Sonic Boom
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Shin Muramasa
Metallic Stranger
Personally, I understand why Sonic and Knuckles would wear bandages on around their arms. Muay Thai, Boxing, and plenty of other martial arts have some form of hand protection and bandages are one of the simpler ones, so that makes sense for Knuckles. As for Sonic, bandages could be used as makeshift gloves or hand protection for parkour except for the fact that Sonic already wears gloves. Now, here's the stupid thing: Why in the world are they wearing bandages around their shoes? What benefit is that? Without shoes and having bandaged bare-feet I can understand, but really? If it's some edgy design, then I have nothing to say...
Anyway, Tails looks more like a mechanic with him having a tool set and goggles; that's a good redesign or just additions to add to his character. Amy went from being a creepy, young, weird skirt-wearing pink hedgehog to looking like an older Amy who seems to be more capable in combat. I always had a strange vibe going around with Amy. It's probably her age and clingy-ness that bordered on yandere tendencies. Hopefully it's more comic-relief clingy "girlfriend" rather than that. So, an okay and large redesign. Knuckles, well, it makes sense since he fights with his fists most of the time. That said, it might not have been necessary, and all Knuckles got from the redesign was getting 'roided up. Seriously, he just gained muscle mass and bandages. Nothing else compared to Tails, Amy, and Sonic. On to Sonic, aside from the scarf which could symbolize his wanderer nature, he looks less edgy compared to the past Sonic, and more "friendly" like the chubby, original, kid Sonic.
Y'know, compared to Mario, Kirby, Street Fighter, Metal Gear, Sly Cooper, and Ratchet & Clank, Sonic getting a new design kind of throws off his "iconic" character. What do I mean by that? Well, look at Mario from his beginning to now and you'll see him being refined and given an iconic character. No matter what art style you add to him or different transformations, you'll recognize Mario. Same with Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li, who went from being sprites to extremely muscular fighters. There's this established character design. Likewise, Sly going from the PS2 era to the PS3 era did little to say: "Who's that?" It's Sly and it will always be Sly. Same with Ratchet who went from his debut design, to a more "realistic" or high quality design in Tools of Destruction, and became more fun, cartoon-y, and stylized in All 4 One. It's Ratchet and unmistakably Ratchet. For Sonic, he went from pudgy Sonic to edgier Sonic and nothing really was lost except for a slight change in character. The new Sonic just seems weird and that's probably what edgier Sonic was when he was unveiled. It's not drastic like DmC Dante & DMC Dante, or some of the Ultimate Marvel characters, but it's enough to create a sense of unease.
Anyway, Tails looks more like a mechanic with him having a tool set and goggles; that's a good redesign or just additions to add to his character. Amy went from being a creepy, young, weird skirt-wearing pink hedgehog to looking like an older Amy who seems to be more capable in combat. I always had a strange vibe going around with Amy. It's probably her age and clingy-ness that bordered on yandere tendencies. Hopefully it's more comic-relief clingy "girlfriend" rather than that. So, an okay and large redesign. Knuckles, well, it makes sense since he fights with his fists most of the time. That said, it might not have been necessary, and all Knuckles got from the redesign was getting 'roided up. Seriously, he just gained muscle mass and bandages. Nothing else compared to Tails, Amy, and Sonic. On to Sonic, aside from the scarf which could symbolize his wanderer nature, he looks less edgy compared to the past Sonic, and more "friendly" like the chubby, original, kid Sonic.
Y'know, compared to Mario, Kirby, Street Fighter, Metal Gear, Sly Cooper, and Ratchet & Clank, Sonic getting a new design kind of throws off his "iconic" character. What do I mean by that? Well, look at Mario from his beginning to now and you'll see him being refined and given an iconic character. No matter what art style you add to him or different transformations, you'll recognize Mario. Same with Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li, who went from being sprites to extremely muscular fighters. There's this established character design. Likewise, Sly going from the PS2 era to the PS3 era did little to say: "Who's that?" It's Sly and it will always be Sly. Same with Ratchet who went from his debut design, to a more "realistic" or high quality design in Tools of Destruction, and became more fun, cartoon-y, and stylized in All 4 One. It's Ratchet and unmistakably Ratchet. For Sonic, he went from pudgy Sonic to edgier Sonic and nothing really was lost except for a slight change in character. The new Sonic just seems weird and that's probably what edgier Sonic was when he was unveiled. It's not drastic like DmC Dante & DMC Dante, or some of the Ultimate Marvel characters, but it's enough to create a sense of unease.
Demi-fiend
Metempsychosis
HIS HAIR'S NOT WHITE.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
Knuckles be lifting bro.
Also, I'm surprised it took them this long to actually have the title Sonic Boom.
In all seriousness though, I may not get the athletic bandages but I really don't give a flying f#ck about how they look. I heard it's made by some of the people who worked on Jak and Daxter which sounds promising.
Also, I'm surprised it took them this long to actually have the title Sonic Boom.
In all seriousness though, I may not get the athletic bandages but I really don't give a flying f#ck about how they look. I heard it's made by some of the people who worked on Jak and Daxter which sounds promising.
Bazilican
Beer and big tits all around! XD
That's exactly what this reminds me of.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
Man, you can't get more hardcore than what already came out.
Sh!t be gangsta.
But anyway, Sonic has already went through so many different changes and you make too many rash generalizations that also sometimes make no sense.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
I saw Sonic fans being Sonic fans complaining about how his arms were now blue and I didn't even notice until they pointed that out.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
Tails is the best Sonic character.
