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WeWantSonicA3 — Bring Back the Personality
Published: 2014-08-25 05:22:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2075; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 4
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Remember when the characters had really colorful personalities? Their distinct personalities really added to the depth of each character, and made them real individuals. They were just really believable characters. Sonic was a cocky hero, but a strong defender of justice. Tails was a smart technological kid, but was kind and very humble about his intelligence. Knuckles was the strong, dutiful guardian of the Master Emerald and although gullible and hot-tempered, he had times where he was calm, collected and even witty (especially in S3&K!). Amy was a fangirl of Sonic's but not mindless, as she's gone up against Sonic in order to save Gamma, an enemy robot!These characters were multi-dimensional. They had depth!
But nowadays.....Sonic and the others have all been reduced to one-dimensional personas. Sonic is the cocky jock. Tails is the typical techie guy that spouts out plot exposition. Knuckles is the dumb muscle. Amy is the psychotic fangirl. Heck, even Eggman has been reduced from an evil, conniving genius to a clown that Sonic barely takes seriously. It's very saddening to see these great characters who once had so much potential to be expanded on crumble into cliches. Sega needs to bring back these characters' greatness and potential! Bring back their old, multi-dimensional personalities!
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Sonic and his friends have never been multi-dimensional! They've always been bland, one-note tokens. Sonic is the token headstrong teen hero, Tails is the token boy genius, Amy is the token girl with a huge crush on main hero and Shadow is the token edgy anti-hero. It's their marketable character stereotypes.
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every time they do pratfall in order to be funny. I feel that we all ask this. Why Tails and Knuckles did not fly or glide? There have been multiple times the question why they did not use their abilities.
They want less depth since they want story to work but that makes us ask why we need to do the tedious things. We like to see the characters reaction. The blank slate may work for other games but with a character known to have an attitude he can not be a blank slate.
I think if want to bring life we have end things in order for them to work. NO hand waves or tell us to forget that part. The trigger needs to be pulled .
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Exactly. I really love when Sonic's personality is like that.
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Plus, any other character besides Sonic and Eggman are now just working in the mines, churning out games that will appeal to younger kids while the big boys play shooters that are most likely not made for them!
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Sega of America really needs to be in charge of this series, the Japanese didn't have a clue on what to do with Sonic. They got good games when they first went 3D, but then later, it all became about caving into the fanboys and making Sonic kiddy. If you've ever seen the comics, you could see that not only did keep up with their personas, but the content was pretty balance since before issue 50, and we're passed 300+ now. I know Boom is American made but it's still based on influences who never liked Sonic himself like everyone else did, but just his gameplay.
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I hope the Dumb Knuckles STAYS in Sonic Boom from now on,so that Mainstream Knuckles can be SMART again.
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Seriously. Knuckles was always described as a bit gullible, but Sega took that and RAN with it- thinking "gullible" means "stupid". They completely ruined poor Knuckles characters (he's one of my top favorites!). Sega needs to get these characters together for the next main title game. I don't think many of us Sonic fans will take another game where these characters are misused.
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we already have a stupid character. he's called Big the cat
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I totally agree! They Fucked up Knuckles!! DX and he's one of my faves too!
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I miss the days where he was gullible because he takes his Master Emerald guarding duty way too seriously,he grew up believing in honesty and the fact that he's been isolated on an island his whole life instead,SEGA took the easy(Lazy)way out by making him a dumbass.
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Given how the island falls if the M.E. is taken off it, there's a reason he would take it too seriously. However, yes, Sega of Japan did take the lazy way out, they did with a lot of Sonic's content, because they never cared for him in the first place, and I really think Yuji Naka was the main guy who kept it together until he left during 06, and Sonic has been on a downhill roll since then.
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I wish the franchise can have that spirit again.
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Well, it's up to us to speak up more and often, more often then those who spend all their time praising what's keeping the series down and bashing or skewing what was good about it.
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I prefer Sonic to be light hearted,but i would also prefer it to have a balance like Ratchet and Clank.
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I made a meme for this. If Sonic is going to be light hearted or kiddy, it should go no further then these 2 games: psyco-the-frog.deviantart.com/…
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I wonder if that's why Sega wanted Sonic Boom to be a spin off series. Maybe they want to give the gaming fans the more diverse stories and character traits, and give the animated spin off all of the goofy humor. I'ts a long shot, but who knows?
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Actually, I heard a rumor that Sega might split the series soon. I heard that they're planning to make Sonic Boom a child-oriented, goofy spin-off and the main Sonic canon is going to be a bit more balanced for us older gamers. I'm not sure if this rumor is true, but it'd be very cool if that were to happen! That way the kids get what they want, and we older gamers can have our own canon.
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Since when did the sonic characters ever had any real personality? I am only saying.
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Since when? Since forever! Sonic has personality since Sonic 1. Even though he didn't speak back then, his body language said it all.
Remember when he would stand and tap his foot when you left your controller still for too long? He was showing you his impatience, even without words! Sonic has always had a strong personality.
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Exactly. He has had the same character for a long time. He has always been the same obnoxious, impatient, witty, adventuring hedgehog we know and love. However his character is not that much of a real personality when compared to more predominate characters in the gaming world. He doesn't have that much depth nor is he that much multi-deminsional. Remember, Sonic is orignally a child orinated series. His games are supposed to be fun and exciting, not indepth, multi-dimensional, and complex stories like alot of games these days.
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I can't say that I agree with that. First and foremost, Sonic is a series made for everyone not just children. The Sega of the 90s stated when they first made Sonic that they wanted him to be a popular mascot loved by people of all ages, sort of like Disney's Mickey Mouse.
Secondly, just because Sonic started a certain way doesn't mean he should stay that way forever. In Sonic 1, Sonic may have been a pretty simple character but since then, he's gone through immense character development. He's a dynamic character, not static. He became a character with depth, especially in the Adventure games and afterwards, up until Colors.
You say Sonic's games are supposed to be "fun and exciting", but you say "not indepth, multi-dimensional, and complex" as if Sonic can't be all of these things at once. Sonic CAN be fun, exciting, in-depth, multi-dimensional and complex all at once. If anything the better Sonic team can balance these elements in their games, the better I believe the series can be.
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"Sonic CAN be fun, exciting, in-depth, multi-dimensional and complex all at once. If anything the better Sonic team can balance these elements in their games, the better I believe the series can be."
Well, I can agree with that.
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While they may have one dimensional personalities... They are at least personalities.
It could be worse. They could make the characters act the way they did in 06, where they're just bland, hollow cutouts of themselves.
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Now that's true. One-dimensional is much better than no personality at all.
But should we really settle for one-dimensional characters just because they're better than hollow cutouts? I'd rather push for more than settle for less. I love the characters in this series, and I really want Sega to use them to their greatest potential. I strongly believe the series would be much better if the characters were written much better.
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To answer your first question: this multi-dimensional stuff is imposrtant, but taken too seriously and is getting on my nerves, in the case of the sonic characters: yes.
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Well I'm sorry if my seriousness gets on your nerves, but I'm still going to express how I feel about the matter. I strongly believe the characters need to be multi-dimensional in order for them to be well-written. One-dimensional characters are best used in cartoons, where they are used for the sake of comedy (like Spongebob) and the audience doesn't need to understand them as individuals.
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Ok. Iknow its important, but still
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