New Sonic the Hedgehog Retrospective

Just curious, what company do you work for?

EDIT: Oh, gametap.

So far I approve so hard because this is almost exactly like Icons, and I loved that show.

 

The claim that the Sonic Band was removed to "americanize" sonic contradicts all we know about the Sonic Band. Frankly, I don't believe the explanation given in the video.

 

are you talking about video, or print? Because I'm fairly sure they all had interviews in print.

Also, man, how can you cover NiGHTS but exclude the BEST game in the series, Sonic CD?

 

That was very good, I loved watching that. One comment though, you guys messed up a fact. You can't use the S&K lock on cart with Sonic 1.

 

Yes you can, you can play that blue spheres game that they like to shove in Sonic collections.

Very good video. Reminds me of how Sonic's plummeted and how much they used to care about him but now they don't.

 

Well, technically you could.

 

Well actually, now a days it might be. They seem to be going on a slippery slope to death again

 

I can agree with this, but ever since SEGA dropped out of the console market it's obviously very tight for them to take long amounts of time and care into some of the games they create. Really, it will take a miracle or at least a very large sum of money in some form/donation to help fund the time and resources to make the Sonic game we all want.

We just have to hope eventually from the quirky and quick ideas they come up with, that one of them turn out to be the "diamond in the rough" for the franchise. Unleashed was a step in the right direction, Werehog and insane amounts of speed aside.

 

I've said it before, Sega was good until Sammy started screwing with the company's structure (I recall an old "Save Our Sega" fan ad campaign from around 2004-05 or so in that regard). I think that the Unleashed team was actually given some decently free rein to do what they wanted, and it shows (even if the game is full of bullshit, it still has a distinct charm to it that the other recent games have distinctly lacked.


Cool beans, though am I correct in understanding the video doesn't actually mention Felix the Cat? I still need to see it.


Also, <3 Gametap. Just throwing that out there.

 

So nice to hear something thats not regarding how Sonic games are getting worse and worse. But instead looks at the little guys success. Afterall, he has had some bloody brilliant games. Sonic as a character is just so iconic. I mean, forget the games, people recognize the character just because of how cool he is. Though right now, Mario is ahead, hopefully one day we'll see the tables turn.

It was brilliant to see all the early sonic sketches, and to hear how the character was developed. Definitely, the rockband went for the good. But you can see early concepts came back. Such as the band, sonic underground, and Sonics girlfriend Madonna, later became Amy.

 

I completely agree with this. Sammy really did fuck over SEGA quite a bit, and Unleashed does have a higher and more noticeable quality to it then other recent titles. I'm wondering if the new Sonic Team will be given the same care/treatment for the next game though.

 

I still wish the Sega-Namco merger had gone through instead of the Sammy merger. Sega and Namco had very similar corporate philosophies, and Sega was still going to be the controlling entity.

 

Great retrospective! I would've liked to have seen Sonic CD mentioned but it was a great special nonetheless.

 

<!--quoteo(post=280824:date=Feb 18 2009, 05:31 PM:name=Guess Who)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Guess Who @ Feb 18 2009, 05:31 PM)

yeah we all remember those red hi top nike vandals michael jackson used to wear...

this is as my friends across the pond say, "bollocks".

if they were inspired by michael jackson theyd be ladies shoes and smell like perfume.