The Sonic Thread: Before the Shadow takeover begins, we must knuck when we buck. Knuckles series releases April 26.

[Sonichuman]

 

[BornWinner]

8 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

New poster for the Sonic movie revealed ahead of IGN fan fest

https://www.ign.com/articles/new-sonic-2movie-poster-exclusive

 

 

I understand why but it sucks that Colleen O’Shaughnessy is not credited at all despite Za playing Tails. The billing system is archaic.

[Sonichuman]

9 minutes ago, BornWinner said:

I understand why but it sucks that Colleen O’Shaughnessy is not credited at all despite Za playing Tails. The billing system is archaic.

Yeah my twitter feed had a few people talking about it and IIRC it's even in the twitter thread following that poster.  They pointed out that Tika and Coleen don't have their names on the poster.

[Sonichuman]

This man and his Sonic shitposts lol

He's not wrong at all though

 

Behind the scenes on the Crushing Thirties music video

 

[Sonichuman]

 

[BornWinner]

Colleen gets her own poster

 

 

[Sonichuman]

More Penders drama

 

Penders trying to use a picture he took years ago to demonstrate that he has international fans...so called "International Fan" responds and sets the record straight.

[RegH81]

Watched the first six episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on Blu-ray. I feel 12 again. I am so blown away at the presentation of this set. I'm gonna have to check out other Discotek stuff. So does Breezy count as furry bait if she's a robot? 

 

 

[Sonichuman]

8 hours ago, RegH81 said:

Watched the first six episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog on Blu-ray. I feel 12 again. I am so blown away at the presentation of this set. I'm gonna have to check out other Discotek stuff. So does Breezy count as furry bait if she's a robot? 

 

 

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[Sonichuman]

Eeeeeyyyyyyy

These guys listen to feedback.

[Darc_Requiem]

1 hour ago, Sonichuman said:

These guys listen to feedback.

It's refreshing man.

[RegH81]

Watching Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog as an adult as way more enlightening now than as a kid. The episode Sonic's Song has a catchy ditty with the singer clearly being inspired by Dolly Parton . 

 

Also this show has so many gratuitous shots of Robotnik's butt. Like, we get it, mass junk is in that sucker.

[Sonichuman]

Christian Whitehead interview regarding Sonic Mania

info on the origins of the Hard-Boiled Heavies and Infinite almost making it into Mania

 

[Sonichuman]

 

[iStu X]

On 2/25/2022 at 4:40 PM, Sonichuman said:

These guys listen to feedback.

Imagine if Sega listened even the tiniest of a fraction of fan feed back. 

Edited March 2, 2022 by iStu X

[BornWinner]

50 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Imagine if Sega listened even the tiniest of a fraction of fan feed back. 

They do. They just happen to use that feedback in the worse way possible.

 

”Sonic’s friends in Sonic 06 feel half baked to play and unnecessary in most cases.”

 

Sonic is now the only playable character in the main games while everyone else are NPCs. If they are not Tails, Eggman, sometimes Knuckles, Shadow, or Amy, they are barely used at all.

 

“Sonic 06’s plot was convoluted and stories for these games have been getting too dark.”

 

After Unleashed, they just stop trying to write serious stories which also affects the characters that were taken serious as big jokes(Tails in Forces, anyone?).

 

”We are tired of Eggman getting overthrown as the bad guy. We want him as the main threat again.”

 

Only Eggman has been the main bad guy of the series since Colors. It also makes new villains (Zavok and Infinte) irrelevant in order to let Eggman shine once more.

 

”Sonic Unleashed daytime levels are amazing. The Werehog is pacebreaking and weird.”

 

No other gameplay styles, just the boost style of gameplay with barely any changes.

 

”Classic Sonic is great in Generations. I hope Sega finds a use for it in later games.”

 

Classic Sonic is shoehorned into Sonic Forces. Turns out being in the plot for no reason, being weird to control, and having terrible level design will make people hate the idea of Classic Sonic.
 

 

[RSG3]

1 hour ago, BornWinner said:

Sonic is now the only playable character

Best fucking thing they ever did. 

[Sonichuman]

5 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Best fucking thing they ever did. 

It was a good idea at the time to try to refocus themselves but not having any of his "friends" period no matter the circumstances is not the way to go cause if they had reworked Unleashed to center around Sonic and Knuckles instead of Sonic and Sonic as a werehog it probably would have went ovee better.  I also think them just ignoring certain characters existing and at least taking a larger part in the story isn't the way to go...they don't all have to be playable but having them involved can still be better than not at all.  If there is a massive crisis going on regarding the planet then its ok for Team Dark or Silver to be involved. 

 

Its never really been the friends that are bad, just how they're utilized and their execution.  If the friends as a whole were bad then Mania would have suffered.

[RSG3]

Yea I'm over stating my position. I like the scaling back even still but yeah they shouldn't be outright ignored. 

[Hawkingbird]

I never liked the scaling back. I liked it when the games would introduce a new character to the series. I miss that period of Sonic. 

[Sonichuman]

I had this tweet show up in my feed and it made me double take

I had to look it up and see if this was an actual quote aaaaand yeah it is

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/03/mario-is-sexier-than-sonic-and-miyamoto-will-be-involved-more-on-the-sonicmario-olympics-title/

 

The social media manager for Sonic Twitter is asking a question

I normally don't really pay much attention to this but Ian put this up which made hmmmm a bit

 Figured I'd point it out in case anyone here wanted to give their own answer to her question.

