(08-11-2020, 12:57 PM)Infinite Wrote: (You are indeed correct! It is the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.)
My guess is Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed. Characters from multiple universes from Sega fitting the first sentence along with speed in racing. Why I specifically chose Transformed was because of the detail of land, air, and sea. Transformed had you ride your vehicle on the air and ocean as well as on the land.
A castle lies ahead of a beautiful grass field. Beautiful gems lying along the trail and giant chests with treasures to be found. The journey won't be easy, hedgehog clad in green. There are skeletons you must face and creatures that shoot nuts under the bushes. Let your quest begin!
(Awesome! And you are correct as well! Excellent analysis of my hint.)
I'm honestly pretty stumped on this one. That is an excellent, beautifully written and cryptic hint!
The castle description immediately lead me to think of Sylvania Castle Zone from Sonic 4: Episode II, but I don't feel like the rest of this hint matches that level. I don't recall that level having beautiful gems or giant treasure chests.
That description also makes me think of levels such as Crystal Cave from Sonic and the Black Knight, but the hint still has too many attributes that do not match that level. Especially the part regarding hedgehog clad in green: I'm having a lot of trouble thinking of any Sonic game with any Hedgehog-species character wearing green.
The only game I can think of that does that would be Sonic Lost World, namely the Zelda DLC: this would likely fit the other fantasy elements of the hint as well. Unfortunately, I've never actually played the Zelda DLC, as I bought Lost World on Steam. I do have a copy for Wii U, but I have not yet purchased a Wii U to play it on (although I plan to do so at some point for sure).
I think there could easily be another game or level I'm just not thinking of, but right now the best guess I can come up with (despite not playing the level yet) is the Zelda DLC from Lost World, so I will put forth Sonic Lost World as my top hypothesis.
New hint:
Ancient anachronism interconnected with questionable morality and uncertain purpose. Many battles are fought on the highway to the central city of understanding.