1up.com special on Sonic the Hedgehog

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:05 am

1up.com has posted a special on Sonic the Hedgehog as part of their "Classic Essential 50" feature. I don't know if there's anything we don't know there (and there probably isn't), but it might be worth the read anyway. I haven't read it yet.

<A HREF="http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=31340 ... 3134008</A>

Owen Axel · Post by **Owen Axel** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:16 pm

Not a bad little historical presentation. There were a few tidbits I wasn't aware of, such as the comparative speed of the Genesis console at the time.

firemario1001 · Post by **firemario1001** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:58 pm

"Mr. Needlemouse the hedgehog"
Yeah, I can see why they switched to Sonic...

Some of the information sounds a lot like Green Gibbons

WhoopA · Post by **WhoopA** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:42 pm

Not to mention the pictures and captions... is it coincidence?

I just wonder where they did their research... ahh, there we go.

"Resources: Wired Magazine, Green Hill Zone"

Post by **Esrever** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:45 pm

Hah! Go Gibbon!

There is one bit of info in there, be it correct or incorrect, that I hadn't heard before. It says that during the initial character design faze, one Sega of America exec was hell bent on making Sonic a squirrel. I know we've all heard about the rabbit idea before, but this one was news to me. I have no idea where they got that information, but if it was true, it would probably explain where Ray came from.

Meanwhile, the "Mr. Needlemouse" fiasco continues. None of these guys ever seem to realize that it should be translated "Mr. Hedgehog." It's like calling a french Mr. Potatohead doll "Mr. Groundapplehead." :P

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:07 pm

Hah! Go Gibbon!

Yeah. I wish I'd be famous for something that mattered.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:21 pm

Well, what are you waiting for. Find some dicks to suck.

Post by Bo » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:27 pm

Man, NT must've gotten an extra dose of smartass pills this week. Popcorn, check your medicine cabinet...

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:32 pm

That doesn't make you famous. It just makes you happy.

J.C.14 · Post by **J.C.14** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:20 pm

Zeta wrote:That doesn't make you famous. It just makes you happy.

We make each other happy!!!

Let's all hug!

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:53 pm

Urge to kill...<a href="http://nekothekitty.keenspace.com/d/200 ... >rising</a>...

Post by **Delphine** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:44 pm

You know that line is originally from 8-bit, right?

Owen Axel · Post by **Owen Axel** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:14 am

If you don't count that 8-bit took from The Simpsons, then yes.

Post by **Delphine** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:13 pm

If I watched the Simpsons, I'd have known that. ;P

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:55 pm

You should have known that anyway.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:58 pm

By the time Sonic 2 came around, Sega had come up with the buzzword for another bit of technology that the Genesis used to speed up its games: Blast Processing. Technically, it was to describe the way the Genesis could display one image while loading another into memory -- something the SNES couldn't do -- but few knew that.

And here I always thought it was how the Genesis "turned off" the tracking of objects off screen. (IE - if a Badnik gets too far off Screen, the game "forgets" it exists, thus freeing up CPU - thinking back on that now, it doesn't make much sense, since most games do that anyway)

Post by **Esrever** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:15 pm

I'm pretty sure "Blast Processing" was actually when the system disabled parallax scrolling and animation (except Sonic's) whenever the blue guy got going really fast.

CE · Post by CE » Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:23 pm

Blast Processing -- It's whatever the hell you want it to be.

hello.jpg · Post by **hello.jpg** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:13 am

Why the fuck do these people not get the fact that "Needlemouse" was a (rather stupid) joke by a UK Sega Saturn magazine?

The only thing the Sonic character was called before "Sonic" is "HEDGEHOG". Jesus, these people...

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:40 am

It's a joke with a basis on truth, needlemouse being the literal translation of haironezumi and all that. But you're right, he was just called HEDGEHOG (which would have confused a fair bunch of people, I'd have thought).

Was Sonic ever actually known as Haironezumi No Sonikku or anything, or have they always just called him Sonic The Hedgehog (albiet in Engrish)?