Shin Muramasa
Metallic Stranger
Holy crap! They are blue... Hmm, I guess Sonic must of hit puberty late and grew some arm hair. That or he forgot to shave...
Well, considering that everyone looks like they'll be travelling at the same speed for now, as it looks like each character has a specialty. I can't wait for people to complain that Sonic is too slow. Here's what would happen if Sonic was too fast (and suffering from lag).
Now, if someone could tell me the ending piece after Sonic "dies", that'd be appreciated.
Chancey289
Fake Geek Girl.
If you notice, he's actually racing the little youtube video bar under him. I love HotDiggedyDemon's videos.
Shin Muramasa
Metallic Stranger
Wow... He actually is racing Youtube... Then again, with Sonic, the Flash, early Superman, and other speedsters, racing something slow and matching its pace is probably a horrible idea since these guys can accelerate hard and fast.
ef9dante_oSsshea
Well-known Member
I don't think they can ever repeat the fun and greatness of the sonic games on the Sega mega drive. I probably won't play this id say.
TWOxACROSS
Hot-blooded God of Guns
I like how Sonic has a scarf now, so now he is like every Sonic fan's "original character" where they just MS Paint a scarf on Sonic.
V's patron
be loyal to what matters
I dont really have a problem since I'm not the target audience and I'm not a huge Sonic fan. I got in with Sonic Adventure and I've played them sporadically since.
I dont mind it appealing to kids since i feel that's what Sonic should be appealing to but i rather it be like the first 4 seasons of Digimon where you didn't feel like they were talking down to kids and it was written for adults and kids where Pokemon felt like they were talking down to kids. Bit of a long shot given recent sonic games but I could still hope :angel:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/07/sonic-boom-sonic-the-hedgehogs-shocking-reinvention
the showrunner compares it to Regular show and pointed out that the game is a prequel to the show so im guessing the show and the game were thought of concurrently and share writers.
I hope Amy has more to do than pine for Sonic.
I dont mind it appealing to kids since i feel that's what Sonic should be appealing to but i rather it be like the first 4 seasons of Digimon where you didn't feel like they were talking down to kids and it was written for adults and kids where Pokemon felt like they were talking down to kids. Bit of a long shot given recent sonic games but I could still hope :angel:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/07/sonic-boom-sonic-the-hedgehogs-shocking-reinvention
the showrunner compares it to Regular show and pointed out that the game is a prequel to the show so im guessing the show and the game were thought of concurrently and share writers.
I hope Amy has more to do than pine for Sonic.
Bazilican
Beer and big tits all around! XD
I fail to see how Sonic boom is trying to be hardcore.
TWOxACROSS
Hot-blooded God of Guns
I think this might be the inherent problem with Sonic as a whole. Sonic isn't nearly as timeless as someone like Mario (who also had a very one-dimensional personality). Sonic as a character was very much a product of the late 80s, early 90s "in-your-face dude". Hell, his theme song proclaimed "He's got an attitude~".
That shtick died out in the mid-90s, and lost relevance and charm as time went on. They tried to update him to "skater boi" status by Sonic Adventure, which sorta worked, but that was already becoming strained.
I think if feels odd because Sonic is a product of an era that has passed, and it's difficult to update that character when he's solely based on that era.
It's like flappers, they are a product of the 1920s era, and to try and update them is to remove what actually makes them flappers.
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Vergil'sBitch
I am Nero's Mom & Obsessed fan girl
The most important thing is that the looks don't matter, it's set in another universe (where have I heard that before...
)
Personally, I haven't enjoyed a Sonic game since Adventure 2 (I thought Lost World was rubbish).
This one kind of reminds me of Sonic Heroes... but I'm not a big fan of that one either.
I chose "I don't care" because I just don't anymore (and that's mostly down to the fact that Nintendo have had their say in the series and that Sega can't seem to do anything for themselves anymore).
)Personally, I haven't enjoyed a Sonic game since Adventure 2 (I thought Lost World was rubbish).
This one kind of reminds me of Sonic Heroes... but I'm not a big fan of that one either.
I chose "I don't care" because I just don't anymore (and that's mostly down to the fact that Nintendo have had their say in the series and that Sega can't seem to do anything for themselves anymore).
Angel
Is not rat, is hamster
Knuckles looks like he's about to let all his breath out any minute now...
I'm not a huge Sonic fan so not bothered but when I first saw Knuckles like that I thought he looked a bit like he'd been inflated badly. To be honest I don't play the games past the first ever Sonic title so I can't judge on whether it's a good thing, a bad thing or an indifferent thing.
Is Knuckles meant to be a hedgehog too? I never really found that out...
I'm not a huge Sonic fan so not bothered but when I first saw Knuckles like that I thought he looked a bit like he'd been inflated badly. To be honest I don't play the games past the first ever Sonic title so I can't judge on whether it's a good thing, a bad thing or an indifferent thing.
Is Knuckles meant to be a hedgehog too? I never really found that out...
Vergil'sBitch
I am Nero's Mom & Obsessed fan girl
:'( Thank you:happy:Hugs
He's one of these...
ECHIDNA! (Although I'm always saying Enchidna... It's like having the brain of a 3 year old sometimes... Although I'm pretty sure all three year olds a pretty clever these days).
There's just endless comments on FB saying 'Knuckles looks like he's on steroids' (yeah, we get it, you don't have to repeat the same comment...).