Neat Things I Found in Sonic and the Black Knight

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  @pennyhero7873 · 3 years ago · pinned

  As an utter nerd for the Arthurian tales I have to give some bonus fun facts about how much this games gets right<br>first of Knight of the wind changed lyrics, the origonal plan was to have the line &quot;In a rage I slay&quot; (any many covers use this version cause thats whats on google ) but the acctual in game one is &quot;In a rage I save&quot; because if you strike with Excalibur in rage it shatters<br><br>second of all is Caliburn being the sword in the stone because yes despite what disney and most movies do Excalibur is not the sword in the stone Caliburn is and that brings me to the 3rd point<br><br>Excalibur is forged by the lady of the lake from the broken caliburn (close to what we get in game but diffrent to)<br><br>Forth is the use of fairway Avalon as the final battle ground for Arthur as upon Arthurs death his soul goes to Avalon waiting to return in the kingdoms time of need

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  @UltimateSpinDash · 3 years ago

  Story wise this game also has at least one stroke of genius.<br>When Sonic is undergoing the knight trials and encounters Nimue in disguise as a child, Caliburn insists on continuing the trials rather than save the villagers. This seems like a plot hole since Caliburn should know that helping here would qualify for the trial of compassion. But I think there is more to it than that. I think Caliburn was testing Sonic to find out if he had the potential to be more than just a knight. Remember, Caliburn is actually Excalibur. Excalibur is the sword of a king, not the sword of a knight.<br>At the end, when Sonic is fighting Merlina and is getting demolished by her, all the other knights of the round table beg Sonic to run away. Sonic&apos;s refusal to do so is what triggers Caliburns transformation into Excalibur. It would not be dishonorable for a knight to flee from such a one-sided and hopeless battle. But Caliburn expects a king to fight for his people to the bitter end. Sonic was willing to do so and thus proved himself worthy.

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• KA

  @KashKey- · 3 years ago

  Okay I know EXACTLY what&apos;s going on at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogXSUT7OOyY&amp;t=180">3:00</a> actually. He&apos;s not T-Posing. He&apos;s in the stance you see at the begining of every stage, where Sonic has his hand on Caliburn, and pulls him out of the ground before running into the level. In this frame, Caliburn has yet to spawn in, leaving Sonic in a pretty awkward looking position. It seems like Caliburn in this game functions as a different entity, rather than simply a part of Sonic&apos;s model.

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• GR

  @greenD7244 · 3 years ago

  Another thing is that the electric &quot;wires&quot; in Dragon&apos;s Lair are actually dragons themselves. The characters call them thunder dragons.

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• FL

  @FlashOfSonic · 3 years ago

  There&apos;s some unused lines in the Sound Test where the Blacksmith is asking for confirmation to work on the weapons of the playable characters. Among them is &quot;Sonic&apos;s gauntlet, right?&quot;, suggesting that the gauntlet Sonic wears in this game was originally meant to have upgradeable and/or customizable gameplay effects, rather than effectively being just for show.

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  @NoraHyrule · 3 years ago

  The fairies also coincidentally correspond to the colors of the 7 emeralds

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• TI

  @Tiny_Tango · 2 years ago

  The reason silver is sir Galahad is due to him being a pure hearted (reason why he was manipulated by mephelis) character which is the core trait of Galahad, but also because Galahad is strongly associated with Percival, with the pair being 2 of the few knights able to go on the quest for the holy grail. Sir Percival is obviously Blaze who is Silver’s primary companion in 06. I think it’s cute how his role is genuinely quite well thought out for being such an insignificant part of the game, only in the multiplayer

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  @choosbehguy · 3 years ago (edited)

  I’ve loved Black Knight for most of my life, I’m one of its biggest defenders, and yet I still learnt a ton from all this

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• EM

  @emberthefox4951 · 3 years ago

  At long last, some justice for Black Knight.

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• KI

  @KirbDog369 · 3 years ago

  I am surprise he didn&apos;t mention that Sir Galahad is Sir Lancelot&apos;s son meaning sega intently made Silver the son of Shadow

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  @gonerboy4487 · 3 years ago

  Probably obvious to most people, but the Blacksmith music is an instrumental rendition of Tails&apos; theme, &quot;Believe in myself&quot;. It&apos;s just an extra love letter to the character that I really appreciate.

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  @Damian_Drężek · 3 years ago

  Sonic standing next to a giant realistic chicken is one of the most ridiculous images I&apos;ve seen. Funnily enough even like Unleashed had a realistic pelican you could interact with.

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