A realization.

One Classy Bloke · Post by **One Classy Bloke** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:18 pm

Now, we all remember the earlier games of Sonic, on the Genesis. They often parodied other things, e.g. Star Wars, Dragonball Z. So, maybe Sonic's early success was helped by the parodies they did.

Now if we look to more recent games, they come as very original in story lines, etc. Perhaps, by using parodies, they were able to focus on the gameplay. So maybe Sonic Team should do them again in new games.

discuss.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:55 pm

I'm thinking a parody of the Spiderman movies. Including a level where Sonic runs along the top of parade balloons and a race out of a burning building.

Spazz · Post by **Spazz** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:06 pm

Wasn't it DBZ that ripped off of Sonic?

aso · Post by **aso** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:09 pm

Spazz wrote:Wasn't it DBZ that ripped off of Sonic?

No.

Goku became a Super Saiyan to the maxx before Sonic ever became a Super Hedgehog. Keep in mind that Dragon Ball has been around for a LONG time.

Post by **Delphine** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:47 pm

Sonic is a 'tribute' to DBZ, and DBZ is based off of a very, very old Chinese legend.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:41 pm

Doesn't actually have anything to do with the legend except the character Son Goku.

aso · Post by **aso** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:42 pm

Actually, a number of the original characters in Dragon Ball were inspired by characters from The Monkey King, not just Goku.

Final_Cosmos_the_Ultra · Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:55 pm

Sonic didn't rip off Dragon Ball Z. The whole turning gold thing was used in the 60s. It's common now.

BlazeHedgehog · Post by **BlazeHedgehog** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:00 pm

This is where I get really, really geeky; I did some research on this awhile back.

Okay, according to Daimao's DBZ Episode Guide, the episode where Goku went Super Saiyan was, infact, episode 95, "Transformed At Last!! Son Goku, the Legendary Super Saiyan", with a broadcast date of June 12, 1991, a scant few days before Sonic 1's USA release.

Now, after the Freeza Saga FINALLY finished out, apparently the anime had, infact, caught up to the manga (to give the manga a greater head-start in content, the anime went into filler episodes - The Garlic Jr. Saga). That would mean Goku's transformation in the manga would've probably landed around maybe April or May of that same year. It would've been a hot-topic of discussion at the very least. (especially considering Dragonball Z was ment to end at the Freeza Saga; but Toei forced Toriyama to keep going)

So, uh. Yeah. The more you know ~*

One Classy Bloke · Post by **One Classy Bloke** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:07 pm

Well. We can still be certain about the death egg/death star.

Unless that appeared in a manga at the same time... Wait, isn't there a Star Wars manga?