Today is the 20th anniversary of Sonic Rush (and Shadow The Hedgehog too!) and a month and two weeks away from Niko's birthday, so I figured, what better time to show you this mastahpiece than now!? I made this last week, and yeah, it's not perfect, you can see some issues for sure I bet, but I still did my very best to make it feel like an authentic fusion of two of my favorite "cat" characters, and I think I did a good job combining the attributes of both characters and not just having it be Blaze with Niko's outfit and a sun! Definitely one of my miscellaneous artworks I am noticeably more passionate about! But right, this is Flamebulb, once a normal cat in denial, she was unexpectedly sent to a world called RushShot, and she meant many people along her travels being assigned on a mission to bring back the burning sun to the decaying world. Her adventure consisted of using this sun to help her traverse through areas faster, along with our player (a stupid Sonic fan) who guided her to the path she'd eventually take being the savior of the once decaying world by solving puzzles and talking to NPCs. After all of these events, and the player eventually leaving the screen of the world, she has since been the guardian of the Solstice emeralds (I didn't draw those, but just think of seven clover gems). She's shy, and also really misses the ones that she knew before taking this role, however, she still stays noble to her saved kingdom. But wait, this can't be our ending... the World DS is a program that is controlled under the players will, but it's a sentient machine who supposedly was never tamed, meaning when the player quits the world shuts down... how do we ensure Flamebulb is okay after the scars of the decision by the player to save the world... is there a way to bring the world back and let her go home...
I'd like to shout out the Outcome Memories team, y'all produce some fire songs (speaking of the so called "Sonic.exe", I drew this while listening to the Lord X Sinister Minds album, and that's also really good for my low low standard with this kind of stuff)! I'd low-key like to see this as a cosmetic for Blaze, but I know I can't propose stuff, I don't even have a Roblox account! Also, since it's her 20th birthday, I'd like to point it out, ignoring her large role in Truth Or Dare Lore, Blaze is actually one of my favorite Sonic characters, I'd even say she's up there with characters like Shadow and Mephiles. I love her story in Sonic Rush of learning how to open up to others, and I especially love her dynamic with Sonic himself and how she is Sonic's counterpart from another dimension, I even referenced this kind of in Truth Or Dare Lore, having Sonic be Blazes swap character.
