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by Esrever
Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

I think I saw more Sonic characters sitting on couches during that one-minute trailer than I have in the entire history of the franchise.
by Esrever
Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:19 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic Adventure Album
Replies: 70
Views: 41353

Re: New Sonic Adventure Album

I have a soft spot for unrepentantly cheeseball over-the-top guitars blazing riff rock. So I kind of like the old vocal themes... especially after the fact, as a now-safely-gone historical curiosity. If anything, every Crush 40 song post SA1 felt like a step backwards... less crunch, less distortion...
by Esrever
Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:06 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic Adventure Album
Replies: 70
Views: 41353

Re: New Sonic Adventure Album

Yeah... I've wanted a vocal-free version of Tails' SA1 theme for ages!
by Esrever
Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:16 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Sonic 1 and 2 getting Sonic CD style remakes
Replies: 100
Views: 118510

Re: Sonic 1 and 2 getting Sonic CD style remakes

I always assumed the reason they replaced some tracks for the PC version was because those tracks all featured prominent audio samples and thus couldn't be recreated very well in general MIDI. (Launch Base, Carnival Night, Knuckles theme, and the credits music all had vocal samples, and Ice Cap had ...
by Esrever
Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:37 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

TRONIC
by Esrever
Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:26 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

But have they actually SAID the story and characters are being rebooted? Or are fans just assuming that because of things like the examples you mentioned? I don't think making Amy interested in archaeology or introducing yet another set of magic rocks (to accompany the chaos emeralds, super emeralds...
by Esrever
Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:37 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.
Replies: 121
Views: 86615

Re: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.

I still think it's dumb to make a separate character out of an outfit that is not meant to be fought in. But if the plan is to give all the characters alternate skins based on famous costumes, regardless of how silly or impractical, these are probably as logical a choice for Samus as any. I do, howe...
by Esrever
Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:16 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

I don't think "Boom" is a reboot in any fundamental narrative sense. I don't think it was intended (or allowed?) to be? It's not starting the story over. It's just taking where we were right at the end of Lost World and then branching off. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure when Boom starts, we'l...
by Esrever
Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:12 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: What are you playing today?
Replies: 655
Views: 251241

Re: What are you playing today?

Aw, Pop, I never even saw your comment until now! I probably have the attitude you refer to because I'm a cartoonist. I get attached to great game characters as much as (or more than) the gameplay mechanics they are first associated with. I think of them like I think of animation or comics character...
by Esrever
Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

Yeah, they're pretty OK! I like how they have meshed a very Western style of cartooning with something that still looks like Sonic. SatAM always looked strange to me, because Sally and the Freedom Fighters' character felt like a totally different style than that of Sonic and Tails -- really, they ju...
by Esrever
Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:38 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.
Replies: 121
Views: 86615

Re: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.

I wonder how many characters we are getting in total? They've announced 36 so far. Brawl had 35... although Zelda/Sheik and the two Samus' counted as two characters in that game instead of four. Of the 36 announced so far, three -- Lucinia, Luigi and Toon Link -- are "clones" or "semi-clones" or wha...
by Esrever
Mon Jul 14, 2014 12:20 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

Just to echo Pop, I was 10/11 for 1992/1993, and I was, like, HYPER aware of all the different versions of Sonic and had STRONG OPINIONS about all of them! Japanese airbrush art Sonic was my favourite, too. (We got the euro Sonic 1 manual in Canada because it had french in it.) Of course, it didn't ...
by Esrever
Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:57 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

On the subject of "retro" Sonic merchandise, I saw this today at Walmart.

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It's a children's shirt. It was right next to another shirt with green-eyed Sonic.
by Esrever
Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:07 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.
Replies: 121
Views: 86615

Re: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.

I'm kind of astonished they convinced Namco Bandai to let them use the classic Pacman instead of the modern redesign. Those guys are very dedicated to that relaunch.

It does sort of look weird to see the modern Sonic running around with such a retro Pacman and Megaman, though!
by Esrever
Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:49 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: coming to theaters near you
Replies: 47
Views: 42277

Re: coming to theaters near you

Yeah! I polled my readers really thoroughly on this affair and the two best movies we could come up with were Casper and Stuart Little. (And Stuart doesn't really count, since he's a book character rather than an existing cartoon character.) There are definitely some films that are worse than others...
by Esrever
Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:00 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

Yeah. They're clearly shooting for the LEGO/Skylanders audience. If that's the agenda... well, this does look a lot like those games, so maybe kids will dig it? I liked Skylanders Swap Force a lot. But I liked it because it was slick and hyper polished and felt like the product of billions of toy do...
by Esrever
Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:54 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: What are you playing today?
Replies: 655
Views: 251241

Re: What are you playing today?

I think you might see DLC for Mario Kart, but I don't think it's going to be connected to the toys. I think it's just going to be straight up regular DLC... or at least, that will be an option. There's space on the menu screens for more cups and at least one more row of characters, and I think event...
by Esrever
Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:51 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

Yes! I did it! After all these years, finally, I too can help ruin Sonic for everyone!
by Esrever
Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:50 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Cuphead
Replies: 12
Views: 9063

Re: Cuphead

I am trying to figure out of the lack of sound effects will make it harder to play!
by Esrever
Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:49 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: coming to theaters near you
Replies: 47
Views: 42277

Re: coming to theaters near you

Question! Has there, in fact, EVER been a good movie in the "classic cartoon character brought into the real world with CG" genre? I am trying to think of one and it is definitely a struggle.
by Esrever
Sat Jun 07, 2014 4:20 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: What are you playing today?
Replies: 655
Views: 251241

Re: What are you playing today?

For what it's worth, I also am really enjoying Mario Kart 8, and I hated 7 so much that I stopped halfway through 150cc and sold it. Mechanically, it's very similar to 8, and the track design is great, but I found the items to be way more unforgivingly cheap and frequent and the AI catchup to be too...
by Esrever
Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:49 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

God, Tails Adventure! Now there's a slow-paced spinoff franchise I wouldn't mind seeing resurrected. I have to admit, the one unbridled grin this latest round of previews got out of me was when they mentioned Tails using a submarine and a remote-controlled Robot.
by Esrever
Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:28 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: New Sonic game for 2015
Replies: 398
Views: 338698

Re: New Sonic game for 2015

Here's a interview that features some more footage from the speed stage and the Sonic/Knuckles adventure level: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaY7XPc0VQA#t=28 I think the Wii U version looks reasonably slick, but the footage is definitely as reminiscent of combat driven 3D platformers like Jak, Ra...
by Esrever
Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:27 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.
Replies: 121
Views: 86615

Re: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.

All right, all right. Thank you for the pedantry, guys. But Fox and Falcon are different and you darn well know why. That was the only way they could include those franchises. There are a billion other ways to include Metroid, which is a game about cool people and monsters shooting each other and no...
by Esrever
Sat Apr 12, 2014 6:41 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.
Replies: 121
Views: 86615

Re: We few, we happy, we Smash Bros. in arms.

I think you guys are maybe missing my point. Clone characters are a quick way of expanding the roster while working within time and development limitations. They have problems, sure. But Zero Suit Samus isn't a clone character. Zero Suit Samus is a fully-realized, built-from-the-ground-up, completel...