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Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#57926: Mar 3rd 2021 at 6:46:58 AM

Sonic doesn't really treat Shadow like a faker, tbh. That's in Archie where Flynn, being the fandom inspired writer he was at the time, would turn this into Sonic's Running Gag of calling him an imposter (alongside saying anyone brooding is "pulling a Shad").

Either it grew old, or Sega told him to drop it.

Edited by Tomodachi on Mar 3rd 2021 at 7:23:47 AM

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#57927: Mar 3rd 2021 at 3:53:07 PM

I mean, its something that adds a little contention to their rivalry, playfully calling each other the imposter.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#57928: Mar 3rd 2021 at 5:04:53 PM

Plot twist: they're both imposters.

Everyone else is a crewmate.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
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#57929: Mar 3rd 2021 at 5:39:35 PM

Sonic constantly dissing Shadow in Archie is something that I vastly enjoyed. "Leave the brooding to Shadow" is actually something that makes me laugh.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#57930: Mar 3rd 2021 at 5:54:29 PM

It makes a bit more sense why Shadow treats him like shit now.

[up][up] Stop...no more...I can't....I see it, everywhere. Always...can't escape...Among us....

Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Mar 3rd 2021 at 8:56:23 AM

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from Australia Since: Feb, 2015
#57931: Mar 3rd 2021 at 6:07:26 PM

Sonic was only calling Shadow a faker because he was blamed for his crimes in SA 2. Metal Sonic, however?

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#57932: Mar 3rd 2021 at 6:46:02 PM

He knows what to expect of him, which isn't going to help since he's also know what to expect of him.

Quite queer, I say.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#57933: Mar 3rd 2021 at 7:03:22 PM

[up][up][up] It's funny, cause I'm pretty sure I've seen a fanfic that was literally just "Sonic and friends play Among Us."

Edit: No, wait. It was fanart.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Mar 3rd 2021 at 8:54:23 AM

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
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#57934: Mar 3rd 2021 at 8:01:56 PM

[up] That's amazing

Jawbreakers on sale for 99¢
RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from Australia Since: Feb, 2015
#57935: Mar 4th 2021 at 6:36:10 PM

I wonder why Eggman kidnapped Vanilla in Sonic Adventure 2 anyway

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#57936: Mar 4th 2021 at 6:40:40 PM

"I don't usually go into the kidnapping game, but this burly turtle-dragon at my Bad-Anon villains support group keeps talking about how great it is to kidnap polite ladies in sun dresses, so I thought I'd give it a try."

Edited by WillKeaton on Mar 4th 2021 at 7:41:57 AM

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#57937: Mar 4th 2021 at 8:55:36 PM

At least he has not a furry related reason to kidnap her.

I hope.

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#57938: Mar 4th 2021 at 11:38:12 PM

[up] Let's not give this franchise any ideas.tongue

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#57939: Mar 5th 2021 at 2:59:07 AM

@Tomo: Shadow could have done it to Sonic non-maliciously :V

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#57940: Mar 5th 2021 at 3:44:12 AM

A 1 hour 45 minute long analysis on Sonic's animation in every single console Sonic game ever made.

TL:DW: With some exceptions, post-Classic, the good games have bad animation (the Adventure games have really not held up) while the bad games have good animation (some of the notable highlights in the modern era being Shadow, Unleashed, Lost World, and especially Sonic Boom, which has the best character animation in the entire series, next to Mania).

randomness4 Snow Ghost from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#57941: Mar 5th 2021 at 4:04:52 AM

The only bad games he considered having good animation were Shadow's game and Boom

The rest were bad to just average

Edited by randomness4 on Mar 5th 2021 at 4:05:30 AM

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#57942: Mar 5th 2021 at 7:00:20 AM

This reminds me of somethig I talked about in Discord.

I believe the second season finale of Sonic Boom has a better fight scene than any in Sonic X and the games. The fight between Sonic and Shadow use good camera work, and decent choreography. It is quite funny, since I felt Boom fighting scenes were largely pointless in the first half of season 1, where they felt like padding.

I imagine that Sonic proportions make it hard to animate believable fighting scenes. Presumably this is why Sonic Prime will be 3D, since it will allow the animators an easier time drawing the odd proportioned characters.

Edited by Tomodachi on Mar 5th 2021 at 7:07:42 AM

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DevilSketch36 Since: May, 2020
#57943: Mar 6th 2021 at 4:10:57 AM

I think the major problem is that we don't see the Sonic cast go full out martial arts in games outside of Sonic Battle and the Fighters game. At most we just get characters getting bounced around (Forces),

One of the things I love about Sonic vs Shadow and ensuing Metal Sonic fight is that they go all out with the hand to hand combat. I think some of Sonic X's fights still hold up: Sonic wakeboard racing from Perfect Sonic's waves, Shadow's assault on Team Sonic trying to murder Cosmo, heck I think Sonic vs Knuckles has better animation than Sonic vs Shadow's second round on Prison Island.

  • Part of me really, really wants to see Sonic X get a anime reboot that can fix a lot of stuff that hasn't aged well because 2D can still provide a lot of creativity 3D mostly lacks to an effect. But I'm still looking forward to Sonic Prime regardless. Wild Brain did a decent job with Mega Man Fully Charged but that show had A TON of restrictions so I can't even complain about that.

At this point I realized Shadow actually defeated his nemesis in Black Doom, while Vegeta never killed Frieza....he came close but still.

  • Goku-mit suicide like when you battled with Buu cuz you knew that you were gonna lose again. Alright Shadow calm down.

TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013
#57944: Mar 7th 2021 at 4:50:13 PM

In other Sonic news, Ben Schwartz actually won the Hollywood Critics Association award for "Best Animated or VFX Performance" as our favorite blue blur!

And among his praise givers? Previous Sonics Roger Craig Smith and Ryan Drummond!

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#57945: Mar 7th 2021 at 5:02:03 PM

Sonic is officially an award-winning movie.

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#57946: Mar 7th 2021 at 5:57:42 PM

Good for him! It's kind of funny I thought this movie was going to be the end of Sonic after the first trailer came out.

I'm glad things went ok with the blue blur.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#57947: Mar 7th 2021 at 6:26:16 PM

That redesign probably quite literally saved the movie.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#57948: Mar 8th 2021 at 6:10:18 AM

That and being the last big US movie release in theaters before Covid hit.

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#57949: Mar 8th 2021 at 7:51:12 AM

darkabomination, I can never tell if it's just me or not, but the picture by your avatar's signature seems to be broken and stretches the page.

Edited by FOFD on Mar 8th 2021 at 7:55:09 AM

Akira Toriyama (April 5 1955 - March 1, 2024).
Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#57950: Mar 8th 2021 at 8:13:29 AM

It's been an issue for a while, you should seriously change it.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.

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