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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."

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  1. blatant flamebait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Sonic the Hedgehog turned me into a furry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Before I got a Genesis, I was a pretty normal kid. Sports, girls, good grades - you know the drill. When I got my Genesis along with Sonic, my world changed. That sexy hedgehog blew my mind. Who would have thought that a sprite could be so hot?

    He was in my mind non-stop. In class, I would do nothing but draw Sonic in sexual poses. Once, I even rubbed one out in History class! My girlfriend left me shortly after, but I didn't care - I had Sonic.

    Are there any other Sonic aficionados on Slashdot? What were your experiences like?

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