Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is likely going to be adapting the video game Sonic CD, but one major element from that game should be ...

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 may feature time travel, but one character close to the concept in the video games shouldn't be introduced quite yet.

Sonic CD's major selling point in its day was its time-travel feature, which greatly increased the size and scope of the game.

One of the key gameplay elements of Sonic CD, time travel, was indeed planned for Sonic 2 initially, as revealed by Hirokazu Yasuhara.

Dr Robotnik has found a way to send his evil robotic creations back through time. Sonic can time travel using posts found dotted throughout the stages, then return to the past and set things straight.

Said secondary goal deserves special mention here, as Palmtree Panic is the player's first opportunity to use Sonic CD 's time travel mechanic.

But there’s a huge game-changer tossed into the typical Sonic mix as well: the element of time travel.

Sonic CD Restored is a speedrun mod that restores lost Sega CD speerun routes and features back to the game as well as polishes the video/audio/gameplay by restoring fidelity, fixing bugs, and ...

If you're a Sonic fan, then this will be familiar. Sonic CD plays like its Genesis era counterparts. But what made the game so unique, and cool, was the time travel "gimmick." In each level there ...

Ohshima wanted Sonic CD to feel like something that wouldn’t have been possible on older systems. His ambition is most evident when looking at the game’s time travel mechanics.

Both characters were introduced in Sonic CD back in 1993, which used time travel as a game mechanic.