I'm long out of reading the comics, and I won't be going back, but I did think this was, ahem, way past cool:
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Spaz will be doing the interior art. Boy, this brings back memories!
I agree, but I'm also kind of split on it--there's something disturbing to me about them being in there, like the mix of them with the smaller "friend" characters (do the Archie comics even have non-anthro animals in them?) clashes with what I feel to be "right." I suppose that just goes with the Archie territory, it's been a long time since I expected anything to feel properly "Sonicky" from them.Radrappy wrote:I dunno, I think its pretty charming that sonic saves sally + co from a prison capsule. By the looks of things this may be the first time they meet too.
"Where!?" I ask, having never really gotten into Spinball.(No Imagination) wrote:Also, Sally & Rotor & Co. were in Sonic Spinball so they are canon.
Esrever wrote:It might not be even especially intentional. I'm just speculating, but I assume the Archie staff interact primarily with representatives from Sega's marketing/licensee department... like, the same people who make sure Sonic looks right on a McDonalds toy or a can of Sonic-branded ravioli. Their job is primarily to be to make sure any licensed representations of the characters are accurate and follow the official style guide. They probably don't have the authority to grant permission to deviate from them, even if they wanted to, and even if no one at the top of the chain would really care... because that would be like the exact opposite of what they are hired to do!
After giving this some thought I have decided it does not make them canon. They only appear on a regular pinball machine played by Sonic himself, so at most, they "exist" in some capacity, but possibly only as fictional characters even within Sonic's own fictional world! Tails also appears in these stages, but he also appears at the end whether you rescue him or not, suggesting that these bonus stages are bonus only and the tiny characters rescued from the board do not actually correspond to any of Sonic's "real" friends.(No Imagination) wrote:Also, Sally & Rotor & Co. were in Sonic Spinball so they are canon. ( ← am I doing this right?)
You all heard the man.G.Silver wrote: After giving this some thought I have decided it does not make them canon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Q0_DgXHG0Esrever wrote:I assume the Archie staff interact primarily with representatives from Sega's marketing/licensee department... like, the same people who make sure Sonic looks right on a McDonalds toy