Sonic turned 15
 

Yesterday was Sonic 15 birthday yet very few people, even on gaming forums noticed it... does Sonic no longer appeal to the gamers?

EDIT:
Like soniclover says: Let's talk about the good times, the oldies but the goodies!

Sonic died years ago.
The sonic that we know today is some sort of look-a-like.

Well, they announced Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for the GBA because of the 15 year thing.

I've played Sonic the Hedgehog 1 so much that there's no reason to get it for the GBA for a rip-off price.

Thanks for all the crappy games over the years Sonic. :(

I can see the Sonic image has degradated over the years, he was once my hero... crazy kid stuff but if you think about it it's not so bad. I'd rather have Sonic as my hero than some lame pseudo-satan mettalica dude or whatever.

As for the games... well... yeah most of the newer Sonic games just plain suck ass. The only 'recent' exception I can remember are Sonic Adventure 1 and Sonic Advance 2/3.
The new Sonic Next-gen doesn't seem anything worthy too :(
Sad times indeed and I blame it all on these kids today :p

Yup...pretty much true in my case...For me, Sonic died after the sega genesis era. Now its just a clone-look-a-like of him. Those 2D sonic games bring back so much memories. Ever since the end of the sega genesis, I haven't played a "New" Sonic title except the collection like Mega Collections or Gems Collections. Let us remember that era with those wonderful memories and never forgot that Super Sonic...

So, I'm guessing this is going to turn into another Sonic "mope-fest" like the other thread.

Yep... it looks like that. Let us then praise the good ol' time, the mighty power that is retro and 2D games.
Infact this thread was an effort to see if someone would stand up and defend Sonic but looks like it won't happen... oh well I'm going to sleep, the miserable state that Sonic reached gets me depressed.

yeah the 3D games were a dissapointment (still fun but not quite sonic fun). but the newer 2D sonic games on the handhelds kick ass, definately my favorite game series for GBA:)

Poor Sonic... he's losing his luster.

At least I still have all the genesis Sonic games. I can relish in those good memories.

Why back in MY day I was young and easily impressed by Sonic's one-trick-pony style, and now that he actually has varied gameplay that gets raped by shitty cameras I don't like him anymore. You damn whippersnappers are selling him out and denying me my Burning Rangers and NiGHTS!

...what it sounds like in here. Sonic Team. Give the blue guy a rest and let some of your other IP do the work so Sonic can recover his image.

Sega has shown lately that Sonic doesn't need to be over 18 to be sodomized. His reputation is ruined =(

I could sit here and complain that Sega is 'celebrating' Sonic's 15th birthday with a terrible racing game, a port of the original Sonic for GBA which will most likely turn out broken beyond belief, a platform racer hybrid for PSP developed by the team that made Death Jr and Shadow the Hedgehog 2: Revenge of the Jeep for PS3 and 360, but I won't!

Instead, I'll post screens of my favorite Sonic game, 8-bit Sonic 2. MASTER SYSTEM NOT GAME GEAR BECAUSE THAT PORT WAS AWFUL.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13.../Sonic2002.png
Despite Tails being on the title screen and in the level intros, you couldn't play as him. Excellent!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13.../Sonic2003.png

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13.../Sonic2004.png
Best secret ever, because it was almost impossible NOT to find out about this.

Then there's my second favorite.. uh, .. Sonic 2!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...c2_special.png
TAILS' ONLY PURPOSE IN THE SPECIAL STAGE WAS TO MAKE YOU LOSE. >=|

Happy birthday Sonic, I know you commited suicide years ago but I'll never forget your fun times!

Yes. This shit is lame because I'm the only one who's not wearing rose tinted glasses of nostalgia. :(

I could write up a post about Shadow the Hedgehog 2: Revenge of the Jeep if you really want!

Uhh Uhh! Does he have a gun in that game?

Congrats, Sonic. Sad that you had to celebrate your birthday from the absolute buttom of the gaming world. Together with games such as South Park Austin and Catwoman:(

Dang! Me too but it will be 16 bits instead:

Sonic & Knuckles
http://home.comcast.net/~grandamchan...icknuckles.gif
Best Sonic ever, I like to play it alone because I don't like Sonic 3 levels that much.

and... Ristar!
http://www.juegomania.org/Ristar/fot...oto+Ristar.jpg
This game is one of the best platformers I've played yet few people know it, even I only knew about it's existence a few years ago with the advent of Mega Drive emulation, I know it's off topic but worth mention and at least isn't crying over Sonic's dead hedgehog body...

oh my god, risar was so awesome, i need to play it again. I was too young to beat some parts of it so i never finnished it.

there was also another platformer with a squirral (?) and you could jump into trees and stuff. Damn cool, anyone know the name of that one?

Never owned a Sega console in my lifetime, but I do remember I used to buy and read Sonic the Comic. That too has disappeared.

The only thing off the top of my head is Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel.

Is that shit even serious. :eyebrow:

no that wasnt it. It didnt have any real weapons, you threw those thngs that squirrels eat.

I only knew about Ristar when playing Shenmue! You know those capsule toys? Well one of them was Ristar, I knew all the other figures (even those character of Sonic Triple Trouble like Fang) but I was clueless about this star dude and his name Ristar.
It still took me a while to find out who he was since I had no internet back then, I only found it out when on Shenmue 2 I refound the Ristar capsule (or did I refound in on Shenmue 1? Can't remember).

Af for the squirrel... Conker Bad Fur Day perhaps?

Sonic was awesome. Seriously. As were Toejam and Earl, Cool Spot, Dizzy, Sparkster and a bunch of other Megadrive mascots. Those were my personal favorites, since I was more of a Megadrive guy. I frowned upon SNES and even ordered a limited edition Sega pack, complete with Shaq Fu Fever CD.

But yeah, dead. Splat. Then again, the same applied with the SNES and their mascots. You can only honestly continue making games with a certain icon in it before you fuck it up. Sonic was great, up until about.. oh, I dunno, Adventure 2. The original Sonic Adventure was great fun, but I always felt like the entire game revolved around mini games (casino, etc) although the story was nice. They went overboard on the facial expressions though.

Don't get me started on Shadow, Heroes and Adventure 2.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6364/sonicadv019ae.jpg
"Haha WHOA, Tails! Where's the toilet around here?"

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7...lsdunno6ks.jpg
"Dunno Saaawniiiic!"

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"WHOA"

I thoroughly enjoyed the Sonic games up to Sonic 3D Blast. To this day though, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is my all-time favorite. Sonic CD was also really good. In my opinion, the series started going downhill with the Sonic Adventure games. They just didn't have the same excitement and sense of speed that the original games had and were known for. I've also tried both Sonic Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog recently, and neither of those helped to get me back in the series either.

Although the series has been in a huge lull for nearly a decade now, it doesn't mean that all hope is lost. I'm quite sure that a considerable fanbase still exists, and if SEGA were able to get in gear, they could make it profitable and respectable once again. Just look at the Tomb Raider series. The last few games were horrible but Tomb Raider: Legend is a very nice game and has seemingly given that series some much needed credibility again.

Regardless of the state the series is in now, this anniversary is still meaningful and should be recognized. So, congrats to SEGA and Sonic Team.