[hxc]

Who is Dr Badvibes? Well lets ask the american namer of Dr Robotnik, Dean Sitton!

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well.. as a lowly game councilor I would sit at a desk and answer abot 200
calls a day telling callers how to beat games etc.
I would often get invited to brainstorming meetings to help develop
storylines or name characters..offer ideas. but this wasn't my job (title)
and lead to trouble.
the game sonic game in in an early state (just a few levels and some of the
characters appeared as garbage chars that flickered. the producer of the US
version would be in japan and call in for updates. like how many rings for a
free man...how many rings for a continue etc.. I got to play the game for a
week or so and I submitted a document that showed the chararacters in the
game that I could see and a few names for each of them. dr. badvibes and
many other names were not chosen.
I named ivo robotnik, ballhog, and 3-4 more form that game. I helped to
flesh out the fiction for greenhill and sally/sandy/whatever the girls name
is now..with a guy named jamie... usually producers of games have only to
fill in the blanks..it doesn't always matter how the blanks get filled in.

Unfortunatly, he was only willing to answer one question, and I didn't know about the Sonic 1 Alpha stuff until he answered my question. I will push a little for another one, but don't expect anything.

Note: This is legit, despite his grammar

-hxc

[Tweaker]

So Eggman's original name is Dr. Badvibes? That sounds sooooo American. =P

Interesting you got in contact with him though... I've gotta read my credits for Sonic 1 again and look up some names myself. :P

[Lemming 1545]

Man, and I thought "Robotnik" was corny... heh heh.
I can only imagine what we would be arguing about today if his name was Badvibes. Good find as always, HXC!

[Shade]

Hoo boy, I'm glad that name got the can.

But, I must ask:

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I helped to
flesh out the fiction for greenhill and sally/sandy/whatever the girls name
is now..

What in God's name is he talking about? My guesses are by Green Hill he means South Island. But what "fiction" did he flesh out? Storyline stuff relating to the chaos emeralds or..? I mean, that stuff, much less the storyline itself, didn't go too far at all until Sonic 2, to my recollection. Also, I'd guess this sally/sandy/whatever person was Amy Rose, which would mean she was in development and/or created from before Sonic CD (And Amy was listed as Sally in the US CD manual). If not, could we be looking at a canned character?

This post has been edited by Shade: 16 March 2006 - 02:29 PM

[Molotok]

Lemming 1545, on Mar 16 2006, 01:03 PM, said:

Man, and I thought "Robotnik" was corny... heh heh.
I can only imagine what we would be arguing about today if his name was Badvibes. Good find as always, HXC!

Well, if the British and other regions besides North America had used Robotnik still, we might have a three name argument.

"Robotnik!"
"Badvibes!"
"Eggman!"

And notice the "subtle" environmental themes.

Eggman/Robotnik: "Eco-terrorist."
Sonic: "Imperialist."

But for one of your next questions, I think it should be if Robotnik was just thought up from thin air or if it was inspired by the Soviet Union, since it still existed at the time the first Sonic game was released.

[Knux13]

Shade, on Mar 16 2006, 11:11 AM, said:

Hoo boy, I'm glad that name got the can.

But, I must ask:

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I helped to
flesh out the fiction for greenhill and sally/sandy/whatever the girls name
is now..

What in God's name is he talking about? My guesses are by Green Hill he means South Island. But what "fiction" did he flesh out? Storyline stuff relating to the chaos emeralds or..? I mean, that stuff, much less the storyline itself, didn't go too far at all until Sonic 2, to my recollection. Also, I'd guess this sally/sandy/whatever person was Amy Rose, which would mean she was in development and/or created from before Sonic CD (And Amy was listed as Sally in the US CD manual). If not, could we be looking at a canned character?

My best guess would be Amy Rose.

[Lemming 1545]

It's also possible he's talking about nothing at all... he was getting a little rambly towards the end there.

[Shade]

All I know is that his grammar makes .hack//zero look like Quickman.

[Lemming 1545]

Heh, it's amazing how many smart people write stupid.

[Tweaker]

Shade, on Mar 16 2006, 05:15 PM, said:

All I know is that his grammar makes .hack//zero look like Quickman.

<3

[Heran Bago]

Dean Sitton, eh? I actually question how legit this one really is.

edit: Since it's HXC - BENEFIT OF DOUBT GET.

This post has been edited by Heran Bago: 17 March 2006 - 01:05 AM

[Lemming 1545]

I simply can't get along with someone who calls an extra life a "free man." :P
But HXC says it's real, we ought to trust him on that. Nonetheless, this guy's writing is atrocious. No wonder he was just a "game counselor." Do you think there's any more useful info we might be able to get from him, assuming HXC can get him to agree, or is this pretty much it?

This post has been edited by Lemming 1545: 16 March 2006 - 07:26 PM

[ICEknight]

Knux13, on Mar 16 2006, 05:05 PM, said:

Shade, on Mar 16 2006, 11:11 AM, said:

Hoo boy, I'm glad that name got the can.

But, I must ask:

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I helped to
flesh out the fiction for greenhill and sally/sandy/whatever the girls name
is now..

I'd guess this sally/sandy/whatever person was Amy Rose, which would mean she was in development and/or created from before Sonic CD (And Amy was listed as Sally in the US CD manual). If not, could we be looking at a canned character?

My best guess would be Amy Rose.

...Or Madonna?

[hxc]

Indeed ICE, I never even thought of that, as he was playing a very early version.

He hasn't replied recently, so it doesn't look like we will get anything else.

[Shade]

ICEknight, on Mar 17 2006, 10:04 AM, said:

Knux13, on Mar 16 2006, 05:05 PM, said:

Shade, on Mar 16 2006, 11:11 AM, said:

Hoo boy, I'm glad that name got the can.

But, I must ask:

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I helped to
flesh out the fiction for greenhill and sally/sandy/whatever the girls name
is now..

I'd guess this sally/sandy/whatever person was Amy Rose, which would mean she was in development and/or created from before Sonic CD (And Amy was listed as Sally in the US CD manual). If not, could we be looking at a canned character?

My best guess would be Amy Rose.

...Or Madonna?

Ah, right. That blond woman in the red dress in the extremely early (I think the first) sketches of the final Sonic the Hedgehog. These are unlockable in Gems Collection's museum. I guss that would mean we really were looking at a canned character. I would still go with my Amy = Sally assumption, but it was obvious they were trying to make ties with the SatAM cartoon (Calling Amy Princess Sally, and the planet Mobius in the US CD Manual).