Is even more funny when you consider that most characters are still too young. Like, sure, there are some actual old ones like Shadow, Rouge, Eggman, etc, but the majority of them are still teenagers at absolute best.
Cream is an underrated character. Cream was one of the longest surviving characters in the metal virus, and in Sonic X she helped beat dark oak who almost destroyed the universe. And in Sonic X she beat Emerl when Sonic, Rouge, and Knuckles couldn't win at the same time. She did all this, but can't be in games because she is a child and can't handle war or death. A totally underrated Character that we need back.
Well technically once they realize Emerl could only copy one opponent at a time, Knuckles and Rouge planned to tag team it, but Sonic let Cream handle it because it was a personal matter. Still a HUGE W for Cream regardless.
In the multiplayer sonic dash mobile game now named sonic forces she was a top tier pick earlier on in the games life span having higher stats than sonic and shadow in that game but shes been nerfed now
@RNRED10 But then again, you have Classic tails who is just 2 years older alongside sonic everywhere, and even if he has the "young genius" excuse, you have classic Amy joining everyone in superstars. So it's just "sega ignoring spin off game characters" more than anything.
@@RNRED10 charmie is the exact same age as her and he isn't allowed to have all the fun either I have a headcanon that those two are best friends, and are secretly planning revenge on Sonic and the others for leaving them out on the fun 😂
@@BronzeFacadealso cream represents the innocent archetype which is something we don't see enough of in the entertainment industry that we watch read or play and I think you already know what the innocent archetype is
Cream is and honestly always was one of my favorite Sonic characters. She added something to the group that I think doesn't get talked about: perspective. The thing about Cream is that, despite her participation in adventures to save the world, she is ultimately a civilian. She's what basically amounts to being the most "normal" of the group. Next to the larger than life characters that regularly save the world and have big personalities, most of which live outside normal society (even Tails spends more time alone in his workshop), Cream is just a polite little kid living the regular life of a polite little kid in Sonic's world. The only time she's stepped up to the plate is when she has to help someone. Cream essentially grounded the others so that they always had a foot in reality. She was a reminder of what was at stake, as she was often personally affected by whatever Eggman (or any other villain) was doing. She also helped anchor the others' personalities, in the sense that everyone else in Sonic's group is kinda weird? Best example is Amy (or at least what she was like when Cream was still around). They had a sister-like dynamic, and while Amy was the protective older sister that Cream could rely on, Cream was a bit more mature and could (sometimes) rein in some of Amy's more crazed ideas. Not that she was helpless by any means. She's still a Sonic character after all, which means she has a fiercely determined nature. It's just that her life is the most normal of the whole cast, so she served as the bridge between them and the world they always have to save.
That's why her being paired with Amy as a big sister and little dynamic always works imo. They're very similar in the aspect that they both want to do their part but may not be able to keep up with most of the crew. They're both relatively normal people with big hearts.
I think the issue isn't that she's young, it's that she's really the only main character to be characterized as young. And this characterization may lead to awkward interactions within a more serious story. Her whole personality revolves around being a child and i think if they take time to take her past that and give her character more meaning it would be easier to integrate her.
I think your observation is on point. Really the only place you can go with Creams character is having her go through a maturing experience (which Tails already did in SA1) or have her being the more innocent character that shows a more hardened character to lighten up and choose peace (Amy and Gamma in, again, SA1). It would take a skilled writer to give Cream a story that hasn’t been done before, someone far more skilled than me or anyone Sega is willing to green light apparently
The problem is they actually already did that back in Sonic Battle. In Cream's episode, she and Emerl get captured and the two go through a whole arc where Cream teaches Emerl constant violence is not okay, which unfortunately leads to Emerl refusing to fight when they need it most, so Cream overcomes her pacifist ideology and learns to fight with Emerl so they can escape together.
I agree with @zontopho. It's not that she _is_ young so much as she's _presented_ as young. Cream seems more mature than Tails most times, but she's the only character who has an actual parent or guardian, she's an absolute momma's girl, and on occasion, she's written in a way that would match the tropes of her age, such as showing visible fear or wanting to be with her mom. This despite being so mature, well-mannered, and brave. I suppose the writing staff really _doesn't_ know what to do with her since she brings very little unique factors to the table other than being cute, polite, and having a variable weapon in the form of Cheese the Chao.
It's so weird they say Cream is too young even though you have Charmy Bee who is 6 (Same age as Cream) and he was in a whole ass war in Sonic Forces. What's going on here gamers? Edit: Why does this have so many likes? I expected this comment to get lost in the sands of time, that is the comment section.
The rumor I heard is that Sega for some reason is desperat to not damage Creams "perfect little girl" reputation and so doesn't allow her to be in the middle of the action and fighting and stuff.
@@rynobehnke8289 How does Sega have/want that reputation for her when she's in the games this vid mention where she does the same things other characters do?
Because she could use cheese as a weapon. I THINK I heard that that's why the concept of using cheese as a weapon was created. but cream can also still attack bosses herself sooooo. Sega kinda went against their plan on accident.
Amy & Cream were meant to be the female equivalent to Sonic & Tails. But then they made Blaze her only friend. And with Blaze barely showing up, Cream was left behind for stories.
It also doesn't help that clearly multiple sides of people working on official projects don't like the idea of putting Cream into more dangerous and dark situations., Like why she isn't in Murder of Sonic. Or how according to Yuji Naka back than Cheese only exist to have a layer of separation between her and the fighting.
@@BlackFlash09 I understand. I also loath that Cream is often downplayed just because she is a young girl. Yet Tails never and Charmy only on very rare occasions suffer from this. Worse yet in comic book land does even Marine technically fair better as Blaze entrusted her doing her Guardian duties while she is off on vacation.
@rynobehnke8289 Quite true. And the boys still manage to play an important role. So, there really is no excuse for leaving Cream behind. That makes two little girls Sonic Team is doing nothing with. Both coincidentally were going to be Blaze’s sidekicks.
@@BlackFlash09 Its really annoying. Like as much as I miss Marine I can at least understand that she appears rarely as she just like Blaze needs a ton of justification to even be around only that she is far less popular than Blaze. But not having Cream in the spin-off racing game is just ridicules. Especially as it leads to Amy taking OMO-CHAO out on a Picknick over Cream.
Yeah Cream's absence in The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog made absolutely no sense, that "Murder Mystery" was set up to celebrate Amy's birthday. Why the hell would she miss out on her best friend's birthday?! Still, even if Sega neglects this character, the fans certainly won't. Ever seen Sapphire Luna's Shadow babysits Cream series? It's a brilliant mix of hilarious and wholesome. Or how about Gamebun's SM64 romhacks where Cream takes Mario's place. Complete with alternate costumes and her flying ability. One way or another, nobody's forgetting about Cream the Rabbit anytime soon.
Also not just her not being at Amy's birthday party but why doesn't vanilla come either like cream the rabbit is it supposed to be the sister equivalent to tails for Amy and besides that I don't mind them being a Duo like tails being a brother to Sonic I just hope Sega will bring her back and actually acknowledge that cream is Amy's sister besides that why can't we have more adventures about them or better yet make a game dedicated to Amy and cream doing their own adventures outside of Sonic and tails
Shade ended up in the Penders Zone, alongside several Archie series characters. Cream was immensely popular in Japan during the 2000s it doesn't make sense why she was left out of the series for an entire decade.
she did get a cute thing in the tokyo olympics games though, she was touring various landmarks through the hub and you could find her and talk to her and help her way through to the next spot. Clearly she is still well liked among developers
For context as to how terrible the "Cream is too young to go on adventures" excuse is, Charmy Bee, who is literally the same age as Cream, went to war in Sonic Forces. Marine the Raccoon, who is only one year older than Cream, got the Jeweled Scepter back all by herself. Tails, who is two years older than Cream, has stopped Eggman by himself in the Adventure games and regularly goes on adventures with Sonic.
@@I-Beat-Raikous-in-my-basement If we measure by nativity than get Knuckles and Silver off the battle field. Beside she isn't even that naive the worst she ever had was believing that she could prevent any more pain than her own by not fighting back when being beaten up in Sonic Battle. As a matter of fact that game and her dialogue in Final Fortress in Heroes both have Cream basically say that she wants to be stronger and braver to protect those she cares for and that she puts lots of effort into it.
@@rynobehnke8289But, tbf, while those two are naive, they can still throw their punches at he very least (knuckles is super strong and silver can fight off iblis) Unlike those two, cream is both naive and has no way to throw her punches outside of cheese
@@Silverhedgehoj I mean how strong Cream can punch is entirely at the mercy of the writers. In Sonic Battle was she for example able to Push back Chaos Gamma despite being powered up by a Chaos Emerald shard. And that games story also includes Amy having gotten major gains from her training with Cream as noted by Sonic and Tails and Cream ending her story on the resolve to train harder to protect those she cares about. Many sources also gave her super speed. With a 2022 Sonic Channel story going so far as to say that with her flight and maneuvering skills can't even Sonic shake her off if she chases him. As just mention can she just like Tails fly too.
Unlike Tails, Cream has a parent. Sonic is the closest thing that Tails has to any family members. But in general Sega has sexist undertones for years.
@@BLUE_fastestThingAlive Silver was in Forces, Team Sonic racing and is super often in the comics. Get gets it all compared to poor Cream. Only Sega Hardlight gave that poor girl anything.
G.U.N. and the Black Arms don't want you to know this, but she has actually been secretly off screen with Shadow this whole time. He's been teaching her curse words and how to use weapons for the Shadow the Hedgehog sequel
7:21 There was a joke in the episode with the sloths of the old Sonic cartoon where Tails, by his own words, was literally 4 and a half years old and couldn't even write yet. So her being too young is nonsense.
Honestly, replacing Cream with freaking Omochao - possibly *the* most despised _Sonic_ character of all time - in _Team Sonic Racing_ without even so much as mentioning her was so dumb. Why would they do that?
Right like they should’ve at least said that Vanilla said she was too young to race (also yes she was playable in Riders so maybe not the best excuse but better than nothing)
I always saw her as Amy's answer, to Sonic's Tails. When Sonic X was new, Amy and Cream were like sisters. I still can't believe it has been over twenty years sincd her debut on Sonic Advance 2.
Now that you mention it, Trip pretty much sums up a replacement for Cream due to that seemingly being the continuation for the classic version of Sonic. But I have to say I’m with the standpoint of the definitive Sonic Group including Cream amongst them, her character just works well within that group of 5 acting as the heart of the team (Knuckles works so well as the Lancer of the team, so Amy is free to take Heavy with that giant hammer).
I remember I had gotten into Sonic around the same time that Cream was beginning to appear less frequently in the series. It was the early 2010s, so her last major appearances would've been in Free Riders and Generations. It was weird to me, because everything before that seemed to establish her as a core part of the main cast, having played major roles in the Sonic Advance games, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Rush, etc. I think what makes it so baffling is how Sega doesn't seem to realize how noticeable her absence is. It's not like she wasn't a recurring character for a long time. Obviously fans are going to notice when a character as prominent as her just suddenly stops appearing without any given explanation. She was set up to be Amy's best friend and sidekick, but she never even acknowledges her in any of the games after Generations. I still remember being completely dumbfounded by her absence in Team Sonic Racing, and the fact that she got replaced by a group of Chaos.
This year for Halloween, I saw a little girl dressed as Cream (with a little Cheese plushie attached to her shoulder). To say I was shocked to see someone who 100% wasn’t even alive when Cream was last playable dressed at her would be an understatement, lol.
Sega's reason is because they are lazy. But story wise, you have to remember that Tails is a Orphan who's only guardian is Sonic. He has no choice but to be involved.
her not being in the murder mystery game seems so silly when i remember the fact that detective conan has the kid trio constantly seeing a shit ton of dead bodies killed in alot of different ways.
Cream, even though she is one of the younger characters, is one of the most powerful and loving. I don't know why Sega only made her appear so rarely as a playable character. It's sad, because Cream is arguably my favorite.
I’m still disappointed that she wasn’t in Team Sonic Racing. As a Sonic Heroes fan it would have made complete sense instead of adding 3 random Chao to Amy’s team.
I never really played a lot of Sonic games, but I always saw Cream as the 5th permament member of the main cast as well. She just felt like she truly belonged there, the way she was just thrown aside was always a bit shocking to me.
cream the rabbit was really important to me... back when i was a little girl, she was one of the only video game characters i could really see myself in. sure there were other girls in the sonic series, but i couldn't really relate or connect with characters like amy whose main notable trait was that she was a tween with a crush or rouge who was an adult woman for example. i sometimes feel like when sonic team thinks of who their audience is, they aren't thinking much of young girls anymore... or that long-time sonic fans might include people who once were little girls who connected with cream.
Sonic also mentions Cream would never forgive him if he didn't save Amy. Which I love when they emphasise her friendship with Amy, they are meant to be best friends.
I love Cream, I really wish she got more attention and recognition. It's a shame just how little she's in. She has a cute design, and is pretty unique in the cast of characters. I think she has a lot of potential and it's always fun to see her in a Sonic game
@@autisticwoman665If it’s with a prequel game that show us Mobius/Earth/Whatever the world of Sonic is set on after the ARK Tragedy but before the debut of Sonic, I could see that. We really don’t know much about those middle years and how the world was at that point.
I really hope They will bring her back in the main sonic Games. Her inclusion in sonic dream team was a nice addition I appreciate, but I hope we see more of her. She’s such a underrated and also kinda overhated character
AND FUNNILY ENOUGH, the first Sonic X pilot was made before any of the games she appeared in before Sonic Heroes... So she might have technically appeared first in Sonic X of all things (or what it was called back then "The Sonic Adventure").
At least she's not as completely neglected as May from Pokemon (And no, her voice actor's condition isn't an excuse because substitutes exist for a reason.)
I will never forget her!! I played a whole lot of Sonic Advanced 2 and Cream was one of my fav characters. I still have hopes for her to show up as a playable characters on a mainline game yet again. It was nice to have her playable on Dream Team.
I’ve seen people not wanting Cream to be back cause it made Amy looked bad? And like??? So?? Are they even an Amy fan if they hate the negative aspect of her character? So what if her negative traits is more contrasted with Cream in the picture, maybe Cream can be the soft little sister to Amy, the same way Amy is for other characters. I also hate sega/sonic team and sometimes the fandom’s )especially the fans)’s attitude towards her, they’re treating her like a real life child and not a super powered cartoon character with whimsical potentials like Sonic, she can’t join in on adventures cause its too dangerous and she’s too young? Well fuck then keep Tails, Charmy and Amy stay at home as well then, since they’re so concerned with a literal child going on life threatening adventures, heck Sonic shouldn’t be out there either, he’s 15 and don’t even start on the whole “they erased the ages!” ok so they all can go on an adventure? Pick one
Read between the lines. There IS no real reason why Cream isn’t in the Sonic games other than Sega just doesn’t want to. All those “excuses” for excluding Cream (such as “she’s too young to get involved”) are all just Sega’s way of saying “we just don’t want to add her. Please stop asking us about Cream”.
I've been loosely following Sega since I was on the side of the tracks that had a bad experience playing Sonic 06', I'm still a fan of the characters and what not. I'm crushed to discover she's been neglected so much. Hearing from my brother that Big was in the show gave me some hope. I don't hate big, but he's not my favorite character, and I figured the mere mention of him meant Cream would show up... at least eventually! You're telling me not at all...💔. I would never forget Cream n' cheese. Hell, I'll even throw Cosmo in the mix as well.
Cream and Cheese deserves to be more part of the main stream storyline in any Sonic games even in the dangerous adventure. Cream is a fifth member of Sonic's crew along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. It's not fair for her to be not included. Tails is 2 years older than Cream. If Tails can do anything despite his age, so should Cream. She has unquie abilities like any Sonic characters. She should take part in any of Sonic's adventures and battles, helping her friends and family, and making her the bravest hero we have known. So please, make Cream and Cheese more important in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Don't cut her out for future Sonic games because of her age or how young she is right now.
Another thing to add to the "too young" argument: *CHARMY* According to the info, he is the *SAME AGE* as Cream. If HE can be in adventures, so can Cream.
I guess sega just wants Cream to stay as a "perfect little girl" trope. Which includes her not fighting much unfortunately. Charmy would theoretically get a pass since the Chaotix are able to fight often
It sucks because she's my number one favorite character with cheese like??? "She's too young" and yet Charmy can fight?? What kind of logic is that??🤨 We love her sega! Bring our beloved children back!
