Potential Returning Sonic Boom Characters

Sega has confirmed characters from the established Sonic mythos to make a comeback in Sonic Boom's  universe. Leaked screenshots of concept art from Big Red Button surfaced the web two weeks ago, and it have left anxious fans speculating. One of the conceptual pieces revealed Marine the Raccoon from Nintendo DS's Sonic Rush Adventure sparked ideas of possible returning characters. If Marine, a very unpopular character amongst fans, can appear in the project, any character is possible. Already enough, artists of the Sonic community have crafted some ideas of characters they want to see. I have a few words of some characters I think would be cool in Boom's lore. 

1. Blaze the Cat

I love Blaze. She's a badass counterpart to Sonic in the Rush games, and she strongly emphasize independence of a female character in the series. Plus she's a princess from another dimension! However, will these characteristics of her back story will carry over in the alternate canon? Her fire powers are a must for her character, so taking that away would be injustice. Though I doubt her dimension will be part of Boom's world. Perhaps Blaze's royalty can play a part in the story. She can be a princess in the game's world, and help Sonic and company face the new threat. I don't know but I think that would be sick. Speaking of which, let's talk about Blaze's.....less popular friend. 

2. Silver the Hedgehog

Not only his debut game was a total disaster, but the poor guy is ridiculed by the Sonic fandom. Parodies have other characters neglecting Silver, or treating him like absolute trash. I don't blame the backlash for him either; his character was obnoxious, and his gameplay in Sonic Next Gen is boring and clunky. I heard in the comics Silver's character is actually pretty decent, maybe the team can borrow those ideas. Revamp Silver. Make him awesome like how he was planned in 2006. Silver has potential. This is the time to execute that potential Sega. 

3. Chaotix

Yes. The dynamic trio.....I doubt Mighty is ever going to come back guys....anyway. Chaotix's humor would fit excellently with the TV show's comedic edge. Their interactions among themselves and the other characters would be priceless. As detectives, I can imagine the team trying to solve the mystery surrounding the story's big bad but fail constantly, or bumbling foiling one of Eggman's plans. Sega aims this to have comedy, let one of the funniest characters in the series in. 

4. Emerl

In one of the leaked concept art, some pointed out that one of the enemy robot designs shared resemblance to a certain robot from Sonic Battle. Emerl is such a great character; he slowly grows in the Game Boy Advance's fighter, and he is prominent to mythos of the series: the Gizoids. If Gizoids are represent in the universe, that will be a perfect homage and clever usage of the established Sonic lore.

5. Cream the Rabbit

She's a close friend to Amy, so it would make sense for her to appear. And if Blaze is in the game, I think Cream's presence is a must. In Rush, Blaze and Cream share a close friendship with each other. Besides, Boom could also give the cute bunny a badass makeover. She can be useful to the main four. My biggest hope for the project is for the writers to utilize returning characters in a effective way after all, and Cream is a good choice for moral support. 

6. Shadow the Hedgehog

Why wouldn't he be in the universe? Shadow, right behind the blue blur himself, is the most beloved character in the entire franchise; it would be strange for Sega to not put him in the cast. But like Blaze, Shadow's backstory will have to be reckoned, if not altered a bit. Maria and Gerald Robotnik, the Space Colony ARK, Black Doom, all that will have to change in order to fit Boom's new universe. So would Shadow be a normal hedgehog opposed to being artificial? So many questions, but I guess we will have to wait and see. 

Sonic's roster of characters are immense. The ideas are endless. Any characters you would like to see? Any other themes from the games you think would be a neat addition? Let the discussion begin.