Strangest thing(s) you found in a Sonic game?

[azoo]

Sonic and Tails' victory animations are awesome, even though in hindsight, I have no idea what it is they're actually doing.

No doubt they look like cool poses, but yeah, it's up to debate just what they're doing.

Also about the mouth movements.. I remember when I was younger and my friend tried to "prove" to me that Mario was better than Sonic (back in the console war days). He shown me how Sonic's mouth moved in SA1 and then said that Mario was "better because he didn't make as stupid of faces when talking". Too bad he didn't realize that around that point in time, Mario almost never talked, and when he did his mouth didn't move. =p

[No more]

When ever Sonic talks in SA1. Especially that 'Ah' when he sees Tails falling at beginning

'Nuff said

[Vertekins]

The fact that Eggman has a whole load of toilets on the Egg Carrier and yet no living crew to actually use them.

Is he a toilet fetishist or something? Seriously.

There's also the fact that he can actually be heard on the intercom in Sky Deck giving orders to non-existent crew "Descending into the clouds, slow the ship down". You can see command areas around Sky Deck yet not a robot or human in sight to staff them.

Makes you wonder if Eggman is so lonely he hallucinates the crew on his Egg Carrier and takes a sense of authority from dishing them orders despite no-one being there to take them. And he builds facilities for them.

Speaking of Eggman, I was....seriously weirded-out by his level 3 attack in the first Sonic Riders. Sleep-inducing flatulence? Fridge Brilliance in Colours when Sonic remarks on how gassy Eggman is XD

"Well he is pretty gassy. Maybe the smell would knock them out?"

Also, going by the characters other than you cheering on rival Chao in the Chao Race in Sonic Adventure, does that actually mean that they own Chao and like racing them as well as cheering them on to do better when they're not off saving the world? Slightly unsettling thought that Gamma cheers on his racing Chao yet is destroyed later on. That poor ownerless Chao :'(

Edited March 9, 2012 by Verte

[Fuzon-S]

The reason why the Doc made this (besides being Tails' rival) is beyond me...

[Scar]

I've never fully understood why people (jokingly or otherwise) are frightened by the Tails Doll.

Either way its pretty pathetic.

[Kuzu]

I've never fully understood why people (jokingly or otherwise) are frightened by the Tails Doll.

Either way its pretty pathetic.

Its the eyes...they're soulless.

[Ruby Havoc]

Does Hatsun the Pigeon count as a strange thing? I mean, it's just there to say "coo" and you never see it again.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Torcano Havoc

[Scar]

Its the eyes...they're soulless.

Still not seeing it.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Scar

[neezTHEhuman]

Robotnik saving Sonic from drowning and being burnt alive in the lava just before the first boss of Sonic 2 game gear. Does Robotnik like being defeated by Sonic?

[Diogenes]

When Unleashed puts up invisible walls to stop you from backtracking, if you run into them they've got a ripply effect. Considering there's rarely any reason to go backwards, and that it only draws unnecessary attention to something that's kind of nonsensical and "gamey", I can't imagine why they added it.

[Alejandra Fox]

The choice to go with a mute classic Sonic, maybe to not have angry fans over voice actor choice, and they were lucky enough to not really have a need to give him dialogue in the game, but he did talk in Sonic CD... even if it was the cute little "yeah!" whenever he jumped on a bouncy thing.

[Komodin]

Robotnik saving Sonic from drowning and being burnt alive in the lava just before the first boss of Sonic 2 game gear. Does Robotnik like being defeated by Sonic?

Nah, he just wants to be the one to bump off Sonic. He's that much of an egotist, after all.

Anyway, one of the stranger things I've found in a Sonic game is the option to have Sonic... "rap" with Def Big in a sidequest in Sonic Unleashed. Perhaps it's a bit more low-key than most of the examples presented here, but really, now... Sonic the Hedgehog? Rapping?

[JezMM]

Robotnik saving Sonic from drowning and being burnt alive in the lava just before the first boss of Sonic 2 game gear. Does Robotnik like being defeated by Sonic?

As discussed in another topic, Eggman isn't that kind of villian. He is so passionate about Sonic's defeat that I doubt he would accept it to be from anything other than his own hand. Sonic doesn't deserve to just die in a lava pit. He deserves to be humiliated by being bonked on the head with a rock while running from Eggman's wonderful new doodlebug mecha.

When Unleashed puts up invisible walls to stop you from backtracking, if you run into them they've got a ripply effect. Considering there's rarely any reason to go backwards, and that it only draws unnecessary attention to something that's kind of nonsensical and "gamey", I can't imagine why they added it.

Huh, I don't recall ever seeing this. Sonic Colours on the flipside annoyed me by doing this ALL THE TIME when I was searching for Red Rings.

[Vertekins]

Anyway, one of the stranger things I've found in a Sonic game is the option to have Sonic... "rap" with Def Big in a sidequest in Sonic Unleashed. Perhaps it's a bit more low-key than most of the examples presented here, but really, now... Sonic the Hedgehog? Rapping?

