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J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Macaluso posted:

I had to look that poster up and make sure the man in the suit at the top wasn't a Photoshop. Who is that guy

That's Iron Mike Tyson back in his prime!

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J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Spiderdrake posted:

Is there an actual finished, good, 2d Sonic mod/hack whatever worth playing?

Not a hack but Sonic: After the Sequel was pretty good.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Spiderdrake posted:

Is there a widely agreed "worst level" in Sonic Generations?
Both levels of Planet Wisp rank at the bottom, but I'd say the classic version is the worst. Modern mostly falters in the 2-D segments, but the spike gimmick in classic is always there and always annoying.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Lost World had the worst controls of any game I've played in a good long while. It just felt unpleasant to even play. Maybe you can get used to it eventually, but I only made it through the first world before stuffing it back in the Gamefly envelope.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Sonic 4 is also the sequel to Sonic CD apparently.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

I tried playing Sonic 1 on iOS using the touch controls and could not beat the first boss.

Waldorf Sixpence posted:

So what's the difference between a regular port and the super special iPhone port? I know the engine was supposedly rebuilt from scratch or something but what does that do that emulation can't?
The iPhone ports have a lot of extras like Knuckles and Tails in Sonic 1 or extra levels in Sonic 2.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Augus posted:

Forces is a Generations clone, then. Ok.

If it ain't broke, try fixing it a few times anyway before putting it back the way it was.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Lizard Wizard posted:

Wasn't Sally temporarily pink at one point, or am I imagining things?

Yeah, for the first year or so she was pink with black hair and in the very first comic she was blonde.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Fneeb posted:

Did it? I played it on the Mega Drive (or Genesis or whatever) which makes that seem unlikely..
It sounds kind of weird to hear it now now but yeah, it came out at the end of the 16-bit era. 3D Blast released a couple of months after Mario 64 in 1996.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Mr. Glum posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIvpboKVdrw

What a time to be alive, another Cybershell video.
That was a fun trip down memory lane. I forgot just how bat poo poo insane the Endgame arc actually was.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

The one mission I remember in DX was the one I could never complete. It involved doing some sort of special high jump off a ramp during the snow boarding sequence. I tried for hours but could never get the timing down to pull it off. Whatever that last Game Gear game was I never got the chance to play it.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

beep by grandpa posted:

Thinking about sonic today- what kinda drink do you all think sonic would order at a bar? Surely a man with as much on his plate needs to cool his heels from time to time (no offense if sonic doesn't drink due to moral/religious reasons) 🍸

Sonic's official stance is that only dumb-bots drink liquor.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

I thought the lack of a casino type stage was a glaring omission is Generations so this pleases me.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Barudak posted:

I have always, do still, and will always be completely unable to control 2d mario with any sense of percision. Dont know why, but Im unbelievably bad at 2d mario games. Somehow still beat every mario game released on the GB probably because sucking at mario is still better than reading a book in a car.

The GB Mario physics are each their own flavor of weird. They don't really compare with any of the console entries.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Bacon Terrorist posted:

If anyone could point me in the direction of similar platformers available on PS4 for her to play that would be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, Freedom Planet is going to be the closest in gameplay style. She might also enjoy Tembo the Badass Elephant. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is another good choice if you want a fun colorful 2d platformer but it doesn’t really play similar to Sonic at all.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

So Sonic is an alien now?

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

The Advance games had pretty unremarkable level design that got worse as they went. Everything was just a series of grind rails and loops with no real landmarks to give you a sense of where you were in the level.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

Stealth is canceling Vertebreaker a week after it's kickstarter
https://youtu.be/DcZ6Ljds1S4

That’s a bummer. The game looked pretty nice but I’m kind of done with Kickstarter and I’m probably not the only one.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Looper posted:

i played the first two game gear games this week and let me tell ya...

the first one is actually pretty okay? the physics are slow and kinda weird but i mean that makes sense since it's on a tiny screen. the level design is alright and the color palette is lovely, especially in the special zone. bosses are a complete joke but overall the game is really cute

sonic 2 game gear, however, takes all of that and throws it in the gosh dang garbage

The first 8-bit Sonic game is pretty interesting. It feels like the team got a few notes but didn’t have much communication with Sonic Team so they ended up making something closer to Mario than Sonic.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Get hyped for Sonic tv series #6.

https://twitter.com/nxonnetflix/status/1337079639508967425?s=21

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Already been deleted apparently, what was it?

