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[Mike Arcade]

Might as well answer some questions.

 

Q1: The Story of Sonic 06

 

Ohh man that's a trip. Now there is a reason why there are so many plotholes (and not just because of sloppy writing), you see Sonic 06 was suppose to be a stand alone title originally having all these characters but none of the backstories at some point, but apparently that didn't happen. Honestly there are A LOT of things that could be changed in this story, Elise's Species maybe (at the very least give her actual character and gradual build up), conflict between characters, pointless cameos given reason, some characters not appearing at all, other conflicts, I mean a LOT of stuff could have been changed! Now ILOVEVHS' comment on replacing Elise with Sally is quite a good one but she wouldn't have saved that game alone, though I think Blaze could have fit that role just as well if not better. Really in order to fix the story of Sonic 06 we'd have to rewrite EVERYTHING in the game and keep the bare skeleton of the story as a basis.

 

Q2: Opinions on Silver and him in 06

 

I actually really liked Silver, I mean he was a flawed character and didn't just act as an archetype character with one personality trait. Like 06 while his gameplay was interesting and as fun as the game could get it really wasn't freshened out enough. I like his concept but much like Axl from Megaman X7 he really needs a second chance, Axl got his in X8 and he kicked ass! I mean you can still do the whole time travel future angle or have him as a part of Blaze's World with him as her sidekick/best friend or something along the lines of that, I'll say this that duo is pretty interesting if I do say so myself.

 

Q3: The Babylon Rogues, how would you handle them outside the Rider Series?

 

I might be an acceptation here but I liked the Riders games (though I never played Free Riders though), the Rogues themselves are a pretty interesting bunch though will probably be limited to Riders and Racing Games. I wouldn't mind if we got to see them in action games as I'd like to see how they would play, or if they could even fly like Speedy from Tails Adventures. 

[TheRedStranger]

Might as well answer some questions.

 

Q1: The Story of Sonic 06

 

Ohh man that's a trip. Now there is a reason why there are so many plotholes (and not just because of sloppy writing), you see Sonic 06 was suppose to be a stand alone title originally having all these characters but none of the backstories at some point, but apparently that didn't happen. Honestly there are A LOT of things that could be changed in this story, Elise's Species maybe (at the very least give her actual character and gradual build up), conflict between characters, pointless cameos given reason, some characters not appearing at all, other conflicts, I mean a LOT of stuff could have been changed! Now ILOVEVHS' comment on replacing Elise with Sally is quite a good one but she wouldn't have saved that game alone, though I think Blaze could have fit that role just as well if not better. Really in order to fix the story of Sonic 06 we'd have to rewrite EVERYTHING in the game and keep the bare skeleton of the story as a basis.

 

Q2: Opinions on Silver and him in 06

 

I actually really liked Silver, I mean he was a flawed character and didn't just act as an archetype character with one personality trait. Like 06 while his gameplay was interesting and as fun as the game could get it really wasn't freshened out enough. I like his concept but much like Axl from Megaman X7 he really needs a second chance, Axl got his in X8 and he kicked ass! I mean you can still do the whole time travel future angle or have him as a part of Blaze's World with him as her sidekick/best friend or something along the lines of that, I'll say this that duo is pretty interesting if I do say so myself.

 

Q3: The Babylon Rogues, how would you handle them outside the Rider Series?

 

I might be an acceptation here but I liked the Riders games (though I never played Free Riders though), the Rogues themselves are a pretty interesting bunch though will probably be limited to Riders and Racing Games. I wouldn't mind if we got to see them in action games as I'd like to see how they would play, or if they could even fly like Speedy from Tails Adventures. 

 

 Let's discuss Silver. How would you give him a second chance? Or better yet. How would you write his character in '06?

[Uncle Ben]

Silver is a difficult character to write. Due to him being in the future no matter what he does will have an effect on his timeline. Perhaps hecould be in Blaze's dimmention as Blaze's dimmention's Sonic counterpart?

[Ogilvie]

TheRedStranger suggested we move this here to avoid derailing a topic and so I did!

 

As for the Moon thing, I note it's been partially mentioned already, but Sonic Boom 2013 gave an answer: Iizuka-san said that every game you play, you happen to be looking at the full side.

 

Yeah, they make up the answers as they go. That's why I don't really pay mind to what Iizuka and co. say at QnA sessions (unless it fits my agenda of course). I really want the Sonic dev team to make a giant encyclopedia of sorts that lists all the canon and rules. Every franchise BESIDES Sonic has one by this point, and it would help write a coherent story.

 

While I like Black Knight's story more than that of the other 3D Sonic games (though that's mainly a matter of the bar being set so low), I agree that Sonic's logic completely falls apart at the end...unless there's some downside to Merlina's plan that I'm missing.

 
To obtain immortality for her and her Kingdom, she's basically selling her and every Camelotian's soul to the Underworld. Just look at the world as it's transforming - it's not a thing of beauty at all. It's slowly turning into a nightmarish realm. Camelot may be eternal, but it's not going to remotely resemble the land Merlina cares so much about.
 
It's a common theme in fiction that to become immortal, you often have to give up your humanity. Merlina was doing a fantastic job of that, based on her appearance alone. The most simplified definition of good versus evil, I think, would be that evil is putting your interests ahead of everyone else's, regardless of consequence to them, whereas good is putting everyone else's interest ahead of yours, regardless of the consequences to you.
 
More on topic, I do greatly like the song With Me, though it's not in the poll. Besides being action-packed, it also embodies Merlina's selfish despair fairly well. I was also ecstatic to see the return of a rock final boss theme after the orchestra pieces in Sonic 2006 and Unleashed. What I really like is the nice touch - they turned Merlina's tragic piano tune into a rock theme; I couldn't believe at first that Merlina's theme and With Me actually have the same beat despite their different instruments.

[TheRedStranger]

Now that Sonic Lost World's been out for a while, I'd like to hear how you would redesign the game. What are it's flaws, strengths that need to be reinforced, ect?

[Mike Arcade]

I have yet to play it myself due to not having a 3DS or Wii U, but I will say that the Boss Fights (sans The Last One sort of) should have been retooled as they don't look impressive or challenging. Personally I would have expected more from Aliens in Sonic Games considering those who came before. Overall other then some retooling that I can't be a judge of yet it looks like a pretty good, though if they include the Run Button in future games perhaps they can add a dash of challenge like Super Meat Boy, only not as hard unless they are secret levels.

 

Storywise it was nice, though the Last Boss surprised me quite a bit considering the Villains of Lost World, wasn't really expecting that. Also for some reason The Zeti remind me of Bomberman Bosses and how there are always new antagonists, I wouldn't mind if we got new and different villains like that who aren't just controlled by Eggman, The Storybook Games had that in a way but still. Still I would have liked to known more about The Zeti, HOW Lost Hex came to be (I get Bomberman 64 flashbacks for some reason), and other mythos stuff that'll probably never get answered. Also what happened to Tails in the Story was a HUGE surprise, could have been done a lot better (and reminded me of Robo-Fox in STC) but to see THAT in the games has me pretty excited and I hope we see it in future games!

[TheRedStranger]

You are given the task to reboot the Sonic-Games. What do you do with the game mechanics, the lore, the characters, ecterra?