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Well, I have a fan fic in progress that is my own continuity based off SatAM and Archie, I'll just shamelessly plug here... http://kyj10.deviant...logue-373921501

As for a SatAM reboot... No Archie characters just SatAM and some Sega characters.

Basic premise is the same with Robotnik being in control of Mobotropolis after a massive coup. Though he used military might rather than a robot army, that he of course still has since he converted those that wouldnt willingly join him. Sonic is at first the only "Meta Mobian" shall we say and the first episodes will show them aquiring new members as Sonic, Sally and Uncle Chuck (who isnt Roboticised and LEADS the freedom fighters) do minor recon missions. The team eventually adds Rotor, Tails, Bunnie and Antoine (who is more Traumatised from the things he has seen rather than cowardly).
Robotnik rules more as a corrupt politician behind the scenes with Snivley as his Public relations man. He simply bribes or outright intimidates/threatens people who he cant buy, using the Roboticizer as a last resort and runs a news network that paints the Freedom Fighters as criminals or terrorists. During a mission to destroy a weapons factory, Chuck is seemingly killed but they discover Robotniks plans for a super weapon that he plans on using on the rumored locations of the freedom fighters... including heavily public areas in the inner city. Robotnik develops an obsession with Sonic as he desires to disect him and figure out how he gets his super speed. Along the way the team discover the Power Rings that seem to Augment Sonic's abilities and that Robotnik has been making trips to the abandoned Nimbus Island to mine Chaos Emeralds that are being used to power the weapon known as the eclipse cannon, an orbital laser. After a massive climax that causes serious injuries on both sides, Sally uses NICOLE to hack into Robotniks personal computer and discovers links between Robotnik, her father and an individual known only as Ixis... and there season 1 ends.

(reads through topic...) I'm going to respond to the points that interest me...
Penders: He's a douche... plain and simple.
Sega Characters too powerfull to be in SatAM?: SatAM is an alternate continuity thankfully and this can be fixed by simply rewriting characters backstories. Amy could just be a new recruit to the FFs, Shadow could just be a clone of Sonic born of Robotnik moving into Bio weapons over Robotics, Chaos a very screwed up super soldier gone wrong (as the Fleetway comic did it if I recall.) Nothing wrong with nerfing their abilities until a time comes to pull out the stops.
Satam/Archie game? I have commented on this on their own topics long ago... But tastes change so for Archie, a fighting game by Atlus/Arc System Works with a good story mode to go with the fighting mechanics (they did it with Persona 4 after all) or an RPG as you guys mentioned. With SatAM though, an action adventure game where you play as Sonic and fight off Robotniks plans in a style similar to DMC/God Of War but with features that use Sonic's speed used in a way that Metal Gear Rising uses the Ninja Run.

Ho boy... first post in ages... let's see...
A series with it's own spin on some of the games.
Season 1 would mainly cover the setting and introduce Sonic and Tails, who operate seperatley and are forced to cooperate with each other against robotnik, who builds a super weapon positioned in orbit (Sonics 1 and 2) and holds the world to ransom with that and a robot army. They manage to beat him and destroy his satelite but crash onto a deserted island that is not on any of the planets maps. They soon realize that they landed on the legendary floating island and that Robotnik got there before them and has turned a lone guardian of the island (Knuckles) against them, who believes that the heroes are trying to steal the fabled Chaos Emeralds, While Robotnik secretly tracks them himself. After some skirmishes, Sonic, Tails and Knux find themselves at a makeshift launch bay where Robotniks Robots have rebuilt his super weapon (This canons Death Egg) and he is using the Chaos Emeralds to power it. It is also revealed that robots have recorded Sonic's actions and made a robotic duplicate of Sonic who engages the 3. Knuckles helps Sonic catch up to the Death Egg before it launches and faces off against Robotnik a final time, the battle is so intense that the satelite begins to break apart before it reaches orbit and it crashes back down to the planet. Tails and Knuckles (After destroying Robo Sonic) look for the wreckage but mysteriously cant find it...
In a post Credits stinger, Sonic wakes up on a strange world covered in tall flowers, Near a large chain going far into the sky. A pink female hedgehog then approaches him. End of Season 1