This is a late comment, but I've always loved Cream. I never realized how forced she was into all those games because she was such a natural fit. Like a tails for Amy, but I've always preferred Cream over Amy. I'm pretty sure that if she existed during SA2, she would have been the one to trigger Shadow's true memory about his promise to Maria. Plus I adore Chao and with her being around she's always a reminder of they still exist in the franchise because she has Cheese, and it's just cute to have a little chao hanging around the group like a little pet or familiar! I liked how in Sonic X, cheese was just there to look cute and it even had relationships with the characters. Amy took care of it sometimes, Cheese would chime in during emotional or funny moments to help magnify the moment, and in that one episode when they are sneaking out of the lab, Cheese is just so happy to see Sonic again that it can't contain it's self and cuddles up to him but gives away their position. Plus her entire thing was avoiding conflict, and being polite, so you don't even have to have her be playable, just have her as a part of the group because everyone loves her and she's just a warm presence to be around. She could even be a damsel sometimes so Amy doesn't have to be that anymore, and just make it like a running gag that she's so sweet and wholesome that Eggman or whoever can't really do anything to her because they aren't THAT evil. Then you could have a REALLY bad villain in the future actually hurt her or threaten her to allow every character to show their dark sides. Like how Sonic went into that dark berserk form when Chris got beat up in Sonic X. Anyway I'm rambling, but Cream is a great character and Cheese is great too, they add a unique personality and dynamic to the group and even if she's never playable again, she should still just be around. I think the franchise would be better for it.
I never forget about Cream, not only she's one of my favorite Sonic female characters, but I got to know her when I was introduced to Sonic the Hedgehog in general.
The "she's too young to fight" stance from SEGA falls apart when you remember that they recently scrubbed the characters' canon ages. Obviously she's still a child, but Charmy is also 6 and Tails is only 2 years older than her. Apparently that 2 years mattered a whole lot to SEGA, enough that her character is seemingly not allowed to progress past being just the child of the cast 🤣 Even if Cream isn't allowed to fight for some reason, Gemerl is still a factor and Cheese is also quite powerful in his own right. I said this in a reply in this comments section, but it's my headcanon that Cheese is a reincarnation of Chaos. He only appears after Adventure, isn't present in Cream's cameo in DX (outside of the mission mode billboards) despite the two seemingly being inseparable, he is strangely strong, punching most robots into scrap in the Advance games and Heroes and creating mini tornadoes in Sonic Battle; on top of that Cheese can even shapeshift into different forms depending on who you pair Cream with in Advance 3. It would also make sense as to why Metal Sonic meant to kidnap Cheese in Heroes for Chaos data specifically, rather than Chocola or any other Chao. No matter how you interpret his powers, he's certainly no ordinary Chao and I'd like it if they leaned into that like they used to, but that would require SEGA to remember that Cream was even part of the main cast in the first place.
If Cheese is Chaos, who can go into sewage systems and is blue, then doesn't that mean that Chocola is the brown stuff that comes out of sewage systems?!
I think Cream's lack of appearances has almost entirely to do with lacking a motivation to be a part of any given plot. Like, unless Cheese and Chocola or Vanilla get kidnapped, then Cream has no motive to contribute to the plot, and there's only so much you can do with that. The writers would have to go out of the way to give her something new to do, or somehow hamstring Cheese/Chocola/Vanilla getting kidnapped into the main plotline. Like, Every character has a gimmick that allows them to be involved in a "big threat" plotline, but not Cream. Sonic: "I go fast and save the world from Eggface!" Tails: "I'm here to help Sonic and fly a plane!" Knuckles: "Did you say Chaos Emeralds? Well, I'm definitely involved in this now!" Amy: "Hey Sonic wanna get hitched? Oop hang on a sec, I'm suddenly being kidnapped." Shadow: "I'm like Sonic but cooler and I mostly punch cosmic horrors and not Eggman even though I did kill him that one time." Rouge: "Hi I work for the government and I'm here to steal your spicy secrets and flirt with the boys." Omega: "WHEN DO I GET TO KILL EGGMAN?" Big: "I usually facilitate the fishing minigame." Vector: "Rent is due. I'm down for literally anything." Espio: "I think I am in love with Vector?" Charmy: "Wheee, being a detective is fun!" Cream: "Well, um, mom isn't kidnapped and neither is Cheese or Chocola... I think I'm gonna just... hang out while the rest of you, um, do your things..."
I'm sorry, but the term "Too young" excuse, is just straight up BS right there. We literally have another 6 yr old bee, and an 8 yr old fox. (IMO i always thought tails was 11 though)
6:26 I'd say you're half right about that, because in most of those games, Tails felt about as useful an an umbrella in a tsunami. Even in a lot of the games where they actually let him do something that seems significant, like in Lost World, they give him everything he needs to take on the final boss side by side with Sonic, and then have Sonic say "I'll handle this!" And go it alone. It reminds me of playing DnD for the first time in over a decade with my older brother, where I directly attack one of the enemies, and he activates all his special abilities and spends 30 minutes destroying every opponent in sight.
She's my favorite character by a wide margin in Sonic, probably cause she has that whole orange color going on and she's a rabbit. Such a peak design ngl
OH HEY CREAM :D !! im fairly new to the series and while i knew cream existed and was a neat character i didnt know her origins at all, so this is really nice to finally learn! gotta keep watching but so far hell yeah thanks for making this edit: SHE WAS GOING TO BE IN THE MURDER OF SONIC?????????????????????? WE WERE ROBBED..... also its really weird how being too young is something of a worry for the devs? the obvious argument against that is tails being in every adventure (and also what you said about her literal first game being about stopping eggman) but also like. where do you draw the line at her being too young for something? the tone of the game doesnt seem to matter, shes neither in fairly mature ones or lighthearted ones, and because of that shes almost not allowed to grow as a character. whats the point of having her as a character if shes never in any games
I remember she was mentioned in a cutscene with Amy in Sonic Frontiers. Amy said she should catch up with Cream and Sticks, maybe even plan a girls trip. Honestly I really like both Cream and Sticks, so if they ever make a new Sonic Heroes I think the 3 of them would be a great Trio. I remember also seeing a Sonic Fan art of Shadow and Cream and thought the two of them could work as a duo for an adventure animated series. They could bring out the best in each other and their relationship would be something like Cream is that little Sister Shadow didn’t realize he needed.
@@LITTLE1994 I think Cream was made because Sega needed more characters in Sonic Advance 2 and 3, but after that Sega didn't know what else to do with her outside of spinoffs???
I more blame Sonic fans for not giving her the appreciation she deserved and called her a “annoying crybaby” for her basically getting shoved out of the games, but it seems she’s steadily coming back at least
People who hate Cream are just terrible and have no soul, how could anybody hate Cream she is such a sweet, innocent, kind, and adorable little bunny rabbit who deserves more love. (I also blame those heartless critics for hating her as well)
Such good video essay. Love this. Cream was a fun character and I liked her being with the “cast” it’s sad they don’t in kid her in more games. Something about that blue, orange, red, yellow, pink color pallet that made the game feel so fun Even in sonic advanced 3 where you can play as two at once. I wasn’t even aware of Sonic dream team so thanks. Once again great video. I subbed
Amy needs to apologize for slandering her in Free Riders, as does SEGA by letting her race! AND SCREW SCREWATTACK FOR SAYING SHE'S BAD! YOU'RE BAD, NICK!
If the reason is that "she is too young" that is such bull because they have characters like tails and amy who are aslo young kids who go on tons of adventures with sonic and yeah they are older then her but then you also have charmy who is the same age as cream WHO literally went to war in forces
Both Tails *AND* Charmy are way too young for war, like, I get that nobody expected Sonic to get(cheaply)defeated so easily, but Tails and Charmy stayed around, so what makes Cream so different, Tails' biggest fear is lightning and Charmy is just immature
@@sb14andmore50 Cream is different because her mother is still around to protect her. She wouldn't let her child join a war. I feel like sonic fans love to disagree with the most reasonable reactions from characters
@@PompeiSurvivor She doesn't have to be directly involved, she could just be intel, my biggest gripe is there should've been an age restriction, something along the lines of "nobody under 15 are allowed to join" especially considering one of the people that joined is literally the same age as Cream, doesn't do anything, immature and didn't take the war seriously at all, there's a lot of flaws in your argument, why isn't she in tsr "she's too young" yet they allow literal babies to drive
@ she can’t provide intel. She lives in a different town than the restoration and has no tools to help her get there without getting mauled by Eggmans armies. The best she could do is bunker down with her mother and chao in a nearby shelter
@@PompeiSurvivor How is Charmy being part of the war any better? He's also 6, he shouldn't have been allowed, Vector and Espio should've been more strict and forced him to stay at the agency, she also helped in Heroes theoretically without Vanilla's permission, she helped defeat Eggman and helped stall Metal Madness
Back when Team Sonic Racing came out, even my friend who never played any Sonic games was flabergasted when I explained Cream's absence. I still can't fathom why they would pick random chao over an iconic character that fit RIGHT THERE.
