appearances to the contrary, this game is still canon. The events of this game were erased, but the events must have had to happen in the first place to even have been erased to begin with. If this game wasn't canon, Sega would just flat out pretend it didn't happen like the Game Gear games, Knuckles Chaotix, and Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood. If you ever do a video on Blaze or just her backstory in general, I would recommend going over the following sources. These have differing interpretations on explaining Blaze's presence in 06: This first source is a tumblr reblog that was originally written by jadiil. The original blog is empty now, but this reblog is quite informative on how 06 is still canon. It also goes with the interpretation that Blaze is originally from the future which is an interpretation I once agreed with but have doubts on. Still I would recommend you still read this. greenyvertekins.tumblr.com/post/175579850109/clearing-up-the-confusion-in-the-fanbase-regarding Another source I found interesting would be the video Sega Scourge did on Blaze in 06. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hvOOk4temyo.html&pbjreload=101 He goes with the idea that Blaze's backstory that she's from another dimension is still true even in 06's story. The evidence would lie in Blaze's clothing which still looks too nice to have if she always lived in an apocalyptic future, and being able to serve as a vessel for Iblis which 06 seems to indicate you have to be royalty to do so which further indicates that the backstory that she's a princess from an alternate dimension is still in play here. If you're thinking, "Then how did she get here to begin with?" Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe she got into an accident involving the Sol Emeralds which sent not only to another dimension, but in Silver's time as well. Maybe the Sol Emeralds sent Blaze to Silver since he likely be the one in the most desperate need of help. Another thing he highlight's is Blaze's fate in Silver's ending in the game. Sega Scourge believes that Blaze did not seal herself in another dimension in the game, but rather died instead. Ask yourself this, "If Blaze was just going to seal herself in another dimension, then why did she ask Silver to be the one to do it?" The answer is she couldn't do it herself. Blaze cannot perform Chaos Control. Since she only had a very short window of time, couldn't use Chaos Control herself, and Silver was too reluctant to perform the act, Blaze was left with only one option: death. Blaze destroyed herself down to the molecule. She had to be so thorough with her own destruction since Iblis' regenerative abilities make him incredibly difficult to permanently defeat. The way she fades out out of the world made it look like she was transferring herself to a different dimension than dying. Also, from out of universe stand point, a more graphic death would not fit the tone of the series and would bump the rating up to a level Sega would not be comfortable. The death had to be portrayed more artistically and beautifully. If you go with this interpretation, it would actually explain why Blaze is in an alternate dimension in the other Sonic games. Since Solaris was erased from existence, there is no Iblis, and thus no threat large enough to threaten multiple dimensions, and the Sol Emeralds didn't see a need to send her to Silver's time. Lastly, if you want to analyze the stories of Sonic 06 and other games in the series. Please, analyze the Japanese versions of the stories and definitely not English ones. The English dub stories all suffer from poor localization resulting in the video game equivalent of a clunky anime dub. I would recommend the following channel and playlist that shows accurate subtitles for Sonic stories: ru-vid.comvideos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y86HtBvIE7Q.html

Silver deserved better

I like Amy a lot in this game. I heard that some people game Amy some flack for protecting Sonic over the world, but think about it from her perspective! This person who you just met (although nice) wants to kill one of your friends, and says that it will save the world. This person who you just met's world isn't enough to let him kill one of your best friends. Think about it!

To me Silver will always have potential. Silver the hedgehog is character that never gives up hope. He's a character that keeps hope alive I say Sega needs to realize how important of a character Silver is sure Silver was naive but weren't we all were at some point. Silver is one my favorite characters. Sega don't skim over Silver's potential

I enjoyed this. I never owned Sonic 06; although I had been a fan of Sonic since the first on Genesis, I owned a Wii during this era. As such, I didn't know Silver. He didn't have much personality in the multiplayer of Secret Rings and I was downright offended that he was in the background of Green Hill Zone in Smash Bros Brawl, feeling he hadn't earned the right to be alongside Tails or Knuckles. However, recently, through the comics and Team Sonic Racing, I've come to know his awkward but well-meaning personality and I have to say...I really like him now.

