seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from France
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from Yemen
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Australia
An Infinite Opinion Piece
Don't be fooled by the thumbnail!
Here we have a fan of the jackal dubbing himself "not weak" who recognizes what he was supposed to be, how that was executed, and the beauty he finds in the mess that could've been something more.
Gun to your head: marriage to Tails or Knuckles?
I feel like Knuckles would alternate between being extremely boring (he's set in his ways, doesn't want to be bothered) and extremely frustrating (he angers easily). I'm sure he has a big heart and is very protective though. If you can find room to fit into his lifestyle I'm sure it'd be very nice, but I don't know if I could.
Tails feels like he'd be kind of normal. I mean technically he's still a kid so there's no telling how his personality will shake out later in life, but outside of being a little too attached to Sonic sometimes he seems like he's got a good, rational head on his shoulders. He's smart and dedicated and can fix (or even improve) basically anything you'll ever have.
Tails just feels like there would be more stability and well-being. Sorry, Knuckles.
It's an oddly worded question so I apologize, but do you think some games are remembered more fondly for their impact when they were released, as opposed to how 'good' they actually are? Sonic Adventure 2 is an example that comes to mind for me.
I think you're just describing the natural phenomenon of everything. Who we are today is not who we might have been yesterday. Everything we feel is a product of our current expectations and where we are mentally.
Standards change. Perspectives shift.
And the thing is, for some people they hold on to their perspective forever. I tend to do that with games I never disconnect from. I replay Donkey Kong Country a lot, or Yoshi's Island, or whatever, and it's hard for me to look at them from any other perspective than the one I saw them in 30 years ago, because they kind of get crystalized in a moment that never lets go.
And sometimes nostalgia does that, too. People want to chase the exact experience they had when they were 10 years old, completely unchanged, and that means refusing to look at things with the objectivity of adulthood. The simplicity of that moment is a comfort to them. Remembering how they felt when something excited them.
But also like. Things that do actually have impact are remembered for that impact. Citizen Kane was a big deal that it's still this broadly known "thing" even now, because it ushered in the modern era of film making.
Unfortunately I don't know if you could really say Sonic Adventure 2 had that kind of impact. Not many things do. I think it's mostly just people wanting to recapture how they felt the first time they played it.
Why this dude look like Infinite?
Not to "um, actually" you but, genuine question for clarification. Re: Sonic timelines, would Knuckles' Chaotix place in that first one because Metal Sonic is present and Sonic and Tails show up in the good ending? Or is that still not important enough in your opinion?
This is an old ask (2022) but honestly I'd wonder if Knuckles Chaotix even happened at this point, or what it looked like.
I guess they've been slowly referencing it more and more, but with Sonic Heroes they were pretty clear that the new Chaotix we got were not the same characters from the 32X game.
But that was also like, two lore rewrites ago, and now supposedly everything is canonical, so I don't even know how I'd consider it, honestly.
I keep thinking it'd be fun if they did a special series of graphic novels that retold the Genesis games. There are certain things that could be expanded or straightened out. They could give them super lavish art like Archie's "Mega Drive" series or the Anniversary comics they put out.
But really, I'm just trying to capture the magic of reading The Sonic Ideal when I was a teenager. Still, it would help sort out things like where Knuckles Chaotix fits into all of this without actually having to touch the game itself.
This blog (and wiki) is dedicated to SEGASonic. The consistent Sonic Team depiction of the Sonic series and its characters before localization. This is explained by the writer Daniel Barnes.
Some notes about what is and isn't SEGASonic:
All media primarily created by Sonic Team is SEGASonic. The Sonic Channel timeline of games, The Mario & Sonic series (not canon but in line with the Sonic Team depiction), Sonic Rivals 1 and 2 (Written by Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka) and Sonic Team made promotional media are SEGASonic.
Localization changes are not SEGASonic as they veer away from Sonic Team's vision and cause most of the inconsistencies in the series. (With the exception of Sonic Team localizations of Japanese English first games, those versions are both more consistent with SEGASonic and considered canon over the initial English scripts)
Several magazine comics (particularly those by Makoto Hirono) are not canon or directly made by Sonic Team but are SEGASonic because they have the same depictions. (Canon=/SEGASonic)
IDW Sonic, the Shogakukan manga, Sonic Prime and Sonic X are Semi-SEGASonic. The former two are canon while Sonic X was made with Sonic Team involvement but all three have notable heavy discrepancies with the SEGASonic. Shogakukan is it's own thing but still more in line with SEGASonic than most other spin-offs.
Japanese localizations handled by Sonic Team such as Sonic Prime or the Sonic movies are Semi-SEGASonic. They're made more consistent with SEGASonic as Sonic Team localizes them but are still noticeably different as they are not originally made as SEGASonic.
The Sega of America Sonic Bible and all things derived from it are not SEGASonic. They are what I will call MobiusSonic. The DiC Sonic cartoons, Archie Sonic and some other early spin-off media is MobiusSonic.
Due to Takashi Iizuka wanting to connect and unify the Sonic brand more and more Sonic media will be SEGASonic and closer to SEGASonic than ever before.
It can be spelled as SEGASonic or SegaSonic.
Despite the heavy Japanese media focus you do not have to be Japanese to be SEGASonic. As long as you're in the Sonic Team depiction then you are SEGASonic. We're here to act as a guide to that and bring SEGASonic lore and characterization to the western side of things which will be necessary with Iizuka's brand unification.