Interestingly, now they seem to be pushing rouge as the 5 member of the main cast She was in prime and in some of the marketing (I don’t really have a problem with this since I like rouge as a character)
I don't really think Rouge is the fifth member of the group. She was only there in Prime to take advantage of Team Sonic to obtain the prism, in Dream Team only for a reward and in the Halloween Tailstube only to tell a horror story. Compare to Cream, Rouge doesn't hang out with the gang, she's only there to get the advantage and that's it. Edit: Cream was in Dream Team so Rouge was just the 5 members of the crew in Prime since Amy wasn't in the Halloween special.
She was literally in sonic dream team, a 3d sonic game that released last year. If anything, you should be making a video on blaze the cat as the forgotten character because big the cat is more relevant then she ever was at this point lol.
Blaze is still really prominent in the comics and just like Big was in Team Sonic Racing and Sonic X Shadow Generations. And she unlike Cream has a build in reason to appear rarely with being from a different dimension and all. As for Dream Team. Sure Sega Hardlight has a a heart for Cream but Dream Team is suck on a Apple device exclusive subscription services so most fans never played it.
@@karnas1mp I mean I also want it to be more accessible. I really would like to play it. But it was properly co-financed by Apple and is so forever trapped on Apple Arcade. Sega hardlight games also rarely ever get ported off mobile platforms as it too.
I'm just imagining a sonic game where Cream keeps wanting to go on the adventure to help Sonic, but Cream's mother just keeps telling her "No, you're too young!"
Ok youtube your impeccable timing is just too much. I just played sonic x shadow generations, finished speed highway and said "look it's the main character they forgot" then i open youtube and see this video on my recommended page...
People who say that Cream is too young to go on adventures seem to forget that the majority of Sonic characters are barely old enough to be in high school (at best). And if you know anything about Cream, you’d know that she is one of the most overpowered Sonic characters to ever exist. I mean, look at Sonic Heroes. She’s strong enough to fly while carrying Amy and Big around like it’s nothing, and that’s just one example!
4:28 actually she was in sonic dream team in Apple Arcade as a PLAYABLE character also with mods she can be added and yes she was brought back in the remaster I think her voice lines were changed
SEGA needs to stop treating Cream as "just a girly girl that shouldn't be out on adventures". And ESPECIALLY in TSR's case, she has guardians to protect her from the "dangerous" stuff. Because SEGA didn't just throw Cream and Cheese away from that game, but also Vanilla, Chocola, and Gemerl. That's an entire little group of way more charismatic characters than some generic Chao or freaking Zavok. :L
@@DENT9330 I think Cream was made because Sega needed more characters in Sonic Advance 2 and 3, but after that Sega didn't know what else to do with her outside of spinoffs??? Dream Team is the exception.
@orangeslash1667 Recently, Sonic Frontiers suggested that Knuckles, Tails, and Amy would be going on their own adventures. So maybe Cream will make an appernece in Amy's game.
Cream will always be my favorite Sonic Character, she inspired me so much to the point I have a universe of my own where alot of my characters are inspired by Cream. sucks Sega doesn't use her anymore.
Cream always was and still is my favorite sonic game. Sounds dramatic but her fall off legit made me lose interest over the years. Bring her back sega!!!
"She's too young"
Tails: ... I can't believe I've gotten away with it for so many years.
Charmy: I know right?
It’s because when it comes to males, standards and practices are comatose. Gohan was thrown into combat at 5.
I guess she is too broken that even SEGA is scared to acknowledge her existence.
Is even more funny when you consider that most characters are still too young. Like, sure, there are some actual old ones like Shadow, Rouge, Eggman, etc, but the majority of them are still teenagers at absolute best.
@@Otherface Don't forget Knuckles who could be thousands of years old.
@@Otherface Another good example is Amy as well, and it's hinted that she lives in an apartment alone.
Cream is an underrated character. Cream was one of the longest surviving characters in the metal virus, and in Sonic X she helped beat dark oak who almost destroyed the universe. And in Sonic X she beat Emerl when Sonic, Rouge, and Knuckles couldn't win at the same time. She did all this, but can't be in games because she is a child and can't handle war or death. A totally underrated Character that we need back.
She's even broken in TV media. Someone needs to nerf her live I guess.
Funny that Charmy was part of the war in Sonic Forces and he's the same age. lol Boys have all the fun. :P
i mean that's other media though, she was cool in one game but most of the reason why it's notable is because of how OD she is in it
Well technically once they realize Emerl could only copy one opponent at a time, Knuckles and Rouge planned to tag team it, but Sonic let Cream handle it because it was a personal matter. Still a HUGE W for Cream regardless.
In the multiplayer sonic dash mobile game now named sonic forces she was a top tier pick earlier on in the games life span having higher stats than sonic and shadow in that game but shes been nerfed now
Cream is basically the new Princess Daisy prior to 2019. Hopefully like Daisy, she'll be giving center stage once again beyond "Sonic Dream Team."
I wish they got a better voice direction for her in that
or the new toadette prior to captain toad's release
her reverse version toadette
her low down lost for main member
but toadette is now maincast more
Princess Daisy would be Blaze though. Princesses in a different world
@@Mariocat99I've always seen her as more of a Rosalina counterpart, even if Blaze came before her
"She's too young"
Tails & Charmy: Bro what.
And Amy's is like 12 💀
not even old enough to play shadow the hedgehog
Charmy is the same age as Cream as well! While Tails is older
The fifth member of the main team that was forgotten.
I'm pretty sure the only reason she's hardly with them is because she's the youngest and wouldn't want her getting hurt
@RNRED10
But then again, you have Classic tails who is just 2 years older alongside sonic everywhere, and even if he has the "young genius" excuse, you have classic Amy joining everyone in superstars. So it's just "sega ignoring spin off game characters" more than anything.
@@RNRED10 charmie is the exact same age as her and he isn't allowed to have all the fun either
I have a headcanon that those two are best friends, and are secretly planning revenge on Sonic and the others for leaving them out on the fun 😂
like billy preston being the fifth beatle
@@Aliix458
Funny you say that, considering Charmy appeared in Forces while Cream didn't.
Finally someone said it, she balanced the team's dynamics so well and it's always cool to see "kid can help too" archetypes get a lil spotlight
It’s interesting to see Sonic, who’s normally pretty carefree, act a bit more responsible when he’s around Cream.
@@kirotalksyt "Shit!" ~Sonic X (Japanese), ep. 2
@@BronzeFacadealso cream represents the innocent archetype which is something we don't see enough of in the entertainment industry that we watch read or play and I think you already know what the innocent archetype is
@@kirotalksyt I love cream the rabbit she's so cute 😍
Ooou this is one reason I love the Detective Conan anime whenever the little kid detectives have their own mysteries to solve ❤
Cream is and honestly always was one of my favorite Sonic characters. She added something to the group that I think doesn't get talked about: perspective.
The thing about Cream is that, despite her participation in adventures to save the world, she is ultimately a civilian. She's what basically amounts to being the most "normal" of the group. Next to the larger than life characters that regularly save the world and have big personalities, most of which live outside normal society (even Tails spends more time alone in his workshop), Cream is just a polite little kid living the regular life of a polite little kid in Sonic's world. The only time she's stepped up to the plate is when she has to help someone.
Cream essentially grounded the others so that they always had a foot in reality. She was a reminder of what was at stake, as she was often personally affected by whatever Eggman (or any other villain) was doing. She also helped anchor the others' personalities, in the sense that everyone else in Sonic's group is kinda weird? Best example is Amy (or at least what she was like when Cream was still around). They had a sister-like dynamic, and while Amy was the protective older sister that Cream could rely on, Cream was a bit more mature and could (sometimes) rein in some of Amy's more crazed ideas.
Not that she was helpless by any means. She's still a Sonic character after all, which means she has a fiercely determined nature. It's just that her life is the most normal of the whole cast, so she served as the bridge between them and the world they always have to save.
This is the perfect take for Cream
You dropped this sir 👑
That's why her being paired with Amy as a big sister and little dynamic always works imo. They're very similar in the aspect that they both want to do their part but may not be able to keep up with most of the crew. They're both relatively normal people with big hearts.
@@bobtheball5384So Cream is Amy 2.0?
If compare personality, profike yeah Cream is defiently most normal Sonic's friend
I think the issue isn't that she's young, it's that she's really the only main character to be characterized as young. And this characterization may lead to awkward interactions within a more serious story. Her whole personality revolves around being a child and i think if they take time to take her past that and give her character more meaning it would be easier to integrate her.