06 may be a disaster but Dreams of an Absolution is a banger

I feel like if Sonic06 was reimagined with alot of tweaking and including scrapped ideas and remove the romance between Sonic and elise as well as perhaps making the people of soleanna into birds, while having a cell shaded realistic fur but cartoony artstyle, you could make a banger in the revitalized Adventure style gameplay

Silver is the best boy, if you don't agree you're wrong--

Silver really needs more love. I haven't played 06 and have no intention to, but Silver's (and Shadow's but this isn't about him) story was always at least decent to me. Not only is he just a confused and inexperienced kid with a lot on his shoulders who feels he can't afford to screw this up, he's someone with a fresh perspective on literally everything in Sonic's 'verse. His comments on just how beautiful the past is always stood out to me; you can practically _feel_ his sense of wonder going through the roof. We take all this stuff for granted, but all Silver has known is a burning cityscape full of pain and misery. It sometimes makes me wonder, "Silver, why don't you stay in the past and be happy?" But we know why. He wants to help make a better future, and that kind of character is really admirable in my opinion. Silver is a good boi and I love him. I wish more people did. He _deserves_ it.

Silver is such an underrated character I wish he was given more love he definitely deserves it I hope he grows more after the 30th anniversary

I'm on a quest to comment "best hedgy" on every Silver-related video i stumble upon

Was waiting for the comment on the line "I'm an optimist, but also a realist." I hate that dialogue so much because I knew right then that the writers just looked up a wiki on Silver and went off of that. Drives me nuts.

My second favorite character behind Mighty. As for how I'd like Silver to be used in future games, keep his role as a time traveller and let him team up with Shadow & Mighty. Regarding Mighty, he would be the guardian of Onyx Island (the "Angel Island" in Silver's timeline). Since Knuckles was supposed to be the last of his kind, I'm okay with the idea of Mighty fulfilling that role. Eggman Nega can be a reoccurring antagonist for Silver whenever his timeline is in danger. Shadow, Silver, & Mighty would form their own team (Team Future). Shadow as the Speed-type member, Silver as the Fly-type member, & Mighty as the Power-type member. Shadow nominates Silver as official agent of G.U.N. so they can go on their own missions together. Mighty would be busy protecting the Master Emerald in Silver's timeline, so Shadow and Silver are the only characters that can temporarily leave and return to the future as they please. Even though Mighty is a character that's exclusive to the classic era cast, I felt like it would be pretty neat to see how Mighty could be incorporated in the modern era cast. Also, the idea of a character from the future (Silver) interacting with a character from the past (Mighty) is too good of an opportunity to pass up. While this last part might seem cliché, it would be pretty funny to see Shadow & Mighty have a rivalry over Silver's affection. The Shadow in Silver's timeline isn't much of a "romance" type of character at first, but he starts to open up more when he's hanging out with Silver. Mighty never had an official love interest, so it would be normal for him to have feelings towards Silver. Silver only views Blaze as a "big sister figure" like you said, so it's impossible for those two to be a couple. In terms of Silver's love life, the more logical choice is pairing him up with someone from the future and NOT from the Sol Dimension.

I also thought Silver was a great character who didn't deserve to be hated so much like with Amy. But since plenty of RU-vidrs and "critics" like to hold 06 constantly over the heads of Sonic fans and SEGA, I actually would like it if Sonic 06 got the Final Fantasy remake treatment or better, and got everything fixed and written better. Plus, this game already feels like Sonic Adventure 3, so why not completely fix 06 and make the story better to truly make it Adventure 3? But with the humans cartoony again like in Unleashed and the first two Adventure games of course. I would like to have Sonic's story better written, explore Silver and Blaze's relationship more, how Blaze came to be in Silver's future, and all sorts of stuff. But no romance with Sonic and Elise of course, just keep her as a friend. Though the unexplored plot point of her mistaking Sonic for Silver in the beginning should be explored too. You're also very right about the double standard Silver is facing with Knuckles and Shadow, and how he's actually from a very bleak future too. I honestly would change the game's ending a bit to include the rest of the characters present in the last story, and have both Sonic and Silver convince Elise to erase Solaris's physical form too. Plus, one theory on how Silver and Blaze's story is pretty much like the Tanabata festival is a pretty good one to me. And another theory on how both Rivals and Rush come after 06 too. I just hope 06 can get such a redux/remake with all the cut elements that would have made the game even better in the future. Maybe bundled together with other Sonic 3D remakes/remasters so it could get a chance to shine alongside them too.

