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TheDarkMantis Shadow Bug from Ocean of Storms Since: Nov, 2017 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
Shadow Bug
#78576: Jun 18th 2024 at 9:34:54 AM

[up][up] Funnily enough, some games actually do have that as an actual problem that makes them unplayable. I think it's primarily with DOS games that base their speed on the computer's CPU or something. In this day and age of extremely powerful CP Us, this has resulted in those games moving so blazingly fast it's impossible to play them unless you use some other program or something to force them to slow down.

Edit: Page topper! Responding to someone cracking a joke about how Sonic is too fast for somebody's computer.

Edited by TheDarkMantis on Jun 18th 2024 at 4:35:23 PM

"That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another."
MightyKombat I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a from in mai mouffff (Ten years in the joint)
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a
#78577: Jun 18th 2024 at 10:30:46 AM

Actually I remember Sonic 3's PC version had that same bug unless you either fiddled with an ini file, got a patch or played in fullscreen.

Also Sid-Starkiller mentioned Burning Blaze might be coming to Sonic Dash. And got ignored. What is this, Burning Blaze's first ingame appearance in who knows how long?

Are explosions science?
Sid-Starkiller Since: Jan, 2021
#78578: Jun 18th 2024 at 10:33:37 AM

To be fair, I dunno if anyone here plays Dash, I just got an email from Sega and wanted to spread the word.

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#78579: Jun 18th 2024 at 11:03:18 AM

Speaking of '06 I found an interesting entry on Green Is Blue.

"The conflation of blue and green in Japanese causes one line to come across very strangely in the English dub of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). The word for blue/green in Japanese has connotations similar to the words "green" or "greenhorn" in English: someone who is a bit naïve and new to their position. When Mephiles describes the Iblis Trigger as a "blue hedgehog," Blaze's response is to look at Silver and mumble "blue hedgehog...?" The game isn't necessarily implying she knows Sonic: in Japanese, she interprets Mephiles' mention of a "blue hedgehog" as a "green hedgehog" instead, so she turns to Silver, a naïve (i.e. "green") hedgehog. The blue/green distinction in English makes this line fairly untranslatable in the context of the Sonic series (English speakers don't see Sonic as green, they see him as blue, so the wordplay doesn't work) without a lot more work that the game absolutely did not have time for."

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BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#78580: Jun 18th 2024 at 11:17:05 AM

That has got to be the most untranslatable thing in the world!

MightyKombat I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a from in mai mouffff (Ten years in the joint)
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a
#78581: Jun 18th 2024 at 11:23:37 AM

So she doesn't try to help then? She just goes something like "Naive?" at Silver and doesn't elaborate?

Are explosions science?
taotruths Live Jet Reaction (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
Live Jet Reaction
#78582: Jun 18th 2024 at 12:11:25 PM

[up][up][up]Oh my freaking god.

chino514 (Apprentice)
#78583: Jun 18th 2024 at 3:08:16 PM

I know Burning Blaze is available in Speed Battle as a Challenger-type runner.

Luisdalas Since: Sep, 2023
#78584: Jun 20th 2024 at 12:13:23 PM

A doubt

In "Sonic Prime" (animated series), Sonic and Amy can be considered as an example of "Like brother and sister", or they don't go that far either?

Sid-Starkiller Since: Jan, 2021
#78585: Jun 20th 2024 at 1:07:00 PM

Not really. That strikes me as shippers trying to crap on a ship they don't like by pretending it's incestuous. I never got any impression other than "good friends" from Prime.

Luisdalas Since: Sep, 2023
#78586: Jun 20th 2024 at 2:08:57 PM

To be fair "like brother and sister" is supposed to be for very close male-female friendships.

Whether some bad-intentioned shippers use it to hate straight ship is another matter.(But it's funny how many people use incest as an argument.)

Edited by Luisdalas on Jun 20th 2024 at 2:13:10 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#78587: Jun 20th 2024 at 2:47:14 PM

Sonic and Amy aren’t anything in Prime. Neither shipped together, or like brother or sister.

