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SEGA finding new ways to disappoint us in 2024

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    Platy wrote: »
    I have a question, if Sonic can run so fast, why are there multiple games where he drives a car

    To be sporting. Would be unfair otherwise

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    Because he's having fun with his friends.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    If Sonic represents nature and he's fighting against technology in the form of Eggman, how does the car thing factor into that, and does Sonic not care about climate change

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    There were rumors Sonic was gonna be in a Mario Kart but Sega didnt want.him to be in a Kart

    This was around the gamecube era so Im guessing it became double dash and that was right out

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    There were rumors Sonic was gonna be in a Mario Kart but Sega didnt want.him to be in a Kart

    This was around the gamecube era so Im guessing it became double dash and that was right out

    He had already been in a cart in the Game Gear by that time though. So that's... strange.

  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
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    Platy wrote: »
    If Sonic represents nature and he's fighting against technology in the form of Eggman, how does the car thing factor into that, and does Sonic not care about climate change

    Clean energy cars. He just runs on a treadmill for like 2 minutes to charge the batteries.

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    It's also why he has to keep running so fast so that orange tech demon never catches him.

  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    Platy wrote: »
    If Sonic represents nature and he's fighting against technology in the form of Eggman, how does the car thing factor into that, and does Sonic not care about climate change

    While Sonic used to represent environmentalism vs. Eggman's industrialism, I'm not sure that he still does?

  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    Tcheldor wrote: »
    Platy wrote: »
    I have a question, if Sonic can run so fast, why are there multiple games where he drives a car

    To be sporting. Would be unfair otherwise

    That's the official reason, plus "The rules are that everyone uses a vehicle."

    Check out my interview with producer Steve Lycett for Mega Visions on Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing's 10th anniversary, and there's also a bit where Sonic was going to be on foot, Tails flew a plane, and Gilius was riding a Chickenleg (and some other fun tidbits).

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Neveron wrote: »
    Platy wrote: »
    If Sonic represents nature and he's fighting against technology in the form of Eggman, how does the car thing factor into that, and does Sonic not care about climate change

    While Sonic used to represent environmentalism vs. Eggman's industrialism, I'm not sure that he still does?

    Sonic mostly represents merchandise.

    I figured once upon a time it was SEGA as the new, shiny underdog vs Nintendo as the old, dusty capitalist.

    Talent vs factory made.
    Individualism vs being turned into a robot.
    Young vs old.
    Outsider vs Japanese businessman.

    I mean, there’s a reason Doctor Robeggmanik is a fat guy with a moustache in red.

  • Hexmage-PAHexmage-PA Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    I mean, there’s a reason Doctor Robeggmanik is a fat guy with a moustache in red.

    Wasn't he based on Theodore Roosevelt? That's what I've always heard, anyway.

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  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I read that Sonic was originally supposed to be from Nevada, play in a rock band and have a human girlfriend named Madonna, but that was ultimately considered not kid-friendly

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Platy wrote: »
    I read that Sonic was originally supposed to be from Nevada, play in a rock band and have a human girlfriend named Madonna, but that was ultimately considered not kid-friendly

    SEGA of America's marketing division had words to say about this.

    They are also the reason we have Miles "Tails" Prower instead of him just being called Miles Prower all the time.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Sonics creation is basically the old Platypus was made by a comitte joke

    If you aub to talling simpsons patreon they juat put upnan episode with Ian Jones Quarty about Sonic Satam and they talk about those confused origins a bit

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  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    I think Robotnik's original design had him in pajamas and he might have been a good guy, I can't remember.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Lars wrote: »
    I think Robotnik's original design had him in pajamas and he might have been a good guy, I can't remember.

    Robotnik was originally designed to be a good guy, yes.
    Sonics creation is basically the old Platypus was made by a comitte joke

    If you aub to talling simpsons patreon they juat put upnan episode with Ian Jones Quarty about Sonic Satam and they talk about those confused origins a bit

    From what I recall the winning design was when a guy “put Mickey Mouse gloves on Felix the cat” and was originally called Mr Needlemouse or some shit

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • LarsLars Registered User regular
    At one point Sonic was going to be a rabbit who picked up objects with his ears to throw at enemies. Then the rolling came in and I think that's when they wanted to change to an animal that rolls into a ball and dropped the throwing objects bit.

  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    Lars wrote: »
    At one point Sonic was going to be a rabbit who picked up objects with his ears to throw at enemies. Then the rolling came in and I think that's when they wanted to change to an animal that rolls into a ball and dropped the throwing objects bit.

    That became Ristar.

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  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    Sonic's car is secretly just like a Flintstones car.

