Sonichas a whole bunch of characters. So many in fact, that there are a lot who don’t appear in the games all that often. Some are lucky to get appearances in the spin-off party games, let alone get featured prominently in the mainline entries. It’s for this reason that many fans will passionately defend their lesser-known faves, and rejoice when they even get a second of attention. And this is exactly what is happening today.
Sonic Channel has just dropped its monthly art piece, celebrating characters who almost never get the spotlight. For May, the team will be celebrating a cult classic pairing that has a small, yet dedicated following: Vector and Vanilla. These two side characters star in the latest artwork, and will even get a short story centred around them next month.
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This piece is part of Sonic Channel’s 2023 calendar, with Vector and Vanilla representing the month of May. It follows on fromSilver and Elise, who got their own piece for April.
Without the accompanying short story, it’s hard to tell what’s going on here. But it’s certainly enough to make fans happy, as even with their limited appearances in games, the duo have long been paired together, both romantically and as pals. And after years of approximately zero content, it’s safe to say that the shippers are especially pleased.
If you’re not clued up on all of the minorSonic the Hedgehogcharacters, Vector is a crocodile who first appeared in theSega32X game, Knuckles' Chaotix. After that, he didn’t make another appearance until Sonic Heroes, before then being relegated to a semi-regular spot in spin-off games.
Vanilla, on the other hand, has had even fewer appearances. She’s Cream the Rabbit’s mother, introduced alongside her daughter in Sonic Advance 2.
These monthly Sonic updates have proven popular, giving some love to characters other than the blue blur and his closest pals. Back in December,we got a piece that showed Sonic Frontiers' Sagegetting a Christmas present from her dad, Eggman. This hinted at her inclusion in future games, although Sega is admittedly far from finished with Frontiers.
After that, we got the aforementioned return of Princess Elise, who hadn’t been featured in a Sonic product for 15 years. That art piece gave her a new, Sonic-inspired character design, making her fit into the world much better than in her debut game, the infamous Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. Seriously, whose idea was it to make her loom like aFinal Fantasyreject? In any case, fans loved it, although Ithinkthey’re loving this focus on Vector and Vanilla a little bit more.
