Sonic the Hedgehog's Future

[Mew]

So, recently we have had a bunch of crappy Sonic games. I wonder what his future will be like. I think it's dead. It seems like Sega is beating the dead horse into the ground, which sucks because Sonic could be good again. All you really have to do is go back to the original formula: Going fast in 2-D. It could be like the New Super Mario Bros. series. Same overall gameplay with a few new elements and updated graphics. And forget Sonic Boom ever existed. That sucked. Or they could make an actually good 3-D Sonic game. That's not impossible, but Sega seems to think it is, seeing how bad the games are.

[Turo602]

The Sonic Boom series is terrible but the last real Sonic game was pretty good. It's a shame people were really mixed on Lost World because that's a direction I'd love to see them stick with in the future.

[Leo656]

They already did Sonic 4. It was "old school" and great and nobody cared.

Honestly, they could make the greatest Sonic Game Ever like tomorrow and it won't change anything. The franchise's reputation has been irreparably damaged , to the point where even the good games are dismissed out of hand. Forevermore, it's just going to be a franchise for kids full of games of poor-to-average quality, with an occasional game that's actually Good, like Generations, that nobody will care about because "It's Sonic, Thus Crap".

Anyone wants to "save" the franchise, they'd better build a time machine. It is what it is, now.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Leo656

They already did Sonic 4. It was "old school" and great and nobody cared.

Honestly, they could make the greatest Sonic Game Ever like tomorrow and it won't change anything. The franchise's reputation has been irreparably damaged , to the point where even the good games are dismissed out of hand. Forevermore, it's just going to be a franchise for kids full of games of poor-to-average quality, with an occasional game that's actually Good, like Generations, that nobody will care about because "It's Sonic, Thus Crap".

Anyone wants to "save" the franchise, they'd better build a time machine. It is what it is, now.

Honestly, looking back, it's kinda hard to believe that Sonic and Sega have once given Mario and Nintendo a run for their money. I still firmly believe that SMW is better than any of the Genesis Sonic games, but Sonic 2 was a great game. 3 was good too but not as great, since the long stages dragged on a bit. 1 hasn't aged that well, imo. I honestly can't stand the 2nd zone of that game(Marble Zone?). But nevertheless, it's still not a bad game.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Honestly, looking back, it's kinda hard to believe that Sonic and Sega have once given Mario and Nintendo a run for their money. I still firmly believe that SMW is better than any of the Genesis Sonic games, but Sonic 2 was a great game. 3 was good too but not as great, since the long stages dragged on a bit. 1 hasn't aged that well, imo. I honestly can't stand the 2nd zone of that game(Marble Zone?). But nevertheless, it's still not a bad game.

I think it was the 'cool, edgey, EXTREEEEEMEEE!!!111' attitude of the 90's that helped too, at least at first. Sonic was cool, he had attitude, he had an arrogant smirk, cool sneakers and whatnot. Mario was basically a fat old guy in overalls. Back then Nintendo was marketed as family friendly, the Genesis was marketed as more awesome and hardcore. Even the music made the difference. Sonic had more of a rockin soundtrack while Mario was more cutesy. Super Mario World continued with the cuteness while Sonic and Tails used attitude and 'blast processing' to become strong competition.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I think it was the 'cool, edgey, EXTREEEEEMEEE!!!111' attitude of the 90's that helped too, at least at first. Sonic was cool, he had attitude, he had an arrogant smirk, cool sneakers and whatnot. Mario was basically a fat old guy in overalls. Back then Nintendo was marketed as family friendly, the Genesis was marketed as more awesome and hardcore. Even the music made the difference. Sonic had more of a rockin soundtrack while Mario was more cutesy. Super Mario World continued with the cuteness while Sonic and Tails used attitude and 'blast processing' to become strong competition.

Pretty much!

Although characters such as Cream and Cheese sort of makes me questions the whole cool and edgy feel to the series. I really wish Sega would stop adding so many characters.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I think it was the 'cool, edgey, EXTREEEEEMEEE!!!111' attitude of the 90's that helped too, at least at first. Sonic was cool, he had attitude, he had an arrogant smirk, cool sneakers and whatnot. Mario was basically a fat old guy in overalls. Back then Nintendo was marketed as family friendly, the Genesis was marketed as more awesome and hardcore. Even the music made the difference. Sonic had more of a rockin soundtrack while Mario was more cutesy. Super Mario World continued with the cuteness while Sonic and Tails used attitude and 'blast processing' to become strong competition.

Those are some good points. While I've always preferred Mario games to Sonic games, I guess Sonic's character in the cartoon Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog was more relatable to me as a kid at the time, kinda like the Ninja Turtles looked like the cool older kids at school.

Not to mention there was a lot less competition back in the day. Sonic came out in a time where Sony and Microsoft still weren't in the console market so he had less big names to compete with. I

[oldmanwinters]

With Sega's state as a company these days, who knows? Personally, I really enjoyed Sonic Lost World on Wii U in spite of its steep learning curve.

But if you are curious about Sonic's future, it has been explored once or twice...

[sdp]

"recently" we've had crappy Sonic games. Aren't pretty much all games starting with Sonic Adventure considered crap by the general consensus? So since 1999 they've been crappy. You can even go back as far and say Sonic 1-3 are the only good Sonic games since Sega whoring out sonic is nothing new, just look at all the Sonic games released in the 90s. In fact it was recently that Sonic was getting "better" with "colors/generations" bringing good word of mouth. With Sega focusing on mobile games now Sonic's future doesn't look bright but you never know, I read an interview last week that Sega was learning a lot from Atlus and how a quality game can sell itself and that maybe they haven't taken as much care of their properties as they should've, who knows if any of that actually comes to fruition.

[Powder]

If Sonic's arms continue to be blue, there will be no future for him!!!!1!

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Powder

If Sonic's arms continue to be blue, there will be no future for him!!!!1!

They need to get rid of the green eyes and bring back his pot belly!!!

[sdp]

Actually that Sonic's future is no longer canon

I actually don't understand the hate for Sonic getting blue arms, it's not that radical of a change.

[Mew]

Originally Posted by <TmNtRoX-1997>

Actually that Sonic's future is no longer canon

I actually don't understand the hate for Sonic getting blue arms, it's not that radical of a change.

I agree. I like the tan arms more tho.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by <TmNtRoX-1997>

I actually don't understand the hate for Sonic getting blue arms, it's not that radical of a change.

Heh, kids have been coloring them wrongly for years! I suppose it was only fitting that it got made alternative canon!

BTW, yeah, I've read the current Archie comic post-Genesis/Worlds Collide, so I know the continuity has gotten a major reset. But I think the Mobius 25 Years Later project was always intended to be "one possible future among many." Honestly, I hate that whole storyline. It just felt like Ken Penders's own personal playground to develop his anthropomorphic echidna fan-fiction universe.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by <TmNtRoX-1997>

I actually don't understand the hate for Sonic getting blue arms, it's not that radical of a change.

It's a running gag because Chris-chan tried to start a boycott over it. Anyone jumping onto that bandwagon now doesn't realize they're being played for a fool.

Anyways, here's something to think about - Sonic was never very good. Just mull that over a bit.

[Powder]

I was making a joke based on that. I didn't think it would go over anyone's head...