Doing anything about how close or not they are romantically, beyond the fact that whatever they are is extremely close, wasn’t really a priority for that show.

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#78588: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:20:53 AM

Sonic Prime really only focuses on Sonic's relationships with Tails and Shadow. Everybody else is just part of the group, and also Big is there.

king15 Have Faun Since: Mar, 2024
Have Faun
#78589: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:28:02 AM

Amy gets a pretty big focus in the jungle episode (with the tree flashback).

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#78590: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:37:55 AM

Yeah, it's not that Amy doesn't get focus, it's that the show is more focused on the qualities Amy has that Sonic prizes as his friend (same as the other two) rather than their romantic or not status.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#78591: Jun 21st 2024 at 7:56:49 AM

Yeah, Amy honestly makes out like a bandit in Prime. Tails gets one variant who's the biggest deal out of any one variant. Knuckles gets one variant who's an in-your-face scenery-chewer and gets a lot of focus. Rouge is also present. But Amy gets three variants who are ALL bangers. She's present in the show as a trifecta of awesome characters who get tons of great moments both individually and together.

However, the things that define the three Amies and make them so effective is that they're all fleshed out and developed as interesting characters outside of their relationship with Sonic. The show really goes all-in on examining Amy Rose as a unique character. Sonic's still there and he and Amy still have a friendship, but the stories of the three Amies aren't about him.

Nine, Dread, and the three Amies are the biggest reasons to watch Prime, hands-down.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 21st 2024 at 8:58:35 AM

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#78592: Jun 21st 2024 at 3:48:55 PM

Does it end conclusively enough as a standalone story?

king15 Have Faun Since: Mar, 2024
Have Faun
#78593: Jun 21st 2024 at 3:50:48 PM

Yes. Some people perceive the ending as open-ended, but to me, it's a clear case of (intentional) And the Adventure Continues. The main plotline, conflict and villains are all dealt with.

Edited by king15 on Jun 21st 2024 at 10:51:36 AM

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#78594: Jun 21st 2024 at 4:53:41 PM

And the Adventure Continues to me is usually the big villain being bested, Sonic and co racing to the camera and attacking it. Yeah there's a new threat but they've got it handled.

This seemed ominous. Sonic goes "aw you got to be kidding me" and we saw a blue shimmer, as if to say "this isn't over" and there's still some Paradox Prism shenaningans going on.

They could end on it this but some acknowledgement that this was Eggman again and not some unseen threat would've been nice.

Edited by FOFD on Jun 21st 2024 at 7:58:11 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#78595: Jun 21st 2024 at 4:58:14 PM

Its plot is completely concluded, but there’s a brief two second moment where something spooks the characters just before the episode ends.

So, it’s a full ending with a jump scare at the end. The End... Or Is It?. But you could also call it And the Adventure Continues I think, yeah.

king15 Have Faun Since: Mar, 2024
Have Faun
#78596: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:00:26 PM

This is actually the one benefit of it being part of the main canon: of course the adventure continues, we know Sonic will continue to fight Eggman with his friends after this. What matters is the main issues introduced in this work, chiefly Sonic being trapped in the alternate dimensions, Nine's betrayal and the machinations of the Egg Council have all been dealt with.

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#78597: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:07:48 PM

But that's what I mean - The End... Or Is It?.

If this was Eggman there was no need to do a massive blue shimmery event like what happened each time one of the worlds was being affected.

The main plot is over with implications of a sequel. It's unlikely that we're getting another Sonic Prime however. The animation in that series was likely very expensive.

diddyknux Straw Hat Robin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Straw Hat Robin
#78598: Jun 21st 2024 at 5:20:57 PM

Think we're about due to give an anime a try again?

Sid-Starkiller Since: Jan, 2021
FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#78600: Jun 21st 2024 at 6:25:17 PM

It depends. The weird secret agent butler dude, the obnoxious heavyset maid, and the introduction of a child companion to the cast weren't my preferred decisions.

If they'd do something in the vein of the Sonic CD opening - that art style, an adventure story rather than a sitcom, and iconic characters - I'd be all for it.


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