Sonic Unleashed:
The story in SU is pure and simple. As a result, it kinda lacks depth but doesn't get in the way. Eggman basically wants to awaken Dark Gaia so he can use it's power to create Eggman Land and pretty take over the world. Nothing dynamic but it's nice to see a more child-friendly story in a Sonic game. It's more like the originals in a sense that Story isn't a big deal here. The story does open up a chance to explore some inspired stages based of different countries like China and Egypt. All in all, since there much story here, the only complaint I could think of is how annoying Chip can be at times but that's pretty common in a lot of games so it's no big.
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 - 07):
The story in Sonic 06 is incredibly cliche despite its short length. It's amazing how uninspired the story was considering how short the game was. That is to say, Sega managed to have time travel, a princess in danger, and even the death of Sonic in such a short ass game. That's ridiculous. Basically, Sonic is just being himself, running past Soleanna on the day of some festival when Eggman suddenly atttacks and takes Princess Elise away along with the Chaos Emerald she has. It is later explained why she has the emerald in the first place so this isn't a plot hole though I can't fighure out why when Elise throws the emerald to Sonic, Eggman lets him keep it. I thought he was after Elise AND the emerald. Really though, the fact that Elise has Iblis sealed inside her yet Mephiles gets sealed in The Specter of Darkness is crazy enough. All you really need to know is that this game's story is very similar to the Cell Saga from DBZ. Silver is Trunks, trying to change the past to save the future, Shadow might as well be Vegeta, and Sonic is of course Goku. Not to mention they all go Super Saiyan to beat Solaris. It's not as much as it doesn't make sense, rather the story is not very creative nor well written. This game might have been better off without a story.
Verdict: SU 1, 06 0
SU has simple andpure story with nice amount of jokes and an overall charm that is a welcome change especially for those with childhood memories of Sonic. Sonic 06 is just a mess of cliches in an obvious lazy story that's as short as it is cheesy. The winner is clear, SU has the better story.
