I don't get his popularity. His games are ok at best and he doesn't really have a personality other than eating chili dogs.IMO, he's done more harm than good.
He was in elden ring
Reminder that he is partly responsible for the monster that is Chris Chan.
outside of the sega genesis I think he's only had 1 or 2 good games. Sonic 1 2 and 3 are all fucking bangers, even spinball was fun.
Something about the autistic condition leads to enjoying this character and setting.
>>724298404Good design, associated with good music, SA1 scratches an itch
Sonic was never good. The fact that this franchise STILL exists despite all the multiple bad games he's had since then will forever baffle me. LET THIS FRANCHISE DIE ALREADY!
>>724300457You can’t get rid of autism I’m afraid.
>>724298404Because it's not Sonic the character who is popular.No one plays a Sonic game just because they want to play as a blue faggot hedgehog.His character works right as a slightly cool self insert for the player.The reason the GAMES are popular are because some of them had amazing music that really complemented their stages and therefore some of these games had amazing immersion.Here are some examples.Lava Reef Zone:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf1UXzrZPMMFinal Boss theme from Sonic & Knuckles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6XCaIy5lcOther reasons are the replayability of some games like Sonic Adventure 2 with its high skill ceiling, and Sonic Adventure 2 got really popular because it came out around the time when Sonic fans were edgy teenagers and they introduced the perfect edgy Shadow character with an edgy storyline.
>>724300556Tell that to RFK
>>724298404>mouse + cheese>rabbit + carrots>hedgehog... chili dogs?...what's the logic?
>>724298404Have you really never played Generations or 3&K or Robo Blast 2? Also, aside from the boner he has for freedom, he's shoen Bugs Bunny. Also, Eggman is a great character who's a goofy idiot and cool evil scientist at the same time.>>724301302The same one for turtles loving pizza.
>>724301729>The same one for turtles loving pizza.You're not wrong, but the TMNT grew up in NYC with pizza joints everywhere. Sonic would have to run or fly from his home to the nearest city to grab a chili dog. It just feels needlessly convoluted.
>>724302232the chili dog thing was never even in the games though.It was just a silly 90s cartoon thing the Americans wanted to throw in.
>>724302232Some localizing suit just thought it was what cool dudes ate and later on Sega o Japan rolled with it.
>>724301302I CLAPPED WHEN YOU REFERENCED THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC REVIEW FROM TWENTY YEARS AGO
>>724301009>Sonic game>immersionFucking kek
>>724302302>>724302398Was it an elaborate fart joke? That's the only link I can draw between chili dogs and speed. Maybe chili peppers = spicy. I know I'm overthinking it but I do wonder what inspired the decision>>724302483I actually didn't know NC referenced that, kek. I just wanted to understand why
>>724298441Is this true?
>>724298404His first party games were good for the time. He only spiraled into mediocrity after the dreamcast.
>>724298610Why does nobody ever say this about Pokemon?
>>724302712He says that exact statement pretty much verbatim.>Jerry with cheese, Bugs Bunny with carrots, Winnie-the-Pooh and honey. A blue hedgehog, and... chili dogs? What's the connection?
>>724301302>>724302232The chili dog thing is purely a western invention, in shows where they kept putting sonic in gloomy run down cities.
>>724302651>nigger thinks "immersion" means "lore"
>>724301729Eggman/Robotnik is the secret sauce of this franchise.
>>724298404i dont get it eithergames want u to go fast, but they put all kinds of traps on ur way to slow u downand shitty collectibles to pick upso u just play slow like mario anyway
>>724302937niggers literally can't be immersed from listening to music, which is why they all opt for """music""" that's just a bunch of words spoken as if having a conversation with the shittiest, least artistic sounding, basic-bitch beat in the background.They have no soul.
>>724302901>>724302398Makes sense, so it's a cultural urban thing. Sounds like in another world we'd have Sonic eating hamburgers if they wanted to drive the point home. It does feel natural in games like Adventure where he hangs out in cities a lot, which is why I never really questioned it then.
>>724303049Because then you play it again to get a chaos emerald or a better rank and you know how to play faster. And then you play it a third time because you noticed an alternate path and that cuts down on the time. It is a game that shines when you replay it.
>>724303818No that's stupid, games are a checklistYou're supposed to trudge through them with no attempt to understand or engage with its mechanics until you reach the end so you can say you beat it and post your insightful opinions on internet message boards
>>724302753pokemon is popular with normies, so when their fans act rabid or gross it doesnt reflect badly on the seriesbronies generally recognize that their interest is autistic as fuck and weird and like to play into being an internet pariah in a chill way sonic doesnt have normie appeal, its fans are even more rabid, and they make just as much weird fetish art. they also have no self awareness and cant playfully own being hated like bronies can, they just get mad at you and type out a 1000 word essay explaining why actually sonic fans arent that weird and the games are actually good if you would just give them a shot. the smart sonic fans hide their enjoyment of it, leaving only the loudest, most disgusting spergs to serve as the ambassadors for the series.
