I believe that he tried to work with the mandates Sega gave him (and he did say he had mandates), but was still denied letting Shadow take off his bracelets in the Metal Virus Saga (which was supposed to be an attempt by the latter to burn off the virus, but it would fail).
He ended up going with what we got, which was apparently the best idea he could come up with since he couldn't go with the logical thing. I think Sega did want him to get infected due to arrogance, and Flynn roled with it as best he could.
One Strip! One Strip!Its still a complete mess of a plot point any way you try to put it. Hopefully by now people have realized that while maybe inspiration by Vegeta could be a jumping on point for something more original, trying to make Shadow nothing BUT Vegeta is a square peg in a round hole at best, square peg in triangle hole at worst.
Are explosions science?Yeah, I’ve generally felt that Sonic doesn’t really have The Rival as a character type in his cast. Both Knuckles and Shadow kinda play at it sometimes, but both have their own things going on and neither are genuinely interested in surpassing, defeating or one-upping Sonic in general.
They’ll fight or get into contention when the plot makes them, but not really overall. Shadow, especially, is more like the Batman to his Superman, another hero with an ideology that bristles against his, but who can be counted on to help.
There’s Surge, I guess, but the whole “is a victim forced to hate Sonic” thing muddled that a bit. And Metal, but he’s barely ever allowed to be important any more.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Aug 26th 2024 at 12:31:33 PM
Metal Sonic was the rival, until Knuckles came into the picture, and then he was the rival, until Shadow came into the picture. Shadow was the rival, but his mantle was very briefly taken by Silver. Now that Metal Sonic is underused, and Knuckles, Shadow and Silver have developed past being rivals (though it's been a bumpy road), Sonic doesn't really have a consistent rival.
Sonic Movie 3 trailer drops tomorrow.
It’s happening for real!
Edited by taotruths on Aug 26th 2024 at 4:36:53 AM
This is why the Sonic Crew don't hang out together (or form a study group).
Fan animation with dub of a scene from Community.
One Strip! One Strip!I hope we get one "woah…" Reeves styles.
And speaking of metal virus I can’t help but remember Shadowbot chasing a van which looks funny XD it’s what the Bringing Running Shoes to a Car Chase Scene looks from an outside perspective.
Also on the rival part the only consistent is Metal Sonic since IDW kick started with him trying to find his father and conquer the world while he wasn’t anywhere.
Second to Knuckles who always show fighting Sonic in some media Sonic X they fought two times both fooled by Robotnik.
Surge besides the conflict in recent issues fans tend to ship her with Sonic in a tsundere-manner
Shadow at this point is his own thing, he was just rival for SA2
He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.Speaking of Metal Sonic, here's footage of him as Metal Overlord in Sonic x Shadow Generations!
Yes, that's "What I'm Made Of" playing in the background and yes, Metal Overlord really does say new stuff!
"NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME! NOT YOU! NOT SONIC! NOT ANYONE!"
Anyone got chills from that?
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Aug 27th 2024 at 5:40:23 AM
So that’s why I been seeing lots of covers of "What I'm Made Of" being posted around
He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.No lie, every preview I've seen so far has made me extremely hyped!
"That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another."Mirror Mode in Sonic Origins; I think most of Sonic 1's design is a bit too simplistic to be as fully chaotic as it code be. (Except for the Special Stages). But that also might just be because I've got less memory for Sonic 1 then the others. I'll bet Sonic CD can get crazy, especially trying to time travel with it.
Also, Hyper Amy. Fun! (I know the text said "Super Amy", but she has the same after images as Hyper Sonic and Knuckles, and gets a special attack. She's Hyper Amy).
I know that Sega is likely using What I’m Made of as a placeholder but I hope to god the remix bangs.
And Metal Overlord looks like an incredibly fun Tennis Boss.
Sonic Stadium also had a hands on preview
of Kingdom Valley and Metal Overlord too.
Edited by taotruths on Aug 27th 2024 at 5:41:56 AM

I found Keanu Reeves on ActorIllusion, he said guns lots of guns, wanna bet how much Shadow will say this when surrounded by GUN soldiers?
Edited by RandalDrake on Aug 27th 2024 at 1:46:12 AM
He who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.