IDW had her in a zombie apocalypse, I doubt it's that hard a task
I think your observation is on point. Really the only place you can go with Creams character is having her go through a maturing experience (which Tails already did in SA1) or have her being the more innocent character that shows a more hardened character to lighten up and choose peace (Amy and Gamma in, again, SA1). It would take a skilled writer to give Cream a story that hasn’t been done before, someone far more skilled than me or anyone Sega is willing to green light apparently
The problem is they actually already did that back in Sonic Battle.
In Cream's episode, she and Emerl get captured and the two go through a whole arc where Cream teaches Emerl constant violence is not okay, which unfortunately leads to Emerl refusing to fight when they need it most, so Cream overcomes her pacifist ideology and learns to fight with Emerl so they can escape together.
@@InteriorCrocodileAlligator86 And I hated every moment of that storyline, as it did nothing but put the poor bunny through hell for no reason.
I agree with @zontopho. It's not that she _is_ young so much as she's _presented_ as young. Cream seems more mature than Tails most times, but she's the only character who has an actual parent or guardian, she's an absolute momma's girl, and on occasion, she's written in a way that would match the tropes of her age, such as showing visible fear or wanting to be with her mom. This despite being so mature, well-mannered, and brave.
I suppose the writing staff really _doesn't_ know what to do with her since she brings very little unique factors to the table other than being cute, polite, and having a variable weapon in the form of Cheese the Chao.
It's so weird they say Cream is too young even though you have Charmy Bee who is 6 (Same age as Cream) and he was in a whole ass war in Sonic Forces.
What's going on here gamers?
Edit: Why does this have so many likes? I expected this comment to get lost in the sands of time, that is the comment section.
You gotta have no parents
The rumor I heard is that Sega for some reason is desperat to not damage Creams "perfect little girl" reputation and so doesn't allow her to be in the middle of the action and fighting and stuff.
@@rynobehnke8289 How does Sega have/want that reputation for her when she's in the games this vid mention where she does the same things other characters do?
@@gizmoray721 Well apparently that is Why Cheese exist to put a layer of separation between her and the fighting.
Because she could use cheese as a weapon. I THINK I heard that that's why the concept of using cheese as a weapon was created. but cream can also still attack bosses herself sooooo. Sega kinda went against their plan on accident.
Amy & Cream were meant to be the female equivalent to Sonic & Tails. But then they made Blaze her only friend. And with Blaze barely showing up, Cream was left behind for stories.
It also doesn't help that clearly multiple sides of people working on official projects don't like the idea of putting Cream into more dangerous and dark situations.,
Like why she isn't in Murder of Sonic.
Or how according to Yuji Naka back than Cheese only exist to have a layer of separation between her and the fighting.
@rynobehnke8289 You can't see me right now, but I’m shaking my head in disappointment.
@@BlackFlash09
I understand. I also loath that Cream is often downplayed just because she is a young girl. Yet Tails never and Charmy only on very rare occasions suffer from this.
Worse yet in comic book land does even Marine technically fair better as Blaze entrusted her doing her Guardian duties while she is off on vacation.
@rynobehnke8289 Quite true. And the boys still manage to play an important role. So, there really is no excuse for leaving Cream behind.
That makes two little girls Sonic Team is doing nothing with. Both coincidentally were going to be Blaze’s sidekicks.
@@BlackFlash09
Its really annoying.
Like as much as I miss Marine I can at least understand that she appears rarely as she just like Blaze needs a ton of justification to even be around only that she is far less popular than Blaze.
But not having Cream in the spin-off racing game is just ridicules. Especially as it leads to Amy taking OMO-CHAO out on a Picknick over Cream.
Yeah Cream's absence in The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog made absolutely no sense, that "Murder Mystery" was set up to celebrate Amy's birthday. Why the hell would she miss out on her best friend's birthday?!
Still, even if Sega neglects this character, the fans certainly won't. Ever seen Sapphire Luna's Shadow babysits Cream series? It's a brilliant mix of hilarious and wholesome. Or how about Gamebun's SM64 romhacks where Cream takes Mario's place. Complete with alternate costumes and her flying ability.
One way or another, nobody's forgetting about Cream the Rabbit anytime soon.
Also not just her not being at Amy's birthday party but why doesn't vanilla come either like cream the rabbit is it supposed to be the sister equivalent to tails for Amy and besides that I don't mind them being a Duo like tails being a brother to Sonic I just hope Sega will bring her back and actually acknowledge that cream is Amy's sister besides that why can't we have more adventures about them or better yet make a game dedicated to Amy and cream doing their own adventures outside of Sonic and tails
Nobody is forgetting any Sonic character. We won’t forget Cream, we won’t forget Shade, we won’t forget Sally.
@@manoftruth0935We _did_ forget Mighty though
Shade ended up in the Penders Zone, alongside several Archie series characters. Cream was immensely popular in Japan during the 2000s it doesn't make sense why she was left out of the series for an entire decade.
@@manoftruth0935Y'all forgot Honey and Tiara...
Honestly, cream should've been a playable character in the later Olympics.
And NFTs burned the franchise
She was playable in Rio 2016 actually!
she did get a cute thing in the tokyo olympics games though, she was touring various landmarks through the hub and you could find her and talk to her and help her way through to the next spot. Clearly she is still well liked among developers
@@ORLY911 She was playable on the 3ds of rio 2016.
She actually was in the 2016 game, in 3DS.
For context as to how terrible the "Cream is too young to go on adventures" excuse is, Charmy Bee, who is literally the same age as Cream, went to war in Sonic Forces. Marine the Raccoon, who is only one year older than Cream, got the Jeweled Scepter back all by herself. Tails, who is two years older than Cream, has stopped Eggman by himself in the Adventure games and regularly goes on adventures with Sonic.
The thing is cream is much more naive.
@@I-Beat-Raikous-in-my-basement
If we measure by nativity than get Knuckles and Silver off the battle field.
Beside she isn't even that naive the worst she ever had was believing that she could prevent any more pain than her own by not fighting back when being beaten up in Sonic Battle.
As a matter of fact that game and her dialogue in Final Fortress in Heroes both have Cream basically say that she wants to be stronger and braver to protect those she cares for and that she puts lots of effort into it.
@ true lol
@@rynobehnke8289But, tbf, while those two are naive, they can still throw their punches at he very least (knuckles is super strong and silver can fight off iblis)
Unlike those two, cream is both naive and has no way to throw her punches outside of cheese
@@Silverhedgehoj
I mean how strong Cream can punch is entirely at the mercy of the writers.
In Sonic Battle was she for example able to Push back Chaos Gamma despite being powered up by a Chaos Emerald shard.
And that games story also includes Amy having gotten major gains from her training with Cream as noted by Sonic and Tails and Cream ending her story on the resolve to train harder to protect those she cares about.
Many sources also gave her super speed. With a 2022 Sonic Channel story going so far as to say that with her flight and maneuvering skills can't even Sonic shake her off if she chases him.
As just mention can she just like Tails fly too.
"shes too young"...... tails is also in most adventures and he IS a child..... let my girl come back sega!!!!
Charmy flips cream off and goes to war in sonic forces
Unlike Tails, Cream has a parent. Sonic is the closest thing that Tails has to any family members.
But in general Sega has sexist undertones for years.
@ yeah. Just do cancel culture to sega until they put cream back in lmao
tails isn't a kid he was only in the classic games you can't convince me modern tails is a kid he is at least 12 AT LEAST
@@Super70000 I say at least 13 now cuz idk, I assume sonic and tails were mostly younger in the classic games
Geez... and i thought Blaze was getting the shortest end of the stick(SEGA DO SOMETHING WITH BLAZE AGAIN)... Poor Cream...
Silver:I DON'T EXIST :,D
@@BLUE_fastestThingAlive Silver was in Forces, Team Sonic racing and is super often in the comics. Get gets it all compared to poor Cream. Only Sega Hardlight gave that poor girl anything.
@@rynobehnke8289 you have a point
Blaze and silver are on the near middle end of the stick, while cream and them are at the shortest end
I think everyone forgets about who got the SHORTEST end of the stick: Marine the Raccoon
G.U.N. and the Black Arms don't want you to know this, but she has actually been secretly off screen with Shadow this whole time.
He's been teaching her curse words and how to use weapons for the Shadow the Hedgehog sequel
So he's out there giving guns to a baby...
And that's fine with me.
It's Doom Guy and Isabelle with a different coat of paint
The training is not going well however.
"NO! Say it with conviction!! Put all your hurt and pain into it!"
"G-GOSH DARN YOU!"
