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Everything posted by Kuzu
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I really have to wonder what is it about Sonic Team related games in that they have so much charm and appeal, but fail purely on their technical merits.
Its like they get so caught up in the game's aesthetic and atmosphere and forget that it actually needs to be good on a technical level too.
It's so odd.
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I did a Google trend of most Sonic characters since I was curious on which ones still have public awareness and wow the results are depressing.
Pretty much nothing for anyone post-Sonic 3...except Shadow of course, not even Metal Sonic trends that high despite being a classic era character himself.
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Makes me wonder why the hell does SEGA keep trying to shove every damn character down our throats recently (Sonic Generations, Forces, the mobile games) if that's the case.
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Redemption reacted to this
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Are you really surprised?
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Supah Berry and Redemption reacted to this
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It's almost like shitty writing with screechy voices makes them unappealing to a lot of people
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Supah Berry and Redemption reacted to this
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@Dejimon11 I wanted to believe at Blaze kept some relevance...
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@Kuzu Blaze is only popular within the fan base. Normies don’t even know who she is and causal sonic fans are like “oh yeah her”
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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Ahh, nice to Shadow does in fact murder people.
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Nah, he just hacked into his account and posted Eggman's nudes to get him banned.
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Jingilator and Supah Berry reacted to this
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He shouldn't have done it. Eggman's dick looks like all Tetris pieces at once.
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Supah Berry and Jingilator reacted to this
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Every day I'm reminded that the Sonic fanbase is one of the most unfun places to be.
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Real talk here, instead a sarcastic remark like I would usually make.
Big, online communities tend to be pretty unfun to engage with after a while. When you're just on the peripheries or only dip your toes in every now and then they're alright, but the impersonal nature of everything online and all the different voices you're hearing make for an uncomfortable time. And you don't always realise it; you're so enthusiastic about/interested in the subject that you aren't consciously aware of all the noise that's constantly going on in the background.
It happens with EVERY fandom. It's almost inarguably worse with Sonic because there are so many divided opinions and very few fans feel consistently satisfied with the series. And even those who do feel satisfied have to contend with the negative emotions that other people are experiencing. Two of the best times to be a Sonic were the announcements of Generations and later Mania; two games that sent almost the entire fandom into a frenzy of unmitigated excitement. But generally, yes, there's a strong undercurrent of dissatisfaction that makes the large community difficult to be a part of.
I cope with it by being unrelentingly cynical and pessimistic. I find that to be quite cathartic, but the irony of fact that I'm spreading the very negativity I'm lamenting isn't lost of me either. The other way that I cope, and this took me years to learn, is just to distance myself from the stuff I'm not interested in our that I've exhausted. Most new Sonic-related threads on here I don't even read these days. I'm too jaded for it all. I've seen these discussions before, and I've learned to just not care.
Of course the very best thing you can do is talk Sonic with a smaller group. Like, just a couple of people for your regular Sonic talks. Don't bother with Discord groups or whatever. Smaller groups are so much more digestible. Just my two cents
sonic sux
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Its definitely annoying yea. I don't wanna be a cynical sad sac of shit, so I don't opt for that.
I've just learned to not....talk to people. Distancing yourself really the only way to protect your mental state, because jeeeesus.
I don't think people really understand how much being surrounded by so much at once is just mentally exhausting after a while, but people continue to engage.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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It can be difficult to talk about your favorite characters in a fanbase, especially when you are dealing with very rude people. There are times where I get a bit frustrated with the Sonic fanbase, especially when they start talking about what they want to see in the next movie or the next game and then they start complaining when the things they want to see don't appear. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for people expressing their own opinions on a franchise. But for me personally, if the game or the movie is good, regardless of what content is in it, then that's good enough for me. Like for example with the movie, I never expected them to go with the usual "road trip" movie route. But at the end of the day, the movie was still pretty good for me.
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>how to get Sonic fans into Vtubers.
Have Korone play Sonic games.
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I'm starting to think people only like Sonic voices when they talk less.
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I like him when he has a good voice director.
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Supah Berry and Ellipsis-Ultima reacted to this
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Well when you look at the scripts of the current games (and on several occasions in the earlier games) and how those poor actors are expected to read them out, on top of voice direction mandates, can you really blame them? A lesser game with Sonic, like a having cameo appearance, I suspect gives Roger and co more freedom in how they can approach a line since they're mostly relatively basic, not to mention not sounding like a 9 year old fan fic nor 3 year old kids show.
Maybe it ain't just fans hating on a VA for what they (are forced to) sound like, rather it's also hating them for what lines come out of their mouths.
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Snowragnarok reacted to this
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Roger is a great actor and I really like him in other stuff, but not really his Sonic voice. Jun'ichi is still great though.
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The Tenth Doctor reacted to this
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What @The Tenth Doctor said. His Sonic is like the ultimate 'How do you do, fellow kids?' voice.
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Unlike Sonic leaks, Pokemon leaks are actually legit more often than not.
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Half of me is psyched, and the other half is terrified after Sword and Shield.
I want to return to Sinnoh again... please don't be a monkey's paw situation.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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You're going to get a low-budget upscaled 3DS game with less than half the content of Platinum, and you're going to fuckin' like it.
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Strickerx5 reacted to this
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This has me so conflicted. On the one hand, Pokémon Pearl was my first ever game in the series, so of course a part of me would love to return to the Sinnoh region in HD.
On the other hand... well, modern Pokémon games kinda suck. And after playing through Sword not too long ago, I really, REALLY don't want to see Sinnoh get botched by Game Freak/TPC.
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Ugh, can't believe Mario has become some edgy Anime shlock. He was so much better when he just saved princess and jumped on goombas. And what's with the stupid buttrock music, so cringe. 1-1 is so much better.
Nintendo really needs to start bringing Mario back to his roots.
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@Strickerx5 No and anyone who says otherwise is a clown
/half-joking ofc
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Strickerx5 reacted to this
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It's hilarious that Sonic spent the whole decade sanding off his rough edges to appeal to Mario players and yet not only did Mario Odyssey have honest to god rolling physics, but heres Mario and Bowser recreating the ending to Sonic Adventure 2.
Iizuka must be kicking himself in the balls right now.
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Why are some Sonic fans like this...
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Sigh. Alas, the line has been awfully blurred these days hasn't it?
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AWild No.1 washed up gamer and Kittea reacted to this
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I'm saying you don't see people complain about how anytime a show has a parody or reference to Mario, it's "borderline plagiarizing", do you? Like, there were many times where a guy would be at the top of a building throwing barrels while another would be bumping floating blocks in a pixelated art style and no one would bat an eye. What makes it more significant when somebody else strikes an iconic pose, running over loops and make figure eights while their running?
ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ⁱ ᵍᵒ ᵃᵍᵃⁱⁿ, ᵇᵘᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ ⁱⁿ ᵒⁿ ᵃ ᶜᵒⁿᵛᵉʳˢᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ ʷʰᵉⁿ ⁱ ʰᵃᵛᵉⁿ'ᵗ ᵉᵛᵉⁿ ʷᵃᵗᶜʰᵉᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ˢʰᵒʷ
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So I completely forgot about Balan Wonderworld...has there been any info about that game at all since...the Switch trailer?
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@Blue Blood Oh trust me, they were. I remember all the annoying holler of "ZOMG so much better than *insert X company".
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I've been getting a lot of amusement at Sonictubers going at each other on social media lately over their preferences for Sonic. It's entertaining.