#rainbow gem

Titanium Aura Quartz & Rainbow Quartz, Rainbow Gems

i’ve honestly never really considered it that much!! i’ve seen it here and there and never put much thought into it, but i like it!!

Those of you who follow the Sonic fangame community at any distance are no doubt aware of the fascination of remaking or “fixing” Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. There have been several attempts over the years, but the two most popular ones currently are the Unity remake by Gistix, and one running parallel to it, known simply as P06, headed by ChaosX. Among several fixes, tweaks and quality of life improvements, P06 makes one super cool, super impressive addition: implemented a fully finished and functional Rainbow Gem.

For those of who you don’t know: in Sonic 2006, you were at some point supposed to be able to buy a Rainbow Gem from the shop. This Gem would allow you to transform into Super Sonic. However, this, like many things in the game, was never finished or implemented.

There have been several modders who threw their hat into the ring over the years, adding the Super Sonic from the Solaris boss, to adding the Rainbow Gem to Sonic’s arsenal. However, since the Gem was never finished, the animation that would play for Sonic’s transformation is about all you’ll get, and since Super Sonic wasn’t meant to be used outside of the Solaris boss, it breaks the game in a lot of ways.

But this is a remake, new code, new everything. Super Sonic is fully playable here, and it’s kind of awesome. I have a video on that, if you’re interested:

I think it would be adorable. I mean, they already have so much in common: being led down the wrong path by someone who was using them (Adam for Ilia, Cinder for Em), growing up without parents, being redeemed antagonists, but mostly I think their personalities would mesh beautifully. Just imagine the banter.

Ilia: Hey, you’re beautiful.

Emerald: Bold of you to hurl such high praise at someone who has such low self esteem.

Ilia: That’s ‘cause people don’t call you beautiful enough.

Emerald: It probably has more to do with the years of social and emotional neglect than with not getting called beautiful.

Ilia: Hey, same here, you emo bitch.

"What....What is this place?"

Aka: Welcome to earth.

Here is my <3 and appreciation.