Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20161020032419/@comment-477304-20161022204322

KillRoy231 wrote: But again, going back to the Deadly Six thing, I'm a little confused as to you simultaneously saying "cartoony puffs of smoke are the only way speaking villains can die in a kid-friendly game" and "the cartoony explosions seem out of place in comparison to the rest of the series", as if the series, aside from Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic 06, and Sonic Unleashed, is supposed to be dark and realistic, and such series don't make qualms about killing villains or heroes in a realistic way and making a deal about it. (take Star Wars for instance) Besides, again common Eggman robot deaths aren't that much different from the first four Zeti's deaths, they just disappear leaving only the animal trapped inside

(But in any event this seems a more pleasant discussion than the actual status debates) They're realistic, not dark. If they were dark, they'd probably actually show the villain deaths.