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...it was. there hasn't been a 3D sonic game released since.

because iizuka broke the news at SXSW, we can make a safe bet that sonic team is involved in the next mainline game's development in some way, if not being the main developer.

nice. what was your first one?

SA1 DX, all emblems and Missions!

good. u should do SA2B next, it's a lot of work but its really satisfying when you finally unlock green hill.

I tried and gave up. The car and treasure hunting missions almost made me quit video games.

Good

It’s a ship that exists

They share a jet ski in Rush Adventure so it's basically canon.

Shipping is dumb.

If we can have OCs then why not a dating sim mini game too?

never been one for shipping

I can tell someone isnt fun if they hate on shipping

How does not caring which two fictional characters want to suck face make someone not fun?

more valid than sonamy I guess lol

Sonaze more like s-nooze

Sonaze is a hard reach compared to Sonamy but I enjoy the tension between them compared to how Sonamy kinda just falls into place when you think about it

Both are good tho

Only Sonic ship and Blaze ship that actually works and makes sense, in my opinion.

But I also like them as just fighting and adventuring partners in general. I'd love another game with just those two.

Imagine if your significant other could potentially burn you to a crisp instantly. The whole Twilight saga basically operates on the same premise,  Sonic = Bella and Blaze = Edward Cullen.

I take it back I dont like this ship anymore 

yall need to man up and ship sonadow k

seriously sonic and shadow interacting can be gold.

Sonaze. It's a ship that works.

I can't get excited about shipping Sonic with anyone. I don't know why.

It works.

Haven't seen her for years. Makes me sad every time someone says "Nep" though. 

Seeing that 'VERTEbreaker' Kickstarter did the same to me.

I think she left around the Forces hype train era, if not earlier.

I think she moderates on ReserERA now.

She's frequent on era but she dont fuck with us no more 

She hates us 

She seen the light.

You clearly never played Deadly Premonition.

Don't you diss Sonic Rush

it's good! for the most part at least, hydrocity's kind of a drag.

level design's not something i have much experience critiquing so i don't really have much more to say than that

- Playing Sonic Rush with the music turned off

Seize him

you're a myth

Rush can be slightly fun sometimes as long as we're never talking about the bosses lol

or Mirage Road, or Sky Altitude, or...

I enjoyed Sonic Rush, though.

Except for Altitude Limit.

same

word

and no it's not nostalgia, was in my 20s when i played it for the first time

27th Sept to 4 Oct.

It has more watch sonic go fast bits than normal but the level design was big and varied enough on the whole that i didn't mind it that much

For a game that requires the player to explore for 100% completion, those parts were too frequent.

What Wraith said. The automation isn't excessive but there were some unnecessary fast sections in some of the acts where you feel like a passenger.

Eh, I'd say "requires the player to explore for 100% completion" is a little subjective.  It's not like the game demands you find every single special stage ring, just enough to collect all the emeralds.  If you get thrown into an automated section that prevents you from exploring an earlier portion of the level, it's not really that important unless you're on Titanic Monarch Act 2, y'know? (And even then, only in No Save Mode technically).  And just as an automated route can make you miss a special stage ring, so too can many non-automated routes.

I definitely didn't mind them, there's like one or two that are overly long but even those ones are hardly the only route through the level.

Strangely my only real grip with Mania is the same one I have with S3&K (though the automated routes are annoying) and that is that the levels are way to huge and time consuming. Unfortunately for me my preferences have always leaned more into the short but challenging to clear arcade mentality of the prior games and why I prefer the end of stage bonus stage ring to the in stage rings scattered everywhere. It just incentivizes me to play better more so than explore every square inch of a level so you can get Super Sonic faster which is hypocritical of me since I enjoy the freedom of being able to choose between both options to get the good ending of CD.

Its no Sonic Advance 2 at least so there's that.

The only instance I felt it was too automated was the bottom route of Studiopolis Act 2. That route is a disaster with anyone other than Mighty. Other than that though... not really, unless we're applying a really loose definition of automation. 

I think the most notable automated section for me was the one near the end of Flying Battery where you spend like 30 seconds whizzing around the outside of the ship on those protruding U-shaped curves over and over again.  Just goes on a little longer than it probably needed to.  That's the one I always think of.

I agree with Sonic Fan J though that I KIND of prefer the simplicity of the 50-ring challenge/end-of-stage entry point for special stages.  Just feels tidier in terms of pacing.  Going fast AND holding onto your rings is way more fun to me than going fast and exploring/performing a tricky route - especially considering reaching that special stage ring will result in your "going fast through the levels" activities coming to an immediate halt.

Having said all that, almost hypocritically, finding a special stage ring after unlocking Super Sonic feels much lamer for not rewarding you with a whole mini level to play.  Meanwhile the absence of a special stage ring at the end of a stage doesn't feel lame in that same way since it was never necessary for you to hold onto your rings again - but managing to still feels good (assuming you are opting to not use Super Sonic after unlocking him lol).

I like finding the ring special stages just fine since it's a fun value to manipulate on replays. It's fun to see how early I can earn Super Sonic and I like to see how many rings I can rack up at the end of the stage for the score more than I do time.

That being said boy would I like the satisfaction of just passing the sign and finishing the level from Sonic 2 to come back. I wouldn't mind less bosses in general.

Yeah, fewer bosses would be fine with me too. A lot of them just drag things out and they're my main complaint with Mania. 

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That's my DAD!

We don't know yet.

Sure why not

if there is a god he will be