I met someone who thought Cream was a fan made character
What--
Reading that hurt
Oh no 😔
That me
Yikes.
7:21 There was a joke in the episode with the sloths of the old Sonic cartoon where Tails, by his own words, was literally 4 and a half years old and couldn't even write yet. So her being too young is nonsense.
Honestly, replacing Cream with freaking Omochao - possibly *the* most despised _Sonic_ character of all time - in _Team Sonic Racing_ without even so much as mentioning her was so dumb. Why would they do that?
Right like they should’ve at least said that Vanilla said she was too young to race (also yes she was playable in Riders so maybe not the best excuse but better than nothing)
@Octo_Squid-Ty That, or it was a school day!
@@alexv3375 They replaced her with the Chao, who teams up with Amy and Big???
Yeah, I was genuinely offended by this
Sega : Cream is too young to race!
Nintendo : here are baby mario baby luigi baby peach baby daisy baby rosalina
I always saw her as Amy's answer, to Sonic's Tails. When Sonic X was new, Amy and Cream were like sisters. I still can't believe it has been over twenty years sincd her debut on Sonic Advance 2.
“Cream is too young to be in a murder mystery”
Meanwhile Tails sweating profusely:
5:04 this is so funny to me. are we all just collectively forgetting that tails, charmy, and amy are 8, 6, and 12 respectively LMAO
The hypocrisy is real
Now that you mention it, Trip pretty much sums up a replacement for Cream due to that seemingly being the continuation for the classic version of Sonic. But I have to say I’m with the standpoint of the definitive Sonic Group including Cream amongst them, her character just works well within that group of 5 acting as the heart of the team (Knuckles works so well as the Lancer of the team, so Amy is free to take Heavy with that giant hammer).
Poor Cream. She wasn’t even playable in the Mario and Sonic games. Only an announcer/NPC
I remember I had gotten into Sonic around the same time that Cream was beginning to appear less frequently in the series. It was the early 2010s, so her last major appearances would've been in Free Riders and Generations. It was weird to me, because everything before that seemed to establish her as a core part of the main cast, having played major roles in the Sonic Advance games, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Rush, etc. I think what makes it so baffling is how Sega doesn't seem to realize how noticeable her absence is. It's not like she wasn't a recurring character for a long time. Obviously fans are going to notice when a character as prominent as her just suddenly stops appearing without any given explanation. She was set up to be Amy's best friend and sidekick, but she never even acknowledges her in any of the games after Generations. I still remember being completely dumbfounded by her absence in Team Sonic Racing, and the fact that she got replaced by a group of Chaos.
This year for Halloween, I saw a little girl dressed as Cream (with a little Cheese plushie attached to her shoulder). To say I was shocked to see someone who 100% wasn’t even alive when Cream was last playable dressed at her would be an understatement, lol.
Parent was probably a sonic fan and forced it on her lol. 😂 Totally possible since most gen alpha parents are millennials who grew up with Sonic.
Ewww
EWWWW
That’s adorable
Tails is 8 years old kid and HE'S EVERWHERE. Why? Cream isn't Waluigi.
Turn her into an assist trophy and she will be.
Sega's reason is because they are lazy. But story wise, you have to remember that Tails is a Orphan who's only guardian is Sonic. He has no choice but to be involved.
Sonic Team removed the ages.
Why Cream still unplayable in TSR?@@E-102GammaMKII
@@notaadamritm No idea
her not being in the murder mystery game seems so silly when i remember the fact that detective conan has the kid trio constantly seeing a shit ton of dead bodies killed in alot of different ways.
Cream, even though she is one of the younger characters, is one of the most powerful and loving. I don't know why Sega only made her appear so rarely as a playable character. It's sad, because Cream is arguably my favorite.
Finally the cream video :D
I’m still disappointed that she wasn’t in Team Sonic Racing. As a Sonic Heroes fan it would have made complete sense instead of adding 3 random Chao to Amy’s team.
Sonic Heroes enjoyer not fan.
Poor girl almost got Toadsworthed.
Nice pun dude
My poor old man, bros never returning 😔
She still kinda is.
I never really played a lot of Sonic games, but I always saw Cream as the 5th permament member of the main cast as well. She just felt like she truly belonged there, the way she was just thrown aside was always a bit shocking to me.
I would love to have a year of Cream, a full year where Cream is more participatory.
cream the rabbit was really important to me... back when i was a little girl, she was one of the only video game characters i could really see myself in. sure there were other girls in the sonic series, but i couldn't really relate or connect with characters like amy whose main notable trait was that she was a tween with a crush or rouge who was an adult woman for example. i sometimes feel like when sonic team thinks of who their audience is, they aren't thinking much of young girls anymore... or that long-time sonic fans might include people who once were little girls who connected with cream.
Also Amy mentions Cream at the end of Sonic Frontiers
Sonic also mentions Cream would never forgive him if he didn't save Amy. Which I love when they emphasise her friendship with Amy, they are meant to be best friends.
Sonic devs: "cream is too young for a (fake) murder mystery"
Maria from Umineko, a (real) murder mystery:🧍♀️
I love Cream, I really wish she got more attention and recognition. It's a shame just how little she's in. She has a cute design, and is pretty unique in the cast of characters. I think she has a lot of potential and it's always fun to see her in a Sonic game
And no one bates an eye that her mom vanilla hasn't been in a sonic game in forever
She would've been badass to play with...
@autisticwoman665 imagine Cream had her own team
-Cream the Rabbit
-Vanilla the Rabbit
-Gmerel
TEAM FAMILY
Just an idea lol
@@zippy8250 OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT TEAM!?
@@autisticwoman665If it’s with a prequel game that show us Mobius/Earth/Whatever the world of Sonic is set on after the ARK Tragedy but before the debut of Sonic, I could see that. We really don’t know much about those middle years and how the world was at that point.
@rayvenkman2087 1 thing I love people doing is that before she had Cream vanilla was a badass bunny on a motorbike XD
Cream = 🐐
Wrong.
Cream = 🐇
Too Wrong@@IAmTheEagleHTM
Cream and Cheese = 🐐(🐇+🧀)
@@IAmTheEagleHTM She is a Goat
Cream needs to make a comeback
Sonic Dream Team: Am I a joke to you?
@@mariobroultimate1808lol
@@mariobroultimate1808 I forgot about that tbh
Poor Android User: Yeah, maybe@@mariobroultimate1808
@@kendraroth1276 And became a playable character, just like her debut in Sonic Advance 2. At least she has a story role at all.
Cream is so underrated! She needs more appearances! Hopefully she becomes DLC in Team Sonic Racing.
At least she hosted a whole trading quest at the Tokyo Olympics
Cream is my favorite character and she will ALWAYS be my favorite!
I really hope They will bring her back in the main sonic Games.
Her inclusion in sonic dream team was a nice addition I appreciate, but I hope we see more of her.
She’s such a underrated and also kinda overhated character
My favorite Sonic character to this day. We need more of her. 😢💛
AND FUNNILY ENOUGH, the first Sonic X pilot was made before any of the games she appeared in before Sonic Heroes... So she might have technically appeared first in Sonic X of all things (or what it was called back then "The Sonic Adventure").
I heard she was a character created *for* the anime (Sonic X) and they just used her in a game first (to get the word of mouth going)...
4:43 my theory is that she is too young to drive so she got replaced by chao
So riding an extreme fear doesn't count as driving?
Mario Kart be like:
Baby Mario
Baby Luigi
Baby Peach
Baby Daisy
Baby Rosalina
they should have had her in Sonic Prime in Rouge's place. Rouge hanging out with Sonic and the gang felt out of character as hell.
That would have been so cool to see how she is in different worlds
At least she's not as completely neglected as May from Pokemon (And no, her voice actor's condition isn't an excuse because substitutes exist for a reason.)
But she still here in Generations, after remastering it! And the IDW Comics
She's barely in the comics after the Metal Virus Arc.
I never forget Cream.
I will never forget her!! I played a whole lot of Sonic Advanced 2 and Cream was one of my fav characters. I still have hopes for her to show up as a playable characters on a mainline game yet again. It was nice to have her playable on Dream Team.
Does the term "cheesing" come from Cheese being able to trivialize everything with minimal effort whenever you use him?
I’ve seen people not wanting Cream to be back cause it made Amy looked bad? And like??? So?? Are they even an Amy fan if they hate the negative aspect of her character? So what if her negative traits is more contrasted with Cream in the picture, maybe Cream can be the soft little sister to Amy, the same way Amy is for other characters.