Ahhh you talked about Silver and Shadow's relationship! It's one of the many things that's often skirted over in Sonic since this point. It's really sad :( So many of the amazing ideas from the other Sonic games that were BEGGING to be expanded upon (reminder every single Sonic game was an expansion from the last up until SA2/Arguably 06 if you count Heroes and Shadow with a gun (2005), sense although they were technically 'squeals' they didn't really expand like how all the other games did and dropped a lot of important stuff), and then after Sonic Adventure 2 it was dropped and it's impossible to find fan content where people notice the loose ends and try to add more.

This is an EXCELLENT character study on Silver!!!~ :D Seriously, he is a great, but misunderstood character brimming with untapped potential who deserves better and needs more moments to shine!~ :D

I've always been fascinated by how game series handled the concept of time travel, as well as the travellers themselves, and Silver was no exception when I first saw him in the Olympics. He's like a reverse Rosalina where instead of having a "depth through backstory" character in a good game (ironically one about space, at that), he's a character with good *current* character arc in what is unfortunately an overall terrible game (as much as I don't like that it is, given that again time travel in fiction is always fascinating imo). Watching 06's cutscenes, Silver's moments were arguably some of the best imo: most of them didn't have much to do with what people call "cringe" (mainly the entire thing surrounding Elise until the part where Silver and Shadow go to the past to find out Iblis's true origin, and even that wasn't that bad in and of itself), and it shows a progression of someone that was simply too overzealous into a hero with a more objective moral compass willing to understand others's points of view without losing sight of what he went back in time for; at this point he was really only catching flak for being a time traveller in a Sonic game (which... I mean, Mario [& Luigi] did it, Pokemon [Mystery Dungeon] did it, Fire Emblem did it... time travel is just another trope that's harmless by itself, so giving him flak for that is kinda stupid). If Silver were to make an actual meaningful comeback, I'd hope he's the only character whose progression from 06 is actually retained. "I'm a realist but I'm also an optimist" may be a funny meme, but it's still far from accurate to his progression, and in Forces he otherwise kinda just existed with no real reason for being there (seriously even Aaron Webber's comments on the script were like "why?!"), which makes it moot imo since doing little means he might as well have as much of a presence there as Blaze or Cream... who straightup aren't in the game.

You really captured everything that I love about Silver. Even with the game having a bad rep, I never let that define how I saw him. Going in depth as to why he trusted Mephiles, his determination, and hopeful nature despite never really having a reason to believe in hope. He has so much potential as a character and a player. He's definitely the one I want to see more of and explore more. I don't know when SEGA will give Silver a proper role in a game again, so for now I turn to the IDW comics. Silver may be more optimistic and occasionally sillier than he was in the games, but I see this as Silver letting down his defenses and able to enjoy a life with friends and a beautiful world he never had. It also still shows how powerful Silver can be when he tries.

A lot of people had compared Silver to Trunks from the Dragonball Z series, but I see Silver as more like the male hedgehog version of Renet from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles time arc. A novice time-traveler (or possible time traveler apprentice) who tries to fix any wrong doings in the time periods, gets help from our current heroes, becomes a friend of theirs; and although goes back own time, will occasionally show up in the past to help out the heroes. I don't think Silver is bad, he's origin just needs a reboot.

I'm posting a second comment after watching the full video and to fully express my thoughts on Silver. I love Silver.🤍 I think the reason people hate him is mainly because of his so called terrible controls, (personally I thought they were alright) terrible boss (unless you know how to beat it I can see why you do) and personality that just makes him act stupid........and that is just a terrible reason! Everything you said in this video perfectly captures what I think of Silver's character and personality. He's just so naive but he grows out of it. At the beginning of his story he starts losing hope because no matter how many times he beats Iblis he just keeps coming back but by the end of the game when everyone loses hope he doesn't give up becuase of everything he experienced during he's journey back in time. Also yeah after watching this video I just realised that Silver just straight up gives into the fact that Sonic is dead in Sonic Forces and he sounds very casual unlike last time when he doesn't admit he's dead, hopefully the next game delivers better writing for the characters especially Shadow he probably needs it the most. So with that being said and done all I have to say is I love you Silver the hedgehog, we all do.🤍🦔❤

Yeah I agree with you about shadow and silver relationship should have more screen time.

