I mean, Knuckles has regressed to what he was at the beggining of Sonic Adventure.
And, Shadow playing like Sonic is kinda what he is meant to do? Just give him different upgrades if you really want Divergent Character Evolution, but, this isn't Sonic Battle where everybody having vastly different movesets was a feature to give Emerl diversity.
This is a good thing depending on who you ask.
I don't mind him playing like Sonic, but he at least needs to use Chaos Control more as part of his moveset. It's his Signature Move, and one of his defining traits. Its like Tails who can't fly.
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Aug 18th 2022 at 6:29:00 AM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Chaos Snap as a Homing Attack.
And, disregarding character development wasn't really that good, but, yeah, Knuckles is guardian guy, Shadow is edgy guy. That's all there is to them, otherwise you get Penders or people stop paying attention to Sonic. Or something like that I guess.
Edited by Eriorguez on Aug 18th 2022 at 12:31:35 PM
Look, if Crash 4 can have a time slowing mechanic, so can Sonic. Give that to Shadow.
You get used to it eventually and at some point, you stop caring. Apathy is awesome :)
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Aug 18th 2022 at 6:45:42 AM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.The only thing I'm kind of puzzled regarding Knuckles, is why Sega is now insistent that he should be a guardian of the Master Emerald, when they used him so casually in the 2000's, Colors DS and Lost World.
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Would you like copium good sir, I got plenty of it...
On a serious tip; Yea, we've been down this song and dance before. Sega made a cool and interesting character with a unique trait, but is not compatible with the long-running nature of the series, so it is constant struggle between keeping the character's unique traits but utilized in a limited capacity or making them more versatile at the cost of making them less unique to fit in the uniform style of the series.
The eternal struggle.
Because people wouldn't shut the fuck up about him not doing his job and how his appearances were cheapening him.
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Aug 18th 2022 at 6:56:36 AM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.That latter point stopped mattering after Sonic Adventure when he only guards the Master Emerald.
I'm so numb on the Knuckles topic that I really don't care what they do with him anymore; I've argued with people who want more plots focused on his role as guardian and I've argued with people who want more focus on him as a teammate of Sonic and Tails and I just. don't. care. anymore.
Twenty years of dumb arguments has a habit of grinding down your tolerance and patience, who knew.
I'll give props to the movie though for managing to reconcile this; he's guarding the emerald along with Sonic and Tails and they all live under the same roof. So you get the Knuckles who take his job seriously as a sense of duty, but you also get to use him in dumb antics with Sonic & Tails.
Edited by BlackYakuzu94 on Aug 18th 2022 at 7:03:02 AM
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Well, the IDW annual which just came out at least comments on it, even if wouldn't count as enough to justify it.
My musician pageWell, that probably goes more in line with how the Sol Emeralds work, and how Blaze is more orderly than Sonic.
I think we've discussed it before, but he'd never deliberately hold onto the Emeralds due to his whole FREEDOM schtick. Plus they are Chaos Emeralds.
Blaze on the other hand, is the direct guardian of the Sol Emeralds, which seem to be more orderly by nature, so they probably instinctively stay close to her.
One Strip! One Strip!Nobody has ever really considered the implications of that have they. So Blaze can essentially go Super anytime she feels like it. I feel like something is a huge case of Story-Breaker Power.
Like, there's a reason the Chaos Emeralds are only ever used at the end of a major story arc.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.Yeah, I don't even think the Chaos Emeralds can be held onto for long. They seem to autonomously scatter themselves every time a crisis is averted with them.
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I suspect Blaze only uses them when facing a threat that require that level of power.
And considering the Emeralds seem to have a will of their own, they probably trust her not to misuse their power.
Edit: You're not wrong though. I mean, they had to make sure to create a reason to not throw Blaze right at Metal Sonic in the earlier arc because ideally, she could beat his ass, or at least fight him equally if he went super.
Edited by HandsomeRob on Aug 18th 2022 at 4:21:13 AM
One Strip! One Strip!

Dammit! Knuckles! Why would you trust Eggman again!?
I mean, his logic was sound, and he did offer cake!
One Strip! One Strip!