[General Discussion] Sonic turned 15

Originally Posted by soniclover

By the way, did anyone play Sonic Battle for the GBA?

I did, not on a real GBA but on VisualBoyAdvance (yes I mean ROMs). I've finished it twice but the game is kinda hard. But not a that bad fighter... could've been a lot worse.

Now there's one thing I don't understand, how are we supposed to play that on a GBA? With that tiny screen and unconfortable shaped controls (it's a portable console afterall) I doubt anyone could really make it, at least without a lot of retries.
I've used a MS Sidewinder + 17" monitor for the first run and a 82cm TV for the second go and I still found it hard to locate the enemies sometimes!

Now I would love to see someone do it in a 2" screen :biggrin:

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

^That's why I'm not bothering with a Micro. EVER.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Sin Ansem

^That's why I'm not bothering with a Micro. EVER.

I wasn't refering to a GBA Micro but to a normal one, of course the micro is even smaller... I just can't for the life of me see (literaly!) how can one play on these screens.
I remember back then when I played with a borrowed Gamegear, I was 11 years old with the freshest eyes you can get and still after 2 hours I'd always get a massive headache.

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I know im new around here but thats why they made that gameboy player for the gamecube so you don't have to kill your eyes.


dame those small screens!

FELIPE NO

Yeah but using a Gameboy Player won't rise the game resolution, it'll still be a 160 lines game instead of 480.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

true but its better then nothing.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ok everyone,

I was finally able to get my hands on that song.

I've uploaded both the Sonic 2 version, and the Dreams Come True version so you guys can compare.

Masato Nakamura actually sings a bit in this. Not bad in my opinion.

Check it out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Synthesis

Ok everyone,

I was finally able to get my hands on that song.

I've uploaded both the Sonic 2 version, and the Dreams Come True version so you guys can compare.

Masato Nakamura actually sings a bit in this. Not bad in my opinion.

Check it out.

That's pretty cool! I liked hearing the theme done vocally even though I don't know what they're saying hehe. Thanks for sharing this!

How ya doing, buddy?

The Vocals really bring out the "soul" portion of the song. I still like the original better (because it doesn't have 'lyrics' I can't understand).

I'd check out his band, if on the off chance they perform some songs without lyrics at all.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Hey guys, Sonic isnt so dead at all: Sonic Rush is great, much more better than Advance titles, give a try...

Still, my favorite Sonic of all times is Sonic and Knuckles.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I know there's an english translation out there somewhere, sung by Dreams Come True as well, but, obviously, like the original Japanese, it seems to e rather difficult to find. Possibly more so.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by devilmaycry

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 still appeals to me. I'm buying a new Dreamcast off Ebay and also Sonic Adventure. I'll pick up Sonic Adventure 2 when I can find a good deal on it as well. As a kid, I never owned a Genesis but I did play Sonic 1 and 2 nearly all the way through several times, and they were some of my favorite games.

I think there are several extremely memorable "scenes" in videogamedom, and the killer whale chasing Sonic in SA1 is definitely beyond a shadow of a doubt one of them...

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http://www.sega.com/gamesite/sonicne...full/index.php

Yeah, because I'm an asshole and the 2-D Sonic fanbase is pissing me off, I'm going to necromance this thread!

Have a look at that site, listen and tell me how awesome that soundtrack is going to be. If it's one place Sonic Next won't fail, it's the soundtrack. (Also help plz. Can anyone rip those off the site?)

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Done and done. =o Third song reminds of Goldeneye 64 at the start.

Song 1

Song 2

Song 3

Jam it back in, in the dark.

YOU ARE MY HERO INFERNAL.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Appearantly the script of Sonic Next got leaked. I heard that Sonic dies in the game

Spoiler:

but they resurrect him.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Ouch. I bet all the jaded Sonic haters would cheer.

Oh, and about the ripped music infernal, Sega's site has it at a wrong pitch (the song's slightly slower). Any way to speed it up to the appropriate pitch?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

So, it turns out that Sonic is copying off of DBZ then eh?

Silver must have come back in time to bring Sonic a deadly disease antidote. But then again, they wouldn't blatantly plagiarize that far, would they?

I was speaking idiomatically.

IT'S OVER 9000000000

also, you have the ugliest avatar I've ever seen lol

no homo

Originally Posted by vuigun

So, it turns out that Sonic is copying off of DBZ then eh?

Since like 1992, yea.

BTW, the game script:
http://www.sonic-cult.org/newsx/fullnews.php?id=119

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Zip

you have the ugliest avatar I've ever seen lol

My soul weeps.

Originally Posted by evilboris

Since like 1992, yea.

I meant full out storyline wise. It's a little too directly like DBZ this time.

How ya doing, buddy?

I don't think that resurrection is such a typical DBZ motif that you could call it a direct ripoff. I'm pretty sure there are tons of games and anime which feature resurrection.

But I doubt that most sonic fans are intelligent enough to think over DBZ, and they'll probably make the whole game sound like a Dragonball copy - IT HAS TIME TRAVEL TOO! SHADOW IS LIKE VEGETA! RESURRECTION OMFG! - and so on.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

When are we going to get a side scrolling sonic for a next gen console? You remember when they revived Contra for PS2 and made it a side scroller with spiffed out 3d esque graphics? Why not sonic?

Think about it. Side scrolling Sonic and Tails without any stupid Knuckles/Shadow/Hedgehog #1/Cat Thing #4 and no fucking guns.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Knuckles was okay, but they should have stopped there. I absolutely hated Big the Cat and his god damned fishing levels. I kinda liked E-102 β though. It was pretty cool playing as a robot. That's the only time any Sonic character should have a gun.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by *AkirA*

When are we going to get a side scrolling sonic for a next gen console? You remember when they revived Contra for PS2 and made it a side scroller with spiffed out 3d esque graphics? Why not sonic?

Think about it. Side scrolling Sonic and Tails without any stupid Knuckles/Shadow/Hedgehog #1/Cat Thing #4 and no fucking guns.

YES! nice to know im not the only one that wants one.

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