I've always loved his design ^^

Silver was one of the things I really loved about Sonic 2006, seeing this video has made me love him even more ! I really liked this video, I didn´t knew that SEGA put this game as non canon and that Silver was literally gone as a potential main character. I don´t hate Sonic2006 and Silver is and it always will be one of my favorite characters...

Best way for him to make a come back is if he got a personal game or maybe a DLC story in Frontiers where they explored Silver specifically

I remember watching the Sonic Generation ads and I saw the weird time ghost (who I thought was Mephiles at the time) and the Silver boss level in a ruined cuty and I thought we would get 06 Silver back... I was wrong

I want Silver back as a playable character in another mainline game! Shadow was my favorite Sonic character, but Silver eventually overtook my number 1 spot. I LOVE that optimistic dork!

I like Silver he deserves more appreciation and love hes a great sonic character no matter what people say about him.

My first initial option for writing for Silver is to keep him in the present once his mission is complete so I don't have to come up with reasons for him to keep coming back to the past. I will have some rule that the quantum causality will correct itself if he decides to go back to the point in time he came from, changing him to how he would exist if he grew up in this new timeline and he would want to stay in the past present knowing this so he won't forget what he has learned. This way he can still have his continuity from the previous games and he can have friendships with the other characters.

What really bothers me is that despite loneliness seeming to be Silver's greatest fear (he feared loosing his friend more than his own death) the writers still keep having him go off to the future instead of staying with his friends. Silver should still care deeply about protecting the future to make sure no one suffers like he does, but stay with his friends either in the past or in Blaze's dimension.

I mean, Sonic 06 is my favorite game, so I do am able to like Silver with no problem, and as you said, he can do better, if, the writing of the games gets better, and this goes with everyone else, not just Silver

I'm glad you clarified the difference between Silver and Knuckles. When I first saw him I thought he was just another stubborn mislead anti hero (Knuckles, Shadow, Blaze, Chaos) only with a bland personality. Overtime he grew on me though and I've noticed when he isn't blinded by a narrow minded goal, he's actually a pretty wholesome character. Ian Flynn's depiction of him in Archie and IDW comics is near perfect. He describes him as "an adorkable cinnamon roll who though awkward, is idealistic and never gives up." He heavily leans on that aspect of him making him a much more distinct character. The only thing I don't quite agree on is Silver being an extrovert. He might be friendly, but he seems too socially reserved and introspective to be extroverted. I do agree that him and Shadow should interact more as well. They almost had a cynical/cool big brother vs positive/dorky little brother dynamic.

I don't mind Silver though after recently playing through Rivals 2, on an emulator, I thought he came across as abit of a high school bully to Tails, demanding his rings/lunch money. However if you're playing through the Sonic and Tails campaign as as Tails, Silver soon learned he messed with the wrong kitsune.

This whole talk of *hope* and *despair* is gonna make *them* show up

~1:00: I still wanted that silver game as the character feels criminally underused...

Interesting and informative video - although that’s to be expected coming from you. Love the character deep dives you do. You really try to find the best in them and not just write them off because the game/plot they were in wasn’t great. Can’t wait for your next character video!

I never had much experience of Silver having barely played 06 on release. But this video really makes me want to go back and force myself to play through it and that Silver gets treated better in the future. Great video, keep up the good work.

I think silver is a realist of his own. In 06, he was doubting if he ever defeat iblis. He said that what's the point of all this? It will never end. I like to imagine that his boss line "it's no use!" was a way of showing his despair and realism that he doesn't want others to have or know but him and his foes. While he gets his optimism side thanks to the goodness & gratitude he receives in his life, making him the optimist that we all know and love.

