Quote:I wouldn't be surprised if SEGA was gauging the fan-reaction to the newest set of games to see which direction to take the series. Well based o...
Quote:And Acid, IIRC, Lisa and Reiner never mentioned the game was good. Let me try and find my GI issue with the review. I never read the issue, jus...
Quote:Out of all the critics who loved Paper Mario 2, giving the game no less than an 8 or 8.5, GI, like the bastards they are, just HAD to be differe...
GameTrailers video review is up: www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=3158
Quote:This is not the saviour of the Sonic series that I was expecting though. Well this game is rather averaging a 7/10 in reviews which isn't close...
Quote:Sonic 1991-1994 really is the best Sonic out there. It was before he became fat But Sonic in those years was fat, round compared to his usual ...
Shadow the Hedgehog didn't sell well in Japan.
Quote:Weird. in someone's earlier post they said that Japan's fanbase for Sonic is shrinking. It is. Sonic was never popular in Japan like he is in ...
Even more hilarious is that their non-Japanese audience is the only thing keeping the franchise alive for 15 years. Wasn't Ogawa the co-producer of S...
Quote:There is nothing wrong with most Sega games really. Outrun 2, Virtua Fighter 4 Evo, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Yakuza, Super Monkey Ball are all great...
Toby: source of the post More comments: Quote:Oh I forgot to mention, when Shadow was in development, and they were trying to get it approved for re...
An interesting, if not depressing post at 1up from the thread that spun Parish's article: Quote:DJFACT50 wrote: I actually had to sign up to 1-Up aga...
What? You wouldn't think Sega would not advertise this game on T.V. in the U.K.? Also about the Reader Scores, why are they so high if the game wasn'...
For Sonic, 7.5 is the new 10! Quote:If a game is actually good, it tends not to sell well. .__. It's a seemingly good Sonic game on a console that...
Gaming-Age Review: B+ Here's something comments about the missions and paths: Quote:Each world has multiple missions to complete with different obje...
SM64 had awesome music--especially Dire Dire Docks!
Quote:Good thing this was considered a "spinoff" type game. Looks like Sega put the extra time afforded by not trying to have it out by the ...
And you don't think people wouldn't respond to your or anyone else's opinions? And if I came off a bit too harsh at you, it wasn't my intention. I ap...
What, you think remixing/rearranging one familar tune is a bad thing? If anything it is part of what gives a series a sense of idenity. I mean the SMB...
Well believe it or not, there are people who hate the 3D Sonic games and/or there are people will argue with you on how they've aged pretty poorly ove...
OHNOS! THEY DON'T LIEK A SONIC GAEM! THEY MUST BE MAAAAREEOH FANBOIS!! *crys* What the hell is this? 1993? Quote:Average? He seemed ready to give th...
Quote:But then again that might be because he's already trained to be a "Simon" of video games most likely. Or maybe he personally thought the game w...
Ah yeah, I forgot about the DKC series--though that's expected from someone who never got into it after being unimpressed of the first game.
ZING! Spoilers (Select To Read): Though I like the GHZ.
Maybe it's because SA-era Sonic repels them so much that they don't want anything to do with it. It's not a new thing as there are even former Mario f...
I think you are taking this a bit too personal. Quote: More characters = more value, as long as adding characters doesn't have some gameplay disadvan...
Quote:And Mario has a horde of characters that everyone loves...but I'm not sure if that applies here. It doesn't since as John mentioned, Mario is u...
Quote: Can you think of any other series where a huge number of characters is a complaint instead of a selling point? Marvel vs. Capcom 2 had 52 playa...
Quote:. He doesn't have a clue how Sonic works and other than his whining about characters STH60 was basically a response to people like him. I would...
I do disagree that his remark that Sonic should be "ALL ABOUT SPEED". Yes Sonic should be a speedy character, but he was also about platform...
Chances are that those general gamers he are talking about are the ones who used to like Sonic up until SA1/2 and/or SH. :-p
I think Toastyfrog was looking at it from a general gamer's stand point, not from the eyes of a hardcore Sonic fan minority.
Abac Child: Quote:how can you say that. i love nintendo but no way should they sell sonic. thats most likely the craziest thing i've ever heard *cover...
Something related: 1up's Jeremy Parish discuss 5 ways, how Sega can fix the Sonic franchise: www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3157060
Quote:I would love to know why Sonic Team hasn't done anything with that plot point. Shoot, they could have even tied those in Sonic 2006's story som...
^Somehow, I don't think Secret Rings is going to have the same critical acclaim as Super Paper Mario or Mario Galaxy. However, I'm hoping Rings would ...
Well those characterstics you dislike about her didn't start until SA2/SH as in SA1 she was more Cream-like. I haven't played Sonic Battle, so could...
The OP's question makes it sounds like as if Satoshi Urushihara designed her. *bricked* Quote:Vec: Her "I should take care of myself now" w...
That's because everyone who wanted VJ owned or bought a GCN for it. The audience was on the GCN. It's the same case in the U.S. for Sonic, Super Monke...
Figures. TSS at times can post some bogus news, or post it without researching their resources.
Dear god, I ventured into the Sonic Gamespot boards out of curiousity sakes--big mistake. It was like a den of blind fantardism. If these are the peo...
MS rushing games? Isn't this the same company that allowed those Bungie delays of Halo 2 just so they can get it perfect? Besides, why would MS have a...
OH HAY! Since this topic was revived, it's a perfect time to post Dave Halverson's review of Sonic 2006 for the PS3! You guys remember Dave Halverson ...
Quote:I was also looking at Viewtiful Joe. But VJ was successful, at least the first game was.
Quote:Personally, I'd like to see Sonic take the Kolonoa 2.5d route, although history suggests those don't sell particularly well. That's because Klo...
I think we need to link ShadowHB17's breakdown to Sega to discourage them from placing Shadow in future games. NelStone Quote:I remember this guy fr...
If only I had the ability to change titles and usernames... But to answer your question, Shadow's Love Slave, I want to be able to play a good consol...
Quote:I'll wager Badroulbadour. If that's the case, I don't want to know who plays the role of Aladdin. 😉
^Somehow, I think that will make things worse for the franchise.
John: Quote:Are you that Myliferocksbecauseofshadow chap on the official Sega boards? That's just what I asked in another topic of his. Could be the ...