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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#76801: Jan 11th 2024 at 8:50:27 PM

A year or two ago, I was going through Soul Calibur 6's online shared character creations, and I found a character that I really wasn't expecting to see. https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20240111192133_1.jpg

There's also Eggman up there currently, but I didn't have a screenshot ready. Maybe I'll share a screenshot tomorrow.

Oh, there was also one of my favorite characters: https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20230117224528_1.jpg

diddyknux Straw Hat Robin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Straw Hat Robin
#76802: Jan 11th 2024 at 9:01:20 PM

Soul Calibur's character creator is so fucking cool.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#76803: Jan 11th 2024 at 9:23:32 PM

I am one of the many people who owns Soul Calibur for the character creator, and only occasionally plays that fighting game that came with it.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#76804: Jan 12th 2024 at 5:03:27 AM

Can't believe Sonicman actually won. And even more remarkable, it was by a hair, like Mephiles was 44% and Sonicman at 47%! That's like a 3% difference! surprised

Sonicman! The hero we both need and deserve!

CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Starting to believe in himself
#76805: Jan 12th 2024 at 7:59:53 AM

I was only aware of tje poll on the last day, and there must jave been a big community push for the last few hours cause mephilis was winning wjen o voted. Also O voted Mephilis, but im not mad. Sometimes its fun for memes to win.

Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#76806: Jan 12th 2024 at 8:14:29 AM

Meh.

Meme character wins for le irony is nothing to note these days.

I only hope SEGA doesn't think any of it is legitimate support, though they're obviously bound by the poll.

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#76807: Jan 12th 2024 at 8:48:05 AM

I mean, these whole polls are basically whichever interactions people think would be most amusing.

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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#76808: Jan 12th 2024 at 8:51:28 AM

[up]The problem is that we're talking about SEGA, who almost never manages to learn the right lessons when it comes to Sonic.

Them believing Sonicman is suddenly barely more popular than Mephiles for real is a plausible scenario.

Edited by Grounder on Jan 12th 2024 at 8:52:03 AM

LoneCourier0 The Wandering Geek from A Diverse Land (Unitroper) Relationship Status: How YOU doin'?
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#76809: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:04:55 AM

I think you're putting too much stock in a fan poll.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#76810: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:07:10 AM

Sonic man won a poll? Yay! So, what does he get for winning?

So, what's with the ending for Sonic Prime... "Hey guys, we won and now everything is great! Oh, no! What's tha-" END!

Edited by WillKeaton on Jan 12th 2024 at 10:14:59 AM

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#76811: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:19:34 AM

He wins a picture with Silver.

It's time for the rematch of Silver and Sonicman racing through Soleanna again!

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#76812: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:20:02 AM

[up][up]It's probably just Eggman never letting the heroes take a break.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Jan 12th 2024 at 12:20:08 PM

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#76813: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:40:13 AM

Meme character winning is one thing, but I'd be surprised if the meh reaction to Mephiles in general didn't contribute to it. Otherwise, Mephiles probably would've just definitively pulled ahead regardless. It's how these polls usually go.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jan 12th 2024 at 9:49:31 AM

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#76814: Jan 12th 2024 at 9:46:08 AM

I agree. In a competition between Seriously 06 and Memetic 06, Memetic 06 eked out a win.

That is, more than anything, a statement on the reception of 06.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jan 12th 2024 at 9:46:15 AM

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#76815: Jan 12th 2024 at 10:03:18 AM

On the optimistic end, you could say this is evidence that people do largely enjoy some elements of '06 even if the whole experience left a lot to be desired.

diddyknux Straw Hat Robin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Straw Hat Robin
#76816: Jan 12th 2024 at 10:45:01 AM

The fact that Sega put Sonicman in the poll at all makes it pretty clear what kind of poll this is and how seriously you're supposed to take it.

mstorzil Crimson Helios Since: Nov, 2019
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#76817: Jan 12th 2024 at 11:05:02 AM

Maybe I'm still bitter over that pathetic death scene, but I genuinely do actually find myself gravitated more towards Sonic Man.

No rain could douse the flames that burn within me!
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#76818: Jan 12th 2024 at 11:38:54 AM

I'm still working my way through watching Sonic Prime, and also reading the translated isekais.

For the isekais, I'm curious what stories they'd have gone with if other poll options happened. As for Sonic Prime, I wasn't expecting a Sonic Advance 3 reference, of all games.

CountofBleck Starting to believe in himself from New Wirral (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#76819: Jan 12th 2024 at 11:52:39 AM

Lets not forget that (apparently) the poll between mephilis and sonicman were neck and neck pretty much the entire time, which also speaks to how much people want to see Mephilis again. Werr it not for dedicated campaign pushes from several notable twitter users, i think mephilis could have eeked out on top. I do hope mephilis gets a spotlight in some form eventually...

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#76820: Jan 12th 2024 at 1:40:18 PM

Finished Prime.

For people who care so much about where it fits in the game or comics continuity, ...why? Why can't it just be its own thing unless referenced by something else in canon? Which is pretty much the way things always have been?

As for the ending, it's just standard And the Adventure Continues. Leaving the room open for further seasons. Which is good for me, since I could go for more of the show and its worlds. They've left the door open for the various Eggmen of the Council to try their hand at invading the various universes, in addition to our regular one. Shadow and presumably Sonic can go between worlds, too.

Also, combining those two points, if a member of the council shows up somewhere outside of Prime and isn't immediately recognized, that would be something.

As for the isekais:

  • So... does Soleanna still exist in the regular canon world? As a place they could go to at any time?
  • The Vector one is my favorite so far.
  • Seems like it has a similar premise to Prime's original destabilizing world rewrite?
  • I'd like it if in future games, Orbot and Cubot could become a spear or counter-shield armament for whatever robot they sync with.
  • I did like the "Battle Blossoms" story she had with Omega, though. That might actually make for a fun minigame. EA's the studio that owns Plants vs Zombies, though, so SEGA might need to design a game a bit differently.
  • Tails' easily shaken confidence and the references to his skirt are getting kinda grating.
  • I wonder what a Rouge and Knuckles story would've been. But having it be Sonic, who didn't have a story yet, fit better.

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Jan 12th 2024 at 4:43:22 AM

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#76821: Jan 12th 2024 at 1:47:06 PM

It doesn't really matter.

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Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#76822: Jan 12th 2024 at 2:53:41 PM

[up][up]It's mostly because Sonic is no exception to the trend of everything having to be part of a connected universe.

Before the show came out, there were people on this thread swearing that Prime was gonna be the Sonic version of Flashpoint.

Negaman Since: Aug, 2017
#76823: Jan 12th 2024 at 3:03:39 PM

[up][up]

Yes, Soleanna does exist in the regular world. IDW even referenced it during the Misadventures Arc.

Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#76824: Jan 12th 2024 at 4:50:32 PM

[up][up]Yes, it did waste its premise.

A Sonic Flashpoint would have been much more interesting than what we got.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#76825: Jan 12th 2024 at 4:57:43 PM

[up] didn't the Super Genesis Wave already fill that niche?tongue


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