History VideoGame / SonicP06

** Several options from earlier versions of the game can be toggled in the Extras menu and Game Room settings, including usage of the E3 2006 music tracks and UI. [[spoiler:The Xbox Live Arcade demo version of Kingdom Valley and (as of version 5.0) the E3 demo version of Silver's Crisis City even show up as SecretLevels.]]

*** Shadow can now Spin Dash just like Sonic, his Homing Attack combo is faster and more fluid and he can cancel out of his Chaos Attack stance at will, which also doesn't activate when giving a Homing Attack to enemies that only take one hit to kill. The Chaos Spear now does damage while charged, has a targeting reticule and using it in the air allows him to use a Homing Attack once again and reset it after hitting an enemy, and his Chaos Blast is also greatly improved, gaining a massive increase in range and damage compared to the [[PowerUpLetdown pathetic little burst it was]] in Vanilla ''06''.

** While auto-running is still on, players can directly control their speed in Sonic's Mach Speed stages by holding back or forward. Jumping now hits enemies, he can slide and bound jump, and touching a wall or object won't hurt him unless it's a deliberate level obstacle or they run towards it fast enough. The controls are also far less sensitive with turning both on ground and in mid-air being much easier.

** The controls for all the vehicles in Shadow's stages are much more polished and their durability is improved, making them much less susceptible to flipping over and/or instantaneously exploding out of nowhere.

** [[spoiler: Silver's Flame of Control upgrade lets him charge his Psychic Shot attack to fire off Psychic Knives, a technique Silver uses during his rival battle in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'']].

* GameOver: As opposed to how the original game simply fades to black and sends the player back to the Episode Select menu whenever they run out of lives, ''P-06'' adds [[https://youtu.be/kRs2Jgen9hk?t=4 a particularly chilling Game Over screen]] beforehand, using a short remix of "Mephiles' Whisper" from the original soundtrack; a [[LonelyPianoPiece very bleak minor-key piano tune]] backed by [[ScareChord sudden heavier notes]] and [[ForDoomTheBellTolls sinister funereal bells]]. It genuinely gives the [[NightmareFuel/SonicTheHedgehogCD infamous US]] ''[[NightmareFuel/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' [[NightmareFuel/SonicTheHedgehogCD Game Over screen]] some healthy competition.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Project 06 Cover Mockup 2020 (SPOILERS)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonic_p_06_custom_box_art.png]][softreturn][[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sonic_p_06_custom_box_art.png]]

* BalanceBuff: E-123 Omega and Silver have gotten their respective hovering techniques rebalanced. [[DiscardAndDraw On the one hand]], their hovers can no longer be "stuttered" [[labelnote:Meaning]]Repeatedly tapping the Jump button to continually reset the momentum of the hover -- which, due to the way the physics in Vanilla ''06'' work, falls off very quickly -- and offset the gravity, allowing them to go much further than intended; such that Omega could glide nigh-indefinitely with little-to-no height loss, and Silver could go triple the distance he normally could with a full Action Gauge[[/labelnote]]. Omega's hover now runs on the Action Gauge as well, and stuttering with Silver -- while still possible -- requires him to dramatically descend with each tap. However, this is much less necessary for the characters than it was in the original game; since both hovers now build momentum if the characters started them from a standing position, and preserve momentum better when they enter the hover while moving. This means that Omega and Silver can ''easily'' cover over twice the distance using their updated hovers than they could with their previous ones, on top of being easier to control.

It should go without saying that any trope examples already present in the original game should not be listed here. See also ''Videogame/Sonic2006LegacyOfSolaris'' for a similar fan recreation and improvement of the original game.

It should go without saying that any trope examples already present in the original game should not be listed here.

** Looking up at the skybox in stages that take place at night or dusk (such as Shadow's Wave Ocean) reveals that the Moon [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 still has an enormous crater in it from being shot by the Eclipse Cannon]].

* AdaptationExpansion: Stages have restored or alternate voice lines that add flavor or context to various encounters and setpieces.

