I mean, yeah. It's an adaptation. But being based solidly on a works canon and actually being canon to that work are very different things.
Again, that's what happened with Prime. The writers of Prime said the show takes place within the games canon, but the people who make Prime doesn't really have a say in that sort of thing (and in context, it reads more like them saying it actually uses the games canon as a basis anyway).
That said, actually looking it up, it does appear that the comment actually came from someone from Sega of America this time, rather than someone from IDW.
I thought that it was obvious that the IDW series is canon to the games, especially since it takes place after Sonic Forces and SEGA is more hands on with the IDW comics.
I love animation, TV, movies, YOU NAME IT!Up until Frontiers, that's always been one sided, though. Even now, nothing that's ever happened in the comics has featured or been relevant to the games at all.
So before now it's never come off as canon to the games. Just that it's an adaptations that takes place in the game's universe. Like Agents of SHIELD, basically. Or - another good example - the MTV Spider-Man cartoon using the movies' continuity.
Hopefully with the recent comment, and with the vague mentions of comics characters we got in Frontiers, that might change in the future.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 30th 2023 at 3:26:30 AM
I called it vague because it's a single offhand reference without any context or explanation that you have to stand in a very specific unspecified spot to access. Most gamers wouldn't ever access it, and wouldn't have any idea what he's talking about if they did.
It's a vague Easter Egg, but it's not as substantial as - say - actually getting any context for who Tangle is. It's basically a safe reference that Sonic Team could throw in without needing to take any more effort on it.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 30th 2023 at 3:29:14 AM
I don't know why anyone would want the games/IDW relationship to go both ways. Unless they straight up adapt the metal virus or something into a games story, it wouldn't mean anything.
And in general, needing external media to understand a story is a bad thing. Remember when in order to understand a plot point in the latest star wars movie, they forced you to play Fortnite?
I'll be a bit more invested in the idea of the IDW comics being canon to the game series if that concept means more than a few name drops in the mainline releases and comic figures popping up in the mobile titles.
As is, its like Metal Gear Portable Ops to the rest of the Metal Gear Solid timeline; technically something that happened but seemingly not very important.
Hey kkhohoho, your argument of "Eggman is portrayed different, therefore it's not canon" is not valid when half the cast's characterization isn't consistent between games.
Or are we going to pretend the overly serious Eggman from 06, the clown from Riders, or the somewhat serious threat (but not really) in Forces have the same characterization?
And this isn't really talking about Tails and Knuckles, or Amy.
Again, it's not that serious - this series isn't that serious about it. And I sincerely doubt anything from IDW (plot points) will be seen in the games the same way we barely see any plot point from the games in other games. Hell, every plot point the games leave hanging (Shadow and Omega carrying Metal, Blaze being sealed in another dimension, etc) end up being aborted.
Edited by Tomodachi on Jun 30th 2023 at 6:49:32 AM
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.Depending on the discussion, I have no reason to use the word "canon" off of this website.
The word is so misused that I legitimately dislike seeing it pop up so much.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I guess the real issue here is if the IDW comics are canon to the games, then when did the events in the IDW comics happened in the game canon? Like, we know so far that the IDW comics took place after Sonic Forces, but after that, where do the other stories fall in? Like do they take place before Sonic Frontiers or after Sonic Frontiers? I think those are the type of questions that the fandom is asking right now.
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Literally between Forces and Frontiers.
The comic have not caught up to the game timeline until the moment they introduce Sage to the cast. It's not that complicated.
It's not like the games make direct callbacks to their predecesor plots either. All we know of the game timeline is that Forces happens, an undertermined amout of time later Frontiers happens, and then another undetermined amount of time later Murder happens.
Edited by MrSeyker on Jul 1st 2023 at 12:32:27 PM
Considering that Archie spent like two years adapting Unleashed and then the comic ended, I doubt they'll do any direct game adaptations anymore. Maybe they'll do what they did for SA 2 where they showed you a few pages of the games plot and then told you to play it yourself.
To be fair with the Sonic Unleashed adaptation, SEGA's relationship with Archie was going downhill, so they probably wanted to pull the rug out from Archie as quick as possible due to the lawsuit, which led to the comic being cancelled prematurely. I don't know if SEGA wants to do more game adaptations for the IDW comics at this point.
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There's not exactly a point in saying the former because the IDW series picks up from where Forces left off.
I figure most people would be aware of that by now.
Edited by randomness4 on Jun 30th 2023 at 6:14:21 AM
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