Nooooo.... ._.;;

[flyboy_fox]

Oh my. Color me COMPLETELY disillusioned ._. SHADOW is on the latest piece of cover art for the Next Gen game. Sonic, Shadow, and the nameless recolor who supposedly announces Sonic's the 'Iblis Trigger' x.xThis looks suspiciously like it's gonna be some kind of 'mystic trio of hedgehogs' type of thing... some kind of ancient prophecy? All I can say is... the only 'mystic trio' in my books is the original trio... Sonic/Tails/Knuckles. They were the first. If any three should be tied together by some ancient prophecy, it should be them! And yes, I am speculating wildly... no need to point this out to me. It just pisses me off BEYOND comparisson to see Shadow YET AGAIN next to Sonic on the box-art (even if it's only promo art)... and this time in a game that I thought was a back-to-basics game following the original Sonic the Hedgehog formula of Sonic vs Robotnik, without ANY of the subsequent characters... no Tails, no Knuckles, and CERTAINLY no Shadow -.-; There is no escape from Shadow...

Comments

[nejlbana.livejournal.com]

Eh, you can thank his army of brainless fans. Lord knows all the complaints SEGA would get if Shadow wasn't in a Sonic game.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

But he's not just IN it... looks like he's pretty much a central character, too! Arg. ... I wonder if I have anger management issues ^^; I doubt it's healthy to get this annoyed/livid over videogames *sweatdrop*

[djtifabal.livejournal.com]

I see your point, Jai.

Sonic/Tails/Knuckles were indeed the first to be together. Wouldn't, hell it doesn't, make sense to make Shadow a main character; or central character now.

Yes, I'm starting to like Shadow a bit, but I like the old-school Sonic games the best with the orignianl three characters. I don't mind a game here and there with Shadow, but now stick him in every one? That's a bit much. He wasn't even introduced until much later in the Sonic series. >.< Damn you, Sega. Bring back Sonic the way how he used to be!

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Hear hear!

Sega seem to be listening to a very select fanbase... namely the most recent one. Kids who never played the older games and only know the newer stuff. Those kids don't see how much the fandom has changed... so... it doesn't bother them :\

[kaiba-katt.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I would rather have Tails and Knuckles in that game with Sonic than Shadow and some unknown. *shrugs* I think it'd be really fun to have an adventure game consisting of just Sonic, Tails and Knuckles and the villain being Eggman. It sounds boring, but it's better than having overused plot devices and bloody-gun violent to appease to the emo fans.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

;_; I think it would be awesome too. What I was kinda hoping they'd do is make the new game like a completely modernized revamp of the very first Sonic the Hedgehog (especially since they're calling the game just "Sonic the Hedgehog") with just Sonic vs Eggman... and then follow it up with a revamp of Sonic 2 and Sonic 3. You know... have Tails join. Then Knuckles... retell the whole story but using cutscenes and modern 3D gameplay :\ So much for that dream.

[shaboba330.livejournal.com]

And notice that all this horrible stuff started happening ever since Sonic was purchased by Nintendo?

Thank you very much.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Sonic wasn't purchased by Nintendo :P In fact, the game I was originally complaining about (Rivals) is on a Sony console (PSP), and the game I'm currently ranting about is on PS3 and 360. Neither game is gonna appear on a Nintendo console :P

Thank you very much. ^^

[lunarocean777.livejournal.com]

Power to the Wii! :P I kinda wish it was bought by Nintendo. I trust them a hell of a lot more right now.

I would like to say two words. Forgive the bluntess, but:

Fuck Shadow.

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

My sentiments exactly. I just... REALLY hate Shadow right now. More than ever. Hate how he's become the secondary character alongside Sonic (and sometimes it even seems like Sonic is the secondary character to Shadow x.x). Seeing him on the new promo art for Next Gen Sonic... just... argh, kills any hope I had left for that game :\

[shaboba330.livejournal.com]

Wrong. Nintendo sucks. Deal with it.

:P

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

::Shrugs:: Nintendo may suck, but it's not the reason that Sonic is floundering right now :P That's totally SEGA's fault.

[shaboba330.livejournal.com]

Either way, as long as I can bash Nintendo, I couldn't care less about Sega.

^_______^

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Well that's fine. I'm more of an old-school Nintendo fan anyway. I don't much like the direction they're taking now. Guess I'll always be loyal to Nintendo at heart, but I can admit when they're fucking up x.x ::Stomps 'em::

[shaboba330.livejournal.com]

The last decent Mario game ever made in my opinion was Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for SNES... that game owned.

[lunarocean777.livejournal.com]

You're just mad cause you don't like the name, and because their current marketing and advertisement schemes don't appeal to 'gamers,' yet the games still do :P Last I checked, you were still quite excited about various things on the DS, for instance ;) I dun see how stomping em is being loyal, unless your world is vastly different than mine ^^;

[twitchytwitch.livejournal.com]

Iblis?! Is that pronounced Ibl/ee/s? xD If it is, it's the devil himself! o.o

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm pretty sure they lifted the name right out of Islam's word for the devil... That's what was quoted in the article, anyway ^^;

[leonskennedy827.livejournal.com]

Sonic is great, the new character for once has potential IMO, but Shadow needs to die and leave us in peace

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

There's also gonna be a human princess x.o

[leonskennedy827.livejournal.com]

BTW, where did you see this boxart?

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

sonicstuff ^^;

[leonskennedy827.livejournal.com]

Good god...that new hedgheog looks awful o.o;;; *Shudders*

[flyboy-fox.livejournal.com]

Another Sonic recolor... he looks like a fancharacter x.x Seriously.

[leonskennedy827.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah does he or what o.o;;; Tails and Knuckles should be where Shadow and he are if anything. I'd have been happy if it was just Sonic alone like it was looking like. But no...new characters and already sucky characters are coming to join it yet again!

[superkarl.livejournal.com]

I don't have anything agains Shadow. I can't hate a character who is just a human creation :)