Sonic 3 writers say that Amy Rose nearly appeared in the movie rather than just the post-credits, revealing that they have a "great plan" for her future

Amy Rose in the Sonic games
(Image credit: SEGA)

Warning: the following features spoilers for Sonic the Hedgehog 3...

It seems to be tradition now that the character teased in the post-credits scene of a Sonic the Hedgehog movie appears in the next film. The first instalment teased the arriva🅠l of Tails, whilst the second set up Shadow's appearance.

All eyes were therefore on the澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Sonic 3 post-credits scenes, which did indeed feature some 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:exciting cameos. Saving our beloved blue blur from an army of Metal Sonics was none other than Amy Rose, with fans immediately r𝄹ecognizing the character thanks 🌺to her pink hair and hammer.

Of course, it's only a brief tease but fans are already excited to hopefully see more of her in the recently announced Sonic 4. However, as Sonic 3 writers Pat Casey and J൩osh Miller recently revealed to GamesRadar+, Amy Rose nearly played a role in the third movie, rather than just popping up in the post-credits scene.

But as Casey adds, they ultimately decided against that plan out of the fear of overcrowding the feature: "Wಞe did talk long and hard about including her in movie three actually, before ultimately, we a🦂ll sort of decided that there just wasn't quite enough room to do her justice and Shadow justice. We didn’t wanna crowd the picture.

Instead they are now looking ahead to the future, wit🐼h Casey teasing: "I think we have a great pඣlan for what's gonna really make her work as a film character."

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles in Sonic 3

(Image credit: Paramount)

Naturally, the duo don't want to say much more, holding their c🦩ards close to their chest, but Miller's adds that they want to ensure that Amy Rose is fully fleshed out: "You don’t want her to be there as a fourth wall running around with the trio. We just want to see her be cool. She's kind of the big female character of the franchise."

Amy Rose was indeed the first female character introduced in the Sonic games, but the writers are keen to emphasize that in their movies they don't want her to simply be 'girl Soni⛎c' – especially since many have been long awaiting this moment.

Casey jokes that he has certainly been feeling the pressure from one family member: "There’s got to be more to her than just being th꧂e girl. But we've wanted to get her in there. My li𝄹ttle niece has been giving me hell about it. I was saying she'll get here eventually. I promise."

Interestingly, the appearance of Amy Rose seems to provide further evidence that a continuing bizarre fan theory is indeed correct. You may remember us reporting on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:jumper theory, which says that whatever color Tika Sumpter's Maddie is wearing in the poster, sets up the character that will b🌄e revealed in the post-credits scene. For instance, yellow for Tails, red and black for Shadow🌠.

Well, for Sonic ꧂the Hedgehog 3 Sumpter was wearing a pink jumper in the marketing – and Amy Rose is꧅ indeed a pink character!

Laughing as GamesRadar+ asks about the theory, Miller says that they are aware of it and think it's about time they ask producer Toby Ascher about it: "We’ve seen it and it's weird because, that's outside the part of the movies we have worked on. I guess we have never aske✱d Toby but we should… maybe it was intentional on this one but I think it was probably an accident originally."

Casey agrees, adding with a tease: "It might [be🌌] intentional, but also it might not..."


Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is out now in theaters worldwide. For more, check out out guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sonic 3 Easter eggs you may have missed, as well as our breakdown of the澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Sonic 3 ending and our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review.

Emily Murray is a former Entertainment Editor of GamesRadar+, once responsible for overseeing all the online content for Total Film and SFX magazine. Emily has previously worked for the BBC, Zavvi, UNILAD, Yahoo, Digital Spy and more. When Emily isn't writing about film and TV, she can be found cuddling her cat on the sofa, likely bingeing New Girl for the millionth time (Nick Miller is the love of my life). Y🌜ou can also find her waxing lyrical about Christopher Nolan on a podcast dedicated to his filmography.