A lot of Sonic's answers to NPC questions in Unleashed were genuinely funny or eye-raising.

EF-XB2006 in EggmanLand's hub will ask Sonic questions in order to 'perfect' his reasoning as he's new. Now, aside from the weird factor of Sonic willingly interacting with a robot programmed to maim and/or kill him, one of his possible answers to EF-XB2006's admittance that he ate his pudding is "I DEMAND AN APOLOGY!"

XD!!!

I also giggled at one of Iman's questions in Shamar's hub - "How would you hold an expensive glass?"

Sonic can answer with; "With one hand", "With two hands" or "I wouldn't"

Sonic must think he's a clumsy klutz if he canonically answers with the last answer.

Anyways, I've always thought that the EXP value that Sonic gets from eating food in Unleashed is not just from it's nutritional value (Which sensically provides the 'nutrients' required for Sonic to grow stronger and/or faster when levelling-up) but from it's tastiness value to Sonic. Going by this logic, Fish, Seafood (Such as Smoked Mohn, Live Honker and Molsk), mouldy/rancid and EggmanLand foods are absolutely detested by Sonic but he'll eat them anyway whilst Chili Dogs, Fast Food such as Fried Chicken and Big G Steak and the Hero Sandwich are adored by Sonic.

What's weird here though is that Sonic seems to absolutely love Dureek's. Just one provides a whopping 50 EXP! That's second only to the Chili Dogs you win from the missions from the Hot Dog Vendors and is only rivalled by the Hero Sandwich which also gives 50 EXP. The weird thing? Dureek's are obviously a Sonic-ized version of the real world Durian.. And if you know what a Durian is like....well, it proves that Sonic has some very weird tastes...

Perhaps stranger though is the fact that you can feed Sonic the Sandwich? food item (Which is obviously mouldy and rancid) from Wentos as well as the Canned Horror. That poor poor Hedgehog.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Verte

[Ferno]

Those weird small objects that you can pick up and throw in SA2's levels. I never really got why they were there.

[Vertekins]

Those weird small objects that you can pick up and throw in SA2's levels. I never really got why they were there.

Those objects you can pick up in Rouge's Mad Space were actually items from Phantasy Star Online. Just put there as a nod me thinks. Some objects did contain small animals if you picked them up though.

[Soniman]

When you give a Chao an animal, it absorbs it's esscence and leaves the animal as a hollow, unmoving corpse.

Quite creepy actually.

Edited March 9, 2012 by Groosenator032

[Vertekins]

Sonic is a film director? At 15 years old? A Chao is the main protagonist? The Death Egg Robot is the main antagonist? Tikal needs to be found? Lead roles going to people from other dimensions/the future? OMGA? SADOW? EMY? WVE?

What was Sonic smoking when he directed this film?

[Komodin]

Sonic is a film director? At 15 years old? A Chao is the main protagonist? The Death Egg Robot is the main antagonist? Tikal needs to be found? Lead roles going to people from other dimensions/the future? OMGA? SADOW? EMY? WVE?

What was Sonic smoking when he directed this film?

Why, speed, of course.

[hypermikey]

I think it's strange that Tails has 2 tails.

No, really, why does he have 2 tails? He could have only 1 tail and still fly with it ala Conker the Squirrel... so what was the point in giving him 2 tails?

I mean, I know that it's what makes him unique, but... why does he have 2 tails?!

I've been wondering this for 20 years now...

If he has two tails, does he have two butts too?!

j/k

[Wentos]

When Unleashed puts up invisible walls to stop you from backtracking, if you run into them they've got a ripply effect. Considering there's rarely any reason to go backwards, and that it only draws unnecessary attention to something that's kind of nonsensical and "gamey", I can't imagine why they added it.

And they brought the stupid invisible walls back in Colors, too. It doesn't help when you want to go back to get a Red Ring you accidentally passed.

[Blue Blood]

When you give a Chao an animal, it absorbs it's esscence and leaves the animal as a hollow, unmoving corpse.

Quite creepy actually.

Nope, the animal still jumps around and lives a merry life, merely short of sparkles.

[Indigo Rush]

I'm left to wonder what would happen if a Chao absorbed a Wisp.

...

be right back.

EDIT:

Weeee~

Edited March 10, 2012 by Indigo Rush

[JezMM]

This is an odd one but I really can't unsee that rather dodgy looking pixel on Tails' butt in the Sonic Advance 3 intro. 8C

[Vertekins]

This is an odd one but I really can't unsee that rather dodgy looking pixel on Tails' butt in the Sonic Advance 3 intro. 8C

Oh God yes. You've gotta wonder what went through the artists mind when they were spriting that.

Seriously, WTF!?

I could not believe this when I heard it. Couldn't quite believe it when I saw it for myself.

Edited March 10, 2012 by Verte