If Robotnik Is a Genius...

WW · Post by WW » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:05 pm

Or the characters were just lookalikes so that Sonic Team would'nt have to make any more new characters?

cjmcray · Post by **cjmcray** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:11 pm

WW wrote:Or the characters were just lookalikes so that Sonic Team would'nt have to make any more new characters?

But Sonic Team LOVES to make new characters.

Y'know, I have this theory.. The reason Sonic games are full of new characters is becuase the staff is comprised of former Team Artail artists!

Seriously, doesn't Blaze look like a cheap fan-character?

And Wave?

IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:23 pm

Seriously, doesn't Blaze look like a cheap fan-character?

Not as much as Silver and Shadow.

Yami CJMErl · Post by **Yami CJMErl** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:26 pm

Shadow? Maybe. Silver looks a tad more original in my book (maybe because his head spines are different from everyone else's).

Post by **Delphine** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:42 pm

He's a differently colored hedgehog. THAT'S VERY ORIGINAL.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:46 pm

Silver has one of the worse designs in the series. It's as if Sonic Team took a look at some Sonic fan character/recolor, removed several head spines, slapped some cockatoo frills on his head in a quick attempt to be original. The first time I saw Silver, I immediately thought, "so which Sonic fankid page on Deviantart did Sega view to swipe the idea for this character?"

Nowadays, I tend to think he looks even less of an hedgehog than the other three and his design is relatively ugly. Did ST decided on his species at the last minute?

WW · Post by WW » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:51 pm

It would have been cooler if Silver was a porcupine.

Radrappy · Post by **Radrappy** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:10 pm

Yes Silver was initially going to be a Mink. Silver the mink. Nice.

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:07 am

Silver looks like the bastard love child of a Sonic character with a Final Fantasy character. Which is exactely what fan characters tend to be.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:50 am

When I first saw Silver, I thought he looked metrosexual. I mean, he had go-go boots and eye-liner for cripe's sake!

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:08 pm

The original idea was to have Silver as some kind of Thunks from dragon ball Z, then they explained he was created to kill Shadow and it made a lot of sense.

Rob-Bert · Post by **Rob-Bert** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:33 pm

Where has that ever been confirmed? The last thing we need is another Sonic/DBZ parallelarody.

WW · Post by WW » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:38 pm

He made the shit up.

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:07 pm

Actually, it was in that internal document OCB leaked. As though it needed to be spelled out for us. Silver's bizzare quills are obviously designed to match Trunk's unusual SSJ hairdo, nevermind the story parallels.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:12 pm

So . . .

Sonic = Goku
Tails = Krillin
Knuckles = Yamcha
Amy = Bulma
Dr Eggman = Dr Gero
Shadow = Vegeta
Silver = Trunks
Erazor = Buu
Mephelies/Solaris = Cell
Chaos = Piccolo AND Shen Long

Anything else I'm missing?
Chaos Emeralds = Dragonballs

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:30 pm

I refer you to my list from the other topic.

I don't know anything about Solaris but Metal Overlord seemed like the intended Cell parallel, with his quest to absorb the data of all of the main characters and become perfect.

EmeraldGuardian · Post by **EmeraldGuardian** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:09 pm

Who the hell is Erazor?

Shadow Hog · Post by **Shadow Hog** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:17 pm

<i>SatSR</i> badguy.

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:15 am

cjmcray wrote:The reason Sonic games are full of new characters is becuase the staff is comprised of former Team Artail artists!

Nah. Team Artail has a lot more quality in their works. Just look at SRB2, they never raped the characters and kept them as close to the old games as they could be. Actually, I think the sprites for SRB2 are great, if you think that the art from the Genesis era doesn't transfer that well to the 3D world.