Sunday Topic: Storm, the misunderstood member of the Babylon Rogues!
Hello! Gemlik's here! Today I want to talk about Storm The Albatross as character.
Usually he's described by the fanbase as useless, an idiot and a forgettable character, but he really is: the most loyal, hard working and cutest member of the Babylon Rogues!
Storm is a 19 years old (or was, they removed the age to every Sonic character) albatross and the muscle of the Babylon Rogues. He's a force of nature that can crush boulders with no efforts. However Storm's not very nimble on feet, he's clumsy and has got a quick temper. Sometimes he will stutter with words or shows to not be the sharpest tool in the shed.
Despite his flaws, Storm would do anything to please his boss and he succeeds his solo missions too. For example, Storm managed to sneak inside Ice Factory to grab a small chip containing Eggman's diary by himself in the first Riders game and he followed Amy from Meteortech to Aquatic Capital just to not let the pink hedgehog get away with the Ark of the Cosmos, plus found a second one after one of Eggman's security robots exploded.
Like, he didn't use his EXG to follow Amy. Both character ran on feet from the first circle to the second one. If that's not dedication and hard work to please Jet, then I dunno what to tell you!
Back then, people often described Storm as "another Big the Cat", which is totally wrong! Both design and intelligence.
First of all, the difference of the body shape of both characters: Big is a circle and Storm is more an oval or a reversed triangle. According to body shapes, Big is shown to be a friendly and chill plus sized cat meanwhile Storm is supposed to be a menacing athletic bird. Big is 2 m tall and Storm is just 1,40 m tall. The latter is probably the smallest Power type next to Knuckles!
Storm lost some details between the Production IG artwork to the official Sonic Channel artwork, such as a longer beak (which real albatross do have and I have no idea why SEGA changed it) and these very small pupils turned into bigger round blue eyes. In Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Storm's eyelids were changed from grey to black. Honestly I like them black but it can be a problem if you want see the character from far.
- Storm is afraid of dark places and ghosts.
Storm thinks he's photogenic. (And he is in my humble opinion!)
Storm actually worries about his team, even rivals, if they are in trouble.
Storm relieves his stress by using his physical force.
According to Eggman, Storm's skills in handling gravity with the Ark of the Cosmos could "lay waste to the entire town".
Storm is slow only on feet, but on EXG he's impressively fast.
Storm seems to be a party dude. He does the hand wave dance as airboard trick in ZG! I added extra unused voicelines from Crossworlds as proof too. Ahah!
It looks like Storm is the Babylon Rogues' chef. Not only he's very interested in food and how to eat free of charge (Sonic 25th anniversary comic from Sonic Channel) but he's shown cooking and serving meals to his team. (IDW Sonic #71)
Storm and Wave bicker a lot during Sonic Riders, but despite everything they really care for eachother. They just don't show it face to face.
Storm likes Big's sandals.
Storm thinks Vector is fat in the japanese dialogue of Sonic Racing Crossworlds.
In Crossworlds, for some reason I don't understand, Storm seems to have a crush on Amy Rose. He keeps stuttering, being shy and just weird when he needs to interact with her. It's a miracle they removed the age to every character... If you know, you know.
Storm confuses Sonic for Shadow and viceversa for some reason. Plus he thinks Silver is his big fan and cosplayer. Weird writing.
Storm was the only Babylon Rogue to never join the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games series.
Storm is not getting a new wallpaper on Sonic Channel since 2010.
In Archie Comics' Sonic Universe #33, Storm seems to enjoy flowers because he gets sad when he finds out that the Babylon Garden is just a vessel with no garden on it.
According to Sonic Crossworlds, Storm can tolerate cold temperatures. This makes sense because albatrosses are know to live in cold places and there were some fossils in North Antarcatica as well before they went extinct in that place.
Storm is probably a Buller's Albatross. I believe its colors and patterns are very close to Storm's.
According to Sonic Universe #36, Storm seems to enjoy videogames. He asks Wave if what she's holding is a Gamebird Advance.
I love Storm. I think he's under appreciated because he's only seen as the muscle of the group with no brilliant mind, but I believe people should see further than that. Of course I can't give all the fault to the fans when SEGA doesn't help at all. Getting official Storm content is as rare as finding a shiny Pokèmon in the old games, if you get what I mean. He's my second favourite Rogue and I love his gentle nature behind all that force he was gifted since he was a hatchling. (I suppose. Are the Babylon Rogues born from eggs?) He's sensible and humble, traits the other two rogues kinda lack, eheh. He balances the team perfectly and he's that kind of guy I would love to hang out with.
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