An announcement of a new Sonic animated series on Netflix in 2022.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Is the information available anywhere else in that case?

Don't see it anywhere. That's an official Netflix account so they probably accidentally tweeted it too early. Maybe an announcement at the game awards tonight?

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

It's from the same people that made that Mega Man series that was quietly put out to die a couple years back so that's probably the style you can expect.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

They're probably replacing everyone with a Canadian cast for the Netflix cartoon.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002


I'm not sure it bodes anything. He just loves trolling his Twitter followers.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Electric Phantasm posted:

Not that I'm complaining, but how does Mike keep surviving? This is like the second recast he's dodged right?
He did have to reaudition the last time the cast was dumped.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

I remember Cream’s VA in Heroes being particularly hard on the ears.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

And it’s confirmed, Mike’s survived another actor purge:

https://twitter.com/itsamike/status/1357901913161945093

Interesting that he specifies video games. Should we read anything into that regarding Sonic Prime?

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

The partner system in Advance 3 sounded awesome on paper but they couldn’t come up with any useful ideas for the teams and if you wanted to find the chao Knuckles+Tails was the only worthwhile choice as they’re the only combo that can get to all of them. Some teams were just stupid like Tails+Cream where Tails forgets how to fly.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Amy in Advance 1 was a neat way to implement what was basically a “hard” mode. If I can say one thing to Dimps’ credit it’s that I liked their character additions to the 2D formula a lot more than Mighty and Ray in Mania.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

In other news, apparently Roger stepped down from the role of Sonic willingly:

https://www.sonicstadium.org/2021/02/roger-craig-smith-reveals-sonic-departure-was-his-decision-its-time-to-be-done/

Which makes me wonder why Tails and Amy’s VA’s are leaving then (and if anyone’s actually sticking around besides Mike).

It seems like there's still a possibility of different voice casts between the games and Sonic Prime. Mike has only confirmed that he will be voicing Eggman in future games but I think he still won't say anything about Prime. Colleen said she was not voicing Tails in Prime but I haven't seen her say anything else other than she'd like to voice him in the second movie but can't say more than that.

J-Spot fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Feb 23, 2021

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Seems Coleen might be staying on as Tails after all (for the games at least):

https://twitter.com/VOColleen/status/1365366520394641411
Looks like Prime will indeed have a Canadian cast.

https://twitter.com/VOColleen/status/1365489745132802053?s=20

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

I have not played Team Sonic Racing but surely comparing it to Sonic Drift is selling it short.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

https://twitter.com/RogerCraigSmith/status/1397582815873490948?s=20

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Motto posted:

Was every genesis game there in widescreen except 3&K? At this point I guess I should be happy they're releasing it at all but lol
Might be they’re using the Taxman ports for the others. Hopefully 3+K gets the same treatment but they don’t have footage yet.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Also doesn’t S3K in and of itself change the music for the Sonic 3 stages anyway?

It changes some stuff like Knuckles' theme but not the stage music.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Caidin posted:

I don't see Tails in any of those screenshots, just that icon. He might have just been regulated to like, I dunno, bottomless pit insurance or something.
Good call.

https://twitter.com/NinEverything/status/1400252400053542913?s=20

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Not sure, when is the Sega event supposed to happen? I know Square Enix’s presentation is tomorrow at least

Sega doesn't have anything of their own. If they've got anything to show it would have to be at Nintendo or Microsoft's conference.

J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Larryb posted:

Ah, I just assumed since Square had their own event Sega would too since they’re also a third party developer. When are those scheduled then?

Sony’s conference could also be a possibility since I think Rangers will likely be coming out on PS4 and/or PS5 as well.

Microsoft is tomorrow at 10am PDT. Nintendo is Tuesday at 9am PDT. Sony isn't part of E3 so they have nothing scheduled at the moment.

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J-Spot
May 7, 2002

Sony still do presentations, they just don't bother with E3 anymore. They'll probably have a State of Play later this summer.

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