[Sonichuman]

There's a clip from the movie that's getting posted that has Tails talking and its overlayed over a section of the Sonic and Knux fight for those who want to see it

 

If you want to watch the small clip then do it quickly cause Paramount is taking it down.  Sonic gets fucking DECKED.

[BornWinner]

New poster. The lead up to this movie compared to the first is way different.

 

 

As a bonus, I found this artwork that highlights the difference between Japan and USA.

 

Always surprises me how different something could get translated.

[Hawkingbird]

41 minutes ago, BornWinner said:

New poster. The lead up to this movie compared to the first is way different

After the success of the first movie Paramount is treating this film like a blockbuster as oppose to a run of the mill kids movie. Paramount needs it as everything they put out that isn't mission Impossible has been a dud

[Sonichuman]

 

[Sonichuman]

This is not wrong...^

 

[BornWinner]

I’m loving the marketing for this.

 

 

There’s actually a few new shots in there if you want to screenshot. I tried and stopped after landing on the best one.

 

Spoiler

 

[OPTIMUS124]

 

 

[GreyFoxx]

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=5280992031925404&set=pcb.5280987881925819

[Sonichuman]

Ok I'm fully on board the hype train at this point.  I can't wait until this movie is out!

[Hawkingbird]

I'm going to need fan art of Knuckles as the winter soldier now. 

 

I like how hype this movie is looking.

[OPTIMUS124]

I appreciate the fact that the franchise is not a 1:1 adaptation and still captures the feeling of the series. Jim Carrey as Evil Ace Ventura is a bonus. I honestly never expected Sonic to become a respectable video game adaptation, but here we are.

[HD-Man]

Eggman isn't fat anymore like he was at the end of the first movie. 4 out of 10 

[Hawkingbird]

 

[Sonichuman]

 

[RegH81]

Sonic fans eating RN:

 

[Hawkingbird]

Hori, what's with that joystick placement

 

[RSG3]

Looks like a Typical Xbox controller...

[Darc_Requiem]

9 minutes ago, RSG3 said:

Looks like a Typical Xbox controller...

Yeah it's the standard pro controller layout. *shrugs*

[Sonichuman]

Edit:

 

Also Tails apparently got "American Kirby is Hardcore"d for one of the posters.

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by Sonichuman

[Sonichuman]

Tails is getting his own youtube show

Also Kaiser did this

 

[Sonichuman]

I really hope this huge marketing push works out

 

[OPTIMUS124]

22 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

I really hope this huge marketing push works out

 

I just hope this is good. . . 

[RegH81]

These voice over clips give me so much life.

 

 

 

[GreyFoxx]

I randomly started playing S3 & Knuckles. Botched the 4th Chaos Emerald run but i got plenty of time to snatch those up. Man i miss this game and music.

[Sonichuman]

There's been a few tv spots that people have been seeing and I'm trying not to look at anymore but I can't help myself.  Every small little piece I'm seeing is making me more hype!

Movie released a full 8 days in france and the Netherlands before it reaches theaters here.  Which means I'm about to run into all manner of spoilers come by the 31st.

 

Edit:  There's a whole TV spot where they have Sonic and Tails do a combo move together.

Edited March 22, 2022 by Sonichuman

[Hawkingbird]

Paramount is putting out a lot of money behind the hype machine for the movie and it baffling to see that there's no toys to promote it. My nephew is a Sonic fan and I have two other nephews I want to convert. I need toys to do that. Where are they damn it

[Sonichuman]

https://www.target.com/p/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-movie-figure-collection/-/A-83351557?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012766752&CPNG=PLA_Other_All+Products%2BShopping_Local|Miscellaneous_Ecomm_Other&adgroup=All+Products_Catchall&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9051867&targetid=aud-1015938909496:pla-297612067635&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9FlH8Elt_xOXgjFItUJNPjqTLTCqM1No_D_GOfxmAUIOgWTj-Nn0On0aAkOBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

https://www.gamestop.com/collectibles/figures/products/sonic-2-remote-control-sonic-speed-6-in-scale-detachable-figure-with-ring-controller/308437.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9Fl86Z3lDzz6R1DnALhISsb7PnNzyn5gsU46CB4Q5MoCEgKOf4os_TgaAoadEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

https://www.target.com/p/sonic-the-hedgehog-2-13-34-plush/-/A-83351551?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&DFA=71700000012766752&CPNG=PLA_Other_All+Products%2BShopping_Local|Miscellaneous_Ecomm_Other&adgroup=All+Products_Catchall&LID=700000001170770pgs&LNM=PRODUCT_GROUP&network=g&device=c&location=9051867&targetid=aud-1015938909496:pla-297612067635&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5-WRBhCKARIsAAId9FkaqcapecKLR3rHdWtUghWm5dziw0GuXQYXEPk2VHvxOMyGq16_BzkaAupOEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Hawkingbird]

Thank you sir

[Sonichuman]

Edit:

 

I have a cousin that kind of complained about there not being a mobius and about humans being more of a thing in recent games and them not being in any of the original games and funny enough I explained how it probably works exactly the way how Tails did with since 1, 2, and 3K essentially all take place on islands.  I had nothing really official to go off of but find it kinda funny that's precisely how they explained it.

Edited March 24, 2022 by Sonichuman