Do You Like Memes? Because Sanic Has Just Been Turned Into Sonic Forces DLC!

Gotta Go Fast!

Things are about to get meta, because it looks like Sega has finally got wind of the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog meme affectionately known as Sanic…and have decided to turn it into DLC?

Thankfully its free, so its good to know that the game isn’t trying to make fans pay for their own creation. However, its still a little weird to see both the canon and fandom collide in such a hilariously bizarre way.

According to an article on Gamespot –

Sega is leaning into a Sonic meme for a new piece of Sonic Forces DLC. Now available in the game as a free download is a “Sanic” t-shirt. For those just catching up, “Sanic” is the name of the meme popularised by a purposefully poorly drawn render of Sonic in MS Paint. In its tweet announcing the Sanic DLC, Sega confirmed that yes, indeed, this is a real piece of DLC that you can actually get right now.

“Get ready to go fst,” Sega wrote, continuing the joke. You can customise your Sonic Forces character with the shirt, if that sounds like a good idea to you.

In Sonic Forces, you are part of a freedom fighters consisting of Sonic, a younger version of himself, most of the familiar supporting case, and an all-new character that you create and customise. It’s this character that you can equip with the Sanic t-shirt.

Admittedly, the idea of wearing a Sanic shirt while kicking the crap out of robots while dashing around at lightspeed does sound too funny an opportunity to pass up. But we have to wonder if this is going to set a future trend where developers try and include meme culture into their games in some way or form. They’ve already given players Sanic and the chance to create their own OCs, its down the rabbit hole from here!

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