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How Sega Ruined Sonic the Hedgehog

Posted by Zonk on from the poor-spikey-haired-rodent dept.

The always entertaining RetroGaming with Racketboy has a long post up railing against Sega for ruining Sonic the Hedgehog. The blue, spikey hero has had a rough time of it of late. Outings from the series like Shadow the Hedgehog, and even the next-gen title simply named Sonic the Hedgehog, have gotten simply terrible reviews. He longs for a return to simple, fun, not-creepy play. From the article: "As the new generation of platforms emerged, Sega used Sonic as a way to show off their newest graphical technologies. There is no doubt that the new Sonic the Hedgehog for the XBox 360 looks nice, but as the abysmal reviews indicate, graphics are not everything. In order to push its cutting-edge graphics to the limit, Sega, in their infinite wisdom, felt the need to bring Sonic and his friends into a more realistic world, filled with life-like humans. As you can see from this video, there is something creepy about some giant hedgehogs interacting with humans. My point is that Sega doesn't seem to know what it wants to do with Sonic. It seems like Sega assigns various quick-and-dirty development projects in order to see what ideas sticks with consumers. Unfortunately, Sega fans have had to suffer through this process."

8 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sega should of made a real sonic pinball game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Would it "of"?

    Someday you'll be asking someone if they "of" any spare change.

  2. Re:Start the video at 00:34 by icepick72 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Read the parent post between characters 20 and 24 to avoid the blithering asshat.

  3. The whole concept of praying by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    to whatever god she was praying to for sonic's revival is even creepier than the kiss. I want to convert to whatever religion it is where you can pray for the revival of giant anthropomorphic hedgehogs.

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    1. Re:The whole concept of praying by TCQuad · · Score: 5, Funny

      Clearly, she was praying to Shenlong. Sonic, surrounded by glowing orbs, is brought back to life and immediately goes Super Saiyan.

  4. Wow by Mongoose · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sonic goes super saiyan! Does the 360 game have Freeza in it?

  5. Re:Giant hedgehog = win, Cheesy plot device = lose by GammaKitsune · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do people make out with the cartoon mascots at Disneyland often? I must have missed that.

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  6. Suggestion by Black+Art · · Score: 2, Funny

    He should roll up the humans in a large ball and give them as an offering to the King of the Cosmos.

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  7. Re:Start the video at 00:34 by Shads · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yah something about Sonic going Super Saiyan is just WRONG.

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