That... that is some fucked up shit, is what this is.
Let's talk Sonic.
As AGN's resident #1 Sonic fanboy (no one else will claim this title as long as I am around), I am tempted to make some ridiculously huge post dissecting everything Sonic-related that's happened over the past 16 years. I'll refrain however in order to keep my sanity. I'll just mention 3 points of interest
1. The internet sonic fan base is, more or less, how it's described by ED and other outsiders. I don't consider myself technically part of this fan base, as they are usually all 12 year old furries, but I do mingle a bit with some members (usually related to reverse-engineering Sonic games, but that's another story), so believe when I say that nothing is exaggerated.
2. Sonic CD is still the best of the series, but I have learned to appreciate S3K a lot more over the years. It is probably my most replayed Sonic nowadays simply because of how easy it is to get into. Sonic Rush owns, the Advance games are better than people say, and I've logged over 200 hours into SA2B getting all the emblems. Sonic Heroes almost made me disown the franchise though, and everything that's happened after that sans the Sonic Rush games just has me banging my head on the wall over and over and over again.
3. Sonic X is garbage, SATAM is garbage (having recently rewatched it, I can say this with certainty), heck, and and all extended merchandise relating to Sonic is usually garbage. This is even worse today considering we don't even have new good games to fall back on like Pokemon and Mario franchises do.
I actually kind of liked the Sonic cartoons (both of them) when I was little... 😞
"Sonic X" has the most weird twists in the story ever seen nearly oO "super mario bros cartoon" has the weirdest :P
and the voice acting sux so hard its not even funny.
The SATAM cartoon rocked. It followed the Archie comics, which I was really into at the time. I hated all the other incarnations of the series that were floating around because they were way too goofy and childish. SATAM had this really dark feel to it, and Robotnik was impressively portrayed.
I sadly don't think Sonic is ever going to be as huge as it once was... thanks in part to its army of crappy 3d games. I remember liking Sonic Adventure, but I have to disagree with others and say SA2 sucks, the Sonic/Shadow levels were pretty good... except for the boss fights, the Tails/Eggman sections were a little weak, and once we get to the gem finding mission with Knuckles and (BAt Girl?) we are truly at the fifth layer of gaming hell. Sonic Hero, Shadow, and the latest 360 Sonic all proved that with the possible exception of SA1, Sega does not know how to make a good 3d Sonic game. So unless Sega tries something bold and makes a new 2d Sonic game for consoles... you might as well stick to the Genesis and Sega CD for all your Sonic needs.
Glenn the Great wrote:The SATAM cartoon rocked. It followed the Archie comics, which I was really into at the time. I hated all the other incarnations of the series that were floating around because they were way too goofy and childish. SATAM had this really dark feel to it, and Robotnik was impressively portrayed.
I agree with this post 95%. Why not 100%? Because I like Sonix X a bit more than all the other Sonci cartoons EXCEPT for the SATAM cartoon. :kitty:
When did you last watch Sonic SatAM? I got the DVD boxset recently (sad, I know) and was surprised at how... well, not cool it was. The voice artist for Sonic was particularly annoying, although to be fair, he's the only one who is.
Yes Sonic in the SATAM cartoon is ridiculusly whiney/annoying and a douche bag. And SATAM didn't really have that much of a "dark feel" because of Sonic's constant annoying talking. Really it wasn't dark or anything like that.
I last watched Sonic SATAM when I was a kid during the final episode. I heard it was supposed to continue, but has not.
Darth Marsden wrote:*cough*Sonic R*cough*
Sonic R was actually surprisingly good game. At least, I enjoyed it.
It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that great either. Pales in comparison to Mario Kart.
Sonic SatAM info. Selected quotes follow:
With a cliffhanger ending such as the one the SatAM had, many questions arrise. For one, who did the glowing eyes behind Snively belong to? Well, some time ago, the main writer for the second season, Ben Hurst showed up on AFSH. [...] According to Ben, the red eyes were none other than Naugus.
Archie was based off the SatAM series. DiC created all the characters that are in SatAM including Sally, Bunnie and Dulcy. [...] The reason the comic came out first is because it takes a lot less time to develop a comic verses a whole cartoon series.
DarkDragoonX - Yes. Sonic R was a surprisingly good game.
Darh Marsden - I looked that up a couple years ago actually. I'm still dissapointed they didn't continue it, but alas. There is narry a thing I can do about it. :shrug: