Indeed, when it comes to voice acting, Mike strikes me as a Consummate Professional.
My musician pageAnd unlike with Hellena Taylor on Bayo 3, I'm more inclined to trust Mike Polluck is telling the truth.
Watch SymphogearPeople praise the City Escape stage in Sonic Adventure 2, where a giant truck chase Sonic, but really, it's not that impressive. Pepsiman did it 2 years earlier.
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It's not cancelled, it already ended...
I am amused.
I know, I have my priorities all over the place.
Anyway, Emi just confirmed the deed. Yes, they had intercourse.
No, it wasn't an affair, so there is no real crime here.
Now Emi has to deal with the fact Mike wasn't properly paid.
End of my gossip.
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.I mean if it was an affair it was at least a consensual one. It's kind of sad that we're so used to the "celebrity turns out to be a sex criminal" reveal that it's almost a relief when it's a simple case of adultery
Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Feb 17th 2023 at 10:32:22 PM
Tbh, maybe because I've never had any attachment to them, but I don't really care for if the Freedom Fighters reappear. At first they filled out a sparsely populated world, but at a certain point they step on the toes of established characters like Tails and Amy, or have interactions that seem separate from the later game cast. I'd be fine if they remained in their own continuity family, like the Boom series had its own take on the characters, or the live action movies have their own interesting exclusive character (Agent Stone).
Rouge may be one of my absolute favorite characters, but I'm perfectly fine with a mainline game's playable cast not going beyond 1-5 characters, who would presumably be Sonic, Tails, another character(s) relevant to that game's story, and some combination of Knuckles, Amy, and/or Shadow. I don't particularly need the story-driven games to have characters who don't serve an actual purpose (like Classic Sonic in Forces).
That seemed unnecessarily heated.
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Feb 17th 2023 at 6:13:26 AM
That doesn't seem very obvious.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.Writing two paragraphs making a case for their exclusion doesn't imply you're impartial to their inclusion.
It's like willingly putting broccoli on your plate knowing that you don't like broccoli, then choosing to eat everything else on the plate but the broccoli. It's posturing for the sake of looking impartial.
I see this all the time from Sonic fans who try not to come off as rabid gatekeepers.
Edited by Tony-Sharx on Feb 17th 2023 at 4:40:13 AM
Certified, self-appointed Sonic Visionary
Wait, what? Do you mean me? If so, take a closer look. My first part was about character interaction, and how the Freedom Fighters could work better outside of the main game continuity. My second part was about how a character I like is an example of how not all characters necessarily fit all stories.
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For the record, I didn't call for that thump. I was surprised by the response, but it didn't bother me beyond feeling disproportionate.
The Freedom Fighters would be a fine addition so the main canon... however from a practical standpoint, especially in an era where spin-offs have dried up, its hard to really fit them into an realistic showcase beyond brief cameos. The series has barely gotten into focusing on its own extended cast again and we still don't know what they will realistically amount to.
Them in the context of largely the IDW series makes a bit more sense given that series does tend to give time to the ensemble and might even be in a better position to eventually have a spin-off line about them. I once half jokingly suggested they become supporting characters to a Shadow focused series because it would actually give the latter a context outside the inconsistently written dynamic with Sonic, but in all honesty it would at least be a scenario that didn't feel like it was treading on the core cast's toes.
I'm worried this will get heated but I still wanna say
I for one would welcome the proper return of the Fighting Vipers fursona.
Are explosions science?Unless Sega start experimenting with Spin Offs again, you're gonna be hard pressed to find a way of properly including all of these characters. Even the 2000's struggled with that and game development had bloated since then.
So the devs kind of have to make the tough decision on who gets focus; do you go with the tried and true characters like Sonic, Tails, Eggman, Knuckles, Amy, or Shadow or do you take a risk (and potentially lose money) use a more obscure character like Cream or Silver?
Its something you gotta always struggle with,.
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.

Sonic R? As in, the Saturn racing game?