That's always been my issue with Silver. Sega has no idea what to do with the character and every game he appears in just seems forced and as a result takes away from other characters. Trying to force a connection with Blaze messed up her back story and where she fits in the sonic Canon, trying to force Silver into the plot rivals messed up Eggman nega place in the games and now we have no idea if he from the future or not, and now a days whenever there's a team based game silver is forced into team dynamics he shouldn't be like him teaming up with Espio in rivals 2 or Blaze and Vector in team sonic racing. If it was up to me I would 1) Establish which future Silver hails from. Is he from sonic dimension future or Blaze dimension future 2) Give silver his own group of friends, primarily one or two characters that travel through time to accompany him so he isn't always forced to team up with Blaze or the choatix In my opinion, silver needs his own spin off that details his new origins and go from there. Sega should just make it so silver and his two friends job is to protect time from Eggman nega and just have them follow Eggman nega through time to stop his plans, and only Eggman nega. No need to have silver facing Eggman or anything like that, leave that up to sonic and friends. Unless Eggman Nega is involved in some way, silver shouldn't be in the past in my opinion.

This is why I think Sonic Adventure 3 should be a retelling of Sonic 06 I think this game had a lot of potential especially with Silver. I just find it weird that Silver is in Sonic games even though 06 was retconned. So I think this could be a great opportunity as people want SA3 and we wanted 06 to be, well, good. Wether or not SEGA will go through with it is up to them.

Aaaaand subscribed. I already liked Silver and would REALLY like to see him be used as more than a cameo (once Sega starts letting characters other than Sonic be playable again), but your analysis of his character touched on points I hadn't even noticed or considered. This is awesome work, and thank you for it. ^^ Anyways, I'd definitely love for silver to return, preferably in a playable role, but in terms of "how" and "why", I'd really like them to use him to resolve the issue of Eggman Nega. You mentioned the Sonic Rivals games where Silver was also playable, and part of his backstory for those games was that he was basically the "Sonic" of the future, fighting against Eggman's descendant, Nega, who had gone to the past and forcibly taken over Eggman's operation. However, this isn't the first time Nega's shown up - he also appeared in the Sonic Rush series, again as an antagonist, but as the Eggman to BLAZE's Sonic, and both of them being from another dimension rather than just the future. Furthermore, this Nega was far more willing to work with his contemporary counterpart, neither ever betraying the other. Neither depiction of Nega ever acknowledges their enemy from the alternate set of games, and between that, their different methods, attitudes towards Eggman, and BACKSTORIES, they're practically two different characters. So I'd love it if they actually were, with both Negas showing up in Sonic's era/dimension, and their corresponding rivals appearing and teaming up together due to confusion over the two Negas. Could even make a trio out of Blaze, Silver, and Marine, and maybe redeem the latter two in the eyes of the fans. Maybe. Not very likely, but I wish they'd give it a try at least.

Introvert Knuckles and shadow extrovert Sonic and Silver

I love silver hes one of my favorite characters in sonic, his optimistic view and hopefulness was always so endearing to me, my nephew also loves the charcter silver is his favorite but he was introduced to the character through the Olympics games crossover series and knows nothing of substance about the character which is pretty disheartening, doubly so since sega refuses to use him( or any character for that matter) for anything interesting anymore.

ti love silver hes one of my favourite characters

Great vid!! I felt like I really understood Silver’s character through this. I’ve always interacted with the Sonic fandom through fan content over the actual games. A lot of stuff depicted him as incredibly naive and borderline dumb. I’ve been trying to dive headfirst into years worth of content so vids like this have been so helpful for me. Also that mentor-like relationship between him and shadow sounds so interesting!

7:56 The delivery on your line and the edit you put here was just perfect.👌

In the beginning of this I like when silver says it’s no use😂😂😂

but the important question is still is blaze from another dimension or from the future personally I like the canonical explanation blaze have an arc in sonic rush she is a princess she isnt free she isnt allowed to meet new people thats why she was surprised when cream the rabbit was very friendly to her she is another contrast to sonic is from the street he is free and he dont have to follow the rules blaze however is from a royal family her life is more restrictive she have to follow the rules she isnt free

It almost feels weird that they kept Silver. He's never been anything like how he was in Sonic 06, yet Sega keeps including him as super bland and pretends like Sonic 06 doesn't exist at the same time.

