Over the previous couple of months, Sega has been slowly pulling again the curtain on a thriller character related to Sonic the Hedgehog. The character in query didn’t have a reputation for a number of years, but was recently revealed to be Professor Victoria. We now know that the pink-haired professor belongs to Spagonia College, the place she has a ardour for archaeology. The character appeared on the newest episode of the TailsTube net collection, the place she was a visitor of Sonic’s twin-tailed sidekick. Not solely does the character now have a reputation, she additionally has a voice!
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Within the episode, Victoria’s ardour for archaeology is proven by means of her curiosity in several civilizations that existed on the planet of Sonic the Hedgehog. Initially, she begins sharing her data in regards to the Ancients. Whereas Victoria laments that she will’t be taught extra about these beings, Tails particulars his encounters with them throughout the occasions of Sonic Frontiers. Nevertheless, Robotnik’s lackey Orbot arrives, and shortly pokes holes within the story. Then, Victoria begins to speak in regards to the Gaians, a civilization that equally appeared in Sonic Unleashed. When Victoria hears that Sonic and mates have been additionally concerned in discoveries associated to this civilization, she storms off, not believing any of the claims Tails makes.
There’s loads to unpack from the video. Whereas this looks as if it’s merely a enjoyable solution to finish a multi-year thriller, it additionally connects a number of particulars we’ve discovered over the previous couple of years about Sonic the Hedgehog canon. The very first TailsTube episode (which first confirmed us Professor Victoria) additionally established why we rarely see Sonic and friends interacting with normal humans; Sonic’s adventures usually occur on islands uninhabited by people. For somebody like Victoria, it is smart that she wouldn’t concentrate on each main discovery made by Sonic and Tails. As Victoria notes, the 2 ought to most likely do a greater job of really maintaining observe of all of the scientific discoveries they stumble into!
The brand new TailsTube video additionally pays off the recently released timeline of events in the Sonic the Hedgehog canon. The time of the Ancients is listed because the very first occasion on that timeline, below “Prehistoric instances.” The time of the Gaians launched in Sonic Unleashed is the second part of the timeline. Clearly, Sega is making a larger effort to maintain observe of the Sonic storyline than it has prior to now, and it’s attention-grabbing to see the way it all clicks collectively.
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Professor Victoria appeared fairly aggravated with Tails and Orbot by the top of the video, so will probably be attention-grabbing to see if the character makes one other look sooner or later. Sega has clearly spent loads of effort and time building hype around this character ahead of her full reveal. Whether or not we’ll really get to see her play a task within the video video games stays to be seen, however a minimum of we now have a greater thought of how she matches into Sonic’s world!
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