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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#72976: Apr 14th 2023 at 1:43:39 PM

I imagine Infinite will appear in the IDW comics at somepoint given the need for recurring villains.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#72977: Apr 14th 2023 at 2:39:05 PM

I'd be surprised if Ian Flynn didn't continue to introduce new antagonists in his stories for the games, too.

At the very least, I'm expecting an animal-person villain.

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#72978: Apr 14th 2023 at 3:46:46 PM

That's actually why I'm surprised by the direction he took Starline's story.

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#72979: Apr 14th 2023 at 3:59:50 PM

Dr. Nega(tive): At large in Blaze's dimension
The last time we canonically saw Eggman Nega was in Rivals 2 where Silver and Espio left him for dead as the portal out of the hell dimension closed up, so I'm not sure if that's true.

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#72980: Apr 14th 2023 at 4:10:23 PM

Ah, thanks.

Although how sure are we about the canonicity and placement of that game? It came out like 2 months after Rush Adventure, and didn't release in Japan. Did other games confirm its events?

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#72981: Apr 14th 2023 at 4:18:32 PM

The first Rivals at least is definitely canon because it's the first time chronologically that Sonic and others met Silver, due to 06 getting cosmically retconned. And while the games weren't released in Japan, they were directed and written by Takashi Iizuka (there's also lines that sound translated to me, which would mean there were Japanese scripts lying around and it's weirder that the games weren't released in Japan). I believe there's also been comments from Iizuka in interviews saying that Rivals' backstory for Eggman Nega (that he's Eggman's descendant from the future) is the canon backstory for him over the implication in Rush that he's an alternate universe Eggman.

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#72982: Apr 14th 2023 at 4:22:57 PM

I'm not contesting the first Rivals, just asking about Rivals 2.

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#72983: Apr 14th 2023 at 4:28:25 PM

I don't know why there would be doubt that Rivals 2 is canon if there's no doubt Rivals 1 is. It's not like there's specific evidence against Rival 2 being canon.

The question on timeline placement has a point, but there's still nothing to suggest that it the games around it don't just happen in release order (like there is with something like Battle).

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#72984: Apr 14th 2023 at 4:37:14 PM

I'm actually surprised that Starline got killed off so soon into the comics. I thought that Starline would have lasted longer in the comics to become a recurring villain. But, I guess that's what makes him stand out from other villains as he was one of the rare villains who got killed off so soon after his introductory arc.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#72985: Apr 14th 2023 at 5:49:19 PM

He was in the comic for about 4 years and almost 50 issues counting miniseries, which is a pretty long time for a villain that gets killed.

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#72986: Apr 14th 2023 at 5:52:55 PM

Starline predecessors Doctor Zachary, Doctor Finitevus and Ix all managed to avoid getting killed off for real.

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#72987: Apr 14th 2023 at 5:55:41 PM

It's about as long as the OG Julian Robotnik survived in Archie.

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#72988: Apr 14th 2023 at 5:57:11 PM

This is still a comic book though and Flynn even confirmed they'll bring Starline back if there's enough demand. There's a reason his death was written as ambiguously as possible

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#72989: Apr 14th 2023 at 6:19:37 PM

You would think mr "I plan better than Eggman" would have implanted himself with the Metal Virus like he did with Surge and Kit.

He is only proving he can't.

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#72990: Apr 14th 2023 at 6:24:02 PM

I'm surprised that Starline didn't inject himself with the Metal Virus. That would have been a pretty interesting narrative if they explored that.

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#72991: Apr 14th 2023 at 6:29:07 PM

Why would he do that?

[up][up]I assume you mean to say Rough and Tumble, not Surge and Kit since those characters didn't exist yet.

Edited by randomness4 on Apr 14th 2023 at 9:30:00 AM

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#72992: Apr 14th 2023 at 6:57:33 PM

No. Surge and Kit were created with some Metal Virus by Starline. That's what led to their immortality and why they have revived after multiple trainings.

It is odd he didn't use the Metal Virus sample on himself to obtain some inmortality.

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#72993: Apr 14th 2023 at 7:26:57 PM

I'd assume that might be because A. it isn't true immortality (the victims melted away by the time Silver was born), B. Starline prolly thinks there are still side effects that he'd rather avoid and/or C. He did and that will be why he would come back if a future writer is so inclined.

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#72994: Apr 14th 2023 at 8:12:51 PM

Starline's whole thing is Be Eggman, but better, so him taking an old idea, workshopping it, and trying to improve it isn't so nuts.

He even suggested picking up where Metal Sonic left off after Eggman was restored, because he saw the value in the plan, but Eggman decide to avoid recycling an old scheme and move onto something new.

That something new was, unfortunately, the Metal Virus.

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#72995: Apr 14th 2023 at 11:22:16 PM

I just realized something funny.

Roger Craig Smith has voiced both Sonic and Chris Redfield. And the IDW comics had an arc that's basically a Resident Evil-style zombie virus outbreak.

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#72996: Apr 15th 2023 at 1:42:15 AM

Really? I never knew that!

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#72997: Apr 15th 2023 at 6:31:06 AM

Move over, Wesker. There's a faster guy in this zombie outbreak!

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#72998: Apr 15th 2023 at 6:41:13 AM

So, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m playing SHADOW as a comfort game.

I kinda need something to laugh at to take the edge off of RWBY Volume 9.

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#73000: Apr 15th 2023 at 7:21:09 AM

That must've been a really dark thing if Shadow is being used as comfort fuel.

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