Thanks you. I already like silver character especially in something like archie or idw but I appreciate his character even more now

Great vid man lol like I still don't get why Blaze sealing iblis kills her like is it just beacause shes not of the royal family and yea blaze has fire abilities but that shouldn't mean she should be vessel for a literal GOD. Why did Mephilis need Silver at all why didn't he just fuse with Iblis in the future then travel back in time.The craziest thing is this game expects me to believe a six year old girl who has both of her parents dead never cried ONCE or its the end of the world that is straight up unrealistic even for Sonic😅

I wouldn't have expected Silver to be your next character analysis, but definitely an interesting one! I only ever bothered to finish Sonic 06 as Sonic, & didn't even finish Kingdom Valley in Silver's story. I found him unbearable to play as & that was the end of me caring about him, I didn't want to give him a chance after that, after all, it's not like it matters. Sonic 06 removes itself from the timeline in its final ending anyway, so why waste my time? It's a shame he didn't get better, as it seems like he's actually quite a good character in his own right. I wish he wasn't a hedgehog though. I know that might be a weird complaint, but I'd really prefer them to not add any more hedgehogs. The only reason he's a hedgehog is because the series main protagonist is, not because it makes any sense for his character or his abilities & it ultimately means that he just exists in reference to Sonic, much like Shadow & Amy do, rather than standing on his own. It probably played into me hating how slow he is, considering the other two playable hedgehogs are both known for being fast, I guess I'm just conditioned to expect speed from male hedgehogs in this universe! I would say it'd be nice to see him get a second chance, but I've always felt both Shadow & Silver should have remained exclusive to their debut titles. Shoving them into every game they can just for the sake of it really damages their character, in my opinion.

Man, I wish your channel was more popular. You have such in depth well made videos, and I really love the ones you do in regards to 06. I really hope that as more people like you become more open about their thoughts on the game, the fanbases' opinion of it might start to change. I mean, people didn't like SA2 for a while! Why can't 06 get the same turnaround?

If Silver comes back, I want Sega to look at Jesse Faden from Control for some ideas to make his gameplay more fun. Having flight not consume the same energy as the objects you carry around is great in Control. I also want a confirmed backstory for him. Silver, Blaze, and Eggman Nega are all very, very weird due to of Rivals, Rush, and 06 being incompatible.

My children LOVE Silver. They've only seen him in the comic books and Sonic and Tails R, but he's one of their favorites because he never gives up and is always trying to help people be hopeful. They also love his telekinesis.

For me I didn't even know silver existed around the Wii era I was getting out of gaming at the time so I didn't know Sonic 06 was the thing, I only got back into the series because of Smash Brothers, sonic boom, and forces trailer, and I love the dude he's a total dork

I would love to see a fixed Sonic 06.

Great video, I love silver!!!

Silver was always one of my favorite sonic characters and I hope we see more of him done right

Heavily biased but I understood a lot of characters traits he has. Especially when I was younger was very naive and gullible, not to mention how stubborn I was on doing something a certain way if I had my mind to it regardless if it ended up hurting the process. He can come off emotional, stubborn and reckless with his actions but throughout 06 you can tell he had good intentions throughout the whole story.

silver is such an admirable character when you pick everything apart. i wish there could be a game that would redeem him in the public's and sega's eye

Ace Card Gaming: this is the game that fleshed out Silver the most. Me: yeah but sonic every achievement of Silver out of the timeline ...oh you mentioned it later

I like how every Sonic 06 video starts with the infamous kissing scene

I like "Sonic 06", I think that the story in this game is amazing, interesting and pretty adult. And Silver is still my favorite character, despite the fact what is happening with his character in recent games. I really hope that Silver is appearing in a future games with personality traits similar to his in "Sonic 06". And I too not not have troubles with him easily believed to Mephiles. This case is not about only naivety, when you are desperately looking for answers, you will believe to every person who knows these answers. And what in this game is really surprised me about Silver it is his strong spirit, somehow he is still optimistic in every situation, no matter how hopeless situation is, being a fourteen-year-old boy, who is grown in apocalyptic world, where every day is a grave danger.

silver is the best shadow deals with his past silver deals with his future

kinda hoping paramount does something with this. I mean if there is a movie after the 3rd Silver would be a good choice as next introduction i think.

8:00 I like your cut, G.

Completely agree. I'm not sure what the writers are doing. Hopefully the next game has given them time to write out the story, or at least given SEGA time to calm down on the mandates.

I like how Sliver is handled in IDW.

