Sonic the Hedgehog 4 could be heading into tricky territory if a new Amy Rose rumor turns out to be true. The hammer-swinging Amy Rose was confirmed to play a significant part in Sonic 4's upcoming plot, having appeared alongside the terrifying Metal Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog 3's post-credits scene. While the character has her own bespoke origin story in the Sonic games, the movies seem to be taking Amy in a potentially controversial direction.
In a new report from insider Daniel Richtman, the known scooper shared what he's heard about Sonic 4's upcoming plot and how Amy Rose will fit into it. Ritchman posited that "Amy comes from an alternate future / another Earth where Robotnik and Metal Sonic rule the world," and she travels to the time of the Sonic movies to "prevent it."
This quickly furrowed some brows among the Sonic fandom, as it is a vastly different origin story for Amy Rose, and, in fact, encroaches on the potential appearance of another beloved character from the franchise.
In the games, Amy Rose is introduced as a self-proclaimed love interest to Sonic, who comes along with the Blue Blur on his quest across time in 1993's Sonic CD. Yes, she travels through time in Sonic CD, but she is by no means from the future in that game. She is simply another Hedghog-like character from Little Planet who befriends the franchise figurehead.
This 'save the future by changing the past' origin story sounds awfully similar to another character in SEGA's blue-quilled video game canon, Silver the Hedgehog. First introduced in 2006's oft-maligned Sonic the Hedgehog (colloquially known as Sonic 06), Silver was a teleporting white-haired Hedgehog sent back in time from a peaceful future to thwart the plans of one Doctor Robotnik to maintain the security of his timeline.
Some believe that Amy Rose debuting with a similar backstory could put the odds of Silver showing up down the line in Paramount's Sonic franchise in jeopardy.
In response to Richtman's Amy Rose report, one X user wrote, "Stole Silver's whole flow," while another posited, "copying one character's whole thing and sh***ly pasting it onto another character is such a lame way to explore this idea."
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is scheduled to hit theaters on March 19, 2027. No casting information for Amy Rose has been made public yet, but there have been whispers that the studio is looking for an A-list actress to bring the classic video game character to life. Sonic 4 will once again star Ben Schwartz as the Blue Blur, along with Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails, Idris Elba as Knuckles, and Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik.
Is Silver Counted Out of the Sonic Movie Franchise?
Paramount changing Amy Rose's origin story for Sonic 4 could introduce a few issues for a character like Silver to appear in the Sonic movies, but that does not make it impossible.
Daniel Richtman previously reported that Paramount and SEGA did have plans for Silver in the Sonic movie universe. He specifically told subscribers in November 2024 that Sonic 3 (which released in theaters later that year) did well, the studio had plotted out several future Sonic the Hedgehog stories, including some that may involve Silver.
Perhaps that is still the case, and Amy's introduction in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is just the appetizer to the main course that is Silver the Hedgehog.
Amy returning to change the past could inadvertently set in motion the idyllic future Silver heralds, potentially teeing up his introduction in an eventual Sonic 5 (or maybe even that Sonic event movie reported to be on the way).
