Board Thread:Sonic News Channel/@comment-5049481-20140710123501/@comment-679780-20160929224922

Megalodon Commando wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: Megalodon Commando wrote: Maybe Eggman should just go it alone like the old days. Thats good too. I don't like Orbot and Cubot. Duo robot lackies should just be for the cartoons as lacky's. They're just as half annoying as Decoe and Bocoe from Sonic X. But to be honest in my opinion, rather have them than Orbot and Cubot. If I am more honest about Orbot and Cubot, as far as "robot lackeys" go they're not all bad. They're smarter than Scratch and Grounder but not as physically useful and I guess were just made for the games and eventually comics and Boom to give Dr. Eggman someone to talk to for character development.

So no, I can't really say I hate them, I just "don't like them" and the reason why I don't like them is because of the Robot Lackies trope that Scratch and Grounder established and reused in all future cartoons except SatAM. I support that Sonic games need more story than just going through levels and I'm all for that, but the fact the writters had to fall on the "Robot Lackies" trope used in the cartoons makes it feels a bit uncomfortable how close the games canon is to it's neighbouring cartoons and comics franchise.

It's why that, if Dr. Eggman really needs a lacky to talk to in order establish character to him, I would choose Nack the Weasel as a "re-hirable" lacky. I can imagine Nack rather like Sleet but with little intimidation of his boss and more snarky. While not as fast as Sonic or strong as Knuckles, he is still a treasure/bounty hunter which would make him ideal in collecting Chaos Emerald on behalf of Eggman. I can also imagine him a coward and jumping ship whenever Sonic stops Eggmans major schemes but later games can always rehire him when he is needed for Eggman. They can have a very questionable work relationship which can be exploited for character developments and jokes.

The very least if Dr. Eggman needs to talk to someone, it can be generic Egg Pawns.

In all honesty, I think Orbot and Cubot are better off remaining exclusively for the comics or Sonic Boom and don't want them in Sonic '17 or any future game where they will just make jokes on the side.