Bonus Missions, Christmasy Sonic, and More Coming to Sonic Forces Speed Battle

It's that time of the year! By which I mean it's time for Sonic Forces Speed Battle to add winter holiday-themed character alts, and this year it looks that Sonic (the tall modern boy himself) will finally be getting the Christmas treatment. For those looking to keep their presents wrapped, HARDlight has a teaser post on X/Twitter. For those looking to peek a little early, dataminer info of both upcoming characters will be farther down the article.

Beyond a cheery skin, the game will soon get additional bonus missions to unlock and boost "Special" class characters, with the character available cycling weekly. However, much like everything else in Speed Battle, it comes at the cost of watching ads to unlock. Hopefully if you're still playing at this point, you're immune to endless Frosted Flakes or those increasingly off-putting Hero Wars ads.

Credit to Ryannumber1gamer for the news screenshot.

Finally, if you've made it far enough to want a sneak peak of two upcoming hedgehogs, @SonicMobileNews has posted the character models for both, the first being the teased "Snowdrift Sonic."

And the second adding yet another Sonic Prime character, the Nine version of Chaos Sonic, the chatty bot at the top of the naughty list.

Screenshot of post taken due to image being hidden. Link to the original thread.

You can unwrap Snowdrift Sonic later this month on the 16th, while Chaos Sonic will most likely take flight next month in celebration of Sonic Prime's final episodes. However, I've run out of Christmas metaphors, so don't pout and don't cry, as... Sonic in a festive crown and fancy red coat is coming to town?