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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#74451: Jun 23rd 2023 at 8:55:54 AM

[up]The one of the multiple Eggmen, Nine, and Rusty Rose is clearly the one with the most thought actually put into it, and it isn't even remotely close.

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
The Wandering Geek
#74452: Jun 23rd 2023 at 8:56:51 AM

I think waiting to see how the rest of the series goes would work better instead of assuming the worst just for something subjective.

"Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try."
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#74453: Jun 23rd 2023 at 8:57:06 AM

[up][up]I won’t argue that, but focusing only on that would be a different show altogether.

Especially since even though the other shatterspaces are less developed, they are still cool.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Jun 23rd 2023 at 11:57:39 AM

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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#74454: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:12:55 AM

[up]I dunno, it seems like something that would have been caught partway through pre-production to me, maybe as early as a month in.

neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Mr
#74455: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:15:29 AM

Are all the Sonic Superstars characters going to get lego skins? If so does this mean Nack and Trip will get lego minifigures.

"May your heart be your guiding key"
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#74456: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:19:27 AM

Hey! They referenced the Egg Heart. That's actually one of my favorite final bosses from the 2D games.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#74457: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:33:23 AM

They officially acknowledged Fang as a Jerboa too.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
mstorzil Crimson Helios Since: Nov, 2019
Crimson Helios
#74458: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:40:32 AM

I know I normally don't really care about the Spin Dash, but with how nerfed the boost feels in the Cyber Space levels maybe I'll actually use it. I'll certainly use it more than I ever used the Drop Dash in Mania, Forces, and this game. I don't recall ever using the Drop Dash in Mania unless it was by complete accident (Although to be fair I don't remember much of my Mania playthroughs), I only remember using it at the end of that one level in Forces because you're required to use it, and in Frontiers I tried playing around with it in the open zone, only to be severely underwhelmed, and trying to use it in the Cyber Space levels is about as effective as Shadow's Chaos Blast from 06. In other words, worthless.

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taotruths Live Jet Reaction (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Live Jet Reaction
#74459: Jun 23rd 2023 at 9:42:27 AM

Indeed, Fang the Jerboa, although he's now been rebranded as Fang the Hunter. The english website hangs a lampshade on his many names.

Also, Trip is confirmed to be a girl according to the website.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#74460: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:07:22 AM

Spin dash looks like it's the way boost used to be, whereas regular boost in Frontiers no longer does damage to enemies.

Which is basically how I always thought they should do spin dash in the Modern games: more or less a reskin of the pre-Frontiers version of boost - go fast & do damage at once. Though they seem to have used the usual spin-dash rev-up to rebalance it a bit.

neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Mr
#74461: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:30:48 AM

Nack the Weasel will be a canon name that Fang has used as an alias, just like 'The Sniper' will be another alias for Fang The Hunter.

"May your heart be your guiding key"
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#74462: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:36:25 AM

Gamestop has Superstars listed for October 17th.... which means it's in the same week as Super Mario Wonder and Spider Man 2 lmao.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#74463: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:39:30 AM

Huh. Come to think, him being a Jerboa is from Archie, right? The Archie comics reinvented him as Crocodile Dundee and added a bunch of Australian aspects to him, iirc.

Is this the first time the games have adapted something from Archie, specifically? There's mentions of IDW stuff in Frontiers (if only just mentions), and Mean Bean Machine is basically an AOSTH tie-in iirc, but this is the first Canon Immigrant moment I can think of that Archie got.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:41:24 AM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#74464: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:42:42 AM

[up]I mean, modern Mighty is arguably a canon immigrant.

Edited by kkhohoho on Jun 23rd 2023 at 12:44:49 PM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#74465: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:43:22 AM

Mighty has a modern personality?

You mean in the Mania Adventures shorts? I don't know enough about Archie Mighty to know a lot about what they might have taken from Archie in those.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:44:00 AM

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#74466: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:46:20 AM

[up][up][up] Nope. Fang/Nack was apparently created as a jerboa, according to his original character designer, Shinichi Higashi (a.k.a. TOUMA) on Twitter here. It was Western localization (which Archie followed the lead on) that apparently made him into a weasel.

Edited by TrashJack on Jun 23rd 2023 at 1:48:08 PM

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kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#74467: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:49:49 AM

[up][up]Before Archie, Mighty was angry. We didn't get much, but what we did was a very pissed off dude. He wasn't even strong. He was supposed to be, but we never saw him use that strength. Fleetway made him a powerhouse, but as a character, they stuck to what was presented.

It was Archie that made him a Nice Guy. Flynn made his anger issues more apparent, but that original portrayal stuck and Mania took most of it's cues from Archie's take on the character.

Edited by kkhohoho on Jun 23rd 2023 at 12:52:29 PM

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#74468: Jun 23rd 2023 at 10:55:40 AM

The western localization also got Bean's animal wrong. He is a Woodpecker, but a lot of stuff called him a duck.

neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Mr
#74469: Jun 23rd 2023 at 11:13:57 AM

Of the six Chaotix members in Fleetway the only two who weren't jerks was Charmy Bee and the Omni Viewer. Vector, Mighty, Espio and Nack were jerks.

Nack sold out the rest of his team for money.

Edited by neoamon on Jun 23rd 2023 at 7:16:24 PM

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KuroBaraHime ☆♥☆ Since: Jan, 2011
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#74470: Jun 23rd 2023 at 11:41:03 AM

[up][up][up]Mighty being a nice guy was always canon. The first official description directly from Sonic Team of his personality was the Japanese Chaotix manual which says he's "A traveler who finds worth in life by traveling to various places. When faced with a difficult situation, he shows great ability, but he doesn't like being rough and is a calm person."

Edited by KuroBaraHime on Jun 23rd 2023 at 2:42:17 PM

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#74471: Jun 23rd 2023 at 11:52:07 AM

Speaking of Fang/Nack the Sniper/Weasel/Jerboa/half-wolf half-weasel, the 8-bit game Triple Trouble, his first appearance, recently got a fan-made 16-bit remake.

Edited by WillKeaton on Jun 23rd 2023 at 1:02:45 PM

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#74472: Jun 23rd 2023 at 11:59:30 AM

[up][up]Yeah, but the games themselves didn't present him that way.

He always seemed grumpy.

Edited by kkhohoho on Jun 23rd 2023 at 2:00:42 PM

Psi001 Since: Oct, 2010
#74473: Jun 23rd 2023 at 12:20:10 PM

@Joshbones I mean in perfect fairness he was a Mythology Gag to Dynamite Dux so that mistake could be forgiven.

123tbones Since: Aug, 2015
#74474: Jun 23rd 2023 at 1:57:55 PM

If it’s coming in October 17th, then yeah definitely gonna be a big week. Not just with Super Mario Bros Wonder but at also Spider-Man 2.

Edit: Also Alan Wake II, lol.

Edited by 123tbones on Jun 23rd 2023 at 2:01:33 AM

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#74475: Jun 23rd 2023 at 2:13:46 PM

Trip being a girl definitely makes me think there's more to her and that her helmet is going to come off; why bother gendering her otherwise?


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