2016: 25th Anniversary of the Blue Blur. Rumored Sonic game?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:41 pm
So next year is the 25th anniversary of Sonic. Now he's been doing pretty badly recently with the last "Acceptable" game thought by the majority of the fan base being Sonic Generations (Which was the 20th anniversary game. Jesus it's been nearly 5 years!)
So what are people's thoughts on 2016 and Sonic's 25th anniversary game? Honestly, Personally, I think the 25th anniversary will either make or break the franchise. The recent downfalls have been huge and Boom can be considered just as bad, if not worse, than Sonic 06 (At least that game had decent music but Boom has no redeeming quality).
Furthermore, unlike the Sonic 06 days, the franchise has gone through some major changes in the past few years with, going back to less story orientated games and changing things around like voice actors and whatnot. Even the comics have gone through re-designs with characters getting new looks and stuff. It's like the Sonic from 10 years ago is no longer the same sonic. Most of didn't grow up with this Sonic and are drastically moving away from it. Same for me. As "The Biggest Sonic Fan" (remember that? HAH!), I grew up with the Adventure titles as well as the other crappy titles before Colours but even though those games were crap, the attempt to create an intriguing story was all that was needed to make the 12 year old me fall in love. Now though it's no longer the case, as ever since Colours, we've seen less attempt at a well thought out plot and dialogue and more focus towards gameplay and a child-orientation and while I'm not saying that's necessarily bad, it's no longer the Sonic I grew up with and thus have moved away.
So in other words, this franchise needs a new fanbase with its new orientation and depending on whether the next couple of Sonic games are good or not, we can see Sonic either staying in business or continue to be the relic of the past he is but die altogether like Crash Bandicoot or something.
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On a seemingly related topic, I'm hoping some of you might have heard the rumors floating around about a new Sonic game. The voice actor of Orbot wrote "Sonic Mach2" in his German website and apparently the voice actor of Rouge the Bat has also put "Sonic II" in her Resume. Now bare in mind, there is no confirmation over a new Sonic game but if we were to consider these, would this mean a new Sonic game is on the way around late 2015 to 2016 and it will feature Orbot and/or Rouge the bat. And since Rouge is there, other characters too?
Another Sonic Generations perhaps? Or Some people are even saying Sonic 06 sequel hahaha.
So what are people's thoughts on 2016 and Sonic's 25th anniversary game? Honestly, Personally, I think the 25th anniversary will either make or break the franchise. The recent downfalls have been huge and Boom can be considered just as bad, if not worse, than Sonic 06 (At least that game had decent music but Boom has no redeeming quality).
Furthermore, unlike the Sonic 06 days, the franchise has gone through some major changes in the past few years with, going back to less story orientated games and changing things around like voice actors and whatnot. Even the comics have gone through re-designs with characters getting new looks and stuff. It's like the Sonic from 10 years ago is no longer the same sonic. Most of didn't grow up with this Sonic and are drastically moving away from it. Same for me. As "The Biggest Sonic Fan" (remember that? HAH!), I grew up with the Adventure titles as well as the other crappy titles before Colours but even though those games were crap, the attempt to create an intriguing story was all that was needed to make the 12 year old me fall in love. Now though it's no longer the case, as ever since Colours, we've seen less attempt at a well thought out plot and dialogue and more focus towards gameplay and a child-orientation and while I'm not saying that's necessarily bad, it's no longer the Sonic I grew up with and thus have moved away.
So in other words, this franchise needs a new fanbase with its new orientation and depending on whether the next couple of Sonic games are good or not, we can see Sonic either staying in business or continue to be the relic of the past he is but die altogether like Crash Bandicoot or something.
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On a seemingly related topic, I'm hoping some of you might have heard the rumors floating around about a new Sonic game. The voice actor of Orbot wrote "Sonic Mach2" in his German website and apparently the voice actor of Rouge the Bat has also put "Sonic II" in her Resume. Now bare in mind, there is no confirmation over a new Sonic game but if we were to consider these, would this mean a new Sonic game is on the way around late 2015 to 2016 and it will feature Orbot and/or Rouge the bat. And since Rouge is there, other characters too?
Another Sonic Generations perhaps? Or Some people are even saying Sonic 06 sequel hahaha.