* ArtEvolution: The game's colours have been slightly toned down, the lighting is much more dynamic (especially in locations such as the magma caves in [[LethalLavaLand Flame Core]] and with the searchlights in [[SlippySlideyIceWorld White Acropolis]]), Wave Ocean's water is more saturated, Crisis City and Flame Core have a heat wave effect, weather conditions that were supposed to be in the original game are now present, with rain in Kingdom Valley and dynamic weather that changes between sunny, cloud and rainy in Tropical Jungle, the textures have been made much clearer and higher-resolution, and several of the animations have been completely re-tweaked to look much more lifelike and less stiff. Needless to say, all of which makes [[SceneryPorn the game look gorgeous compared to the Vanilla version]]. Special mention goes to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJHp3EIXehU post-Wave Ocean cutscene]], which has Sonic [[DeathGlare baring his teeth and shooting a silent, angry glare at Eggman]] compared to his previous expressionless look.

** Wave Ocean now takes place at different times of the day depending on who you play it as, complete with updated lighting and shading to match. Sonic and Tails go through it in the daytime (as per the original), Shadow and Omega at dusk, and Blaze at dawn.

*** Tails' flight ability is linked to the Action Gauge, and he has access to the Tail Swipe attack for better close combat on the ground and in the air (the latter of which he can use to extend his jumps and conserve flight time if he clips an enemy with it).

*** Rouge now has her kick attacks and Drill Drive from ''Adventure 2'', making combat far less tedious.

* BalanceBuff: Omega and Silver have gotten their hovers rebalanced. On one hand, their hovers can no longer be 'stuttered' such that Omega can hover nigh-indefinitely and Silver can go triple the distance he normally could with a full energy bar - Omega's hover now runs on the bar, too, and stuttering with Silver, while still possible, requires him to dramatically descend a bit with each stutter. However, this is much less necessary for the characters than it was in the original game, because the hovers now build momentum if the characters started them from a still position and preserve momentum better when the characters enter the hover while speeding along, meaning Omega and Silver can ''easily'' move over double the distance they could with their old hovers using their updated hovers.

* BalanceBuff: Omega and Silver have gotten their hovers rebalanced. On one hand, their hovers can no longer be 'stuttered' such that Omega can hover nigh-indefinitely and Silver can go triple the distance he normally could with a full energy bar - Omega's hover now runs on the bar, too, and stuttering with Silver, while still possible, requires him to dramatically descend a bit with each stutter. However, this is much less necessary for the characters than it was in the original game, because the hovers now build momentum if the characters started them from a still position and preserve momentum better when the characters enter the hover while speeding along, meaning Omega and Silver can ''easily'' move the double the distance with their hovers here they could move in the base game without stuttering.

*** Rouge now has her kick attacks and Drill Drive from ''Adventure 2'', making combat far less tedious. Her key-finding sections also prominently feature the 'emerald radar' from ''Adventure 1,'' hearkening back to Rouge's collectathon sections in ''Adventure 2'' while still allowing Rouge to notice when multiple keys are nearby.

*** Tails' flight ability is linked to the Action Gauge, he has access to the Tail Swipe attack for better close combat on the ground and in the air (the latter of which he can use to extend his jumps and conserve flight time if he clips an enemy with it), and when holding down the button used for Dummy Ring Bombs, he can access a first-person view to properly aim and throw them further.

*** Rouge now has her kick attacks and Drill Drive from ''Adventure 2'' and can aim her Heart Bombs in first-person just like Tails. She can also stick said bombs to walls while climbing to destroy breakable surfaces.

*** Omega can switch from a behind-the-back view to a sentry-like mode where he can directly aim and shoot his gatling cannons like in a first-person shooter. His hover glide is now no longer infinite but represented by the Action Gauge now, just like Tails, and his missiles hit noticeably harder. As per the Silver Release, Omega also regains his ThreeStrikeCombo attack -- two wide claw slashes and rotating on the spot with a double-armed burst of cannonfire -- from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', allowing him to more easily smash through obstacles and take out enemies too close for him to shoot.

** The game has a full autosave feature for whenever a level is completed or a Gem in one of Sonic's stages is collected, avoiding the classic reviewers' pitfall of having to redo entire sections again upon a GameOver.