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  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    The other thing, of course, is that driving can just be fun to do.

    (It's also funny that no one ever asks why Tails flies a plane when he can just fly with his tails, especially as he does so far more often.)

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  • KupiKupi Registered User regular
    The other thing, of course, is that driving can just be fun to do.

    (It's also funny that no one ever asks why Tails flies a plane when he can just fly with his tails, especially as he does so far more often.)

    In Tails's case, it's pretty well-established that his ability to fly is pretty limited, at least in the games, and that probably flows outward into other media. Sonic runs at top speed tirelessly, but Tails flies in limited bursts.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    Lars wrote: »
    I think Robotnik's original design had him in pajamas and he might have been a good guy, I can't remember.

    Robotnik was originally designed to be a good guy, yes

    Maybe it was going to be like Mega Man, where he was the good doctor, and there was going to be another evil doctor?

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Lars wrote: »
    I think Robotnik's original design had him in pajamas and he might have been a good guy, I can't remember.

    Robotnik was originally designed to be a good guy, yes

    Maybe it was going to be like Mega Man, where he was the good doctor, and there was going to be another evil doctor?

    He was initially designed as a protagonist. Which is why his design features a cape.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Lars wrote: »
    I think Robotnik's original design had him in pajamas and he might have been a good guy, I can't remember.

    Robotnik was originally designed to be a good guy, yes

    Maybe it was going to be like Mega Man, where he was the good doctor, and there was going to be another evil doctor?

    He was initially designed as a protagonist. Which is why his design features a cape.

    The original design was basically just Cartoon Teddy Roosevelt in pyjamas (and holding a pillow, IIRC)

    the "cape" is only really a thing in the American art - the original is more of a weird collar situation

  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    Hot new Sega tape in the works:

    https://youtu.be/I6ZYlWTny4E

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular

    The context of these tweets is... I don't even know. Something about a catgirl?

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited October 2020

    It's sub-boss Toshihiro Nagoshi (Chief Creative Officer, Patriarch of Ryu Ga Gotoku) that's the real challenge. You know it's real when his boss fight music kicks in.

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  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »

    The context of these tweets is... I don't even know. Something about a catgirl?

    Naganuma is horny

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

    Well, we have our plot for Segagaga 2.

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  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

    I am definitely angry enough to kill a CEO with my bare hands after the last decade of bullshit.

    I should target something like Nestle, fix water rights and sugar levels in food.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

    I am definitely angry enough to kill a CEO with my bare hands after the last decade of bullshit.

    I should target something like Nestle, fix water rights and sugar levels in food.

    I was gonna gee you up, considering that most CEOs aren't exactly in fighting shape, but then I looked up who Nestle's global CEO is, and that fucker has the crazy eyes:

    https://www.nestle.com/aboutus/management/executiveboard/ulf-mark-schneider

    He looks like the kind of bloke who would stomp your pet to death if you showed up at work 2 minutes late to "motivate you".

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

    I am definitely angry enough to kill a CEO with my bare hands after the last decade of bullshit.

    I should target something like Nestle, fix water rights and sugar levels in food.

    I was gonna gee you up, considering that most CEOs aren't exactly in fighting shape, but then I looked up who Nestle's global CEO is, and that fucker has the crazy eyes:

    https://www.nestle.com/aboutus/management/executiveboard/ulf-mark-schneider

    He looks like the kind of bloke who would stomp your pet to death if you showed up at work 2 minutes late to "motivate you".

    That just means I wouldn't feel bad about breaking his skull

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    sarukun wrote: »
    So am I, but so far it hasn’t led me to challenge any CEOs to a fight.

    Perhaps that’s a personal failing.

    You should!

    In corporate law, if you defeat and kill a CEO in an unarmed cage match, it's called a "hostile takeover" and you get their job and pay!

    I am definitely angry enough to kill a CEO with my bare hands after the last decade of bullshit.

    I should target something like Nestle, fix water rights and sugar levels in food.

    I was gonna gee you up, considering that most CEOs aren't exactly in fighting shape, but then I looked up who Nestle's global CEO is, and that fucker has the crazy eyes:

    https://www.nestle.com/aboutus/management/executiveboard/ulf-mark-schneider

    He looks like the kind of bloke who would stomp your pet to death if you showed up at work 2 minutes late to "motivate you".

    That just means I wouldn't feel bad about breaking his skull

    Oh for sure, I just mean that I'm worried that he's probably the kind of monster that would have your family kidnapped before the fight and have his hired goons dump them in the middle of the ocean if you win the fight, but you only find this out AFTER the fight has started.

  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular


    yeah hello I'm tryna reach Mighty the Armadillo ya'll seen that dude

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