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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#75051: Jul 21st 2023 at 9:53:19 AM

And he first beat Scratch and Grounder when he was 8.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#75052: Jul 21st 2023 at 10:10:30 AM

Seems I was wrong, Amy was actually 10 in her debut to Archie.

So she was the same age as Tails.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#75053: Jul 21st 2023 at 10:52:09 AM

Amy’s age and how people perceive is so weird because of how different the roles the franchise has given her have become.

Initially Amy was another cutesy character Sonic rescued who tried to tag along with him. While she did have a crush on Sonic, it was more of the precocious kind, so she coded younger. In the first Adventure, her arc was even fairly similar to Tails’.

Then around Heroes and Sonic X they really started pushing Amy as a Distaff Counterpart to Sonic. She was still quirky and childish, but she had her own team, and she as more domineering and confident. I could see Heroes-Unleashed Amy being younger than Sonic still, but definitely older than Tails’ age.

And now starting with stuff likes Forces and Boom Amy’s been straight up depicted not just as Sonic’s Distaff Counterpart, but as his equal with the same level of maturity and respect in the group, and on a personal level she’s unwaveringly treated as “Sonic’s old friend” vs “Sonic’s tagalong.” Some works even treat her as the Team Mom.

So it’s not surprising that we can look at her original official age and go “huhwha?”

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jul 21st 2023 at 10:52:35 AM

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#75054: Jul 21st 2023 at 10:59:05 AM

I always saw Classic Amy as around Tails age, but felt she was retconned into being older than Tails but younger than Sonic around Sonic Adventure.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#75055: Jul 21st 2023 at 11:20:33 AM

Amy was absolute treated like a tagalong up until like the late 2000's, to the point where Tails was more trusted than her in things like Sonic X. But naturally, it wasn't a good idea to have a character who your main characters were annoyed by, so Amy just transitioned to being a friend on equal footing as Tails and Knuckles after a while.

Her age is basically The Artifact. Her and Tails were the tagalong children, while Sonic and Knuckles (15 and 16) were the manly-men who got shit done.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#75056: Jul 21st 2023 at 6:55:01 PM

Sonic franchise??? Being consistent with ages??? Not canon.

No, but really, I'll never understand why Sega just won't give out the ages anymore. They're very clearly kids (well, except Rouge, Vector, and MAYBE Big). Especially Tails (my son), Cream (my daughter), and Charmy (my...nephew...lol).

Edited by Masterofchaos on Jul 21st 2023 at 9:55:13 AM

magnum12 Since: Aug, 2009
#75057: Jul 21st 2023 at 7:49:51 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Amy is Tempting Fate with this whole love that transcends time thing?

As in just asking to be opposed by a being dedicated to hate that transcends time.

Think something like Odio.

cue Fugue for the Lord of Dark.

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#75058: Jul 21st 2023 at 8:48:37 PM

I mean, there's really nothing separating the adults from the kids in Sonic when children can own property shaped like their head.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#75059: Jul 21st 2023 at 9:41:00 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen. Shadow will now tell us why he gets to hold two Chaos Emeralds.

And the answer is, because he does whatever the !@#$% he wants.[lol]

And he has no mom.

One Strip! One Strip!
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#75060: Jul 21st 2023 at 10:49:46 PM

"No, you're thinking about two knives."

"I gotta tell ya, this is pretty terrific!"

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Jul 21st 2023 at 12:50:48 PM

SoaringStarman Since: Jul, 2023
#75061: Jul 22nd 2023 at 10:07:52 AM

So how was Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog in terms of enjoyability as a game?

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#75062: Jul 22nd 2023 at 10:37:13 AM

It's a visual novel, so...it's as enjoyable as the person likes the actual writing and solving a pretty easy mystery.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#75063: Jul 22nd 2023 at 10:44:07 AM

The autorunner segments were also fun, and I'd actually like to be able to replay those without doing the whole game again. If I'd noticed where the save feature was ahead of time, I'd have saved before some of them.

Masterofchaos Since: Dec, 2010
#75064: Jul 22nd 2023 at 12:19:46 PM

The game got Shadow's character right and for that alone it deserves game of the year.

No.

Game of the decade.

Tomodachi Now a lurker. See you at the forums. Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#75065: Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:05:57 PM

There has been some debate about that.

Shadow felt too social. Comparison sake, you don't ever expect Kaiba and Tea to hang out. Same deal with Shadow, you don't expect him to be social with the gang unless they are in his way.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#75066: Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:07:54 PM

[up]I mean, Rouge was there.

Maybe she encouraged him?

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#75067: Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:14:59 PM

It took the world ending for him to go to Sonic's birthday party, so clearly he just likes Amy more.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#75068: Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:16:20 PM

The world wasn't ending in that one Archie comics issue...

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ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#75069: Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:34:20 PM

It's hardly surprising for him to like Amy more. She's much less likely to challenge him to a race, for funsies.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#75070: Jul 22nd 2023 at 2:19:57 PM

She's literally the only one who has reached out and appealed to his emotions despite his rough exterior.

It's weirder that they haven't had more interactions, Amy's the one person who Shadow wouldn't just casually brush off.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#75071: Jul 22nd 2023 at 2:53:32 PM

Casually...

So, he probably would accept her challenge to race.

And he won't go easy on her to please the crowd.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#75072: Jul 22nd 2023 at 4:12:56 PM

Comparison sake, you don't ever expect Kaiba and Tea to hang out.

I wouldn't see Kaiba doing that, but even at his worst Shadow is nowhere near as bad as Kaiba.

That said, Murder! Shadow probably was inspired a bit by his Twitter incarnation, who is fairly social if grumpy.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jul 22nd 2023 at 4:17:40 AM

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#75073: Jul 22nd 2023 at 4:52:33 PM

Hard to use a character who actively doesn't like to socialize.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
neoamon Mr from Planet Mobius S.T.C. (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Mr
#75074: Jul 22nd 2023 at 5:14:22 PM

The only people that Shadow likes to socialise with are Rouge, Omega, Maria and Gerald.

Edited by neoamon on Jul 22nd 2023 at 1:14:50 PM

"May your heart be your guiding key"
Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
Main Character
#75075: Jul 22nd 2023 at 6:11:12 PM

Sega voice: Who?


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