I feel like the IDW comics fixed Silver's character

Dreams of absolutely-right-analysis...tion...lol Jokes aside, poor Silver got a bumpy start and people hated him. What I'd like is for him to be Reintroduced in a way that made him coming back to Sonic's time other than "the future's in danger we have to save it" bit. Also looking at this made me remember just how much optimism Silver has. That's what kept him going even when things looked bleak. Let's hope they give him a good part from here on out

'Ace, I do like your idea of Shadow being a mentor of sorts to Silver; for a story. For a game on that? I'm not sure... Now for a video game title: I can picture a 2d** Puzzle, (spin-OFF) game.... Where you play as Silver who can move blocks around. ▪Silver falls through a hole in space in _his future time_ *and* is found by a group of Scientists and... Just think of the "Dimension-hopping" law enforcers from Pokémon: Ultra Sun and Moon. {•There is no one that Silver would recognize; beyond a certain "Doctor N.-E."} Even a few different Zeti wouldn't ring any bells; and NO, they are not the "Dely.6." •All relief efforts for Post-Apocalyptic Worlds that have been ravaged by near world ending disasters. ⊙These are just my thoughts for a Spin-off Sonic title; and, quite frankly, I wouldn't know if this is the kind of game to _have_ "boss fights".... But, I can think of that slow moving blocks boss fight from Sonic Unleashed. I don't know if that Would work. **...Like the recent Metroid Dread game. 'Great character study by the way. (: ♤11-19th-2021, Fri.

Breath of the Wild and Particularly Tears of the Kingdom shows how they could easily make his powers work, simply look at the creative ways people use magnesis/ultrahand

"Imagine is SAO 2 was retconned from the series but he still showed up from time to time?" Isn't that sort of what they have been doing since Sonic Colors? Treating it as the same universe to an extent but none of the prior game's stories actually mattered and retconning Shadow's whole character arch from finding his own place to belong with Team Dark and overcoming his past to just being an angsty loner again.

My only gripes with Silver is the time travel plot holes he brings everytime he shows up and that he uses the chaos emeralds to do it, which furthers the idea that they can just do anything the writers need them them do. (Sometimes he doesn't even have an explained method on how he does time travel and that's bad too.) Also he shows up when the plot doesn't really need him, but to be fair a lot of Sonic characters are just there and don't get to do much. He keeps coming back to the future and then going back to a good future until the next sonic game where it apparently gets doomed again by Eggman's latest scheme. It doesn't make sense. These are all easy fixes though just have everytime he goes back to his future when everything is done it's screwed up in some new way. That way he has a reason to keep coming back. Also have him use the time stones. They're an established time travel device so it wouldn't be just giving the chaos emeralds time travel abilities out of nowhere like in 06. Plus we haven't seen them since CD. You could even have a story where Silver has to collect all of them again each time he wants to travel back. Which explains why it could take a while before we see him again if he isn't in the last game, but shows up in the next he can't just pop up in a flash whenever he wants he has to go on a time stone hunt first.

Silver is a interesting character.

I love Silver but he's definitely another example of Sonic accidentally copying Dragon Ball Z, he's basically Trunks so I think it would be hilarious if it turned out he was like Shadow's son from the future or something, I think fans would hate it, but one of my favorite things about Sonic is how much it copies Dragon Ball so I think it would be fun lol

Project 06 turns it into adventure 3 and it's exactly what it should have been. Sonic 06 story is underrated despite the flaws

I do believe the current writers don't care either, Silver is an Optimus to the end and dosen't find anything hopeless, his timeline molded him to be naive but resilient to accomplish a better future for the world. That is Silver the Hedgehog.

it's sad he was introduced in a bad time since his character and story is impressive but made him just there bcuz Sega doesn't want to bring up 06 and it doesn't help that some diehard fans and critics make it worse by bring it up and make Sega doubt even more to get creative and become more restricted. sliver deserved so much better.

I was always confuse on when is 06 supposed to take place, thinking it was its own continuity with all the characters just there. Is the same earth after shadow the hedgehog? With gun and all the adventue stuff?

I think you should've also taken both rival games into account as well seeing as Silver shows his personality in them as well not just 06 even though 06 is one of the main games people recognize him from it would be fair to analyse him in all games even in TSR which some people actually say they've ruined him