I also hate sega/sonic team and sometimes the fandom’s )especially the fans)’s attitude towards her, they’re treating her like a real life child and not a super powered cartoon character with whimsical potentials like Sonic, she can’t join in on adventures cause its too dangerous and she’s too young? Well fuck then keep Tails, Charmy and Amy stay at home as well then, since they’re so concerned with a literal child going on life threatening adventures, heck Sonic shouldn’t be out there either, he’s 15 and don’t even start on the whole “they erased the ages!” ok so they all can go on an adventure? Pick one
Read between the lines. There IS no real reason why Cream isn’t in the Sonic games other than Sega just doesn’t want to. All those “excuses” for excluding Cream (such as “she’s too young to get involved”) are all just Sega’s way of saying “we just don’t want to add her. Please stop asking us about Cream”.
The internet is why. I’m seeing multiple “excuses” but nobody points the finger at the internet’s rendition of her.
I've been loosely following Sega since I was on the side of the tracks that had a bad experience playing Sonic 06', I'm still a fan of the characters and what not. I'm crushed to discover she's been neglected so much. Hearing from my brother that Big was in the show gave me some hope. I don't hate big, but he's not my favorite character, and I figured the mere mention of him meant Cream would show up... at least eventually! You're telling me not at all...💔.
I would never forget Cream n' cheese. Hell, I'll even throw Cosmo in the mix as well.
Cream and Cheese deserves to be more part of the main stream storyline in any Sonic games even in the dangerous adventure.
Cream is a fifth member of Sonic's crew along with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy. It's not fair for her to be not included.
Tails is 2 years older than Cream. If Tails can do anything despite his age, so should Cream.
She has unquie abilities like any Sonic characters. She should take part in any of Sonic's adventures and battles, helping her friends and family, and making her the bravest hero we have known.
So please, make Cream and Cheese more important in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
Don't cut her out for future Sonic games because of her age or how young she is right now.
Another thing to add to the "too young" argument: *CHARMY*
According to the info, he is the *SAME AGE* as Cream. If HE can be in adventures, so can Cream.
I guess sega just wants Cream to stay as a "perfect little girl" trope. Which includes her not fighting much unfortunately.
Charmy would theoretically get a pass since the Chaotix are able to fight often
Please....I LOVE HER SO MUCH😭😭
It sucks because she's my number one favorite character with cheese like??? "She's too young" and yet Charmy can fight?? What kind of logic is that??🤨 We love her sega! Bring our beloved children back!
Cream Can't Drive The Real Reason Why She Wasn't In Team Sonic Racing
Dumb reason when Mario Kart has actual infants driving.
Easily fixed. She was abducted by a clan of alien turles that thought her how to drive. There i helped sega with that one
Apparently Sonic Speed Simulator is only allowed to do things that are canonically possible and Cream can drive cars just fine there I think.
@@Stevenkadap98Hold up, your writings fire
Wasn’t charm in team sonic racing? And he’s the SAME age as cream??
This is a late comment, but I've always loved Cream. I never realized how forced she was into all those games because she was such a natural fit. Like a tails for Amy, but I've always preferred Cream over Amy. I'm pretty sure that if she existed during SA2, she would have been the one to trigger Shadow's true memory about his promise to Maria. Plus I adore Chao and with her being around she's always a reminder of they still exist in the franchise because she has Cheese, and it's just cute to have a little chao hanging around the group like a little pet or familiar! I liked how in Sonic X, cheese was just there to look cute and it even had relationships with the characters. Amy took care of it sometimes, Cheese would chime in during emotional or funny moments to help magnify the moment, and in that one episode when they are sneaking out of the lab, Cheese is just so happy to see Sonic again that it can't contain it's self and cuddles up to him but gives away their position. Plus her entire thing was avoiding conflict, and being polite, so you don't even have to have her be playable, just have her as a part of the group because everyone loves her and she's just a warm presence to be around. She could even be a damsel sometimes so Amy doesn't have to be that anymore, and just make it like a running gag that she's so sweet and wholesome that Eggman or whoever can't really do anything to her because they aren't THAT evil. Then you could have a REALLY bad villain in the future actually hurt her or threaten her to allow every character to show their dark sides. Like how Sonic went into that dark berserk form when Chris got beat up in Sonic X. Anyway I'm rambling, but Cream is a great character and Cheese is great too, they add a unique personality and dynamic to the group and even if she's never playable again, she should still just be around. I think the franchise would be better for it.
I never forget about Cream, not only she's one of my favorite Sonic female characters, but I got to know her when I was introduced to Sonic the Hedgehog in general.
The "she's too young to fight" stance from SEGA falls apart when you remember that they recently scrubbed the characters' canon ages. Obviously she's still a child, but Charmy is also 6 and Tails is only 2 years older than her. Apparently that 2 years mattered a whole lot to SEGA, enough that her character is seemingly not allowed to progress past being just the child of the cast 🤣
Even if Cream isn't allowed to fight for some reason, Gemerl is still a factor and Cheese is also quite powerful in his own right. I said this in a reply in this comments section, but it's my headcanon that Cheese is a reincarnation of Chaos. He only appears after Adventure, isn't present in Cream's cameo in DX (outside of the mission mode billboards) despite the two seemingly being inseparable, he is strangely strong, punching most robots into scrap in the Advance games and Heroes and creating mini tornadoes in Sonic Battle; on top of that Cheese can even shapeshift into different forms depending on who you pair Cream with in Advance 3. It would also make sense as to why Metal Sonic meant to kidnap Cheese in Heroes for Chaos data specifically, rather than Chocola or any other Chao. No matter how you interpret his powers, he's certainly no ordinary Chao and I'd like it if they leaned into that like they used to, but that would require SEGA to remember that Cream was even part of the main cast in the first place.
If Cheese is Chaos, who can go into sewage systems and is blue, then doesn't that mean that Chocola is the brown stuff that comes out of sewage systems?!
Cream is my fav sonic character how will i forget her?
I think Cream's lack of appearances has almost entirely to do with lacking a motivation to be a part of any given plot. Like, unless Cheese and Chocola or Vanilla get kidnapped, then Cream has no motive to contribute to the plot, and there's only so much you can do with that. The writers would have to go out of the way to give her something new to do, or somehow hamstring Cheese/Chocola/Vanilla getting kidnapped into the main plotline.
Like, Every character has a gimmick that allows them to be involved in a "big threat" plotline, but not Cream.
Sonic: "I go fast and save the world from Eggface!"
Tails: "I'm here to help Sonic and fly a plane!"
Knuckles: "Did you say Chaos Emeralds? Well, I'm definitely involved in this now!"
Amy: "Hey Sonic wanna get hitched? Oop hang on a sec, I'm suddenly being kidnapped."
Shadow: "I'm like Sonic but cooler and I mostly punch cosmic horrors and not Eggman even though I did kill him that one time."
Rouge: "Hi I work for the government and I'm here to steal your spicy secrets and flirt with the boys."
Omega: "WHEN DO I GET TO KILL EGGMAN?"
Big: "I usually facilitate the fishing minigame."
Vector: "Rent is due. I'm down for literally anything."
Espio: "I think I am in love with Vector?"
Charmy: "Wheee, being a detective is fun!"
Cream: "Well, um, mom isn't kidnapped and neither is Cheese or Chocola... I think I'm gonna just... hang out while the rest of you, um, do your things..."
I'm sorry, but the term "Too young" excuse, is just straight up BS right there. We literally have another 6 yr old bee, and an 8 yr old fox. (IMO i always thought tails was 11 though)
6:26 I'd say you're half right about that, because in most of those games, Tails felt about as useful an an umbrella in a tsunami. Even in a lot of the games where they actually let him do something that seems significant, like in Lost World, they give him everything he needs to take on the final boss side by side with Sonic, and then have Sonic say "I'll handle this!" And go it alone.
It reminds me of playing DnD for the first time in over a decade with my older brother, where I directly attack one of the enemies, and he activates all his special abilities and spends 30 minutes destroying every opponent in sight.
Cream is the best character, I never will forget her!
Love your use of EmuVR!!! Amazing vr software that absolutely deserves more attention
My era of sonic had Cream so I’ve been mildly upset with how they treated her, to put it lightly
I miss her. Shes trapped in the idw comic jail with all the other cool non-lagacy crew.
2:33 Remaster, not Remake.
She's my favorite character by a wide margin in Sonic, probably cause she has that whole orange color going on and she's a rabbit. Such a peak design ngl
It’s Cream! My favorite character!
