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A Look Back at Sonic the Hedgehog
SonicHero writes "Part of its Essential 50 series, 1UP has posted a very interesting look back at Sonic the Hedgehog. It discusses how the character came about, how Sega marketed him, and how Sonic ultimately changed the course of the 16-bit platform wars."
Okay, so he was introduced later, but what more can be said? The game's a classic!
All the times I've played Sonic it's been like... Hold down right and press jump on the right times, correct any silly little errors that I might make, and win the level. It's nothing fancy :P
Why has the popular percetpion of the "Gamer" been composed of bratty MTV esque focus group, as seen in this 1up sight, and on the G4 TechTV channel?
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Unfortunately Sonic didn't have the staying power that Mario had / has. Sonic sucked after Sonic 2 and the Genesis ... Mario was / is alive and kicking on almost every Nintendo system to date.
But I'm not a fan of the early Sonic games. Maybe you don't get the same experience from playing the Mega Collection disk on your 'Cube, but I played each for about ten minutes before getting bored. It's just so repetitive. Run to the right, don't get hurt. That doesn't apply to Sonic 3D, but I don't like that either. The same goes for the early Mario games as well. Super Mario World is often thought to be a simply amazing game, but after a few days with the ROM I got bored.
It's like that with any 'mindless' game. I don't know why I can't them for long. Maybe I just don't feel like I'm progressing. Maybe I just suck too much and am too lazy to keep playing until I improve. I dunno. There's no doubt they're good games - but they just aren't my style. Everybody else seems to love them, I hate 'em.
You seem to have missed the point that Sonic is a character designed to appeal to kids, a goal which was well-achieved. After all, at the time children absolutely drove the video game market. This is still pretty true today, but far less true now than it was then, as pricy handheld game platforms demonstrate. I have no problem envisioning kids jumping up and shouting "Let's blast off with sonic speed! Alright! OK!" Kids love to repeat all the stupid crap in the pokemon cartoons, too.
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When I was a kid, I spent many hours paying sonic 2. Now I can play it through emulations on my computer or xbox. It's the perfect example how a good game doesn't depend on great graphics or an internet connection, but just a good idea.
How dare you insult Sonic 3 & Knuckles! It's the best Sonic game (well, it's technically two Sonic games). It's also one of the best looking Megadrive games ever.
But the 3D games have mostly been average I agree. I half feel like getting a Sonic Advance game to see if they're better.
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There is so MUCH Sonic fan art on deviant art that it practically deserves its own category.
Since the only Nintendo fan art I've seen on DA is fetish pr0n, I guess that attests to the popularity of the Sonic series.
Me, I was more of a Mario fan.