OH HEY CREAM :D !! im fairly new to the series and while i knew cream existed and was a neat character i didnt know her origins at all, so this is really nice to finally learn! gotta keep watching but so far hell yeah thanks for making this
edit: SHE WAS GOING TO BE IN THE MURDER OF SONIC?????????????????????? WE WERE ROBBED..... also its really weird how being too young is something of a worry for the devs? the obvious argument against that is tails being in every adventure (and also what you said about her literal first game being about stopping eggman) but also like. where do you draw the line at her being too young for something? the tone of the game doesnt seem to matter, shes neither in fairly mature ones or lighthearted ones, and because of that shes almost not allowed to grow as a character. whats the point of having her as a character if shes never in any games
e621 and rule 34 never forgot her and her mother
I remember she was mentioned in a cutscene with Amy in Sonic Frontiers.
Amy said she should catch up with Cream and Sticks, maybe even plan a girls trip.
Honestly I really like both Cream and Sticks, so if they ever make a new Sonic Heroes I think the 3 of them would be a great Trio.
I remember also seeing a Sonic Fan art of Shadow and Cream and thought the two of them could work as a duo for an adventure animated series. They could bring out the best in each other and their relationship would be something like Cream is that little Sister Shadow didn’t realize he needed.
Cream was my childhood crush, I can't believe my girl is getting forgotten ;~;
Same
@@LITTLE1994 I think Cream was made because Sega needed more characters in Sonic Advance 2 and 3, but after that Sega didn't know what else to do with her outside of spinoffs???
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Huh? huh??
C'mon SEGA don't let us down with this one!
I more blame Sonic fans for not giving her the appreciation she deserved and called her a “annoying crybaby” for her basically getting shoved out of the games, but it seems she’s steadily coming back at least
People who hate Cream are just terrible and have no soul, how could anybody hate Cream she is such a sweet, innocent, kind, and adorable little bunny rabbit who deserves more love. (I also blame those heartless critics for hating her as well)
@@Mario87456Just say Cream is your favorite character 😭
@@CorvusTheMonke One of my favorite characters to be precise I don’t have just one favorite character (that’s a long story)
@@Mario87456 Luigi better then you
@@CorvusTheMonke Not intended to be a role play account but okay then.
Such good video essay. Love this. Cream was a fun character and I liked her being with the “cast” it’s sad they don’t in kid her in more games.
Something about that blue, orange, red, yellow, pink color pallet that made the game feel so fun
Even in sonic advanced 3 where you can play as two at once.
I wasn’t even aware of Sonic dream team so thanks. Once again great video. I subbed
Amy needs to apologize for slandering her in Free Riders, as does SEGA by letting her race!
AND SCREW SCREWATTACK FOR SAYING SHE'S BAD! YOU'RE BAD, NICK!
Also Jessica Sterling wrote horrible things she'd do to her and it didn't help (alongside SEGA overcorrecting).
She was one of my favourite characters as a kid and still is
I miss her in games
Me too man and I do wish we get more adventures with Amy and cream together as they are supposed to be the female equivalent to Sonic and tails
If the reason is that "she is too young" that is such bull because they have characters like tails and amy who are aslo young kids who go on tons of adventures with sonic and yeah they are older then her but then you also have charmy who is the same age as cream WHO literally went to war in forces
Both Tails *AND* Charmy are way too young for war, like, I get that nobody expected Sonic to get(cheaply)defeated so easily, but Tails and Charmy stayed around, so what makes Cream so different, Tails' biggest fear is lightning and Charmy is just immature
@@sb14andmore50 Cream is different because her mother is still around to protect her. She wouldn't let her child join a war. I feel like sonic fans love to disagree with the most reasonable reactions from characters
@@PompeiSurvivor She doesn't have to be directly involved, she could just be intel, my biggest gripe is there should've been an age restriction, something along the lines of "nobody under 15 are allowed to join" especially considering one of the people that joined is literally the same age as Cream, doesn't do anything, immature and didn't take the war seriously at all, there's a lot of flaws in your argument, why isn't she in tsr "she's too young" yet they allow literal babies to drive
@ she can’t provide intel. She lives in a different town than the restoration and has no tools to help her get there without getting mauled by Eggmans armies. The best she could do is bunker down with her mother and chao in a nearby shelter
@@PompeiSurvivor How is Charmy being part of the war any better? He's also 6, he shouldn't have been allowed, Vector and Espio should've been more strict and forced him to stay at the agency, she also helped in Heroes theoretically without Vanilla's permission, she helped defeat Eggman and helped stall Metal Madness
Back when Team Sonic Racing came out, even my friend who never played any Sonic games was flabergasted when I explained Cream's absence. I still can't fathom why they would pick random chao over an iconic character that fit RIGHT THERE.
Interestingly, now they seem to be pushing rouge as the 5 member of the main cast
She was in prime and in some of the marketing
(I don’t really have a problem with this since I like rouge as a character)
I don't really think Rouge is the fifth member of the group.
She was only there in Prime to take advantage of Team Sonic to obtain the prism, in Dream Team only for a reward and in the Halloween Tailstube only to tell a horror story.
Compare to Cream, Rouge doesn't hang out with the gang, she's only there to get the advantage and that's it.
Edit: Cream was in Dream Team so Rouge was just the 5 members of the crew in Prime since Amy wasn't in the Halloween special.
Rouge was always more the rival faction
I never really liked Rogue at all.
I’ve never forgot her… she’s my favorite number 1 followed by the rest of the crew
She was literally in sonic dream team, a 3d sonic game that released last year. If anything, you should be making a video on blaze the cat as the forgotten character because big the cat is more relevant then she ever was at this point lol.
How about that bird character from sonic the fighters (i forgot his name😂)
@@karnas1mp Bean the Dynamit
Blaze is still really prominent in the comics and just like Big was in Team Sonic Racing and Sonic X Shadow Generations.
And she unlike Cream has a build in reason to appear rarely with being from a different dimension and all.
As for Dream Team. Sure Sega Hardlight has a a heart for Cream but Dream Team is suck on a Apple device exclusive subscription services so most fans never played it.
@@rynobehnke8289 I know I sound desperate but I really want dream team to get a switch port
@@karnas1mp
I mean I also want it to be more accessible. I really would like to play it.
But it was properly co-financed by Apple and is so forever trapped on Apple Arcade.
Sega hardlight games also rarely ever get ported off mobile platforms as it too.
I'm just imagining a sonic game where Cream keeps wanting to go on the adventure to help Sonic, but Cream's mother just keeps telling her "No, you're too young!"
cream is my favorite sonic character
Based
Ok youtube your impeccable timing is just too much.
I just played sonic x shadow generations, finished speed highway and said "look it's the main character they forgot" then i open youtube and see this video on my recommended page...
People who say that Cream is too young to go on adventures seem to forget that the majority of Sonic characters are barely old enough to be in high school (at best).
And if you know anything about Cream, you’d know that she is one of the most overpowered Sonic characters to ever exist. I mean, look at Sonic Heroes. She’s strong enough to fly while carrying Amy and Big around like it’s nothing, and that’s just one example!
4:28 actually she was in sonic dream team in Apple Arcade as a PLAYABLE character also with mods she can be added and yes she was brought back in the remaster I think her voice lines were changed
Cream's mom got me acting up ngl
Ok
vanilla got me creaming
Average human mother sized too
That's a classic reference. @Crunchycrunkybro
I'll never forget her, she's my favorite
SEGA needs to stop treating Cream as "just a girly girl that shouldn't be out on adventures".
And ESPECIALLY in TSR's case, she has guardians to protect her from the "dangerous" stuff. Because SEGA didn't just throw Cream and Cheese away from that game, but also Vanilla, Chocola, and Gemerl. That's an entire little group of way more charismatic characters than some generic Chao or freaking Zavok. :L
Cream destroyed Eggman in a fight a lot in the advanced games, Sega could totally bring her back, it's just their lazy.
@@DENT9330 I think Cream was made because Sega needed more characters in Sonic Advance 2 and 3, but after that Sega didn't know what else to do with her outside of spinoffs???
Dream Team is the exception.
@orangeslash1667 Recently, Sonic Frontiers suggested that Knuckles, Tails, and Amy would be going on their own adventures. So maybe Cream will make an appernece in Amy's game.
@@DENT9330 I recommend Freedom Planet 2 as a sonic alternative. It also has a character named Milla who's design and personality remind me of Cream.
Cream will always be my favorite Sonic Character, she inspired me so much to the point I have a universe of my own where alot of my characters are inspired by Cream. sucks Sega doesn't use her anymore.
Cream always was and still is my favorite sonic game. Sounds dramatic but her fall off legit made me lose interest over the years. Bring her back sega!!!